Order of Stephen King Books
Stephen King is an American author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best-known for such published works as Carrie, The Shining and Misery – all of which have been adapted into successful films. Infact, much of King’s writing has been adapted into other mediums. Besides being a novelist, King has written many short stories and screenplays. Most of King’s works are standalone novels, with a notable exception of (The Dark Tower). He is married to fellow author Tabitha King and father of Joe Hill.
Stephen King’s first true novel was also one of his best known works, Carrie, which was published in 1974. He has been writing ever since. Below is a list of Stephen King’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Bill Hodges Trilogy Books
| Mr. Mercedes | (2014) |    |
| Finders Keepers | (2015) | |
| End of Watch | (2016) | |
Publication Order of The Button Box Books
| Gwendy's Button Box | (2017) | |
| Gwendy's Magic Feather | (2019) | |
| Gwendy's Final Task | (2022) | |
Publication Order of The Dark Tower Books
| The Gunslinger | (1982) | |
| The Drawing of the Three | (1987) | |
| The Waste Lands | (1991) | |
| Wizard and Glass | (1997) | |
| Wolves of the Calla | (2003) | |
| Song of Susannah | (2004) | |
| The Dark Tower | (2004) | |
| The Wind Through the Keyhole | (2012) | |
Publication Order of The Dark Tower: Beginnings Books
| The Gunslinger Born | (2007) | |
| The Long Road Home | (2008) | |
| Treachery | (2009) | |
| The Fall of Gilead | (2009) | |
| Battle of Jericho Hill | (2010) | |
Publication Order of The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Books
(with Robin Furth, Peter David)
| The Prisoner | (2020) | |
| House of Cards | (2020) | |
| Lady of Shadows | (2020) | |
| Bitter Medicine | (2020) | |
Publication Order of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Books
(with Robin Furth, Peter David)
| The Journey Begins | (2019) | |
| The Little Sisters of Eluria | (2019) | |
| The Battle of Tull | (2019) | |
| The Way Station | (2019) | |
| The Man in Black | (2019) | |
| Last Shots | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Green Mile Books
| The Two Dead Girls | (1996) | |
| The Mouse on the Mile | (1996) | |
| Coffey's Hands | (1996) | |
| Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix | (1996) | |
| The Night Journey | (1996) | |
| Coffey on the Mile | (1996) | |
Publication Order of The Outsider Books
| The Outsider | (2018) | |
| If It Bleeds | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Secretary of Dreams Books
| The Secretary of Dreams | (2006) | |
| The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2 | (2010) | |
Publication Order of The Shining Books
| The Shining | (1977) | |
| Doctor Sleep | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Talisman Books
(with Peter Straub)
| The Talisman | (1984) | |
| Black House | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Carrie | (1974) | |
| 'Salem's Lot | (1975) | |
| Rage | (1977) | |
| The Stand | (1978) | |
| The Long Walk | (1979) | |
| The Dead Zone | (1979) | |
| Firestarter | (1980) | |
| Roadwork | (1981) | |
| Cujo | (1981) | |
| The Running Man | (1982) | |
| Christine | (1983) | |
| Pet Sematary | (1983) | |
| Thinner | (1984) | |
| It | (1986) | |
| The Eyes of the Dragon | (1987) | |
| Misery | (1987) | |
| The Tommyknockers | (1987) | |
| One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) | (1989) | |
| The Dark Half | (1989) | |
| Needful Things | (1991) | |
| Gerald's Game | (1992) | |
| Dolores Claiborne | (1992) | |
| Insomnia | (1994) | |
| Rose Madder | (1995) | |
| Desperation | (1996) | |
| The Regulators | (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) | |
| Sleeping Beauties | (2017) | |
| The Institute | (2019) | |
| Later | (2021) | |
| Billy Summers | (2021) | |
| Fairy Tale | (2022) | |
| Holly | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Quitters, Inc. | (1978) | |
| Crouch End | (1980) | |
| The Mist | (1980) | |
| The Monkey | (1980) | |
| Do the Dead Sing? | (1981) | |
| The Body | (1982) | |
| The Shawshank Redemption | (1982) | |
| Uncle Otto's Truck | (1983) | |
| Apt Pupil | (1983) | |
| Cycle of the Werewolf | (1983) | |
| Silver Bullet | (1983) | |
| The Breathing Method | (1984) | |
| The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet | (1984) | |
| The End of the Whole Mess | (1986) | |
| The Night Flier | (1988) | |
| Dolan's Cadillac | (1989) | |
| My Pretty Pony | (1989) | |
| The Langoliers | (1989) | |
| The Library Policeman | (1990) | |
| The Sun Dog | (1990) | |
| Secret Window, Secret Garden | (1991) | |
