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Apt Pupil

Stephen King

First published August 1982
Type Novel

A high school student discovers that a neighbor is a Nazi war criminal living under an assumed identity, but rather than expose him, he expresses a fascination with the man's history of evil deeds.

Word count of approximately 74,000 words makes this a novel.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1983 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1982 Cover Different Seasons The Viking Press Collection 103
1983 Cover Different Seasons Futura Collection 115|2
August 1983 Cover Different Seasons Signet / New American Library Collection 109
August 1983 Cover Different Seasons Signet / New American Library Collection 109
July 1984 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Bastei Lübbe Collection |20
1986 Cover Différentes saisons France Loisirs Collection 111
April 1986 Cover Différentes saisons Albin Michel Collection 111
May 1986 Cover Différentes saisons Le Grand Livre du Mois Collection 111
July 1986 Cover Different Seasons Futura Collection
October 1986 Cover Different Seasons Signet / New American Library Collection 109
May 1987 Jahreszeiten: Frühling & Sommer Bastei Lübbe Collection |20
1988 Cover Quatro Estações: Verão da corrupção Francisco Alves Novel
September 1988 Cover Différentes saisons J'ai Lu Collection 127
October 1988 Cover Jahreszeiten: Frühling & Sommer Bastei Lübbe Collection 125
July 1989 Cover Stagioni diverse Sperling Paperback Collection 115
November 1989 Cover Différentes saisons J'ai Lu Collection 127
1990 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs Collection 113
February 1990 Cover Jahreszeiten: Frühling & Sommer Bastei Lübbe Collection 125
1991 Cover De Ontsnapping / De Leerling Luitingh-Sijthoff Collection 143
1991 Cover Quatro Estações Francisco Alves Collection
May 1991 Different Seasons Futura Collection
1992 Cover Kauhun vuodenajat Book Studio Collection 108
June 1992 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 125
July 1992 Different Seasons Signet / Penguin Collection 109
August 1992 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 125
October 1992 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 125
December 1992 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 125
1993 Cover 4 Seizoenen Luitingh-Sijthoff Collection 103
1993 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 125
March 1993 Cover Different Seasons Warner Books UK Collection
1994 Cover Différentes saisons J'ai Lu Collection 127
1994 Cover Différentes saisons France Loisirs Collection 111
February 1995 Different Seasons Warner Books UK Collection
1996 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 125
January 1998 Cover Différentes saisons J'ai Lu Collection 127
November 1998 Cover Different Seasons Signet / New American Library Collection 109
January 1999 Cover Un élève doué: Différentes saisons Albin Michel Collection 111
April 1999 Cover Different Seasons Warner Books UK Collection
September 2000 Cover Différentes saisons J'ai Lu Collection 127
July 2001 Cover Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons Little, Brown UK Omnibus |503
2002 Different Seasons Time Warner Books UK Collection
March 2004 Cover Different Seasons Signet / New American Library Collection 109
November 2004 Cover Différentes saisons Le Livre de Poche Collection
May 2006 Cover Different Seasons Hodder Paperbacks Collection
November 2007 Cover Different Seasons Hodder Paperbacks Collection
June 2012 Cover Different Seasons Hodder Collection
January 2016 Cover Different Seasons Scribner Collection
January 2016 Cover Different Seasons Simon & Schuster Audio Collection |1
March 2016 Cover Different Seasons Turtleback Books Collection |2
April 2017 Cover Different Seasons Pocket Books Collection
2018 Cover Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod Heyne Collection 141
December 2018 Cover Apt Pupil Scribner Novel
December 2018 Cover Apt Pupil Scribner Novel
September 2021 Cover Apt Pupil Hodder & Stoughton Novel
September 2021 Cover Apt Pupil Hodder Paperbacks Novel
October 2021 Cover Short Fiction Scribner Omnibus |2