The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)Ĥ9.Dean Koontz has yet to write a bad book. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)Ĥ1. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)Ĥ0. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)ģ9. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)ģ3. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)Ģ4. Read on for a list of Stephen King books in order – or find out how his writing has inspired other writers here. It won an Edgar Award and, as the first in a trilogy, was followed by Finders and Keepers and End of Watch. Mr Mercedes, King’s first ‘hard-boiled detective book’, was first published in 2014 and featured retired detective Bill Hodges. Carrie was originally planned as a short story but King threw out the first draft. Stephen King also writes under two pen names: Richard Bachman and John Swithen.Ĥ. More Stephen King books have been adapted into films than any other living author.ģ. King credits The Lurker of the Threshold, a short story collection by HP Lovecraft as the catalyst to him becoming a writer.Ģ. Having penned over 200 short stories – many set in his home town of Maine and the most famous arguably being his novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the basis for the movie The Shawshank Redemption – it was no surprise when he was awarded a National Medal of Arts from the United States National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature in 2015.ġ. I really can’t imagine doing anything else and I can’t imagine not doing what I do.”
I was made to write stories and I love to write stories. When asked why he writes, King responds: “The answer to that is fairly simple - there was nothing else I was made to do. Simple as that.”įamous for his terrifying prose, King writes horror, supernatural, science fiction, fantasy and, more recently, crime novels. “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Master thriller writer Stephen King has penned over 50 novels, selling 350 million copies in a career that spans over 40 years.
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