Below is the complete list of Stephen King books in order of publication, which is the recommended reading order for the series....
Read All the Stephen King Books in Order
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Read Bill Hodges Trilogy Books in Publication Order
- Mr. Mercedes (2014)
Buy on Amazon - Finders Keepers (2015)
Buy on Amazon - End of Watch (2016)
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- Gwendy’s Button Box (2017)
(With Richard T. Chizmar)
Buy on Amazon - Gwendy’s Magic Feather (2019)
(By Richard T. Chizmar)
Buy on Amazon - Gwendy’s Final Task (2022)
(With Richard T. Chizmar)
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Read The Dark Tower Books in Publication Order
with Robin Furth
- The Gunslinger (1982)
Buy on Amazon - The Drawing of the Three (1987)
Buy on Amazon - The Waste Lands (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Wizard and Glass (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Wolves of the Calla (2003)
Buy on Amazon - Song of Susannah (2004)
Buy on Amazon - The Dark Tower (2004)
Buy on Amazon - The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Buy on Amazon - The Complete Concordance (2012)
(With Robin Furth)
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Read The Dark Tower: Beginnings Books in Publication Order
- The Gunslinger Born (2007)
(By Robin Furth, Peter David)
Buy on Amazon - The Long Road Home (2008)
(By Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove)
Buy on Amazon - Treachery (2009)
(By Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove)
Buy on Amazon - The Fall of Gilead (2009)
(By Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove)
Buy on Amazon - Battle of Jericho Hill (2010)
(With Robin Furth, Peter David)
Buy on Amazon - The Sailor (2017)
(By Robin Furth)
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Read The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Books in Publication Order
with Robin Furth, Peter David
- The Prisoner (2020)
Buy on Amazon - House of Cards (2020)
Buy on Amazon - Lady of Shadows (2020)
Buy on Amazon - Bitter Medicine (2020)
Buy on Amazon - The Drawing of the Three Omnibus (2023)
(By Robin Furth)
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Read The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Books in Publication Order
with Robin Furth, Peter David
- The Journey Begins (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Little Sisters of Eluria (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Battle of Tull (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Way Station (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Man in Black (2019)
Buy on Amazon - Last Shots (2019)
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Read Green Mile Books in Publication Order
- The Two Dead Girls (1996)
Buy on Amazon - The Mouse on the Mile (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Coffey’s Hands (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (1996)
Buy on Amazon - The Night Journey (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Coffey on the Mile (1996)
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Read Holly Gibney Books in Publication Order
- Mr. Mercedes (2014)
Buy on Amazon - Finders Keepers (2015)
Buy on Amazon - End of Watch (2016)
Buy on Amazon - The Outsider (2018)
Buy on Amazon - If It Bleeds (2020)
Buy on Amazon - Holly (2023)
Buy on Amazon - Never Flinch (2025)
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Read The Outsider Books in Publication Order
- The Outsider (2018)
Buy on Amazon - If It Bleeds (2020)
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Read Secretary of Dreams Books in Publication Order
- The Secretary of Dreams (2006)
Buy on Amazon - The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2 (2010)
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Read The Shining Books in Publication Order
- Before the Play (1977)
Buy on Amazon - The Shining (1977)
Buy on Amazon - Doctor Sleep (2013)
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Read Talisman Books in Publication Order
with Peter Straub
- The Talisman (1984)
Buy on Amazon - Black House (2001)
Buy on Amazon - Other Worlds Than These (2026)
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Read Standalone Novels Books in Publication Order
- Carrie (1974)
Buy on Amazon - ‘Salem’s Lot (1975)
Buy on Amazon - Rage (1977)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - The Stand (1978)
Buy on Amazon - The Long Walk (1979)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - The Dead Zone (1979)
Buy on Amazon - Firestarter (1980)
Buy on Amazon - Roadwork (1981)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - Cujo (1981)
Buy on Amazon - The Running Man (1982)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - Christine (1983)
Buy on Amazon - Pet Sematary (1983)
Buy on Amazon - Thinner (1984)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - It (1986)
Buy on Amazon - The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
Buy on Amazon - Misery (1987)
Buy on Amazon - The Tommyknockers (1987)
Buy on Amazon - One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) (1989)
Buy on Amazon - The Dark Half (1989)
Buy on Amazon - Needful Things (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Gerald’s Game (1992)
Buy on Amazon - Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Buy on Amazon - Insomnia (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Rose Madder (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Desperation (1996)
Buy on Amazon - The Regulators (1996)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - Bag of Bones (1998)
Buy on Amazon - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Dreamcatcher (2001)
Buy on Amazon - From a Buick 8 (2002)
Buy on Amazon - The Colorado Kid (2005)
Buy on Amazon - Cell (2006)
Buy on Amazon - Lisey’s Story (2006)
Buy on Amazon - Blaze (2007)
(As: Richard Bachman)
Buy on Amazon - Duma Key (2008)
Buy on Amazon - Under the Dome (2009)
Buy on Amazon - 11/22/63 (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Joyland (2013)
Buy on Amazon - Revival (2014)
Buy on Amazon - Sleeping Beauties (2017)
(With Owen King)
Buy on Amazon - The Institute (2019)
Buy on Amazon - Later (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Billy Summers (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Fairy Tale (2022)
