Over 350 million copies of kings books have been sold worldwide, and his many awards include the prestigious medal of distinguished contribution to. 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. A complete ranking of every movie, tv series, or episode involving stephen king. 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 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. Stephen king creates a list of 82 books for aspiring. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. 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. Rage 1977 probably kings darkest and most disturbing book ever, rage tells a terrifying story of a twisted teenager.
January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels ranked by. Something unearthly and terrifying inhabits ackermans field in rural maine, at the epicenter of a monolithic, stonehengelike arrangement of seven stones or is it eight. 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. Thats whatll happen when you get stanley kubrick behind the camera and jack nicholson in front of it. The story, even before its first publication, had been adapted as stephen kings n. This is just one more of stephen king best selling books that is utterly impossible to put down. Every stephen king reader has a favorite tale or series, from christine to cujo. And so here are my top 10 favorite stephen king books. This video is a list of my favorite stephen king novels.
I will explain for those that dont know what that means. In general the style of king is not going to compliment the classics. Of the early bachman books, this, to me, is the one that feels the least like stephen king. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. This list of kings writings is the definitive ranking of his body of work. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. Jack torrance, a writer who is also a recovering alcoholic has taken his family to a deserted colorado hotel to live as.
Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. 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. Probably one of the most well known and most quoted books is stephen kings the shining. With over 60 novels published, there are no shortage of great titles to choose from. 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. If, for example, i were ranking joe hills books, that ranking would definitely include. In case you didnt know i just finished the dark tower series by stephen king, and it was the very definition of epic. Of the novel, stephen king stated, owen brought me this dynamite idea and ive collaborated a couple of times with joe. Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. There are several reasons why stephen king is one of the bestselling authors of alltime, not the least of which is that king is a highlystructured technician.
Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. With over 30 movies, television series or mini series made from his incredible writings so far, we can assume that there will be many more to come. War ii and has brought fascism to north america, the story involves a grueling modern version of a. So if you are a fellow fan of stephen king novels, or are brand new. This list is my top 5, in other words, my favorite stephen king books presented in order of which i prefer to read them. Devin jones who has a summer job at a north carolina amusement park in 1973. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. 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. Stephen king has evolved into one of literatures most complex cases. King plays to our fears, whether those fears are represented via the apocalypse the stand, the mist, unrighteous confinement rita. It is from start to finish one of the creepiest, coolest, scariest and most intriguing books youll ever read.
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. The book was first mentioned during a promotional appearance on the cbc radio program q. King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. This will not be on literary sophistication or critical reception, strictly on how much i enjoy reading them. Kings stories range from thick novels to short stories and collections, and include some of the. Richard bachman actually stephen kings son goes by the name joe hill.
Theres a lot to take in throughout the eight books that make up the series and while reading them youll come across fantasy, horror, romance, action and even a little bit of a western vibe thrown in. A definitive ranking of nearly every stephen king movie. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Even though it is 1,300 pages and i only read it before going to sleep at night, i finished it in under two weeks because i couldnt put it down at. Stephen king is arguably the most prolific author of the last century. The outsider is not generally considered to be really topflight stephen king. One of the books longer stories n is classic cosmic horror in the. After that its a little harder to be objective as ive found his short story collections to be really incredible and woukd probably rank them higher than the other sk novels ive read. Follow your favorite authors and dont miss a single release. Generally speaking, i think joy carletti has answered this question as much as needs be. Stephen king creates a list of 96 books for aspiring writers to read.
I wont say more, but this book is even more relevant today than it. The most rewarding books are the ones where the finished story almost lives up to the idea that sparked it. Heres our ranking of every stephen king adaptation from very worst to very best. To ask other readers questions about stephen kings n. And if you buy one of his books today, you get the present. He has written 56 novels, 11 shortstory collections, and five nonfiction books. Sleeping beauties is a novel by stephen king and his son owen king, released on september 26, 2017. At 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. Josh jones is a writer and musician based in durham, nc. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard.
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. Anniversaries, cover stories, editorials, interviews, lists, and comprehensive rankings the top 10 stephen king movie adaptations sometimes, books are better. His works cover many genres, primarily horror, fantasy, supernatural. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. 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. Top 8 stephen king best selling books thatll give you. 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. The late show with stephen colbert stephen king is one of my favorite fiction authors. With 58 novels, 11 collections of short fiction, and 6 works of nonfiction, stephen king is more than just the master of horror.
Top 10 stephen king movies based on the popular books. From carrie to doctor sleep, this is a comprehensive list. Im a massive king fan and a constant reader so this was a tricky list to come up with, but it was a lot of fun to do. But if you told me your favorite was the road virus heads north or l. All of the best stephen king books, ranked as the greatest living master of both jump scares and slowcreeping dread, stephen king has reshaped an entire genre in the image of his imagination. After his work began to take off, stephen king wrote under a pseudonym, richard bachman, these books were less supernatural horror and more suspense thrillers. As king is one of americas best and foremost short story writers, this is a matter that bears rectifyingafter all, there are more than 100 stories spread across his 10 collections, and thats a considerable body of work. Ranking stephen king books isnt easy, with so many to choose from, so help us out and vote. For two generations of literary thrillseekers, his very name is synonymous with horror. He has also had a large number of his books adapted to film. If you look up rankings of his novels, it tends to come. Im not going to say what the idea is because its too good. Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman.
His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels. Hes one of americas most prolific and beloved writers. 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. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer spignesi, stephen j. This list of the best stephen king books has you covered. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more. The series consists of 25 2 one and a halfminute episodes totaling approximately 30 minutes in length. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i.
1473 1142 785 578 130 132 1009 909 904 372 1147 646 1568 27 709 1587 1003 24 1389 812 58 1336 530 1270 1139 1486 967 1238 1320 1288 429 1498 1081 1222 1107 932 603 157 676 58 538 1173 1446