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Stephen King Books in Order
Stephen King is a prolific American author, masterfully weaving tales of horror, suspense, and the supernatural. Born to Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, he was the second son, with his older brother David. Following his father's departure when Stephen was two, his mother, Ruth, took on the responsibility of raising him and his brother in various locations, including Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Stratford, Connecticut. Eventually, they settled in Durham, Maine, where Ruth cared for her ailing parents. After graduating from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, Stephen attended the University of Maine at Orono, where he wrote for the school newspaper and actively participated in student politics. He graduated in 1970 with a B.A. in English, and his draft board examination classified him as 4-F due to health issues. King's writing career took off in the 1970s with the publication of his debut novel, 'Carrie,' and he has since become one of the most successful authors of his generation, with over 60 novels and numerous short stories, screenplays, and essays to his credit.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Stephen King's book series? Stephen King has written 25 book series. The most notable is the American Vampire series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Stephen King
- #1
American Vampire, Vol. 1 (With: Scott Snyder)(2010) - #2
American Vampire, Vol. 2 (By: Scott Snyder)(2011) - #3
American Vampire, Vol. 3 (By: Scott Snyder)(2012) - #4
American Vampire, Vol. 4 (By: Scott Snyder)(2012) - #5
American Vampire Vol. 5 (By: Scott Snyder)(2014) - #6
American Vampire, Vol. 6 (By: Scott Snyder)(2014) - #7
American Vampire, Vol. 7 (By: Scott Snyder)(2015) - #8
American Vampire Vol. 8 (By: Scott Snyder)(2015) - #9
American Vampire 1976 (By: Scott Snyder)(2022)
- #1
Charlie the Choo-Choo(2016)
- #1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One(2009) - #2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two(2010) - #3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011) - #4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012) - #5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five(2013) - #6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six(2014) - #7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven(2015) - #8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight(2016) - #9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine(2017) - #10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten(2018) - #11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction(2018) - #12
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven(2019) - #13
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve(2020) - #14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen(2021) - #15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen(2022) - #16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen(2024) - #17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen(2024) - #18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen(2025)
- #1
Mr. Mercedes(2014) - #2
Finders Keepers(2015) - #3
End of Watch(2016)
- #1
Charlie the Choo-Choo (As: Beryl Evans)(2016) - #2
Hansel and Gretel (With: Maurice Sendak)(2025)
- #1
Creepshow(1982) - #2
The Talisman: Road of Trials (With: Peter Straub,Tony Shasteen)(2009) - #3
The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem(2013) - #4
Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1(2020)
- #1
The Two Dead Girls(1996) - #2
The Mouse on the Mile(1996) - #3
Coffey's Hands(1996) - #4
Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix(1996) - #5The Night Journey(1996)
- #6
Coffey on the Mile(1996)
- #1Mr. Mercedes(2014)
- #2
Finders Keepers(2015) - #3End of Watch(2016)
- #4
The Outsider(2018) - #5
If It Bleeds(2020) - #6
Holly(2023) - #7
Never Flinch(2025)
- #1
Legends (With: Anne McCaffrey,Robert Silverberg)(1998) - #2
Legends 3 (By: Terry Pratchett,Tad Williams,Robert Jordan,Robert Silverberg,Ursula K. Le Guin)(1999)
- #1
Stephen King's Danse Macabre(1981) - #2
Danse Macabre(1981) - #3
Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (With: Chuck Miller,Tim Underwood)(1988) - #4
Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques(1988) - #5
Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (With: Chuck Miller,Tim Underwood)(1989) - #6
On Writing(1999) - #7
Faithful(2004) - #8
Guns(2013) - #9
Hearts in Suspension(2016)
- #1
The Secretary of Dreams(2006) - #2
The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2(2010)
- #1
Carrie(1974) - #2
'Salem's Lot(1975) - #3
Rage (As: Richard Bachman)(1977) - #4
The Stand(1978) - #5
The Long Walk (As: Richard Bachman)(1979) - #6
The Dead Zone(1979) - #7Firestarter(1980)
- #8
Roadwork (As: Richard Bachman)(1981) - #9
Cujo(1981) - #10
The Running Man (As: Richard Bachman)(1982) - #11Christine(1983)
- #12
Pet Sematary(1983) - #13
Thinner (As: Richard Bachman)(1984) - #14
It(1986) - #15The Eyes of the Dragon(1987)
- #16
Misery(1987) - #17
The Tommyknockers(1987) - #18
One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight)(1989) - #19The Dark Half(1989)
- #20
Needful Things(1991) - #21Gerald's Game(1992)
- #22Dolores Claiborne(1992)
- #23
Insomnia(1994) - #24Rose Madder(1995)
- #25
Desperation(1996) - #26
The Regulators (As: Richard Bachman)(1996) - #27
Bag of Bones(1998) - #28
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon(1999) - #29
Dreamcatcher(2001) - #30From a Buick 8(2002)
- #31The Colorado Kid(2005)
- #32
Cell(2006) - #33Lisey's Story(2006)
- #34
Blaze (As: Richard Bachman)(2007) - #35
Duma Key(2008) - #36
