The dark tower, which king began writing in college, is based on a. Pandemic, a viral poem about coronavirus posted on march 17, 2020. Stephen edwin king is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. All 64 stephen king books, ranked every stephen king movie, ranked from. It used to appear in the bachman books, but king asked them to stop printing it after fears the story. I love horror because i read his book since i was child and now im grown up with his book. A scary, psychological story, we arent going to spoil anything of this one but its scary the same way misery is. Top 10 stephen king quotes to sharpen your mind bookstr. His parents were nellie ruth pillsbury, who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and donald. A chant the shining the stand lone justice horrorteria. These stephen king characters all appear in multiple books. Stephen king novels, stephen king books, stephen king books ranked.
Durma key is a lesser known stephen king work but its just as gripping and scary as any mainstream novel. I will explain for those that dont know what that means. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels. With that many books under his belt, not every one has been a hit but hes got a pretty solid batting average, especially with readers. Read more stephen king s best books, ranked by readers. I have read so many books from stephen king but this is my favorite.
On this list put the top stephen king books score 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. Having said that, the discussion regarding his best and worst work will never come to a definitive end. Whatever it is, theres no denying that stephen king knows what scares usand hes not afraid to deliver. Oct 28, 2019 counting down a few of kings scariest books. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. 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. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. The best stephen king audiobooks ranked best thrillers. If, for example, i were ranking joe hills books, that ranking would definitely. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. Pophorror ranks the books of horror master stephen king by decade. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. In this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. The seven harry potter books ranked from worst to best.
Its about the perils of creativity, the mysteries of ones past, and with a touch of supernatural to add some. This list of the best stephen king books has you covered. The dark tower, which king began writing in college, is based on a famous victorian romance poem by robert browning. Around these parts we hold stephen king in very high regard. I love you always stephen king and i will always support you. Jul 21, 2016 when you read stephen king s dark tower series, you start to notice that there are a whole lot of books with dark tower connections you werent aware of. Of course, we dont just love to read kings bookswe also love to reread them, and. Stephen king teams up with longtime friend and awardwinning author richard chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of castle rock.
The art by glenn chadbourne is good, but the poem the book is built around is mediocre at best, and as far as im concerned the book exists only to milk a few dollars out of hardcore king fans. Because now that i remember joe hill is stephen kings son i know that, still the question is why is he on a list of his father. As for a ranking of stephen king books, goodreads is good and i also like this list. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.
His books have sold hundreds of millions of copies and been translated into dozens of languages. Stephen king s son also writes books but he does not go by his regular name he writes under a different name and i forget what it is. Stephen king has published more than 80 novels since 1974, making him one of the most prolific authors in history, as well as arguably the most popular. Described as the king of horror, kings books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide and have been adapted into a number of different mediums including film, television, and comic books. Not only do you get book jokes, he also recommends books. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. The last time i updated this ranking of king s books was 20, which in these times of hardship seems implausibly distant. Top ten stephen king books the top ten stephen king books. Sep 07, 2017 the very best and very worst stephen king movies including it, ranked. New stephen king book if it bleeds has major different. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. Blog posted on wednesday, apr 03 stephen king short stories did you know that there are over stephen king short stories in existence. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best.
For more than four decades, in more than sixty novels, ten collections of short stories, and half a dozen nonfiction works, king has been one of popular cultures most constant and consistent literary companions. However, weve got a video here for you that you just might enjoy. In our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he ever wrote. 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. A list of stephen king s poems, organized alphabetically.
All of the best stephen king books, ranked as the greatest living master of both jump scares and slowcreeping dread, stephen king has reshaped an entire genre in the image of his imagination. Ive wrangled them together here going all the way back to. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific and quite possibly one of the greatest writers of our generation, stephen kings books offer much more variety than the horror stories for which he became famous. One of the longest king books, needful things is epic, sad, dark, scary, smart, and simply fun read. Dec 11, 2017 top 10 stephen king quotes to sharpen your mind. 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. Every single stephen king novella, ranked mashable. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years. 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. I guess im just curious about everyones favorite books that hes written and to see which ones i should try and in the upcoming months. 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.
A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. As king is one of americas best and foremost short story writers, this is a matter that bears rectifyingafter all, there are more than 100 stories spread across his 10 collections, and thats a considerable body of work. He does a lot of talking and a lot of writing, and so much of it can help young people find their footing. Being almost 70 years old, stephen kings been officially published for 50 of them, and many of his books were published multiple times throughout the years. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. Best of stephen king im a huuuge stephen king fan but because his collection is so extensive i havent been able to read all of his works. This poem by king was expanded to novella length by having glenn chadbourne do. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels.
Aug 28, 2015 in this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. He is my favorite writer, so obviously i felt compelled to summarize every one of his books using the character limits of twitter. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific and quite possibly one of the greatest writers of our generation, stephen king s books offer much more variety than the horror stories for which he became famous. Jan 14, 2020 stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. Still, its bracketed by two of the greatest stories king has ever written. It will be his 62nd book in total, which is an impressive haul. A list of stephen kings poems, organized alphabetically. Is there a list of all of kings books ranked by the. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. Enjoy this list of stephen king books ranked, and vote for the novels you think are the best stephen king books of all time. Described as the king of horror, king s books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide and have been adapted into a number of different mediums including film, television, and comic books.
Richard bachman actually stephen king s son goes by the name joe hill. On monday, hulu premiered 112263, its jj abrams produced, james francostarring miniseries adapted from the writers bestselling jfk. Jul 18, 2019 whatever it is, theres no denying that stephen king knows what scares usand hes not afraid to deliver. A list of stephen kings written works, organized alphabetically. Jun 24, 2008 stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Stephen kings son also writes books but he does not go by his regular name he writes under a different name and i forget what it is. Ranking stephen king books isnt easy, with so many to choose from, so help us out and vote. Not only is this the worst stephen king book that i own, its the worst by a large margin. So we at pophorror decided to rank the entire freaking list of over 60 books. Apr 02, 2019 stephen king has written over 70 books. This wiki has been updated 23 times since it was first published in march of 2015.
In celebration of sleepless nights, here are some of the freakiest, scariest stephen king books. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. 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. Im making it my personal mission to listen to every stephen king novel published so far this century, which given kings propensity for very long books, is a far bigger job than you might imagine. Without a moments hesitation he went with liseys story, a 2006 novel about a woman coping with. The dark tower wouldnt have been written without this poem its like a cherry. Looking back over more than 40 years worth of his work. We are truly in king great times right now, if you are a fan of stephen king. Its the 40th anniversary of the publication of carrie, so new york magazine has compiled a complete list of the maine mans works including the bachman books, collaborations, collections and nonfiction, ranked from worst to best. Mar 16, 2019 this wiki has been updated 23 times since it was first published in march of 2015. A roundup of some of the biggest stephen king characters who appear in multiple novels. I try to devour anything he writes, and most of the time, i am not left disappointed. There are three ways up to castle view from the town of ca. The very best and very worst stephen king movies including it, ranked.
However the series was primarily inspired by a poem called childe roland to the dark. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. For two generations of literary thrillseekers, his very name is synonymous with horror. After that its a little harder to be objective as ive found his short story collections to be really incredible and woukd probably rank them higher than the other sk novels ive read. Uncle steve has released seven new books in the intervening years depending on what you count, and with each successive addition, ive felt like i needed to revisit this post. And, by all means, if theres a king book that somehow scared you even more than these did, tell us about it in the comments.
Without further ado, heres my list of the best stephen king audiobooks published in this century. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Being almost 70 years old, stephen king s been officially published for 50 of them, and many of his books were published multiple times throughout the years. Stephen king, one of the masters of american horror fiction, has an oeuvre of close to 100 books.
After his work began to take off, stephen king wrote under a pseudonym, richard bachman, these books were less supernatural horror and more suspense thrillers. A list of stephen king s written works, organized alphabetically. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. Jun 24, 2017 every single stephen king novella, ranked. On monday, hulu premiered 112263, its jj abrams produced, james francostarring. Filmmakers have been adapting stephen king books for decades now.
The very best and very worst stephen king movies including. Sep 27, 2019 stephen edwin king was born on september 21, 1947, at the maine general hospital in portland. Only stephen king is the best author to write horror and thrilling book. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Author stephen king pet sematary recommends his favorite booksincluding underground railroad by colson whitehead, case. Stephen edwin king was born on september 21, 1947, at the maine general hospital in portland. It is from start to finish one of the creepiest, coolest, scariest and most intriguing books youll ever read. Given the institute still has that new book smell, launch of if it bleeds will mean we will have gone a decade now with a new king release every year. Jun 14, 2019 enjoy this list of stephen king books ranked, and vote for the novels you think are the best stephen king books of all time. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. Theres no doubt that the mans publishing career is impressive, but king was perhaps most prolific with his short stories. Best stephen king novels, short stories and audio books.
Every stephen king novel summarized in 140 characters or. His parents were nellie ruth pillsbury, who worked. Did you know that there are over stephen king short stories in existence. Feb 18, 2016 theres never been a better time to be a stephen king fan. When you read stephen kings dark tower series, you start to notice that there are a whole lot of books with dark tower connections you werent aware of. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels ranked. Theres never been a better time to be a stephen king fan. Weve ranked them below, from the least disturbing and problematic to the most uncomfortable. The characters are sad and creepy, but extremely loveable. Even though it is 1,300 pages and i only read it before going to sleep at night, i finished it in under two weeks because i. It is the opinion of one person, and i disagree with some of his placements, but what i like are his descriptions of the book and his reasoning for where he puts the book on his list. King has published 61 novels including seven under the pen name richard bachman and six nonfiction books.
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