Stephen King Books in Order

novel · 1974

Carrie may be picked on by her classmates but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie — the…

novel · 1975

'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size. Ben Mears, a moderately…

novel · 1977

A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the rest of his class hostage. Over the course of one long, tense and unbearable hot afternoon, Charlie Decker explains what led him to this…

novel · 1978

Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the…

novel · 1979

In a dystopian near-future, America has fallen on hard times. Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual match of stamina and wits known as the Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour…

novel · 1979

The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979. The story follows Johnny Smith, who awakens from a coma of nearly five years and, apparently as a result of brain damage, now experiences clairvoyant and…

novel · 1980

Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for…

novella · 1980

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a dense, mysterious mist - originally published in the acclaimed short story collection Skeleton Crew and made into a feature film by Frank Darabont -…

novel · 1981

Barton Dawes’ unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Highway construction puts him out of work and simultaneously forces him out of his home. Dawes isn’t the sort of man who will take an insult of this…

novel · 1981

Cujo (/ˈkjuːdʒoʊ/) is a 1981 psychological horror novel by American writer Stephen King about a rabid Saint Bernard. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982 and was made into a film in 1983.

nonfiction · 1981

This is a non-fiction study of the horror genre including books, movies, television, etc. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [Works (Danse Macabre / Salem's Lot / Shining](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24233994W) [1]:…

novel · 1982

In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives... Ben Richards is out of work and out of luck. His eighteen-month-old daughter is sick, and neither Ben nor his wife can afford to take her to a doctor. For…

graphic-novel · 1982

The graphic novel adaptation of the classic horror anthology film written by Stephen King, with art by Bernie Wrightson! The graphic novel adaptation of Stephen King’s Creepshow, based on the 1982 horror anthology and cult classic film…

serial-novel · 1982

Things aren't going well for Zenith House, Publishers. Their sales are failing and the company is about to go under when they are approached by Carlos Detweiller who has a book called True Tales of Demon Infestations he would like them to…

novella · 1982

A golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism. ([source][1]) ---------- Also appears in: - [Different Seasons][2] - [Apt Pupil / Rita Hayworth and Shawshank…

novella · 1982

Four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. ([source][1]) ---------- Also appears in: - [Different Seasons][2] - [The Body / The Breathing…

novella · 1982

A tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what. ([source][1]) ---------- Also appears in: - [Different Seasons][2] - [The Body / The Breathing Method][3] [1]:…

novella · 1982

Suspenseful, mysterious, and heart-wrenching, Stephen King’s extraordinary novella, populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, tells a powerful tale of crushing despair and liberating hope through the eyes of Ellis “Red” Redding.…

novel · 1983

A love triangle involving 17-year-old misfit Arnie Cunningham, his new girlfriend and a haunted 1958 Plymouth Fury. Dubbed Christine by her previous owner, Arnie's first car is jealous, possessive and deadly. ([source][1]) [1]:…

novel · 1983

Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986

novella · 1983

Terror began in January—by the light of the full moon... The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf’s fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked…

novel · 1984

The Eyes of the Dragon is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King, first published as a limited edition slipcased hardcover by Philtrum Press in 1984, illustrated by Kenneth R. Linkhauser. The novel would later be published for…

novel · 1984

Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal…

novella · 1984

novella · 1985

Wealthy crime-boss Jimmy Dolan brutally murders a woman who is scheduled to testify against him, and her husband spends the next seven years plotting his revenge. Haunted by the voice of his dead wife, he will stop at nothing to exact his…

novel · 1986

"They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them…

novel · 1987

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he''s writing to stay alive. Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And now he…

novel · 1987

The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King. While maintaining a horror style, the novel is an excursion into the realm of science fiction for King, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under…

novel · 1989

The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel was adapted into a…

nonfiction · 1988

novella · 1990

A group of travelers on a red-eye flight from California to Maine wake up to discover that most of their fellow passengers have vanished mid-flight, along with the pilots and flight attendants. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in:…

novella · 1990

When a man forgets to return some books he borrowed from the library while writing a speech, and later accidentally destroys them, the phantom librarian who lent him the books sends the library policemen to terrorize him ([source][1])…

novella · 1990

A man accuses author Mort Rainey of stealing one of his story ideas. Rainey, who is going through an ugly divorce, attempts to prove to his accuser that his own story was published first, but all evidence to support his argument begins to…

novella · 1990

A young boy receives a Polaroid camera for his birthday. There's something wrong with his gift, though. Every picture features a menacing dog that approaches the foreground in each subsequent photograph. ([source][1]) ---------- Also…

novel · 1991

A newcomer opens a shop in Castle Rock. Bringing bargains as well as nightmares and disasters to the town.

novel · 1992

Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop she lashes out…

novel · 1992

Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years…

novel · 1994

A relentless waking nightmare in which the master of horror and suspense guarantees you sure won't rest in peace. You'll lose a lot of sleep. Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start -…

novella · 1994

novel · 1995

Rosie Daniels flees from her husband, Norman after fourteen years in an abusive marriage. During one bout of violence, Norman caused Rosie to miscarry their only child. Escaping to a distant city, Rosie establishes a new life and forges…

novel · 1996

Set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for the rape and murder of twin…

novel · 1996

Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. Just a local cop, who patrols the wilderness highway and travellers like the Carver family bound for vacation. But the secrets…

novel · 1996

The Regulators is a novel by American author Stephen King, writing under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to…

novel · 1998

Bag of Bones is a 1998 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. It focuses on an author who suffers severe writer's block and delusions at an isolated lake house four years after the death of his wife. It won the 1999 Bram Stoker…

novel · 1999

What if the woods were full of them? And of course they were, the woods were full of everything you didn't like, everything you were afraid of and instinctively loathed, everything that tried to overwhelm you with nasty, no-brain panic.…

novella · 1999

Although it is difficult to believe, the Sixties are not fictional: THEY ACTUALLY HAPPENED. No matter the format, Stephen King's work is spellbinding because the author himself is spellbound. The first hugely popular writer of the TV…

novella · 1999

novella · 1999

novella · 1999

novella · 2000

From international bestseller Stephen King the first ebook ever published—a novella about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side. Riding the Bullet is “a ghost story in the grand manner” from the bestselling…

novel · 2001

Dreamcatcher is a 2001 science fiction horror novel by American writer Stephen King, featuring elements of body horror, suspense and alien invasion.

novel · 2002

Shortly after his father, a Pennsylvania state trooper, is killed in a senseless automobile accident, Ned Wilcox discovers that the members of Troop D have a secret concealed behind their headquarters. Curtis Wilcox's friends and…

novel · 2005

On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues. But that's just the beginning of…

nonfiction · 2004

graphic-novel · 2006

Contains: [Home Delivery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650837W/Home_Delivery) [The road virus heads north](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19781079W/The_Road_Virus_Heads_North) [Jerusalem's…

novel · 2006

Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the…

novel · 2006

Lisey's Story is a novel by American writer Stephen King that combines elements of psychological horror and romance. The novel was released on October 24, 2006. It won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the…

novel · 2007

He's got a plan. But he hasn't got a clue. Clayton Blaisdell's capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. With Blaze's brawn and George's brains, they pull off a hundred successful cons. Then George plans the one big…

novel · 2008

Edgar Freemantle reached a T-junction in his life's journey when a freak accident cost him his arm... and his marriage. He takes the turning marked Florida — home, as they say, of the newly wed, or nearly dead. But rather than choosing a…

novella · 2008

novella · 2008

Also appears in: - [Just After Sunset][1] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81588W/Just_After_Sunset

novella · 2009

novel · 2009

Under the Dome is a 2009 science fiction novel by the American author, Stephen King. Under the Dome is the 58th book published by Stephen King, and it is his 48th novel. The novel focuses on a small Maine town, and tells an intricate,…

novella · 2011

Mile 81 is Stand by Me meets Christine—the story of an insatiable car and a heroic kid. At Mile 81 on the Maine turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids…

novel · 2011

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent…

novella · 2012

Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few…

novella · 2012

nonfiction · 2013

novel · 2013

Summer of 1973, North Carolina. College student Devin Jones gets a job at a small amusement park called Joyland. There, he takes care of maintenance, dresses up as the park's mascot, and entertains children. And there, he also discovers…

graphic-novel · 2010

Contains: [One for the road](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791071W) The monkey -- Gray matter -- [In the deathroom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19780775W/In_the_Deathroom) Strawberry spring-- Nona.

graphic-novel · 2010

This volume follows two stories: one written by Scott Snyder and one written by legendary horror writer Stephen King. In Snyder's story set in 1920s LA, we follow Pearl, a young woman who is turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of…

novel · 2014

In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt when he looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later he is a man who with his beautiful wife will…

novel · 2017

In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral…

novella · 2018

Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be…

novel · 2019

Luke Ellis, a super-smart twelve-year-old with an exceptional gift, is the latest in a long line of kids abducted and taken to a secret government facility, hidden deep in the forest in Maine. Here, kids with special talents - telekinesis…

novella · 2020

novella · 2020

Stephen King's 'The Life of Chuck', a tale of life and legacy—now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan—available for the first time in a beautiful standalone…

novella · 2020

novella · 2010

The chilling novella featured in Stephen King’s New York Times bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 is about a man who succumbs to the violence within—setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness. Wilfred James owns…

novella · 2010

Now a Lifetime original movie, Stephen King's haunting story about an author of a series of mystery novels who tries to reconcile her old life with her life after a horrific attack and the one thing that can save her: Revenge. Tess…

novella · 2010

novella · 2010

Darcy Anderson’s husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his routine business trips when the unsuspecting Darcy looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a hidden box under a worktable and in it she…

novel · 2021

SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie…

novel · 2021

Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the…

novel · 2022

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie…

novella · 2024

novella · 2024

novella · 2024

novella · 2024

novella · 2024

serial-novel · 2025

memoir · 2000

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. Part memoir,…

short-story · 1988

An elderly man on his deathbed gives his young grandson a pocketwatch and warns the boy against the dangers of letting time slip away. ([source][1]) ---------- Contained in: - [Chattery Teeth and other stories][3] - [Nightmares &…

short-story · 2018

Lloyd Sunderland is a 65 year-old retiree living in the (fictional) island community of Caymen Key, Florida who has become depressed and lost weight after his wife Marian died from a glioblastoma six months prior. One September, he is…

short-story · 2021

short-story · 2022

essay-collection · 2000

...Exclusive Book-Of-The-Month-Club anthology of hard to find non-fiction pieces, little known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows" - or for anyone…

essay-collection · 1994

essay-collection · 2009

Contains: - [1408](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19779432W) - The Mangler - Low Men in Yellow Coats - [Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917488W/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption) - [Children…

essay-collection · 2013

essay-collection · 2016

Hearts in Suspension is a 2016 non-fiction book by Stephen King, edited by Jim Bishop. The book focuses on King's time as a student at the University of Maine. "Includes a reprint of King's "Hearts in Atlantis," the fictional story of a…

picture-book · 2025

The haunting tale of two brave children lost in a dark and dangerous forest, reimagined by literary legends Stephen King and Maurice Sendak in an all-new picture book. Let Stephen King, global bestselling and award-winning author, and…

poetry · 1969

Horror illustrator Glenn Chadbourne offers an illustrated version of the poem Stephen King first wrote about the Dark Man in college after he envisioned a faceless man in cowboy boots, jeans, and a denim jacket, forever walking the roads.

play · 2012

collection · 1960

chapbook · 1964

collection · 1978

The No. 1 bestselling author's first classic collection of short stories. A collection of terrifying stories that reveal a shudderingly detailed map of the dark places that lie behind our waking, rational world. Stories include: -…

collection · 1982

Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the…

collection · 1985

From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy--tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes and walks and shrieks, brave new worlds…

chapbook · 1999

collection · 1990

Four Past Midnight is a collection of novellas written by Stephen King in 1988 and 1989 and published in August 1990. It is his second book of this type, the first one being Different Seasons. The collection won the Bram Stoker Award in…

collection · 1993

A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. Flies settle and die on an old pair of sneakers in New York, and the Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on…

collection · 1997

collection · 1999

Hearts in Atlantis (1999) is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to one another by recurring characters and taking place in roughly chronological order. The stories are about the Baby Boomer…

audiobook-collection · 1999

collection · 2002

International bestselling author Stephen King is in terrifying top form with his first collection of short stories in almost a decade. In this spine-chilling compilation, King takes readers down a road less traveled (for good reason) in…

collection · 2008

This is Stephen's fifth short story collection. - [Willa][1] - [The Gingerbread Girl][2] - Harvey's Dream - Rest Stop - [Stationary Bike][3] - [The Things They Left Behind][4] - Graduation Afternoon - [N.][5] - The Cat From Hell - The New…

collection · 2015

A master storyteller at his best—Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his…

collection · 2020

If it Bleeds is a collection of four new novellas —Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds— each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places. A collection of four uniquely wonderful long…

collection · 2010

Is it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cozy mystery…

collection · 2024

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER. “You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen…

chapbook · 2024