Under the Dome(2009) - #37
Joyland(2013) - #38
Revival(2014) - #39
Sleeping Beauties (With: Owen King)(2017) - #40
The Institute(2019) - #41
Later(2021) - #42
Billy Summers(2021) - #43
Fairy Tale(2022) - #44
The Life of Chuck(2025)
- #1
Night Shift(1978) - #2Different Seasons(1982)
- #3
Skeleton Crew(1985) - #4
Four Past Midnight(1990) - #5Nightmares and Dreamscapes(1993)
- #6The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales(1994)
- #7The Green Mile(1997)
- #8
Six Stories(1997) - #9
Hearts in Atlantis(1999) - #10
Graveyard Shift: and Other Stories from Night Shift(1999) - #11Blood and Smoke(1999)
- #12Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing(2000)
- #13Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales(2002)
- #14Just After Sunset(2008)
- #15Stephen King Goes to the Movies(2009)
- #16
In the Deathroom and Lunch at the Gotham Café(2010) - #17
Full Dark, No Stars(2010) - #18
Road Rage (With: Joe Hill,Richard Matheson,Chris Ryall)(2012) - #19
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams(2015) - #20If It Bleeds(2020)
- #21
You Like It Darker(2024)
- #1
The Talisman(1984) - #2Black House(2001)
- #1
Gwendy's Button Box (With: Richard T. Chizmar)(2017) - #2
Gwendy's Magic Feather (By: Richard T. Chizmar)(2019) - #3
Gwendy's Final Task (With: Richard T. Chizmar)(2022)
- #1
Tales of Unknown Horror(1978) - #2
The Year's Finest Fantasy(1978) - #3The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI(1978)
- #4
The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VII(1979) - #5
More Tales of Unknown Horror(1979) - #6
The Year's Finest Fantasy 2(1979) - #7
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos(1980) - #8Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror(1980)
- #9
New Terrors II(1980) - #10
Shadows 4(1981) - #11
The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories(1981) - #12
Fantasy Annual III(1981) - #13
The Giant Book Of Horror Stories(1981) - #14
Fantasy Annual IV(1981) - #15
Modern Masters of Horror(1981) - #16
Death(1982) - #17
Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King(1982) - #18
65 Great Spine Chillers(1982) - #19
The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book(1983) - #20The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII(1984)
- #21
Realms of Darkness(1985) - #22
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction(1985) - #23
The Year's Best Horror Stories(1985) - #24
Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King(1986) - #25
Horrors(1986) - #26The Dark Descent(1987)
- #27
Volume I: The Color of Evil(1987) - #28
A Treasury of American Horror Stories(1988) - #29Horror Factor 7(1988)
- #30
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction(1988) - #31Prime Evil(1988)
- #32Dark Visions(1988)
- #33
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels(1988) - #34
Book of the Dead(1989) - #35
The Best of Modern Horror(1989) - #36
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos(1990) - #37
Dark Voices: No. 1(1990) - #38
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield(1990) - #39
Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness(1991) - #40
Horrorstory(1991) - #41
The Horror Hall of Fame(1991) - #42
I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror(1991) - #43Midnight Graffiti(1992)
- #44Young Blood(1994)
- #45
Mid-life Confidential(1994) - #46
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories(1994) - #47
Space Movies(1995) - #48
Horror Stories(1995) - #49Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories(1996)
- #50Dark Love(1996)
- #51
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Ninth Annual Collection(1996) - #52Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror(1996)
- #53American Gothic Tales(1996)
- #54
Blood Thirst(1997) - #55Robert Bloch's Psychos(1997)
- #56
The Best of the Best(1998) - #57The Playboy Book of Science Fiction(1998)
- #58
Legends 1(1998) - #59
Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture(1998) - #60
Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream!(1999) - #61999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense(1999)
- #62
Vintage Science Fiction(1999) - #63
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection(1999) - #64
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1999) - #65
Technohorror: Inventions in Terror(1999) - #66The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century(2000)
- #67
Tails of Wonder and Imagination(2001) - #68
A Century of Great Suspense Stories(2001) - #69Dark Masques(2001)
- #70Baseball: a Literary Anthology(2002)
- #71
The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute to Frank Muller(2002) - #72
From the Borderlands(2003) - #73
In the Shadow of the Master(2003) - #74
Great Ghost Stories(2004) - #75
The Future Dictionary of America(2004) - #76
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection(2004) - #77
Transgressions(2005) - #78
The Campfire Collection(2005) - #79
Transgressions, Vol. 2(2006) - #80
The Best American Short Stories 2007(2007) - #81The Living Dead(2008)
- #82
The Best of Cemetery Dance II(2008) - #83
Dancing with the Dark(2009) - #84
The Big Book of NECON(2009) - #85
Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead(2009) - #86
Best New Horror 20(2009) - #87
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors(2009) - #88
The Dead That Walk(2009) - #89
Shivers VI(2010) - #90
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror(2010) - #91
Best New Horror 21(2010) - #92
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick(2011) - #93
A Book of Horrors(2011) - #94
Crucified Dreams(2011) - #95
Lightspeed: Year One(2011) - #96
