This wiki has been updated 23 times since it was first published in march of 2015. The best stephen king movies, ranked slant magazine film. The dead zone is a novellength treatment of the old would you kill. Enter stephen king, the master of spooks, good storytelling, and, yes, often really long books. I guess im just curious about everyones favorite books that hes written and to see which ones i should try and in the upcoming months. Mar 16, 2019 this wiki has been updated 23 times since it was first published in march of 2015.
I say a gajillion, but more likely its a mere few thousand. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. Even today, he averages two books per year many question the quality of his most recent work which i will address in this article. With over 60 novels published, there are no shortage of great titles to choose from. September 21, 1947 is the bestselling american author of 50 horror, suspsense, and science fictionfantasy novels. Between research and taking daily brakes to avoid kinglike dreams true story. I know this list is going to be contentious amongst fellow fans, and i welcome comments and criticism with open arms. Best stephen king books list of stephen king novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite.
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. The dark tower audiobook the gunslinger part 1 youtube. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Ive also excluded his short stories novellas, focusing on only his fulllength publications.
The body farm creepypasta by brian martinez performed by jason hill full 10part story duration. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. In celebration of sleepless nights, here are some of the freakiest, scariest stephen king books. Originally published as a bachman book, this was actually the first fulllength novel that king ever finished. Henry prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by the new yorker, and riding the bullet, king s original ebook, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the. Theres no doubt that the mans publishing career is impressive, but king was perhaps most prolific with his short stories. 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. The shining by stephen king, campbell scott, et al. 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. In an interview with time, the prolific author reflected on his ten most monstrously large books.
To help you out, weve put together this list of the best stephen kings books, ranked from. And, by all means, if theres a king book that somehow scared you even more than these did, tell us about it in the comments. This list made me realize that theres a lot of stephen king books out there i still havent read. Jan 12, 2018 stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. Mar 25, 2014 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. King has a knack for writing stories that connect with people on an extremely personal. Stephen king has 1632 books on goodreads with 23469689 ratings. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received.
Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. This makes picking the best stephen king books a daunting challenge. Our horrorfilled list of the best stephen king books to start with. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. Novellas by stephen king novella is a word that may have a gajillion different definitions, most of them very similar to one another. The sheer number of film and television adaptations of stephen king s stories alone 50plus, and countingfrom stanley kubricks thriller, the shining 1980 to rob reiners stand by me 1986 and hbos 2020 miniseries, the outsiderwould have made king the undisputed master of horror. Oct 03, 2017 to help you parse out the good from the bad, heres a list of the 10 worst and 10 best stephen king adaptations so far, not in any particular order, but starting with the ones that probably dont. The best stephen king movies, ranked page 2 of 2 slant. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, 1 and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. I will explain for those that dont know what that means.
Maximum overdrive is the only movie stephen king ever directed with very good reason. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels time. View entire discussion 50 comments more posts from the stephenking community. Im making it my personal mission to listen to every stephen king novel published so far this century, which given kings propensity for very long books, is a far bigger job than you might imagine. Counting the number of stephen king books that have been turned into movies is a little trickier than it might seem. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. One of the longest king books, needful things is epic, sad, dark, scary, smart, and simply fun read. With over 50 novels and hundreds of short stories published in his name, he stands. On monday, hulu premiered 112263, its jj abrams produced, james francostarring miniseries adapted from the writers bestselling jfk. I have read so many books from stephen king but this is my favorite. Technically, four of these collections contain a handful of novella length.
His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974. Jul 18, 2019 whatever it is, theres no denying that stephen king knows what scares usand hes not afraid to deliver. The characters are sad and creepy, but extremely loveable. Feb 18, 2016 theres never been a better time to be a stephen king fan. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation. Still, its bracketed by two of the greatest stories king has ever written though the body. 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. Jan 14, 2020 stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. 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 best stephen king audiobooks ranked best thrillers. How many stephen king books have been turned into movies. But as it was first published, the stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Jul 31, 2017 the dark tower audiobook the gunslinger part 1 derrick melton. Mar 11, 2019 here are 50 mustread books recommended by stephen king over the years, and if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the list, ive made a few of my own book suggestions for the king as well.
