Stephen king has published more than 80 novels since 1974, making him one of the most. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. Jun 25, 2019 at 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. The problem with maximum overdrive is that i was coked out of my mind all through its production, and i really didnt know what. With so many great works, this list of books by stephen king, voted on by the ranker community, attempts to rank his top novels and best books ever. Hes one of the most recognizable names in fiction and easily one of the most prolific american authors. Rank all the stephen king books that youve read reddit. All stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked. I have read so many books from stephen king but this is my favorite. Nov 05, 2014 stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. That depends on whether youre looking for a horror classic like it or supernatural novel like the shining, heres every king book ranked by scarefactor. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he. Stephen kings work has been adapted into many feature films, but sometimes his stories become tv miniseries, and heres how those stack up.
An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. This list is focused only on stephen king s published work, not the resulting movies or tv shows. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot.
The prose in a stephen king book is wellwritten without feeling too dense or pretentiously wise. Since then, theres been almost four dozen movies of various descriptions. The collection won the bram stoker award in 1990 for best collection and was nominated for a locus award in 1991. Best stephen king books ranked by how scary they are yourtango. 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. Nov 16, 2018 for this list, well be looking at the best novels from the master of horror, stephen king, from pet sematary, to the dead zone, and the green mile. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. The 10 most essential stephen king books what would a horror story be without a few threatening entities. Not all adaptations of king s books are worth watching. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture.
The master of suspense has enough famous horror novel options to last you months. The stand by stephen king, it by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, misery by stephen king, salems lot by stephe. From a story about a demonic clown to a haunted hotel, these are the 10 stephen king horror novels you can. The characters are sad and creepy, but extremely loveable. Best stephen king books ranked by how scary they are. 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. It is his second book of this type, the first one being different seasons. Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of. With such an expansive catalogue of books, king has too many to simply choose blindly, so lets get into the top 10 stephen king audiobooks, in particular order. This list of kings writings is the definitive ranking of his body of work. Some of the recent best stephen king books focused more on the psychological profiles of his protagonists, mostly women who had challenging backgrounds. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we. Sep 06, 2019 stephen kings movie adaptations, ranked by oktay ege kozak november 23, 2019 4. The best stephen king novels 12 mustread stephen king books.
It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections. With over 60 novels published, there are no shortage of great titles to choose from. Richard bachman actually stephen kings son goes by the name joe hill. To keep ourselves busy while we wait, weve already ranked every one of the master of horrors novelsbut for the purposes of comparing apples to apples presumably, apples with razorblades hidden inside them, our exhaustive list did not include kings numerous. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. The best stephen king audiobooks ranked best thrillers. This list of king s writings is the definitive ranking of his body of work. Apr 25, 2020 out of all of stephen king s most famous works, it, the stand, the shawshank redemption, the list goes on and on my alltime favorite work of his will always be the dark tower series. Mar 20, 2019 including the two that will become movies this year. Not all adaptations of kings books are worth watching. If youve read any of those, youve read much of this one.
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. Apr 25, 2020 stephen king has two types of horror stories. Uncle steve has released seven new books in the intervening years depending on what you count, and with each successive addition, ive felt like i needed to revisit this post. Four past midnight is a collection of novellas by stephen king. 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. All stephen king movies ranked jul 22, 2016 theres a reason it tops this list of stephen king s scariest books.
The best stephen king books, ranked in order audiobook. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels. For decades, stephen king has been considered one of the undisputed masters of the horror genre with his legion of books, miniseries, and films. Aug 24, 2019 here is a list of the twentyeight king books ive read, and how i feel about them. King plays to our fears, whether those fears are represented via the apocalypse the stand, the mist, unrighteous confinement rita. Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman. Ranking every stephen king adaptation, from worst to best. For this list, well be looking at the best novels from the master of horror, stephen king, from pet sematary, to the dead zone, and the green mile. One of the longest king books, needful things is epic, sad, dark, scary, smart, and simply fun read. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. Stephen kings movie adaptations, ranked by oktay ege kozak november 23, 2019 4. The 17 best stephen king books ever written, ranked. Stephen king, one of the masters of american horror fiction, has an oeuvre of close to 100 books. A good chunk of them are skippable, as will leitch and tim grierson wrote in their definitive ranking of 40 stephen king movie adaptations for vulture.
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. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. As one of the most prolific horror and suspense writers in the biz, stephen king has enough books in his extensive. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. To be fair, the film was really codirected by stephen king and cocaine. Maximum overdrive is the only movie stephen king ever directed with very good reason. Out of all of stephen kings most famous works, it, the stand, the shawshank redemption, the list goes on and on my alltime favorite work of. Read more stephen kings best books, ranked by readers. Every stephen king movie, ranked from worst to best 64. Henry prize winner stephen king delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brandnew, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write or rewrite each story. Stephen king books 2017 edition the last time i updated this ranking of king s books was 20, which in these times of hardship seems implausibly distant.
King has a knack for writing stories that connect with. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. The titular creature awakens every 27 years to feed off of the residents of derry, maine, and it. The man is responsible for such classics as the stand and the green mile, but kings true gift lies in the creation of his monsters. Aug 22, 2019 looking back, 2017 was a feast of stephen. Stephen kings 10 scariest books, because sleeping is. 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. Every stephen king miniseries, ranked worst to best. January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. 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.
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. 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. At 71, stephen king is still at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. Dec 09, 2019 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. The art by glenn chadbourne is good, but the poem the book is built around is mediocre at best, and as far as im concerned the book exists only to milk a few dollars out of hardcore king fans. Theres a reason it tops this list of stephen kings scariest books. But some of them rank among the best works hollywood has ever produced. May 09, 2018 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. One of the more modern books that showcases the authors range of terror is. Not only is this the worst stephen king book that i own, its the worst by a large margin. 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. Sep 17, 2019 a definitive list of the best stephen king audiobooks of the 21st century. In fact, this haunting tale is so popular, that the colorado hotel that originally inspired kingestes parks the stanleyhas now become a major travel destination for horror aficionados.
Mar 11, 2019 stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson. The reigning master of suspense is the author of more than 50 books, all of which newly updated to include king s newest novel, the institute. All stephen king movies ranked, from worst to best screen rant. Enjoy this list of stephen king books ranked, and vote for the novels you think are the best stephen king books of all time. 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. 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. All stephen king movies ranked jan 12, 2018 the stephen king top ten could be argued up and down, but theres little doubt that the shininghis most parodied, most famous, twiceadapted novelis always going to be a contender for the top slot. 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.
Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. Richard bachman actually stephen king s son goes by the name joe hill. 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. Including the two that will become movies this year. He has written 56 novels, 11 shortstory collections, and five nonfiction books.
Here are the 17 best tv and movie adaptations based on king s work. Mar 16, 2019 on top of all of this, stephen king is prolific. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels ranked. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. This is i think the fifth version of this list that ive put together. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. Jul 18, 2019 kings hotel horror classicand stanley kubricks 1980 movie adaptation, the shiningare masterpieces of the genre. With such an expansive catalogue of books, king has too many to simply choose blindly, so lets get into the top 10 stephen. Read more stephen king s best books, ranked by readers. Here are the 17 best tv and movie adaptations based on kings work. As one of the most prolific horror and suspense writers in the biz. The cat demons walking around in human forms are like something out of michael jacksons thriller video and both the story and the effects are knowingly overthe top overkill.
Here is a look at the top 10 stephen king books of all time. The titular creature awakens every 27 years to feed off. Best stephen king movie and tv show adaptations insider. Stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. For two generations of literary thrillseekers, his very name is synonymous with horror. We rank it number one because its in many ways the ideal king novel, the novel scientists would create if they sought to grow a king. Apr 11, 2019 heres our ranking of every stephen king adaptation from very worst to very best. Enter stephen king, the master of spooks, good storytelling, and, yes, often really long books. The stephen king top ten could be argued up and down, but theres little doubt that the shininghis most parodied, most famous, twiceadapted novelis always going to be a contender for the top slot. On september 10, stephen kings hotly anticipated new thriller the institute arrives to scare the pants off of us again. 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. Photo by astrid stawiarzgetty books lists stephen king share tweet pin.