The Complete List of Stephen King Books in Order

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If you’re a book addict, then you must have come across Stephen King’s name at least once or twice. Even if you’re not a fan of the horror genre, it’s almost impossible not to meet a great writer.

So, do you prefer movies to books? Many well-known movies are based on novels and stories by Stephen King, such as; it, shawshank redemption, carrie, dreamcatcher, and the list goes on.

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We’ll go through the complete list of Stephen King’s books in order, but first, let’s see who Stephen King is.

who is stephen king?

stephen king is an american author, born on september 21, 1947. he is among the most famous horror writers. Before writing, he worked as an English teacher.

many of his novels take place in his hometown, maine, such as; ‘salem’s lot, pet sematary, and carrie. he describes places that he knows, creating a parallel universe of them, which makes the plot interesting.

his first official story was “the glass floor”. It was sold to Amazing Mystery Stories in 1967. Our author married Tabitha Spruce, the famous One-on-One writer, in 1971.

what did stephen king write?

stephen king wrote a total of 63 novels. he also wrote about 120 short stories and 20 novels. he has 5 published non-fiction books.

7 of his books were published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. the reason for this is that he did not want to publish more than one book with the same name. Later, he collected all 7 novels from Bachman’s books.

We’ll look at your most popular books first, and then we’ll look at the chronological list of your books.

the chronological list of his published books

carrie, novel, (1974)
‘salem’s lot, novel, (1975)
the shining, novel, (1977)
rage, novel, (1977)
the stand, novel, (1978)
night turn, story collection, (1977)
the long walk, novel, (1979)
the dead zone, novel, (1979)
the fog, novella, (1979)
firestarter, novel, (1980 )
roadwork, novel, (1981)
danza macabre, non-fiction, (1981)
cujo, novel, (1981)
the running man, novel, (1982)
the dark tower, series of novels, (1982 – 2012)
different seasons, collection of short stories, (1982)
rita hayworth and shawshank redemption, novella, (1982)
the body, novella, (1982)
apt student, novella, (1982)
the breathing method, novel, (1982)
pet sematary, novel, (1982)
christine, novel, (1983)
the talisman, novel, (1984)
werewolf cycle, novel, (1985)
more than elgado, novel, (1984)
skeletal crew, short story collection, (1 985)
bachman’s books, novel collection, (1985)
that, novel, (1986)
the eyes of the dragon, novel, (1987) )
misery, novel, (1987)
the tommyknockers, novel, (1987)
nightmares in the sky, non-fiction, (1987)
the dark half, novel, (1989)
the stand: the complete & uncut edition, novel, (1990)
midnight four, collection of short stories, (1990)
el perro sol, short novel, (1990)
secret window, secret garden, novella, (1990)
the library policeman, novella, (1990)
the langoliers, novella, (1990)
needy things, novel, (1991)
gerald’s game, novel, (1992)
dolores claiborne, novel, (1992)
nightmares & dreamscapes, short story collection, (1993)
insomnia, novel, (1994)
blind willie, novel, (1994)
rose madder, novel , ( 1995)
the green mile, serial novel, (1996)
despair, novel, (1996)
the regulators, novel, (1996)
bag of bones, novel, (1998)
the girl who loved tom gordon, novel, (1999)
hearts in atlantis, short story collection , (1999)
why are we in vietnam, novel, (1999)
short men in yellow coats, novel, (1999)
hearts in atlantis , novel, (1999)
n, novella, (1999)
secret windows: essays and fiction about the craft of writing, non-fiction, (1999)
elevation, novella, (1999)
on writing: a memoir of the craft, nonfiction, (1999)
gwendy’s button box, novella, (1999)
dream catcher, novel, (2001)
black house, novel, (2001)
everything is eventual, collection of stories, (2001)
of a buick 8, novel, (2001)
faithful, non-fiction, (200 4)
the kid from colorado, novel, (2005)
illustrated edition of ‘salem’s lot, novel, (2005)
the secretary of dreams: volume one, novel, (2005)
cell, novel, (2006)
lisey’s story, novel, (2006)
fire, novel, (2007)
duma key, novel, (2008)
just after sunset, collection of short stories, (2008)
stephen king goes to the movies, collection of short stories, (2009) )
under the dome, novel, (2009)
the secretary of dreams: volume 2, novel, (2010)
totally dark, no stars, short story collection, ( 2010)
11/22/63, novel, (2011)
weapons, non-fiction, (2013)
joyland, novel, (2013)
doctor sleep, novel, (2013)
mr. mercedes, novel, (2014)
revival, novel, (2014)
finders keepers, novel, (2015)
joyland illustrated edition, novel, ( 2015)
the bazaar of bad dreams, short story collection, (2015)
blockade billy, novella, (2015)
ur, novella, ( 2015)
end of the clock, novel, (2016)
charlie the choo-choo, children’s book, (2016)
sleeping beauties, novel, ( 2017)
the stranger, novel, (2018)
the institute, novel, (2019)
if it bleeds, short story collection, (2020)

what are the most popular books by stephen king?

stephen king has a lot of great writing, but some of it really stands out.

#1. carrie (1974)

carrie is the first novel that introduced king to the world as a published writer, it was even made into a movie. the actions take place in the future, in 1979 in a fictional town.

the novel talks about carrie, a teenager who has telekinetic powers. her schoolmates bully her and she is oppressed by a domineering mother. Will she be able to fit her? Or will her powers help her get revenge?

