Stephen king is the most adapted author of his generation. Whether developed for television or straighttovideo remember video tapes. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. His work has been hitting the screen since his first novel, carrie, was translated to film in 1976, and the adaptations havent really. And because the author has been so prolific, theres much to choose from. Stephen king has written nearly 60 novels and counting. A list of stephen king s novels, organized alphabetically. With that many books under his belt, not every one has been a hit but. Posted on thursday, september 7th, 2017 by chris evangelista.
Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. Weve also found the best scifi books and scifi movies of all time. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015. Arguably stephen king s most notable work and for a legitimate reason. Stephen king, one of the masters of american horror fiction, has an oeuvre. These stephen king characters all appear in multiple books. Every stephen king miniseries, ranked worst to best.
Despite being known for his immense novels king excels at the short story format. Ranking every stephen king novel, worst to first youtube. Stephen king s first book was carrie, published in 1974, and its paperback release came simultaneously with critical acclaim from the movie launched king s career. Like most authors, it took stephen king a while to get his first novel in. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. It is his second book of this type, the first one being different seasons.
On this list put the top stephen king books score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The collection won the bram stoker award in 1990 for best collection and was nominated for a locus award in 1991. Stephen king s 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. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. From his first novel, carrie, way back in 1974, hes consistently found ways to. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels to date, in fact, with number 52 coming up shortly. Every stephen king movie, ranked from worst to best. Stephen king has published more than 80 novels since 1974, making him one of the most prolific authors in history, as well as arguably the most popular.
All stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked. Stephen kings magnum opus nearly didnt make pastes best horror novels of all time. Every movie ive watched ranked a list of 3444 titles. A chronological study of the king novels that explain his career and cultural impact. Every single stephen king novella, ranked mashable. All stephen king movies ranked stephen king movies ranked for as long as king s been been publishing, hollywoods been knockknockknockin on stephen s door for more.
In the early nineties, king wrote a set of novels focused on abused. Watching all of the king films from the awardwinning. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction. With that many books under his belt, not every one has been a hit but hes got a pretty solid batting average, especially with readers. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. This week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr. Tv has been a favorite home to adaptations of stephen king books and short stories into series, miniseries, and tv movies since 1979 tv series salems lot. Its the 40th anniversary of the publication of carrie, so new york magazine has compiled a complete list of the maine mans works including the bachman books, collaborations, collections and nonfiction, ranked from worst to best. The third novel i read of king s was an epic piece of horror called it.
Every stephen king movie, ranked from worst to best 64. In the early nineties, king wrote a set of novels focused on abused women and the horrible men who beat and haunt and entrap them. After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse. Every stephen king movie ranked, from worst to best. Simply put a rabid dog, hunting and killing an entire town it sounds rather silly, but its king, and only king could turn an eyerolling plot into something gruesome and horrific. It took me about two months to read, but i loved every second of it. The master of suspense has enough famous horror novel options to last you months. From carrie and the shining to it and geralds game. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory. Stephen king has been terrifying readers for 43 years, crafting bestselling. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Every single stephen king novel ranked by how likely they. Stephen kings books are all connected to each other, and.
Richard bachman actually stephen king s son goes by the name joe hill. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Here are the ten scariest novels written by stephen king. Here, a writer timothy hutton uses a pen name to author a series of bestselling novels, but after he. For fans of suspense, you cant go wrong with stephen king. Ap photomark lennihan at 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. Yet of all his novels, which would be considered some of his most terrifying. The 17 best stephen king books ever written, ranked. Four past midnight is a collection of novellas by stephen king. Ranking every stephen king adaptation, from worst to best. Whether you find it to be cool might depend on whether your politics match up with the hosts, but if they dont, then they dont line up with king s, either. Ranking every stephen king novel by how likely they are to. Stephen king is a household name when it comes to both fiction and horror. He would go on to produce two more of his most wellknown works, salems lot and the shining, over the following few years.