This is my favorite Stephen King book, and I've read quite a few of them. I've read this one probably a half-dozen times, and it really thrills me every time.

This isn't a horror book, like some of Stephen King's other works. This was the second book in the "Bachman Books" that were released some years ago, and along with "The Running Man," foreshadowed the reality TV epidemic we have today.

The story in "The Long Walk" centers around a competition to see who can walk the furthest without sleeping or stopping. If you stop (or slow down below 4 mph), you are removed from the competition. Characters reliving their past and talking to other competitors is what the book is mostly about; interpersonal relationships between people who will only spend a few days together during the competition. It's these interpersonal relationships that I've found so compelling about this book.