Order of Stephen King Books
Stephen King is an American author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best-known for such published works as Carrie, The Shining and Misery – all of which have been adapted into successful films. Infact, much of King’s writing has been adapted into other mediums. Besides being a novelist, King has written many short stories and screenplays. Most of King’s works are standalone novels, with a notable exception of (The Dark Tower). He is married to fellow author Tabitha King and father of Joe Hill.
Stephen King’s first true novel was also one of his best known works, Carrie, which was published in 1974. He has been writing ever since. Below is a list of Stephen King’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Bill Hodges Trilogy Books
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Mr. Mercedes |
(2014) |
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Finders Keepers |
(2015) |
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End of Watch |
(2016) |
Publication Order of The Button Box Books
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Gwendy’s Button Box |
(2017) |
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Gwendy’s Magic Feather |
(2019) |
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Gwendy’s Final Task |
(2022) |
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Publication Order of The Dark Tower Books
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The Gunslinger |
(1982) |
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The Drawing of the Three |
(1987) |
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The Waste Lands |
(1991) |
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Wizard and Glass |
(1997) |
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Wolves of the Calla |
(2003) |
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Song of Susannah |
(2004) |
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The Dark Tower |
(2004) |
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The Wind Through the Keyhole |
(2012) |
Publication Order of The Dark Tower: Beginnings Books
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The Gunslinger Born |
(2007) |
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The Long Road Home |
(2008) |
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Treachery |
(2009) |
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The Fall of Gilead |
(2009) |
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Battle of Jericho Hill |
(2010) |
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The Sailor |
(2017) |
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Publication Order of The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Books
(with Robin Furth, Peter David)
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The Prisoner |
(2020) |
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House of Cards |
(2020) |
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Lady of Shadows |
(2020) |
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Bitter Medicine |
(2020) |
Publication Order of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Books
(with Robin Furth, Peter David)
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The Journey Begins |
(2019) |
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The Little Sisters of Eluria |
(2019) |
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The Battle of Tull |
(2019) |
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The Way Station |
(2019) |
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The Man in Black |
(2019) |
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Last Shots |
(2019) |
Publication Order of Green Mile Books
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The Two Dead Girls |
(1996) |
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The Mouse on the Mile |
(1996) |
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Coffey’s Hands |
(1996) |
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Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix |
(1996) |
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The Night Journey |
(1996) |
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Coffey on the Mile |
(1996) |
Publication Order of The Outsider Books
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The Outsider |
(2018) |
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If It Bleeds |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Secretary of Dreams Books
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The Secretary of Dreams |
(2006) |
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The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2 |
(2010) |
Publication Order of The Shining Books
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The Shining |
(1977) |
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Doctor Sleep |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Talisman Books
(with Peter Straub)
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The Talisman |
(1984) |
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Black House |
(2001) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Carrie |
(1974) |
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‘Salem’s Lot |
(1975) |
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Rage |
(1977) |
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The Stand |
(1978) |
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The Long Walk |
(1979) |
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The Dead Zone |
(1979) |
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Firestarter |
(1980) |
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Roadwork |
(1981) |
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Cujo |
(1981) |
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The Running Man |
(1982) |
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Christine |
(1983) |
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Pet Sematary |
(1983) |
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Thinner |
(1984) |
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It |
(1986) |
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The Eyes of the Dragon |
(1987) |
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Misery |
(1987) |
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The Tommyknockers |
(1987) |
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One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight) |
(1989) |
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The Dark Half |
(1989) |
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Needful Things |
(1991) |
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Gerald’s Game |
(1992) |
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Dolores Claiborne |
(1992) |
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Insomnia |
(1994) |
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Rose Madder |
(1995) |
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Desperation |
(1996) |
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The Regulators |
(1996) |
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Bag of Bones |
(1998) |
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon |
(1999) |
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Dreamcatcher |
(2001) |
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From a Buick 8 |
(2002) |
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The Colorado Kid |
(2005) |
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Cell |
(2006) |
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Lisey’s Story |
(2006) |
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Blaze |
(2007) |
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Duma Key |
(2008) |
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Under the Dome |
(2009) |
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11/22/63 |
(2011) |
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Joyland |
(2013) |
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Revival |
(2014) |
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Sleeping Beauties |
(2017) |
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The Institute |
(2019) |
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Later |
(2021) |
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Billy Summers |
(2021) |
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Fairy Tale |
(2022) |
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Holly |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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One for the Road |
(1977) |
Info.
