This is a complete printable listing of all top 5 stephen king books books and lists the newest top 5 stephen king books book. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. Top ten stephen king books jake kerridge, the telegraphs crime critic, chooses his ten favourite books by the bestselling horror writer. 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. The folks at whatculture have just released the video below. Its an interesting examination, as each novel does indeed have a film counterpart. 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. At yet, the monster at the center of it all, while. My top 20 of 2011 movies, tv, music, and books encountered by uncle stevie this year that turned his dials up to 8 or more read more. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more. 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. The gunslinger is a little different from other stephen king books but its still probably his best book. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work.
Top 11 best stephen king books everyone should read in 2020. One of the longest king books, needful things is epic, sad, dark, scary, smart, and simply fun read. Its a wonderful fusion of kings 80s aesthetic with his twentyteens police procedural phase. Stephen king creates a list of 96 books for aspiring writers to read. 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. All stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked. The 10 best horror novels written by stephen king mydomaine. Like them or loathe them, you have to admit thats impressive. Also this book ties in with other stephen king books like the avengers movies which is pretty cool. 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. Her work has appeared regularly in the orlando sentinel. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first.
In this video i rank all of the stephen king books ive read, meaning 25. An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. Scotts top 20 stephen king books scott woods makes lists. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. 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. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. I love you always stephen king and i will always support you. Richard bachman actually stephen kings son goes by the name joe hill. Overall, night shift includes 20 stories in less than 350 pages.
Stephen kings top 20 rules for writers open culture. Behold, the best, the bloodiest moments from stephen kings body of work. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. 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 king his greatest hits, if you willin no particular order.
Being almost 70 years old, stephen kings been officially published for 50 of them, and many of his books were published multiple times throughout the years. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels. Only stephen king is the best author to write horror and thrilling book. Stephen kings books have sold over 350 million copies. Stephen king books top 20 stephen king novels wednesday, august 22, 2007.
The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. Whether developed for television or straighttovideo remember video tapes. Hes one of the most recognizable names in fiction and easily one of the most prolific american authors. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific and quite possibly one of the greatest writers of our generation, stephen kings books offer much more variety than the horror stories for which he became famous. It was the final dark tower book written before kings van accident, which inspired him to quickly finish the series by writing the last three books. I love horror because i read his book since i was child and now im grown up with his book. Comments must be related to the list and not be clearly aimed at simply winning such as repeating the same comment over and over. Each is accompanied by a synopsis directly from the stephen king web presence. But however you know him, from the films or his books, there is little doubt that stephen is the king at what he does. Stay away from recreational drugs ray bradbury offers 12 essential writing tips and explains why literature saves civilization. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video.
Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Kings manual on writing reveals that hes relentlessly dedicated to his craft. This is a list of bestselling fiction authors to date, in any language. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. April 1, 2020 stephen king has criticised donald trumps handling of the coronavirus.
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. Monsters, madmen, and maniacal machines, severed limbs and bisected bovine. This is a complete printable listing of all top 5 stephen king books books and lists the newest top 5 stephen. Hes known for writing gruesome scenes and grotesque villains. Although this wasnt the point of the list, its interesting to. Check out this list of the 10 best books written by the master of horror himself, stephen king. I know before i even hit the publish button on this post that most people are going to raise their eyebrows.
He admits that not even the king himself always sticks to his rulesbut trying to follow them is a. The 10 scariest stephen king novels horror freak news. These are what i consider to be the very best of stephen kings novels. Striving to become an eminently qualified human jocko willink. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. 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.
Kurt vonneguts eight tips on how to write a good short story. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. The best stephen king novels 12 mustread stephen king books. The master of suspense has enough famous horror novel options to last you months. Stephen king writes a letter to his 16yearold self. I have read so many books from stephen king but this is my favorite. 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. He has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and six nonfiction books. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers.
With more than 60 books under his belt, stephen king is one of the most famous, successful, and prolific authors of our time. I was raised on stephen king books, which is a little odd considering i have very little memory of buying his books before adulthood. Monnies top 20 stephen king novels list challenges. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974. Pet sematary by stephen king, wizard and glass by stephen king, the stand by stephen king, the gunslinger by stephen king, the. Im going to count the dark tower series as one book since in many ways stephen king thinks of those books that way. This wiki has been updated 23 times since it was first published in march of 2015. List of best stephen king books to read in 2020 stephen king has so many nailbiting classics to his name that it is unfair to classify or rank them. 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.
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. Everyone knows stephen king is the master of horror, but which of his works is his best. Amazon hot new releases our bestselling new and future releases. Mark graham this is probably the best film on this list, but its not a terribly great adaptation of stephen king. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. The 17 best stephen king books ever written, ranked. Though one of these takes my number one spot, i think youll find my rankings differ greatly. Stephen king criticised trumps handling of coronavirus is preposterous. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015. 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. So, with the newest release of one of his novels in movie form, the mist, i present you with the top fifteen of his novels. With over 60 novels published, there are no shortage of great titles to choose from.
That is why we have decided to name 11 of our favorite stephen classics which we believe you should pick up for a visceral reading experience. Best stephen king books ranked by how scary they are. Mar 20, 2019 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. I will update this list when i finally finish the rest. The characters are sad and creepy, but extremely loveable. Top 10 modern horror novels more terrifying than a stephen. 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. We run down the 20 best films and shows from stephen king with carrie, it, the shining, castle rock, and more.
This list of kings writings is the definitive ranking of his body of work. He found success with carrie and followed it up with salems lot, the shining, and the dead zone. Select and enjoy your next read from this list of top novels by stephen king. Weve seen lists of the scariest movies based on the works of stephen king, but what are the authors scariest novels.