#2. the salem lot (1975)

This horror novel tells of ben mears, a writer who returns to jerusalem, his hometown, after a 25-year absence. He begins to write a story about the Marsten House, an abandoned mansion bought by an Austrian immigrant, Kurt Barlow.

Suddenly, a boy in town dies and his brother becomes a vampire and starts infecting people. A battle begins between the vampires and the others, including Ben.

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#3. the shining (1977)

The story takes place at the Overview Hotel, where Jack Torrence lives with his wife and son Danny. Jack tries to write a play while he overcomes his anger issues and alcohol addiction.

The word “bright” refers to some psychic powers danny has. Meanwhile, in the same hotel, there are evil forces trying to possess Danny, when they fail, they possess Jack instead.

How will the forces of evil affect Jack’s plan?

The novel was adapted for film in 1980.

#4. the dais (1978)

The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic era. after a plague kills most of the population, the people are divided into 2 groups. a battle begins between them, the battle between good and evil.

The story continues. there have been many adaptations of the novel. the most recent is a miniseries of the same name. it was being filmed in september 2019 by cbs but everything was stopped due to covid-19.

#5. the long road (1979)

Published under his pseudonym, the plot of this book is set in the future. It talks about a dystopian America, governed by a dictator.

the protagonist is raymond, a 16-year-old boy who has to participate in “the walk”. is a competition that takes place between 100 teenage boys who have to keep walking at a certain speed, the winner is the one who survives.

Throughout “the walk” we continue to discover more about this society and the lives of the participants.

#6. the dead zone (1979)

the book talks about john smith in 2 different phases. when he was a child, he had a skating accident that landed him in the dead zone. then as a young man he goes into a coma for 5 years and wakes up with psychic powers.

He wakes up with some problems as some of his memories are in a dead zone in his mind. she now she can tell some things from the past and others from the future.

From then on, everything starts to go downhill for Johnny.

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#7. cujo (1981)

Have you ever heard of a monstrous dog? the protagonist of this story is the dog cujo. he is a friendly family dog. cujo is bitten by a bat and becomes a killer.

cujo belongs to joe camber’s family, but he doesn’t start attacking before joe’s wife and son leave.

Later, due to bad luck, donna trenton’s car breaks down, so she takes her son tad and goes to joe camber’s repair shop to fix it, only to find themselves trapped in the car, with cujo trying to attack.

#8. the running man (1982)

The story takes place in 2025. It is published under the pseudonym of King, Richard Bachman. The story takes place in a fictional dystopian America. the protagonist, ben richards, is broke and needs money to treat his sick daughter.

He participates in a game show called “the running man” where the participants have to keep running from the police for a month, they earn money for each hour of survival and they earn money for killing the officers who chase them.

The only problem is that the whole world is watching it and they might give it up to win. is ben going to win?

#9. the dark tower series (1982 – 2012)

the dark tower towers series consists of 8 books. the series takes place in a parallel universe, where the dark tower connects all the universes. roland deschain is the last gunslinger and he is on a mission to find the dark tower.

Throughout his journey, he meets different people, friends and enemies. What makes this series stand out is that it somehow connects most of King’s novels. you can find references and elements mentioned in some of his stories such as; ‘salem’s lot, the stand, the talisman, the dragon’s eyes and such.

#10. sematary pet (1983)

If you have the chance to bring your dead loved ones back to life, will you take it, no matter what comes next? apparently, our protagonist, louis, will do it.

The story takes place in Maine, where Louis moves in with his wife Rachel, their children Gage and Ellie, and their church of cats. They meet their neighbor Jud, who takes them on a trip to a pet cemetery.

this trip reveals a lot about rachel and louis’ past. later, when church dies, jud takes louis to a graveyard, behind the pet’s. Louis follows Jud’s instructions and buries the church, only to find her alive the next day.

the same thing happens when gage dies and when rachel dies too. however, that resurrection has its own consequences, and things will never be the same.

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#11. that (1986)

The famous horror movie of 2017 and 2019 is originally a novel by Stephen King, written in 1986. The novel tells the story of seven children in a fictional town; they are followed by “it”, a kind of monster that has the ability to disguise itself and change its appearance.

We see the protagonists as children, then we see them three decades later as adults, with all the childhood trauma they have being persecuted for “it”.

The adults reunite when they discover that they are killing innocents. they think “it” could be responsible for it. the story describes her fight against “it”, with some memories of her childhood with him.

#12. misery (1987)

misery is the name of the heroine of a series of novels, written by the protagonist of this story, paul sheldon. he writes about her for years and finally kills her in her last book to start a new series, fast cars.

killing misery will bring paul some misery of his own, as he is later involved in a car accident and is rescued by annie, a mentally unstable nurse who is also his number one fan.

annie is mad at paul for killing misery and tortures him. she even makes him burn the fast cars manuscript to relive the misery. Will he do what she tells him or suffer the consequences?

#13. the green mile (1996)

The story takes place in Georgia, in 1932. It tells the story of John Coffey, a prisoner who is in jail for killing two girls. John Coffey has healing powers; he can heal people and even transfer diseases to others.

paul, the captain of the prison guards, discovers john’s healing powers when he cures a rat. he even heals paul himself. Later, we find out that John is innocent.

what happens to those who were healed by juan’s powers? they are going to die? live for years? or have some powers too? that’s what you’ll find out in the story.

summarizing

With over 100 published books, we can fairly say that among Stephen King’s books you’ll find the awesome horror stories you’re looking for.

he cultivated genres such as; supernatural fiction, gothic drama, dark fantasy and psychological horror.

what is your favorite book on the list? And what do you plan to read next?

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