Weve looked through kings incredible career, as of 2019, and ranked his best books. Written in the late 1990s, desperation is horrific from start to finish. Stephen king has been a household name for more than 40 years. Stephen edwin king is an american author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. In other words, not only has its difficult to point to a stephen king book that is outright bad, but across 50 novels, some are more successful than othersso we ranked them all. The outsider is not generally considered to be really topflight stephen king. At 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. While in college, he met his wife, tabitha and they married in 1971. December 7, 1923 april 14, 2007 and raymond george spruce december 29, 1923 may 29, 2014. A complete ranking of every movie, tv series, or episode involving stephen king.
Stephen king is arguably the most prolific author of the last century. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. 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. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he. Some of the recent best stephen king books focused more on the. Posting photos on twitter, author stephen king revealed that his wife, tabitha, decided to transform a dead and withered ash tree into a sculpture featuring books and animals. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. Over that period he has extended his reach into various areas of pop culture. January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. Stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. 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. Stephen king has written nearly 60 novelsand counting.
The titles include 1922 about a man who murdered his wife, big driver a drive home that. Every stephen king reader has a favorite tale or series, from christine to cujo. King attended college at the university of maine, where she met her husband stephen king through her workstudy job in the raymond h. Stephen king has evolved into one of literatures most complex cases. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard. Stephen king fans had an embarrassment of riches in 2019, seeing a number of his most iconic stories brought to life in a variety of mediums, with 2020 poised to kick off another big year, thanks. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman. Likewise, almost everyone has seen, read, or at least heard of the story of it and the antagonist pennywise the dancing clown, known for dragging small children into sewers and devouring them while making bad clown jokes.
It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections. Heres our ranking of every stephen king adaptation from very worst to very best. Over 350 million copies of kings books have been sold worldwide, and his many awards include the prestigious medal of distinguished contribution to. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. With 58 novels, 11 collections of short fiction, and 6 works of nonfiction, stephen king is more than just the master of horror. The fact that stephen king can take an idea like this one and turn it into a very readable short story is a testament to his writing ability. Posted on thursday, september 7th, 2017 by chris evangelista. King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. This week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr.
A definitive ranking of nearly every stephen king movie. One of the masters of american horror fiction, author stephen king has a oeuvre of more than 88 books which includes some of the most genredefining, bestselling titles in all of literature. Stephen king unveils lawn sculpture made from dead tree. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer spignesi, stephen j. With more than 50 books in print, king is insanely prolific.
One would assume hes made a deal with the devil himself, to be able to write 54 novels, and nearly 200 short stories since carrie was first published in 1973. The king pun intended of literary horror just had his front lawn spruced up with a snazzy wooden sculpture resembling a fantastical bookshelf. Stephen edwin king was born on september 21, 1947, at the maine general hospital in portland. 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 drawing of the three 1988 the tommyknockers 1988 nightmares in the sky photo book with text by king 1989 the dark half 1989 dolans cadillac limited edition. 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. Fans of stephen king should also check out this amazing graphic of the steph en king universe designed by australian illustrator gillian james, as well as this video in which king discusses the art of the short story. Stephen kings 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. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015.
All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king. Without further ado, i give you the top 5 best stephen king books to date. Hes one of americas most prolific and beloved writers. King is the 3rd eldest daughter of sarah jane spruce nee white. If youve already made your way through the list of books at the end of on writing and arent already following stephen king on twitter, you should. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. I have no doubt ill be able to convince you to read the works of this great king of horror, or at the very least rent the movies. Stephen king, one of the masters of american horror fiction, has an oeuvre of close to 100. Not only do you get book jokes, he also recommends books. Much of liseys story, written as a sort of love letter to kings wife.
The master of suspense has enough famous horror novel options to last you months. Andy was found guilty for the murder of his wife and her lover, although he. Chances are youve seen, read, or heard something based on one of stephen kings novels at some point in your life. Here are all 59 stephen king movies ranked from worst to best, featuring old classics, forgotten duds, and new adaptations like it and the dark tower. Thats whatll happen when you get stanley kubrick behind the camera and jack nicholson in front of it. Speaking about stephen king books, his only established cycle series is the dark tower consisting of seven main novels and two additional books. Richard bachman actually stephen kings son goes by the name joe hill. I had this on the list right up until the time i began ranking things. I can only assume that stephen king would be mucho pissed to see this at the top of the list, but its truly the only adaptation on the list that can be considered a work of art. 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. Of course, we dont just love to read kings bookswe also love to reread them, and. Born and raised in maine, king has put down deep roots in the pine tree state. While attending the university of maine at orono, he wrote for the school newspaper.
So you might think that if stephen king the guy who wrote such horror classics like carrie and the stand were to rattle off his top ten favorite books, it would feature works by the likes of edgar allan poe, h. From carrie to doctor sleep, this is a comprehensive list. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer. Plenty of stephen king s stories are disturbing, but a good marriage for me, at least was one of the toughest to read. Stephen kings top 10 alltime favorite books open culture. This makes picking the best stephen king books a daunting challenge. Ive wrangled them together here going all the way back to april in case you meant to read one but then forgot what the title was and havent had the time to scroll. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections, and we are using its publication as an excuse to look back over nearly 40 years worth of his work and make the tough, ruthless calls to rank them all no copout ties allowed. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture.
However, many novels in the list of stephen king books bear a connection to the dark tower universe and to each other, although they are completely separate stories you can read separately. He was also active in the antiwar movement of the 1960s. Most fans are aware that between 19922012 king played guitar in a literary rock band i. Stephen king has published more than 80 novels since 1974. For more recommended books, see stephen kings reading list part ii and part iii. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films. If you look up rankings of his novels, it tends to come. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Tolkien authors who have, like king, created enduring dark, gothic worlds filled with supernatural events and malevolent forces. On september 10, stephen kings hotly anticipated new thriller the institute arrives to scare the pants off of us again. To keep ourselves busy while we wait, weve already ranked every one of the master of horrors novelsbut for the purposes of comparing apples to apples presumably, apples with razorblades hidden inside them, our exhaustive list did not include kings numerous short story collections.
Stephen king is fairly infamous for crafting protagonists who just happen to be bestselling authors with beautiful wives, but it wasnt until 2006s liseys story that king gave the wife a. The 17 best stephen king books ever written, ranked. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. 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. Considering stephen king is one of the most adapted authors all of time it makes sense there are a lot of films bearing his name. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels. Of the early bachman books, this, to me, is the one that feels the least like stephen king. However, the sheer number of books 54 novels, six non. A modern master of horror and suspense, he produces material at a terrifying rate. End of watch, the third book in his hardboiled detective trilogy, is due out in june. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. Master of suspense, stephen king was educated in maine.
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