The master of suspense has enough famous horror novel options to last you months. 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 years after publication. Mercedes and more all continue to garner praise and enviable sales. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. Posted on thursday, september 7th, 2017 by chris evangelista. Rank all the stephen king books that youve read reddit. The best stephen king books, ranked in order kindle. Ranking every stephen king adaptation, from worst to best.
And all of that tied in with what is maybe one of the best plot crescendos that king has written just makes for a throughandthrough really solid read. January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. Fans of the dark tower kings epic fantasy series had been waiting years for a proper adaptation of books that have been called unfilmable. He has written memorable series such as the dark tower series, as well as standalone horror novels, like the stand.
Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. These 10 works are far from the only linked entries in king s oeuvre, but if youve got the bug from castle rock and want to start spelunking. Stephen kings work has been adapted so many times sometimes by king himself that its impossible to find a single unifying thread in all of the film adaptations. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. This is i think the fifth version of this list that ive put together. Heres our ranking of every stephen king adaptation from very worst to very best. I thought that it might be fun to rank some stuff and see what you all think of it. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015.
The stephen king shared universe ranking the ringer. From carrie to doctor sleep, this is a comprehensive list. Theres no doubt that the mans publishing career is impressive, but king was perhaps most prolific with his short stories. It is from start to finish one of the creepiest, coolest, scariest and most intriguing books youll ever read. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. He has a countless amount of movies, so of course not every film is amazing. Of all the king books revolving around plucky kids, these might be the pluckiest, most iconic and possibly the most annoying. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the best stephen king books, ranked in order.
Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. I have no shame in saying, dont waste your time on this book unless its the only. Of the early bachman books, this, to me, is the one that feels the least like stephen king. Like most authors, it took stephen king a while to get his first novel in. With such an expansive catalogue of books, king has too many to simply choose blindly, so lets get into the top 10 stephen. Max brooks world war z simon r green something from the nightside robert heinlein job. Carrie 1974 historical essay richards thoughts guest essay by ray garton richards followup salems lot 1975 historical essay richards thoughts guest essay by christopher golden the shining. His works cover many genres, primarily horror, fantasy, supernatural fiction, and dark fantasy.
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. At 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. Richard bachman actually stephen kings son goes by the name joe hill. 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. After all, its about a quiet maine town terrorized by a rabid dog. With all of his popularity, of course, tons of his novels have been adapted to the screen. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. A complete ranking of every movie, tv series, or episode involving stephen king. Beyond the printed page, king is in the midst of an ongoing film and. I will explain for those that dont know what that means.
Blog posted on wednesday, apr 03 stephen king short stories did you know that there are over stephen king short stories in existence. King has a knack for writing stories that connect with. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. List rules must be books written by stephen king and published under his name, not a pseudonym.
An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we. As long as there have been stephen king books, there have been stephen king adaptations, and its likely there will continue to be long after the legendary author himself is no longer among the living. Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman.
Ranking stephen king books isnt easy, with so many to choose from, so help us out and vote. 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. Every stephen king miniseries, ranked worst to best. Id be willing to bet that a fair number of king fans would rank this one dead last on their own lists. Simply put, everyone has their own favorite horror stories by king. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer. Here is a list of the twentyeight king books ive read, and how i feel about them. 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. With that many books under his belt, not every one has been a hit but. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels. Stephen king has been terrifying readers for 43 years, crafting bestselling. The shining 1977 if you dont know this story, shame on you. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. The 17 best stephen king books ever written, ranked.
Its difficult to point to a stephen king book that is outright bad, but across 50 novels, some are more successful than othersso we ranked them all. Including the two that will become movies this year. Stephen king books in chronological order stephen king. The green mile 1996 john coffey arrives at penitentiary green mile on death row. Stephen king has written almost 100 books, each with a unique story, and almost all of his books become bestsellers. The best stephen king books, ranked in order kindle edition by bain, david. This week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr. But by some off chance youre a stranger to his writing, weve rounded up 10 of the best, most ghastly horror books written by stephen kinghis greatest hits, if you willin no particular order. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels.
An 11yearold boys corpse shows up in a park and all evidence points to beloved. 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. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. If youve read any of those, youve read much of this one. Stephen kings work has been adapted into many feature films, but sometimes his stories become tv miniseries, and heres how those stack up. 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 night. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. A ranking of the greatest novels, short stories, movies, and other creations of the worlds most popular writer spignesi, stephen j. Stephen king tv series ranked worst to best by jennifer arbues oct. Make a ranking from best to worst of the king books youve read.
As the author of more than 60 globally bestselling books, the mind behind 50 of the scariest scary movies, and both a national medal of honor and national book foundation medal recipient, its an undisputed fact that stephen king is a master of horror fiction. 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. My suggestion would be to not include collections like night shift or different seasons since those contain multiple stories however, i would include hearts in atlantas because each story is part of the greater whole. Stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king. To celebrate these recent accomplishments, and stephen kings entire career, today we look back on his most famous books. The stand by stephen king, it by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, misery by stephen king, salems lot by stephe. What are some of kings bestselling novels and films throughout the years. It took me about two months to read, but i loved every second of it. With well over 50 novels, multiple novellas, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, plus a handful of other releases that defy easy categorization among them, a libretto for a southern gothic musical, stephen king is a literary madman and an insanelyquotable storyteller.
A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically. The best stephen king novels 12 mustread stephen king books. 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. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974.
The protagonists are a collection of fairly broad stereotypes. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. The third novel i read of kings was an epic piece of horror called it. Here are all of the stephen king films, ranked from worst.
Most people probably know pet sematary, if they know it at all, through the uneven but mesmerizing. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he. Here is the list of stephen kings books were reading as part of stephen king revisited, along with links to the essays and other content we have posted for each book. Lord of the flies, 1984, watership down, and the lord of the rings trilogy.
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