The List

It’s surprisingly hard to find a definitive list of Stephen King’s books. Most of what you’ll find on the internet leaves out at least a dozen or more books—sometimes excluding story collections, co-written stories, his non-fiction, etc.

With a little bit of research, I was able to pull together this full list of Stephen King’s works, in the order they were published.

A couple additional notes:

  • In the 70s and 80s, King wrote a number of novels under the name Richard Bachman. He did this for the simple reason that he was writing voraciously and didn’t want to publish more than one book per calendar year under his own name. The ruse was discovered by a journalist in the late 80s and King was a big enough star by then that his publishing pace didn’t matter. The name was (mostly) retired.
  • King’s series and numerous story collections are noted as such in parentheses.
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Carrie1974read my review
Salem’s Lot1975read my review
The Shining (Shining I)1977read my review
Rage (as Richard Bachman)1977read my review
Night Shift (stories)1978read my review
The Stand1978read my review
The Long Walk (as Richard Bachman)1979read my review
The Dead Zone1979read my review
Firestarter1980read my review
Roadwork (as Richard Bachman)1981read my review
Danse Macabre (non-fiction)1981read my review
Cujo1981read my review
The Running Man (as Richard Bachman)1982read my review
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower I)1982read my review
Different Seasons (stories)1982read my review
Christine1983read my review
Pet Sematary1983read my review
Cycle of the Werewolf1983read my review
The Eyes of the Dragon1984read my review
The Talisman (Talisman I, w/Peter Straub)1984read my review
Thinner (as Richard Bachman)1984read my review
Skeleton Crew (stories)1985read my review
It1986read my review
The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower II)1987read my review
Misery1987read my review
The Tommyknockers1987read my review
Bare Bones (non-fiction)1988read my review
The Dark Half1989read my review
Four Past Midnight (stories)1990read my review
The Waste Lands (Dark Tower III)1991read my review
Needful Things1991read my review
Gerald’s Game1992read my review
Dolores Claiborne1992read my review
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (stories)1993read my review
Insomnia1994read my review
Rose Madder1995read my review
The Green Mile1996read my review
Desperation1996read my review
The Regulators (as Richard Bachman)1996read my review
Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV)1997read my review
Bag of Bones1998read my review
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon1999read my review
Hearts in Atlantis (stories)1999read my review
Storm of the Century (screenplay) 1999read my review
Secret Windows (non-fiction)2000read my review
On Writing (memoir)2000read my review
Dreamcatcher2001read my review
Black House (Talisman II, w/Peter Straub)2001read my review
From a Buick 82002read my review
Everything’s Eventual (stories)2002read my review
Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower V)2003read my review
Song of Susannah (Dark Tower VI)2004read my review
The Dark Tower (Dark Tower VII)2004read my review
Faithful (non-fiction, w/Stewart O’Nan)2004read my review
The Colorado Kid2005read my review
Cell2006read my review
Lisey’s Story2006read my review
Blaze (as Richard Bachman)2007read my review
Duma Key2008read my review
Just After Sunset (stories)2008read my review
Under the Dome2009read my review
Full Dark, No Stars (stories)2010read my review
11/22/632011read my review
The Wind Through the Keyhole (Dark Tower)2012read my review
Joyland2013read my review
Doctor Sleep (Shining II)2013read my review
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges I)2014read my review
Revival2014read my review
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges II)2015read my review
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (stories)2015read my review
End of Watch (Bill Hodges III)2016read my review
Gwendy’s Button Box (w/Richard Chizmar)2017read my review
Sleeping Beauties (w/Owen King)2017read my review
The Outsider2018read my review
Elevation2018read my review
Flight or Fright (ed. by Stephen King)2018read my review
The Institute2019read my review
If It Bleeds (stories)2020read my review
Later2021read my review
Billy Summers2021read my review