| Three Carols | (1991) | |
| Children of the Corn | (1993) | |
| The Man in the Black Suit | (1994) | |
| Umney's Last Case | (1995) | |
| Everything's Eventual | (1997) | |
| Riding the Bullet | (2000) | |
| LT's Theory of Pets | (2001) | |
| Autopsy Room Four | (2002) | |
| Lisey and the Madman | (2004) | |
| The Things They Left Behind | (2005) | |
| Stationary Bike | (2006) | |
| Harvey's Dream | (2008) | |
| The Gingerbread Girl | (2008) | |
| UR | (2009) | |
| Morality | (2009) | |
| 1922 | (2010) | |
| Blockade Billy | (2010) | |
| Mile 81 | (2011) | |
| The Little Green God of Agony | (2011) | |
| Herman Wouk Is Still Alive | (2011) | |
| Throttle | (2012) | |
| Stephen King's Battleground | (2012) | |
| A Face in the Crowd | (2012) | |
| Big Driver | (2012) | |
| In the Tall Grass | (2012) | |
| A Good Marriage | (2014) | |
| Drunken Fireworks | (2015) | |
| Laurie | (2018) | |
| Obits | (2018) | |
| Low Men In Yellow Coats (in Hearts in Atlantis) | (2018) | |
| Elevation | (2018) | |
| Red Screen | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Night Shift | (1978) | |
| Different Seasons | (1982) | |
| Skeleton Crew | (1985) | |
| Four Past Midnight | (1990) | |
| Nightmares and Dreamscapes | (1993) | |
| The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales | (1994) | |
| The Green Mile | (1997) | |
| Six Stories | (1997) | |
| Hearts in Atlantis | (1999) | |
| Blood and Smoke | (1999) | |
| Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing | (2000) | |
| Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales | (2002) | |
| Just After Sunset | (2008) | |
| N | (2008) | |
| Stephen King Goes to the Movies | (2009) | |
| In the Deathroom and Lunch at the Gotham Café | (2010) | |
| Full Dark, No Stars | (2010) | |
| Road Rage | (2012) | |
| The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | (2018) | |
| If It Bleeds | (2020) | |
| If It Bleeds is a standalone short story sequel to The Outsider. | ||
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Creepshow | (1982) | |
| The Talisman: Road of Trials | (2009) | |
| The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem | (2013) | |
| Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1 | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Stephen King's Danse Macabre | (1981) | |
| Danse Macabre | (1981) | |
| Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King | (1988) | |
| Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques | (1988) | |
| Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King | (1989) | |
| On Writing | (1999) | |
| Faithful | (2004) | |
| Guns | (2013) | |
| Hearts in Suspension | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
(with Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Ed McBain, Donald E Westlake, John Farris)
| Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions | (2005) | |
| Transgressions | (2006) | |
| Transgressions, Vol. 2 | (2006) | |
Publication Order of Plays
| Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay | (1999) | |
| Ghost Brothers of Darkland County | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Pan Book of Horror Stories Books
| The Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1959) | |
| The First Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1959) | |
| The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1960) | |
| The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1962) | |
| The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1963) | |
| The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1964) | |
| The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1965) | |
| The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1966) | |
| The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1967) | |
| The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1968) | |
| The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1969) | |
| The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1970) | |
| The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1971) | |
| The 13th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1972) | |
| The 14th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1973) | |
| The 15th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1974) | |
| The 16th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1975) | |
| The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1976) | |
| The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1977) | |
| The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1978) | |
| The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1979) | |