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The Ledge |
(1977) |
Info.
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I Am the Doorway |
(1978) |
Info.
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Quitters, Inc. |
(1978) |
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The Mangler |
(1978) |
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I Know What You Need |
(1978) |
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The Woman in the Room |
(1978) |
Info.
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The Man Who Loved Flowers |
(1978) |
Info.
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Night Surf |
(1978) |
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Crouch End |
(1980) |
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The Mist |
(1980) |
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The Monkey |
(1980) |
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Do the Dead Sing? |
(1981) |
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The Body |
(1982) |
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The Shawshank Redemption |
(1982) |
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Uncle Otto’s Truck |
(1983) |
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Apt Pupil |
(1983) |
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Cycle of the Werewolf |
(1983) |
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Silver Bullet |
(1983) |
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The Breathing Method |
(1984) |
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The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet |
(1984) |
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The End of the Whole Mess |
(1986) |
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Trucks |
(1987) |
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The Last Rung on the Ladder |
(1987) |
Info.
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The Night Flier |
(1988) |
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Dolan’s Cadillac |
(1989) |
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My Pretty Pony |
(1989) |
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The Langoliers |
(1989) |
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The Library Policeman |
(1990) |
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The Sun Dog |
(1990) |
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Secret Window, Secret Garden |
(1991) |
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Three Carols |
(1991) |
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Children of the Corn |
(1993) |
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Gray Matter |
(1993) |
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The Man in the Black Suit |
(1994) |
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Umney’s Last Case |
(1995) |
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The Lawnmower Man |
(1995) |
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Everything’s Eventual |
(1997) |
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1408 |
(1997) |
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Riding the Bullet |
(2000) |
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LT’s Theory of Pets |
(2001) |
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Autopsy Room Four |
(2002) |
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Lisey and the Madman |
(2004) |
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The Things They Left Behind |
(2005) |
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Stationary Bike |
(2006) |
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The Road Virus Heads North |
(2006) |
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Harvey’s Dream |
(2008) |
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The Gingerbread Girl |
(2008) |
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UR |
(2009) |
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Morality |
(2009) |
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1922 |
(2010) |
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Blockade Billy |
(2010) |
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Mile 81 |
(2011) |
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The Little Green God of Agony |
(2011) |
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Herman Wouk Is Still Alive |
(2011) |
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Batman and Robin have an Altercation |
(2012) |
Info.
