Arbor house celebrity book of horror stories anthology, 1981. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction. Stephen king creates a list of 96 books for aspiring writers to read. When a 10th anniversary of on writing was released, an updated reading list of 82 books was included more recently, king has taken to twitter to. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Great stephen king books wed like to see turn into new movies or shows, including the langoliers, the long walk, the regulators, duma key, and more. The following is a complete list of book s published b y stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. I have some signed books, a few first editions, a couple of rare releases, some stuff thats old but in great condition, and books by my favorite authors that are now out of print. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels. Stephen kings 60plus novels and ten long collections of short fiction reflect and refract, connect to, and illuminate each other and theyre also great to listen to. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone.
Stephen king creates a list of 82 books for aspiring. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king. A list of stephen king s novels, organized alphabetically. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. Not only do you get book jokes, he also recommends books. The two dead girls, the mouse on the mile, coffeys hands, the bad death of eduard delacroix, night journey, and coffey on the mile 1996 desperation. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels to date, in fact, with number 52 coming up shortly. He has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and six nonfiction.
Order of stephen king books stephen king is an american author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy novels. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson. His first crime thriller featuring bill hodges, mr mercedes, won the edgar award for best novel and was shortlisted for the cwa gold dagger award. The novels protagonist carrie white endures endless teasing and bullying from the popular kids. He is bestknown for such published works as carrie, the shining and misery all of which have been adapted into successful films.
A comprehensive list of stephen kings written works. Many readers are wondering, are there new stephen king books releasing in 20202021. By stephen king released in 1974, carrie was stephen kings first published novel. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. A modern classic, carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in american fiction stephen king. In this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. The top 10 rare and pricey stephen king books litreactor. Ive wrangled them together here going all the way back to april in case you meant to read one but then forgot what the title was and havent had the time to scroll. An introduction to the stephen king library from his uk editor dear reader, as you may know, stephen king is one of the worlds bestselling writers ever and there is a very good reason for that. For those looking to immerse themselves within the literary world of stephen king, we present the essential reading list a guide to the biggest and best books from the multimillion copy selling author of carrie, it and the dark tower. I try to devour anything he writes, and most of the time, i am not left disappointed.
Keep up to date with upcoming stephen king releases 2020. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Hes known for writing gruesome scenes and grotesque villains. With numerous unforgettable movies based on his short storiesincluding shawshank redemption, 1408, and the green milereaders will be delighted to. Dolores claiborne is an american opera composed by tobias picker.
Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. She grew up having nancy drew books read to her by her. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard.
Stephen king is a new york timesbestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like carrie, the. In the afterword of stephen kings highly regarded memoirwriting guide book on writing, the bestselling writer shared a list of 96 books that hed read while writing the book that hed enjoyed and had influenced him. Revival is a novel by american writer stephen king, published on november 11, 2014 by scribner. We have a growing list of new stephen king books and novels for you to enjoy in 2020. I know before i even hit the publish button on this post that most people are going to raise their eyebrows.
If youve already made your way through the list of books at the end of on writing and arent already following stephen king on twitter, you should. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. If you havent heard of stephen king yet, youve been living under the proverbial rock all this time. Every stephen king novel summarized in 140 characters or. The story of misunderstood high school girl carrie white, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrierbreaking and shocking novels of all time. Stephen king is an author who literally doesnt need an introduction. The 21st pan book of horror stories anthology, december 1979. List of adaptations of works by stephen king wikipedia. Thus, you might be also be interested in stephen kings audio books that are comfortable to listen when you are going to work. And chances are youve still watched some of the movies they made based.
It may not be fashionable to say it, but stephen king is one of the most gifted and prolific american writers in history. New to pocket books stephen king backlistthe short story collection containing the story dolans cadillac, soon to be released as a feature film starring christian slater and wes bentley. Stephen king new releases, 2020 books book release dates. He has also written nearly two hundred short stories and published a series of comics called the gunslinger born, based on his the dark tower series. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies an d comic book s. He is my favorite writer, so obviously i felt compelled to summarize every one of his books using the character limits of twitter. So forget what youve seen in the movieswhether youre new to stephen kings oeuvre, or youre working on indoctrinating a friend, reading the following 10 books is nonnegotiable. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. In fact, audio books that are widely spread now and are quite popular. There are three ways up to castle view from the town of ca.
Stephen dobynswhom stephen king has described as the best of the bestis back with a comic suspense novel about a smalltime con operation, a pair of combative detectives, and the pride, revenge, and deception that guide us all. A list of stephen kings novels, organized oldest to newest. Ghost brothers of darkland county, an original musical with book by stephen king and music and lyrics by john mellencamp. Both mr mercedes and end of watch received the goodreads choice. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy.