Stephen King Books In Order

Stephen King  is an author who literally doesn’t need an introduction. If you haven’t heard of Stephen King yet, you’ve been living under the proverbial rock all this time. And chances are you’ve still watched some of the movies they made based on his books, like ‘IT” or ‘The Shining”, to name just a few.

He is maybe the best known American author of thriller/horror/fantasy genres. His over 50 books have been sold over 350 million copies, and many of them have been turned into popular movies and TV series. Many readers are aware that the author also writes under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

His latest novel is The Institute, published in 2019, a standalone horror-thriller novel.

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Standalone Stephen King Books In Order Of Publication

• Carrie, 1974
• ‘Salem’s Lot, 1975
• Rage, 1977 (written as Richard Bachman)
• The Stand, 1978
• The Long Walk, 1979 (written as Richard Bachman)
• The Dead Zone, 1979
• Firestarter, 1980
• Roadwork, 1981
• Cujo, 1981
• The Running Man, 1982 (written as Richard Bachman)
• Christine, 1983
• Pet Sematary, 1983
• Thinner, 1984
• It, 1986
• The Eyes of the Dragon, 1987
• Misery, 1987
• The Tommyknockers, 1987
• The Dark Half, 1989
• Needful Things, 1991
• Gerald’s Game, 1992
• Dolores Claiborne, 1992
• Insomnia, 1994
• Rose Madder, 1995
• Desperation, 1996
• The Regulators, 1996
• The Green Mile, 1996
• Bag of Bones, 1998
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, 1999
• Dreamcatcher, 2001
• From a Buick 8, 2002
• The Colorado Kid, 2005
• Cell, 2006
• Lisey’s Story, 2006
• Blaze, 2007
• Duma Key, 2008
• Under the Dome, 2009
• 11/22/63, 2011
• Joyland, 2013
• Revival, 2014
• The Outsider, 2018
• The Institute, 2019

Shining Books In Order Of Publication

1. The Shining, 1977
2. Doctor Sleep, 2013

Dark Tower Series In Order Of Publication

1. The Gunslinger, 1982
2. The Drawing of the Three, 1987
3. The Waste Lands, 1991
4. Wizard and Glass, 1997
5. Wolves of the Calla, 2003
6.  Song of Susannah, 2004
7. The Dark Tower, 2004
8. The Wind Through the Keyhole, 2012
9. The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows, 2015

The Talisman Series In order Of Publication

1. Co-authored with Peter Straub
   The Talisman, 1984
2. Black House, 2001

Mr. Mercedes Trilogy In Order Of Publication

1. Mr. Mercedes, 2014
2. Finders Keepers, 2015
3. End Of Watch – TBA

Short Stories And Anthologies in Order of Publication

• The Breathing Method, 1984
• Silver Bullet, 1985
• My Pretty Pony, 1989
• The Body, 1994
• Umney’s Last Case, 1995
• The Shawshank Redemption, 1995
• Apt Pupil, 1999
• Riding the Bullet, 2000
• Blockade Billy, 2010
• Ur, 2010
• Mile 81, 2011
• Throttle, 2012
• A Face in the Crowd, 2012
• In the Tall Grass, 2012
• Big Driver, 2014
• A Good Marriage, 2014
• Night Shift, 1978
• Different Seasons, 1982
• Stephen King’s Creepshow, 1982
• Skeleton Crew, 1985
• Four Past Midnight, 1990
• Nightmares and Dreamscapes, 1993
• Hearts in Atlantis, 1999
• Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing, 2000
• Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales, 2002
• The Secretary of Dreams Volume 1, 2006
• The Best American Short Stories 2007, 2007
• Just After Sunset, 2008
• Stephen King Goes to the Movies, 2009
• Road Rage, 2009
• Full Dark No Stars, 2010
• The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2, 2010
• The Best Horror of the Year Volume 4, 2012
• The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, 2015

Other Fiction Works By Stephen King

• Storm of the Century, 1999 (original screenplay)
• The Talisman, Vol. 1: The Road of Trials, 2009 (graphic novel)
• American Vampire, Vol. 1, 2010 (graphic novel)

Non-Fiction Books

• Danse Macabre, 1981
• Nightmares in the Sky, 1988
• Mid-Life Confidential, 1994
• On Writing, 2000
• Faithful, 2004
• Guns, 2013
• Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All, 2013

About Steven King

Born in 1947 in Portland, Maine, Steven King (website) was living with his mom and brother from a very young age, after his parents divorced. At the age of 11 the family moved to Durham, Maine, where he went to grammar school. He graduated from from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, following which he went to the University of Maine at Orono, where he contributed to a weekly column called The Maine Campus.

In 1970 he graduated with a BA in English, and in 1971 he married Tabitha King. The same year he found a teaching position at Hampden Academy, while in his spare time he continued to write short stories which he would sell to men’s magazines.

His first novel, Carrie was published in 1974 Doubleday & Co., a book which was soon turned into a movie with Sissy Spacek.

Soon other books followed, including The Shining (also made into a movie starring Jack Nicholson) and The Stand. He also wrote several short stories that were also published.

In 1981 he published another book for the movies, Cujo (I still remember this movie, it gave me nightmares for a long time back in the day).

Except for his standalone novels and short stories, Stephen King also wrote the popular Dark Tower series, with the first book published in 1982, for a total of 7 books.

In the meantime the author kept writing books, many of which again were translated to powerful movies, such as Christine, and The Dead Zone (starring Christopher Walken). Firestarter featured Drew Barrymore and It, which was made into a mini series.

At the moment the author is still going strong with new books being published every year. Here is all the list of the Stephen King books in order, including the standalone novels, series and short stories published to date.