Buy on Amazon - The Life of Chuck (2025)
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Read Short Stories/Novellas Books in Publication Order
- One for the Road (1977)
Buy on Amazon - The Ledge (1977)
Buy on Amazon - I Am the Doorway (1978)
Buy on Amazon - Quitters, Inc. (1978)
Buy on Amazon - The Mangler (1978)
Buy on Amazon - I Know What You Need (1978)
Buy on Amazon - The Woman in the Room (1978)
Buy on Amazon - The Man Who Loved Flowers (1978)
Buy on Amazon - Night Surf (1978)
Buy on Amazon - Jerusalem’s Lot (1978)
Buy on Amazon - The Crate (1979)
Buy on Amazon - Crouch End (1980)
Buy on Amazon - The Mist (1980)
Buy on Amazon - The Monkey (1980)
Buy on Amazon - The Jaunt (1981)
Buy on Amazon - Do the Dead Sing? (1981)
Buy on Amazon - The Body (1982)
Buy on Amazon - The Shawshank Redemption (1982)
Buy on Amazon - Uncle Otto’s Truck (1983)
Buy on Amazon - Word Processor of the Gods (1983)
Buy on Amazon - Apt Pupil (1983)
Buy on Amazon - Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Buy on Amazon - Silver Bullet (1983)
Buy on Amazon - The Breathing Method (1984)
Buy on Amazon - The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (1984)
Buy on Amazon - The Raft (1985)
Buy on Amazon - For the Birds (1986)
Buy on Amazon - Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut (1986)
Buy on Amazon - The End of the Whole Mess (1986)
Buy on Amazon - Trucks (1987)
Buy on Amazon - The Last Rung on the Ladder (1987)
Buy on Amazon - The Night Flier (1988)
Buy on Amazon - Home delivery (1989)
Buy on Amazon - Dolan’s Cadillac (1989)
Buy on Amazon - My Pretty Pony (1989)
Buy on Amazon - The Langoliers (1989)
Buy on Amazon - Sneakers (1989)
Buy on Amazon - The Library Policeman (1990)
Buy on Amazon - The Sun Dog (1990)
Buy on Amazon - Secret Window, Secret Garden (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Three Carols (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Children of the Corn (1993)
Buy on Amazon - Gray Matter (1993)
Buy on Amazon - The Man in the Black Suit (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Umney’s Last Case (1995)
Buy on Amazon - The Lawnmower Man (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Everything’s Eventual (1997)
Buy on Amazon - 1408 (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Riding the Bullet (2000)
Buy on Amazon - Zenith Rising / The Plant (2000)
Buy on Amazon - LT’s Theory of Pets (2001)
Buy on Amazon - Autopsy Room Four (2002)
Buy on Amazon - Lisey and the Madman (2004)
Buy on Amazon - The Things They Left Behind (2005)
Buy on Amazon - Stationary Bike (2006)
Buy on Amazon - The Road Virus Heads North (2006)
Buy on Amazon - Mute (2007)
Buy on Amazon - Ayana (2007)
Buy on Amazon - Harvey’s Dream (2008)
Buy on Amazon - N (2008)
Buy on Amazon - The Gingerbread Girl (2008)
Buy on Amazon - UR (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Morality (2009)
Buy on Amazon - The Bone Church (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Premium Harmony (2009)
Buy on Amazon - 1922 (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Blockade Billy (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Tommy (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Mile 81 (2011)
Buy on Amazon - The Little Green God of Agony (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Under the Weather / À la dure (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Herman Wouk Is Still Alive (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Batman and Robin have an Altercation (2012)
Buy on Amazon - Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2012)
Buy on Amazon - Throttle (2012)
(With Joe Hill)
Buy on Amazon - Stephen King’s Battleground (2012)
Buy on Amazon - A Face in the Crowd (2012)
(With Stewart O’Nan)
Buy on Amazon - Big Driver (2012)
Buy on Amazon - In the Tall Grass (2012)
(With Joe Hill)
Buy on Amazon - That Bus Is Another World (2014)
Buy on Amazon - A Good Marriage (2014)
Buy on Amazon - Mister Yummy (2015)
Buy on Amazon - Drunken Fireworks (2015)
Buy on Amazon - Bad Little Kid (2015)
Buy on Amazon - Cookie Jar (2016)
Buy on Amazon - Laurie (2018)
Buy on Amazon - Obits (2018)
Buy on Amazon - Low Men In Yellow Coats (in Hearts in Atlantis) (2018)
Buy on Amazon - The Turbulence Expert (2018)
Buy on Amazon - Elevation (2018)
Buy on Amazon - Squad D (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Fifth Step (2020)
Buy on Amazon - Rat (2020)
Buy on Amazon - On Slide Inn Road (2020)
Buy on Amazon - Red Screen (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Willie the Weirdo / Willie le Zinzin (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Rattlesnakes (2023)
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Read Short Story Collections Books in Publication Order
- Night Shift (1978)
Buy on Amazon - Different Seasons (1982)
Buy on Amazon - Skeleton Crew (1985)
Buy on Amazon - Four Past Midnight (1990)
Buy on Amazon - Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Buy on Amazon - The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales (1994)
Buy on Amazon - The Green Mile (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Six Stories (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Graveyard Shift: and Other Stories from Night Shift (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Blood and Smoke (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing (2000)
Buy on Amazon - Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (2002)
Buy on Amazon - Just After Sunset (2008)
Buy on Amazon - Stephen King Goes to the Movies (2009)
Buy on Amazon - In the Deathroom and Lunch at the Gotham Café (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Road Rage (2012)
(With Joe Hill, Richard Matheson, Chris Ryall)
Buy on Amazon - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
Buy on Amazon - If It Bleeds (2020)
Buy on Amazon - You Like It Darker (2024)
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Read Graphic Novels Books in Publication Order
- Creepshow (1982)
Buy on Amazon - The Talisman: Road of Trials (2009)
(With Peter Straub, Tony Shasteen)
Buy on Amazon - The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem (2013)
Buy on Amazon - Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1 (2020)
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Read Children’s Books in Publication Order
- Charlie the Choo-Choo (2016)
(As: Beryl Evans)
Buy on Amazon - Hansel and Gretel (2025)
(With Maurice Sendak)
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Read Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order
- Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981)
Buy on Amazon - Danse Macabre (1981)
Buy on Amazon - Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (1988)
(With Chuck Miller, Tim Underwood)
Buy on Amazon - Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques (1988)
Buy on Amazon - Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (1989)
(With Chuck Miller, Tim Underwood)
Buy on Amazon - On Writing (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Faithful (2004)
Buy on Amazon - Guns (2013)
Buy on Amazon - Hearts in Suspension (2016)
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Read Transgressions Books in Publication Order
- Transgressions (2005)
(With Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Donald E Westlake, Bonnie Jeanne Perry, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, John Farris)
Buy on Amazon - Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006)
(With Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, John Farris)
Buy on Amazon - Transgressions, Vol. 3 (2006)
(By Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Donald E Westlake, John Farris)
Buy on Amazon - Transgressions, Vol. 4 (2006)
(By Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain)
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Read Plays Books in Publication Order
- Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2013)
(With T. Bone Burnett)
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Read The Stand: Graphic Novels Books in Publication Order
- Captain Trips (2009)
(With Mike Perkins, LauraMartin, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
Buy on Amazon - American Nightmares (2009)
(With Mike Perkins, LauraMartin, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
Buy on Amazon - Hardcases (2010)
(With Mike Perkins, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
Buy on Amazon - Soul Survivors (2010)
(With Mike Perkins, LauraMartin, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
Buy on Amazon - No Man’s Land (2011)
(With Mike Perkins, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
Buy on Amazon - The Night Has Come (2012)
(With Mike Perkins, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
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Read American Vampire Books in Publication Order
- American Vampire, Vol. 1 (2010)
(With Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire, Vol. 2 (2011)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire, Vol. 3 (2012)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire, Vol. 4 (2012)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire Vol. 5 (2014)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire, Vol. 6 (2014)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire, Vol. 7 (2015)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire Vol. 8 (2015)
(By Scott Snyder)
Buy on Amazon - American Vampire 1976 (2022)
(By Scott Snyder)
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Read Beryl Evans Picture Books in Publication Order
as Beryl Evans
- Charlie the Choo-Choo (2016)
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Read Legends Books in Publication Order
- Legends (1998)
(With Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg)
Buy on Amazon - Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (1998)
(By Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Terry Brooks, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Haydon)
Buy on Amazon - Legends 3 (1999)
(By Terry Pratchett, Tad Williams, Robert Jordan, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Read The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books in Publication Order
- The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition (2010)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition (2011)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition (2012)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition (2013)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition (2014)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition (2015)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition (2016)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition (2017)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (2018)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition (2020)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 (2020)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 (2021)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 (2022)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 (2023)
Buy on Amazon - The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 (2024)
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Read Best Horror of the Year Books in Publication Order
- The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One (2009)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two (2010)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three (2011)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four (2012)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five (2013)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six (2014)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven (2015)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight (2016)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine (2017)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten (2018)
Buy on Amazon - The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction (2018)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve (2020)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen (2021)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen (2022)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen (2024)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen (2024)
Buy on Amazon - The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen (2025)
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Read The Dark Descent Books in Publication Order
- Volume I: The Color of Evil (1987)
Buy on Amazon - Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield (1990)
Buy on Amazon - Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness (1991)
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