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Throttle |
(2012) |
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Stephen King’s Battleground |
(2012) |
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A Face in the Crowd |
(2012) |
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Big Driver |
(2012) |
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In the Tall Grass |
(2012) |
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A Good Marriage |
(2014) |
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Drunken Fireworks |
(2015) |
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Laurie |
(2018) |
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Obits |
(2018) |
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Low Men In Yellow Coats (in Hearts in Atlantis) |
(2018) |
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Elevation |
(2018) |
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Squad D |
(2019) |
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Red Screen |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Night Shift |
(1978) |
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Different Seasons |
(1982) |
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Skeleton Crew |
(1985) |
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Four Past Midnight |
(1990) |
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes |
(1993) |
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The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales |
(1994) |
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The Green Mile |
(1997) |
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Six Stories |
(1997) |
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Hearts in Atlantis |
(1999) |
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Graveyard Shift: and Other Stories from Night Shift |
(1999) |
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Blood and Smoke |
(1999) |
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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing |
(2000) |
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Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales |
(2002) |
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Just After Sunset |
(2008) |
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N |
(2008) |
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Stephen King Goes to the Movies |
(2009) |
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In the Deathroom and Lunch at the Gotham Café |
(2010) |
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Full Dark, No Stars |
(2010) |
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Road Rage |
(2012) |
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams |
(2015) |
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If It Bleeds |
(2020) |
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You Like It Darker |
(2024) |
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If It Bleeds is a standalone short story sequel to The Outsider. |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
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Creepshow |
(1982) |
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The Talisman: Road of Trials |
(2009) |
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The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem |
(2013) |
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Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1 |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Stephen King’s Danse Macabre |
(1981) |
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Danse Macabre |
(1981) |
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Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King |
(1988) |
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Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques |
(1988) |
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Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King |
(1989) |
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On Writing |
(1999) |
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Faithful |
(2004) |
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Guns |
(2013) |
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Hearts in Suspension |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
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Transgressions |
(2005) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 2 |
(2006) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 3 |
(2006) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 4 |
(2006) |
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Publication Order of Plays
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Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay |
(1999) |
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Ghost Brothers of Darkland County |
(2013) |
Publication Order of The Stand: Graphic Novels Books
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Captain Trips |
(2009) |
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American Nightmares |
(2009) |
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Hardcases |
(2010) |
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Soul Survivors |
(2010) |
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No Man’s Land |
(2011) |
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The Night Has Come |
(2012) |
Publication Order of DC Compact Comics Books
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Watchmen |
(1987) |
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Wonder Woman: Earth One |
(2024) |
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Joker |
(2024) |
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Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens |
(2024) |
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Catwoman – Trail of the Catwoman |
(2024) |
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American Vampire 1 |
(2024) |
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Publication Order of Beryl Evans Picture Books
(as Beryl Evans)
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Charlie the Choo-Choo |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Legends Books
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Legends |
(1998) |
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Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King |
(1998) |
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Legends 3 |
(1999) |
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Publication Order of American Vampire Books
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American Vampire, Vol. 1 |
(2010) |
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American Vampire, Vol. 2 |
(2011) |
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American Vampire, Vol. 3 |
(2012) |
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American Vampire, Vol. 4 |
(2012) |
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American Vampire Vol. 5 |
(2014) |
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American Vampire, Vol. 6 |
(2014) |
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American Vampire, Vol. 7 |
(2015) |
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American Vampire Vol. 8 |
(2015) |
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American Vampire 1976 |
(2022) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Tales of Unknown Horror |
(1978) |
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The Year’s Finest Fantasy |
(1978) |
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The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI |
(1978) |
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The Year’s Best Horror Stories Series VII |
(1979) |
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More Tales of Unknown Horror |
(1979) |
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The Year’s Finest Fantasy 2 |
(1979) |
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New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos |
(1980) |
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Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror |
(1980) |
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Dark Forces |
(1980) |
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New Terrors II |
(1980) |
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Shadows 4 |
(1981) |
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The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories |
(1981) |
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Fantasy Annual III |
(1981) |
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The Giant Book Of Horror Stories |
(1981) |
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Fantasy Annual IV |
(1981) |
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Modern Masters of Horror |
(1981) |
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Death |
(1982) |
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Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King |
(1982) |
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65 Great Spine Chillers |
(1982) |
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The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book |
(1983) |
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The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XII |
(1984) |
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Realms of Darkness |