In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. 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. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. King s bestselling 1,100page whopper of a book and the 1990 tv miniseries helped elevate shapeshifting killer clown pennywise into a potent cultural bogeyman. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. After all, when it comes to king, most people think of the shining, carrie, cujo, pet sematary, children of the corn, etc. The 10 best stephen king books your picks for the horror masters scariest, most suspenseful pageturners, from it to the dead zone. To be fair, the film was really codirected by stephen king and cocaine. 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.
A list of stephen king s novels, organized alphabetically. Stephen king books in order of length a novel best seller. All of the best stephen king books, ranked reedsy discovery. 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. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. Blog posted on wednesday, apr 03 stephen king short stories did you know that there are over stephen king short stories in existence. 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. Weve compiled the best featurelength adaptations of kings work, excluding the mostly mediocre tv adaptations. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by king s office and refers to the american hardcover editions.
Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. On this list put the top stephen king books score a book s 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. The best stephen king books, ranked in order audiobook by. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. Ranking every stephen king novel by how likely they are to. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. That said, here are king s 10 most underrated movies.
Hes one of the most recognizable names in fiction and easily one of the most prolific american authors. The movies tone is set in the opening scene, in which a man. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific and quite possibly one of the greatest writers of our generation, stephen king s books offer much more variety than the horror stories for which he became famous. The best stephen king movies, ranked slant magazine. King s books and short stories quickly became hit movies, many of them celebrated in their time, and some flopped so hard that hardly.
The best stephen king novels 12 mustread stephen king books. Theyre novels that i feel are good intros to kings masterful style of storytelling. He finds the thematic center of the source material, pruning or changing whatevers necessary to heighten it. Get the best deals on stephen king books in english it when you shop the largest online selection at. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. Richard bachman actually stephen king s son goes by the name joe hill.
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. Stephen king books list of books by author stephen king. May 20, 2017 of the best stephen king short stories youve never read. Looking back over more than 40 years worth of his work. King s latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Weve banded together with some of critic friends to rank the best movies based on stephen king s ghoulish work. Without further ado, heres my list of the best stephen king audiobooks published in this century. A truly underrated novel, and one of the few fulllength novels king wrote that has. In that spirit, i ranked both of these books on previous incarnations of this list.
The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. One of the masters of american horror fiction, author stephen king has a oeuvre of more than 88 books which includes some of the most genredefining, bestselling titles in all of literature. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep. They do when youre reading them, i think, which is probably the only thing that matters. King has published 61 novels including seven under the pen name richard bachman and six nonfiction books. Every stephen king miniseries, ranked worst to best. The dead zone 1983 david cronenbergs adaptation of one of kings best novels displays a working philosophy that will characterize the filmmakers future interpretations of difficult books by william s. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. Stephen kings 10 most underrated movies screenrant. Henry prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by the new yorker, and riding the bullet, king s original e book, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the. The bulk of king s short stories exist only in the series of 11 anthologies hes published during his career. The problem with maximum overdrive is that i was coked out of my mind all through its production, and i really didnt know what. The plot begins with jake epping, an english teacher, who leads a. Until the stand is made public, lets assess some of king s most unheralded cinematic works to date.
All 44 stephen king movies, ranked worst to best photos. The total count varies depending on whether you track tv movies or just. This poem by king was expanded to novella length by having glenn. King s books and short stories quickly became hit movies, many of them celebrated in. Stephen king is at his best when hes writing from the perspective of children. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. Nov 09, 2009 kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Along with his fulllength novels, we included kings many shortstory collections and. As such, neither can properly be considered to have been written by stephen king. Ranking every stephen king adaptation, from worst to best. Best of stephen king im a huuuge stephen king fan but because his collection is so extensive i havent been able to read all of his works. It wasnt the length of the list 49 books that threw me off, it was the variety one who finds aliens frightening may not have nightmares over psychological thrillers.
This list of king s writings is the definitive ranking of his body of work. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. The 10 worst and 10 best stephen king movies youtube. 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. 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. Originally published as a bachman book, this was actually the first full length novel that king ever finished.
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