The best stephen king novels 12 mustread stephen king books. I have read so many books from stephen king but this is my favorite. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. 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. The stand by stephen king, it by stephen king, the shining by. With such an expansive catalogue of books, king has too many to simply choose blindly, so lets get into the top 10 stephen king audiobooks, in particular order. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he. The best stephen king books, ranked in order audiobook by. For two generations of literary thrillseekers, his very name is synonymous with horror. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors in the world, with more than 50 books in print, and more coming out every year.
It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections, and we are using its publication as an excuse to. Since then, theres been almost four dozen movies of various descriptions. In this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections. One of the longest king books, needful things is epic, sad, dark, scary, smart, and simply fun read. A definitive list of the best stephen king audiobooks of the 21st century. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. Harrigans phone, the life of chuck, rat, and the title story if it bleeds each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places.
Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. This one feels more like the work of some budding socioscifi author who died in a car crash before making a real name for himself. The book remains highly rated by readers for its balance of chills and. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. The reigning master of suspense is the author of more than 50 books, all of which newly updated to include king s newest novel, if it bleeds. This is i think the fifth version of this list that ive put together.
Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, sciencefiction and fantasy novels. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. Small towns have long memories and they pass their horrors down ceremonially fro. A list of stephen king s novels, organized oldest to newest. The top 10 rare and pricey stephen king books litreactor. The stand by stephen king, it by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, misery by stephen king, salems lot by stephe.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. But however you know him, from the films or his books, there is little doubt that stephen is the king at what he does. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. However, the world of stephen king book collecting is a whole different beast. The stephen king top ten could be argued up and down, but theres little. 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.
It was the final dark tower book written before kings van accident, which inspired him to quickly finish the series by writing the last three books. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. The characters are sad and creepy, but extremely loveable. The shining 1977 if you dont know this story, shame on you. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. Richard bachman actually stephen king s son goes by the name joe hill. 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. Like most authors, it took stephen king a while to get his first novel in. The 17 best stephen king books ever written, ranked. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Top 30 stephen king movies, ranked from haunted hotels to prisonyard blues, carrie to christine the major adaptations of the iconic authors work, from worst to best.
Thus, king gives himself ample room to focus on truly breathing life into his characters amid a vivid setting of bygone days. Jan 12, 2018 stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. Of the early bachman books, this, to me, is the one that feels the least like stephen king. 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. A list of stephen king s novels, organized alphabetically. But by some off chance youre a stranger to his writing, weve rounded up 10 of the best, most ghastly horror books written by stephen kinghis greatest hits, if you willin no particular order. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. From numberone new york times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction stephen king comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas mr. Aug 28, 2015 in this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. The book that made stephen king a household name and began a lifetime career as one of the worlds most skilled authors was none other than carrie. Nov 05, 2014 stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. Stephen king celebrity profile check out the latest stephen king photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best screen rant.
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. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. The green mile 1996 john coffey arrives at penitentiary green mile on death row. All stephen king movies ranked mar 11, 2019 stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson. The story told was about a young girl named carrie white, a shy girl who finds herself going through puberty to her horror in front of the taunting gazes of her classmates. Another stephen king book that became a major motion picture, this first installment in the dark tower series introduces readers to roland of gilead. Jun 25, 2019 the story is never really bogged down by an overattention to scifi paradoxes and continuums. Hes one of americas most prolific and beloved writers. Enter stephen king, the master of spooks, good storytelling, and, yes, often really long books. Jan 14, 2020 stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers.
If youve read any of those, youve read much of this one. So, for some, it may not be among the best stephen king books for beginners. 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. Your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. I know before i even hit the publish button on this post that most people are going to raise their eyebrows. There have been stephen king movies almost as long as there have been stephen king books the adaptation of his first novel, carrie, released only two years after publication.
Mar 20, 2019 including the two that will become movies this year. This week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr. An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. The master of suspense has enough famous horror novel options to last you months. With more than 70 books in his catalog, stephen king has long been one of the few blockbuster writers who regularly publishes short fiction. 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. Over 350 million copies of kings books have been sold worldwide, and his many awards include the prestigious medal of distinguished contribution to. With 58 novels, 11 collections of short fiction, and 6 works of nonfiction, stephen king is more than just the master of horror. Mar 06, 2017 5 stephen king books your kid could and should read. He has his written his fair share of crap, but some of his horror books are classics think misery, it, the shining, etc. 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. Dark tower mostly takes place in midworld, the decayed remains of a once great empire where a. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books.
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. King has published 63 novels, including seven under. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. Each is accompanied by a synopsis directly from the stephen king web presence. Stephen king has 1651 books on goodreads with 23966590 ratings. Make a ranking from best to worst of the king books youve read. Hes known for writing gruesome scenes and grotesque villains. So, with the newest release of one of his novels in movie form, the mist, i present you with the top fifteen of his novels. Not only is this the worst stephen king book that i own, its the worst by a large margin.
His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first. Books by stephen king author of the shining goodreads. Of course, we dont just love to read kings bookswe also love to. King s sixth published novel, about a little girl who can start fires with her mind, was issued as a mainstream title by viking and a slipcased, signed 725copy limited edition by phantasia press. A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically. The best stephen king audiobooks ranked best thriller books. But there was an even more limited version, of which just 26 copies were published, in which the book was wrapped in a special aluminumcoated.
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