To help you parse out the good from the bad, heres a list of the 10 worst and 10 best stephen king adaptations so far, not in any particular order, but starting with the ones that probably dont. Sure, those aforementioned authors have had their books adapted less than. Did it ever cross your minds to check the word count of the books and not the audio length or page count. Secret windows needs to be included as well, it is listed in the front of king works. Stephen king born 1947 is an american author of horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.
All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. The story is set in the year 1922 on a family farm in nebraska owned by wilf, his wife arlette, and his 14yearold son, henry. Out of all of stephen king s most famous works, it, the stand, the shawshank redemption, the list goes on and on my alltime favorite work of his will always be the dark tower series. 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. With 58 novels, 11 collections of short fiction, and 6 works of nonfiction, stephen king is more than just the master of horror. Nov 23, 2019 the stand is the best of the stephen kingmick garris collaborations, with a starstudded sixhour visual retelling of kings bricksized novel. I have read so many books from stephen king but this is my favorite. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Stephen king has been a household name for more than 40 years. The dead zone is a novellength treatment of the old would you kill baby hitler. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Theres a lot to take in throughout the eight books that make up the series and while reading them youll come across fantasy, horror, romance, action and even a little bit. After graduating from college in 1970, king worked as a high school teacher while writing short stories and novels on his own time. Since the tender age of 12, i have eagerly devoured everything the man has written.
Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation. Stephen king apparently fought hard and bitterly to keep an anthology film of night shift from being made by milton subotsky, the man behind the amicus anthology films of the 70s with adaptations of tales from the crypt, vault of horror and robert bloch in fun, clever, stylish adaptations that apparently made kings blood boil. I know this list is going to be contentious amongst fellow fans, and i welcome comments and criticism with open arms. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. 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. Stephen king began writing as a child growing up in durham, maine. Stephen king books in order of length a novel best seller. 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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. King is in full on paranoid dude of the sixtiesseventies mode here. Ive decided to start reading the stephen king books in chronological order. A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically.
A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. Ranking stephen kings dark tower series corrosive teapot books. Although the longest stephen king book by word length and pages is the stand. Its frightening how effective of a storyteller he is. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels. Feb 16, 2019 true stephen king fans are familiar with christine, the 1983 horror cult classic directed by john carpenter and based on stephen king s novel of the same name.
Filmmakers have been adapting stephen king books for decades now, which means there have been some classics and some clunkers last month, the dark tower crashed and burned, but a. In case you didnt know i just finished the dark tower series by stephen king, and it was the very definition of epic. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. Through short stories, novellas, and of course full length novels, he has shown. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king. One of the longest king books, needful things is epic, sad, dark, scary, smart, and simply fun read. January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. King has won numerous awards throughout his career, including. Stephen king is the undisputed master of horror fiction. May 03, 2016 stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. 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. I am assuming we are not including six stories, because it is. 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.
End of watch, the third book in his hardboiled detective trilogy, is due out in june. Theres a lot to take in throughout the eight books that make up the series and while reading them youll come across fantasy, horror, romance, action and. Its about a teenaged girl living in 1970s castle rock who is. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by king s office and refers to the american hardcover editions. The movie features rocksolid performances by thomas jane, neal mcdonough, and molly parker. Hes one of americas most prolific and beloved writers.
He has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and six nonfiction books. This list is my top 5, in other words, my favorite stephen king books presented in order of which i prefer to read them. The 100 scariest horror novels of all time horror novel. The story revolves around arnie cunningham, an awkward teenage boy who buys a vintage 1958 plymouth fury named christine which, unbeknownst to arnie, has quite the sinister history. The stephen king adaptation is a hot commodity in hollywood once again. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. Even today, he averages two books per year many question the quality of his most recent work which i will address in this article.
January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the best stephen king books, ranked in order. Stephen kings teleportation horror story follows a family as theyre about to be transported across outer space to a new world. Along with his fulllength novels, we included kings many shortstory collections and. The most rewarding books are the ones where the finished story almost lives up to the idea that sparked it. The stand by stephen king, it by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, misery by stephen king, salems lot by stephe. King was a fan of comic books and horror movies, and his interest was such that he and his brother wrote and. Im also interested in hearing your thoughts on some of his newer creepy books verses the classics i mentioned above. A truly underrated novel, and one of the few fulllength novels king wrote that has. Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman. 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. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974. This will not be on literary sophistication or critical reception, strictly on how much i enjoy reading them.
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. 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. With well over 50 novels, multiple novellas, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, plus a handful of other releases that defy easy categorization among them, a libretto for a southern gothic musical, stephen king is a literary madman and an insanelyquotable storyteller. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The characters are sad and creepy, but extremely loveable. Over that period he has extended his reach into various areas of pop culture. Stephen king books in chronological order stephen king revisited. Over 350 million copies of kings books have been sold worldwide, and his many awards include the prestigious medal of distinguished contribution to. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. Ranking every stephen king adaptation, from worst to best. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. All the stephen king movies and tv shows on netflix.
After the 1970s era of kings greatest work, cujo came out of the 80s and holds great character development, but is overall a touch cartoonish. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. I was inspired by the heady world of 70s80s horror the golden age in my opinion. Oct 03, 2017 to help you parse out the good from the bad, heres a list of the 10 worst and 10 best stephen king adaptations so far, not in any particular order, but starting with the ones that probably dont. A list of stephen king s novels, organized alphabetically. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Jul 18, 2019 with well over 50 novels, multiple novellas, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, plus a handful of other releases that defy easy categorization among them, a libretto for a southern gothic musical, stephen king is a literary madman and an insanelyquotable storyteller. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. The best stephen king books, ranked in order kindle edition by bain, david. This week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr. How the film in his head could be any worse than the film that. Here are my picks for the top 7 stephen king novels. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels.
Aug 09, 2014 in case you didnt know i just finished the dark tower series by stephen king, and it was the very definition of epic. Aug 28, 2015 in this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. The stand is the best of the stephen kingmick garris collaborations, with a starstudded sixhour visual retelling of kings bricksized novel. All the stephen king movies and tv shows on netflix screenrant. 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. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. And if you buy one of his books today, you get the present. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he. King has published 63 novels, including seven under. In this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. The 10 worst and 10 best stephen king movies youtube. The best stephen king books, ranked in order kindle.
Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over. I havent read much stephen king and what i have read is great but not so scary. The best stephen king books, ranked in order kindle edition. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first. Mar 16, 2019 from july, 2003 to january, 2011, stephen king wrote a popculture column for entertainment weekly that he called the pop of king. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory. This poem by king was expanded to novella length by having glenn chadbourne. Jan 12, 2018 stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre.