Over 350 million copies of kings books have been sold worldwide, and his many awards include the prestigious medal of distinguished contribution to. With over 60 novels published, there are no shortage of great titles to choose from. I will explain for those that dont know what that means. Stephen king is arguably the most prolific author of the last century. 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. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. A complete ranking of every movie, tv series, or episode involving stephen king. 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.
Every stephen king reader has a favorite tale or series, from christine to cujo. This list is my top 5, in other words, my favorite stephen king books presented in order of which i prefer to read them. 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. The outsider is not generally considered to be really topflight stephen king. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer spignesi, stephen j. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. Of the early bachman books, this, to me, is the one that feels the least like stephen king. I wont say more, but this book is even more relevant today than it. 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. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. At 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down.
January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. Devin jones who has a summer job at a north carolina amusement park in 1973. The story, even before its first publication, had been adapted as stephen kings n. He has written 56 novels, 11 shortstory collections, and five nonfiction books. Winter is basically stephen king audiobook season, so lets get into the best stephen king audiobooks to listen to, in order. And so here are my top 10 favorite stephen king books. 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. 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. Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. 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. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best. Probably one of the most well known and most quoted books is stephen kings the shining.
Of the novel, stephen king stated, owen brought me this dynamite idea and ive collaborated a couple of times with joe. Richard bachman actually stephen kings son goes by the name joe hill. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. 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. Top 10 stephen king movies based on the popular books. 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. Ranking stephen king books isnt easy, with so many to choose from, so help us out and vote. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer. 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. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. This will not be on literary sophistication or critical reception, strictly on how much i enjoy reading them. But if you told me your favorite was the road virus heads north or l. Rage 1977 probably kings darkest and most disturbing book ever, rage tells a terrifying story of a twisted teenager.
Jack torrance, a writer who is also a recovering alcoholic has taken his family to a deserted colorado hotel to live as. And if you buy one of his books today, you get the present. If, for example, i were ranking joe hills books, that ranking would definitely include. 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. In case you didnt know i just finished the dark tower series by stephen king, and it was the very definition of epic. War ii and has brought fascism to north america, the story involves a grueling modern version of a. 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. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. Stephen king creates a list of 96 books for aspiring writers to read. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels ranked by. In general the style of king is not going to compliment the classics.
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. 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. 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. For two generations of literary thrillseekers, his very name is synonymous with horror. This video is a list of my favorite stephen king novels. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre.
Generally speaking, i think joy carletti has answered this question as much as needs be. The top 10 stephen king movie adaptations consequence of. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. It is from start to finish one of the creepiest, coolest, scariest and most intriguing books youll ever read. So if you are a fellow fan of stephen king novels, or are brand new. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. If you look up rankings of his novels, it tends to come. His works cover many genres, primarily horror, fantasy, supernatural. The late show with stephen colbert stephen king is one of my favorite fiction authors. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king.
Josh jones is a writer and musician based in durham, nc. The series consists of 25 2 one and a halfminute episodes totaling approximately 30 minutes in length. Heres our ranking of every stephen king adaptation from very worst to very best. A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically. Thats whatll happen when you get stanley kubrick behind the camera and jack nicholson in front of it. To ask other readers questions about stephen kings n. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. 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. 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. 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. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. A definitive ranking of nearly every stephen king movie. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015.
A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. 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. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. This list of kings writings is the definitive ranking of his body of work. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Stephen king creates a list of 82 books for aspiring. Kings stories range from thick novels to short stories and collections, and include some of the. The book was first mentioned during a promotional appearance on the cbc radio program q. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best.
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. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. 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 single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. One of the books longer stories n is classic cosmic horror in the.
He has also had a large number of his books adapted to film. With 58 novels, 11 collections of short fiction, and 6 works of nonfiction, stephen king is more than just the master of horror. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels. Im not going to say what the idea is because its too good. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Anniversaries, cover stories, editorials, interviews, lists, and comprehensive rankings the top 10 stephen king movie adaptations sometimes, books are better. Hes one of americas most prolific and beloved writers. A modern master of horror and suspense, he produces material at a terrifying rate.
The most rewarding books are the ones where the finished story almost lives up to the idea that sparked it. 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. From carrie to doctor sleep, this is a comprehensive list. 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. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. Top 8 stephen king best selling books thatll give you. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. This is just one more of stephen king best selling books that is utterly impossible to put down. Follow your favorite authors and dont miss a single release.
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