| The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1980) | |
| The 22nd Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1981) | |
| The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1983) | |
| The 25th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1984) | |
| The 28th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1987) | |
| The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories | (1989) | |
Publication Order of The Stand: Graphic Novels Books
| Captain Trips | (2009) | |
| American Nightmares | (2009) | |
| Hardcases | (2010) | |
| Soul Survivors | (2010) | |
| No Man's Land | (2011) | |
| The Night Has Come | (2012) | |
Publication Order of American Vampire Books
| American Vampire, Vol. 1 | (2010) | |
| American Vampire, Vol. 2 | (2011) | |
| American Vampire, Vol. 3 | (2012) | |
| American Vampire, Vol. 4 | (2012) | |
| American Vampire Vol. 5 | (2014) | |
| American Vampire, Vol. 6 | (2014) | |
| American Vampire, Vol. 7 | (2015) | |
| American Vampire Vol. 8 | (2015) | |
| American Vampire 1976 | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Tales of Unknown Horror | (1978) | |
| The Year's Finest Fantasy | (1978) | |
| The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI | (1978) | |
| The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VII | (1979) | |
| More Tales of Unknown Horror | (1979) | |
| The Year's Finest Fantasy 2 | (1979) | |
| New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | (1980) | |
| Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror | (1980) | |
| New Terrors II | (1980) | |
| Shadows 4 | (1981) | |
| The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1981) | |
| Fantasy Annual 3 | (1981) | |
| Dark Love | (1981) | |
| The Giant Book Of Horror Stories | (1981) | |
| Fantasy Annual IV | (1981) | |
| Modern Masters of Horror | (1981) | |
| Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | (1982) | |
| 65 Great Spine Chillers | (1982) | |
| Death | (1982) | |
| The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book | (1983) | |
| The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII | (1984) | |
| Realms of Darkness | (1985) | |
| The Year's Best Horror Stories | (1985) | |
| Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King | (1986) | |
| Horrors | (1986) | |
| The Dark Descent | (1987) | |
| A Treasury of American Horror Stories | (1988) | |
| The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | (1988) | |
| Prime Evil | (1988) | |
| Dark Visions | (1988) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels | (1988) | |
| Book of the Dead | (1989) | |
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | (1990) | |
| Dark Voices: No. 1 | (1990) | |
| Horrorstory | (1991) | |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | (1991) | |
| I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror | (1991) | |
| Midnight Graffiti | (1992) | |
| Young Blood | (1994) | |
| Mid-life Confidential | (1994) | |
| The Puffin Book of Horror Stories | (1994) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection | (1995) | |
| The Vampire Omnibus | (1995) | |
| Space Movies | (1995) | |
| Horror Stories | (1995) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection | (1996) | |
| Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror | (1996) | |
| American Gothic Tales | (1996) | |
| Blood Thirst | (1997) | |
| Robert Bloch's Psychos | (1997) | |
| The Best of the Best | (1998) | |
| The Playboy Book of Science Fiction | (1998) | |
| Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture | (1998) | |
| Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! | (1999) | |
| 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense | (1999) | |
| Vintage Science Fiction | (1999) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection | (1999) | |
| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (1999) | |
| Technohorror: Inventions in Terror | (1999) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | (2000) | |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | |
| Dark Masques | (2001) | |
| Baseball: a Literary Anthology | (2002) | |
| The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute to Frank Muller | (2002) | |
| In the Shadow of the Master | (2003) | |
| Great Ghost Stories | (2004) | |
| The Future Dictionary of America | (2004) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | (2004) | |
| McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories | (2004) | |
| Transgressions | (2005) | |
| Transgressions, Vol. 2 | (2006) | |
| The Best American Short Stories 2007 | (2007) | |
| The Living Dead | (2008) | |
