New York Times Bestsellers
Stephen King has placed 24 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 677 weeks on the charts. 18 titles reached #1.
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Castle Rock Universe (Connected Stories)
35 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Sep 1986 · 85 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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11/22/63
Major Stephen King Standalones
32 weeks on the Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Nov 2011 · 80 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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Reading Order
7 series · 42 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Gunslinger | 1982 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Drawing of the Three | 1987 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Waste Lands | 1991 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Wizard and Glass | 1997 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Wind Through the Keyhole | 2012 | 🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2012Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | Wolves of the Calla | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Song of Susannah | 2004 | Locus Award 2005Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | The Dark Tower | 2004 | 🏆 British Fantasy Award 2005Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
The Bill Hodges Trilogy
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Mr. Mercedes | 2014 | 🏆 Edgar Awards 2015🏆 Hammett Prize 2014🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2014Gold Dagger 2015Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Finders Keepers | 2015 | Goodreads Choice Award 2015Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | End of Watch | 2016 | 🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2016Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | 1999 | Lincoln Award 2005Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Mr. Mercedes | 2014 | 🏆 Edgar Awards 2015🏆 Hammett Prize 2014🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2014Gold Dagger 2015Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Finders Keepers | 2015 | Goodreads Choice Award 2015Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | End of Watch | 2016 | 🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2016Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | The Outsider | 2018 | 🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2018Locus Award 2019Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | If It Bleeds | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Holly | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Never Flinch | 2025 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
The Outsider / Holly Gibney Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Outsider | 2018 | 🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2018Locus Award 2019Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | If It Bleeds (novella) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Holly | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Never Flinch | 2025 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Castle Rock Universe (Connected Stories)
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Dead Zone | 1979 | Locus Award 1980World Fantasy Award 1980Balrog Award 1980Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Cujo | 1981 | 🏆 British Fantasy Award 1982Locus Award 1982Balrog Award 1982Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | It | 1986 | 🏆 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1994🏆 British Fantasy Award 1987Locus Award 1987World Fantasy Award 1987Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Shining | 1977 | Locus Award 1978Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Needful Things | 1991 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Talisman | 1984 | 🏆 Audie Award 2002Locus Award 1985World Fantasy Award 1985Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Black House | 2001 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Other Worlds Than These | 2026 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Major Stephen King Standalones
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Stand | 1978 | Balrog Award 1980Locus Award 1979World Fantasy Award 1979Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Green Mile | 1996 | 🏆 Audie Award 1997🏆 Bram Stoker Award 1996Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Misery | 1987 | 🏆 Bram Stoker Award 1987World Fantasy Award 1988Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Shawshank Redemption (novella) | 1982 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Running Man | 1982 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Christine | 1983 | Locus Award 1984Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | Carrie | 1974 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | 11/22/63 | 2011 | 🏆 ITW Thriller Award 2012Goodreads Choice Award 2018Locus Award 2012World Fantasy Award 2012British Fantasy Award 2012Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 9 | Under the Dome | 2009 | Locus Award 2010British Fantasy Award 2010Goodreads Choice Award 2009Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 10 | Doctor Sleep | 2013 | 🏆 Audie Award 2014🏆 Bram Stoker Award 2013🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2013Locus Award 2014ITW Thriller Award 2014Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 11 | Hansel & Gretel | 2025 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books.