Rage Against the Night(2011) - #97The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012)
- #98
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror(2012) - #99
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012) - #100
Shivers VII(2013) - #101
Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All(2013) - #102
Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny(2013) - #103
Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly(2013) - #104
Turn Down the Lights(2013) - #105
Woman: An Anthology(2014) - #106
Field of Fantasies(2014) - #107
Chiral Mad 3(2016) - #108Six Scary Stories(2016)
- #109
Grave Predictions(2016) - #110
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016(2016) - #111
In Sunlight or In Shadow(2016) - #112
Detours(2016) - #113
You, Human(2018) - #114
Flight or Fright(2018) - #115
It Came From The Garage!: An Anthology of Automotive Horror(2019) - #116
Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night(2019) - #117
Dark Tides(2019) - #118
Best of Best New Horror Volume 2(2020) - #119
The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, Vol II(2020) - #120The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen(2021)
- #121
Revelations(2022) - #122
Chiral Mad 5(2022) - #123
Qualia Nous: Vol. 2(2023) - #124
The Rack(2024) - #125
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand(2025)
- #1
The Gunslinger(1982) - #2
The Drawing of the Three(1987) - #3The Waste Lands(1991)
- #4
Wizard and Glass(1997) - #5
Wolves of the Calla(2003) - #6
Song of Susannah(2004) - #7
The Dark Tower(2004) - #8
The Wind Through the Keyhole(2012) - #9
The Complete Concordance (With: Robin Furth)(2012)
- #1
The Gunslinger Born (By: Robin Furth,Peter David)(2007) - #2
The Long Road Home (By: Robin Furth,Peter David,Richard Isanove)(2008) - #3
Treachery (By: Robin Furth,Peter David,Richard Isanove)(2009) - #4
The Fall of Gilead (By: Robin Furth,Peter David,Richard Isanove)(2009) - #5
Battle of Jericho Hill (With: Robin Furth,Peter David)(2010) - #6
The Sailor (By: Robin Furth)(2017)
- #1The Prisoner(2020)
- #2
House of Cards(2020) - #3
Lady of Shadows(2020) - #4
Bitter Medicine(2020)
- #1
The Journey Begins(2019) - #2
The Little Sisters of Eluria(2019) - #3
The Battle of Tull(2019) - #4
The Way Station(2019) - #5
The Man in Black(2019) - #6
Last Shots(2019)
- #1
The Outsider(2018) - #2If It Bleeds(2020)
- #1
Before the Play(1977) - #2The Shining(1977)
- #3
Doctor Sleep(2013)
- #1
Captain Trips (With: Mike Perkins,LauraMartin,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2009) - #2
American Nightmares (With: Mike Perkins,LauraMartin,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2009) - #3
Hardcases (With: Mike Perkins,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2010) - #4
Soul Survivors (With: Mike Perkins,LauraMartin,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2010) - #5
No Man's Land (With: Mike Perkins,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2011) - #6
The Night Has Come (With: Mike Perkins,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2012)
- #1
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010) - #2
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011) - #3The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012)
- #4
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013) - #5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014) - #6
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015) - #7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016) - #8
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017) - #9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018) - #10
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020) - #11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020) - #12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021) - #13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022) - #14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023) - #15
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024) - #16
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
- #1Transgressions, Vol. 2 (With: Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris)(2006)
- #2
Transgressions, Vol. 3 (By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,John Farris)(2006) - #3
Transgressions, Vol. 4 (By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain)(2006) - #4Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay(1999)
- #5
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (With: T. Bone Burnett)(2013)
About Stephen King
Stephen King is a prolific American author, masterfully weaving tales of horror, suspense, and the supernatural. Born to Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, he was the second son, with his older brother David. Following his father's departure when Stephen was two, his mother, Ruth, took on the responsibility of raising him and his brother in various locations, including Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Stratford, Connecticut. Eventually, they settled in Durham, Maine, where Ruth cared for her ailing parents. After graduating from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, Stephen attended the University of Maine at Orono, where he wrote for the school newspaper and actively participated in student politics. He graduated in 1970 with a B.A. in English, and his draft board examination classified him as 4-F due to health issues. King's writing career took off in the 1970s with the publication of his debut novel, 'Carrie,' and he has since become one of the most successful authors of his generation, with over 60 novels and numerous short stories, screenplays, and essays to his credit.
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