| The Best of Cemetery Dance II | (2008) | |
| Dancing with the Dark | (2009) | |
| The Big Book of NECON | (2009) | |
| Best New Horror 20 | (2009) | |
| The Dead That Walk | (2009) | |
| Shivers VI | (2010) | |
| Best New Horror 21 | (2010) | |
| The Chronicles of Harris Burdick | (2011) | |
| Lightspeed: Year One | (2011) | |
| A Book of Horrors | (2011) | |
| Crucified Dreams | (2011) | |
| Rage Against the Night | (2011) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four | (2012) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All | (2013) | |
| Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny | (2013) | |
| Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly | (2013) | |
| Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | |
| Qualia Nous | (2014) | |
| Field of Fantasies | (2014) | |
| Chiral Mad 3 | (2016) | |
| Six Scary Stories | (2016) | |
| Grave Predictions | (2016) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 | (2016) | |
| In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper | (2016) | |
| Detours | (2016) | |
| You, Human | (2018) | |
| Flight or Fright | (2018) | |
| It Came From The Garage!: An Anthology of Automotive Horror | (2019) | |
| Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night | (2019) | |
| Dark Tides | (2019) | |
| Best of Best New Horror Volume 2 | (2020) | |
| The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, Vol II | (2020) | |
| Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action | (2022) | |
| Chiral Mad 5 | (2022) | |
Notes: The novels Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man, Thinner, The Regulators and Blaze were originally written under the pen name of Richard Bachman. The Talisman series is co-authored by Peter Straub. Road Rage is co-authored with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. Throttle and In the Tall Grass are co-authored with Joe Hill. A Face in the Crowd and Faithful are co-authored with Stewart O’Nan. Gwendy’s Button Box was written with Richard T. Chizmar.
Hard Listening is written with fellow Rock Bottom Remainders band members Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow and Amy Tan. Sleeping Beauties was written with Owen King. Flight or Fright is edited with Bev Vincent.
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Stephen King Synopses: The Shining is the a psychological horror novel about an alcoholic author (Jack Torrance) who moves his family to a hotel in Colorado. Soon afterward, Jack’s son Danny begins to experience supernatural phenomenons. The Shining was famously made into a movie by director Stanley Kubrick in 1980. It starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.
In Misery, author Paul Sheldon finds himself in the middle of a snowstorm while driving through the mountains. When he wakes up, he is in the home of Annie Wilkes – an ex-nurse and avid reader of Sheldon’s work. Annie is able to nurse the injured author back to health, but she begins to show herself as something other than just a good Samaritan. Misery was adapted into a film directed by Rob Reiner and starred James Caan and Kathy Bates.
Love seeing a complete listing of Stephen King books. Now I can check off the ones I have read, and start the newer ones. Thanks so much for putting this all together!
You’re welcome 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to say that.
Also, Awaken and Descendants are missing.
Update: These two books are NOT by the Stephen King listed above. They are super misleading. Both covers just say Stephen King. But they are from an author named Stephen R. King. Pretty shady…
Hey just wanted to say thanks for doing the follow up comment. Appreciate that and saved me some time 🙂
What about the Richard Bachman stuff?
Ahhh, I missed the notes. Got it. 🙂
I just pre ordered Stephen King’s new book “The Institute: A Novel” on Amazon it has a release date of 09/10/19.
what about the cycle of the werewolf?
It looks like they have it listed under short stories as Silver Bullet. That was the film title, didn’t think it was published as such. At any rate, mine is Cycle of the Werewolf too!
Big driver is missing 😂
Big Driver is listed under the Short Stories category. Thanks, I hadn’t seen it before!
The Dark Tower series list is missing Book 7 (The Dark Tower VII) – The Dark Tower.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I’m reading The Dark Half. The last time I read it was probably 15 years ago and it’s surprising to me just how good it is. It’s so well done, in particular the writing style between chapters to capture the personality of whomever the focus is.