(1985) |
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Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
(1985) |
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The Year’s Best Horror Stories |
(1985) |
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Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King |
(1986) |
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Horrors |
(1986) |
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The Dark Descent |
(1987) |
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Duel — Horror Stories of the Road |
(1987) |
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A Treasury of American Horror Stories |
(1988) |
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The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
(1988) |
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Horror Factor 7 |
(1988) |
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Prime Evil |
(1988) |
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Dark Visions |
(1988) |
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The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels |
(1988) |
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Book of the Dead |
(1989) |
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The Best of Modern Horror |
(1989) |
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Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos |
(1990) |
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Dark Voices: No. 1 |
(1990) |
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Horrorstory |
(1991) |
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The Horror Hall of Fame |
(1991) |
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I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror |
(1991) |
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Midnight Graffiti |
(1992) |
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Young Blood |
(1994) |
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Mid-life Confidential |
(1994) |
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The Puffin Book of Horror Stories |
(1994) |
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The Vampire Omnibus |
(1995) |
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Space Movies |
(1995) |
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Horror Stories |
(1995) |
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Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories |
(1996) |
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Dark Love |
(1996) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Ninth Annual Collection |
(1996) |
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Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror |
(1996) |
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American Gothic Tales |
(1996) |
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Blood Thirst |
(1997) |
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Robert Bloch’s Psychos |
(1997) |
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The Best of the Best |
(1998) |
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The Playboy Book of Science Fiction |
(1998) |
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Legends 1 |
(1998) |
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Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture |
(1998) |
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Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! |
(1999) |
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999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense |
(1999) |
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Vintage Science Fiction |
(1999) |
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The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection |
(1999) |
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
(1999) |
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Technohorror: Inventions in Terror |
(1999) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century |
(2000) |
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A Century of Great Suspense Stories |
(2001) |
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Dark Masques |
(2001) |
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Baseball: a Literary Anthology |
(2002) |
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The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute to Frank Muller |
(2002) |
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In the Shadow of the Master |
(2003) |
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Great Ghost Stories |
(2004) |
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The Future Dictionary of America |
(2004) |
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Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection |
(2004) |
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Transgressions |
(2005) |
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The Campfire Collection |
(2005) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 2 |
(2006) |
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The Best American Short Stories 2007 |
(2007) |
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The Living Dead |
(2008) |
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The Best of Cemetery Dance II |
(2008) |
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Dancing with the Dark |
(2009) |
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The Big Book of NECON |
(2009) |
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Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead |
(2009) |
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Best New Horror 20 |
(2009) |
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FIRST WORDS: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors |
(2009) |
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The Dead That Walk |
(2009) |
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Shivers VI |
(2010) |
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Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror |
(2010) |
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Best New Horror 21 |
(2010) |
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick |
(2011) |
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A Book of Horrors |
(2011) |
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Crucified Dreams |
(2011) |
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Lightspeed: Year One |
(2011) |
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Rage Against the Night |
(2011) |
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four |
(2012) |
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The Mammoth Book of Body Horror |
(2012) |
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The Best Horror of the Year Volume 4 |
(2012) |
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Shivers VII |
(2013) |
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Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All |
(2013) |
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Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny |
(2013) |
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Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly |
(2013) |
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Turn Down the Lights |
(2013) |
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Woman: An Anthology |
(2014) |
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Field of Fantasies |
(2014) |
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Chiral Mad 3 |
(2016) |
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Six Scary Stories |
(2016) |
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Grave Predictions |
(2016) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 |
(2016) |
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In Sunlight or In Shadow |
(2016) |
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Detours |
(2016) |
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You, Human |
(2018) |
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Flight or Fright |
(2018) |
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It Came From The Garage!: An Anthology of Automotive Horror |
(2019) |
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Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night |
(2019) |
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Dark Tides |
(2019) |
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Best of Best New Horror Volume 2 |
(2020) |
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The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, Vol II |
(2020) |
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The Best Horror of the Year Volume 13 |
(2021) |
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Revelations |
(2022) |
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Chiral Mad 5 |
(2022) |
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Qualia Nous: Vol. 2 |
(2023) |
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The Rack |
(2024) |
Notes: The novels Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man, Thinner, The Regulators and Blaze were originally written under the pen name of Richard Bachman. The Talisman series is co-authored by Peter Straub. Road Rage is co-authored with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. Throttle and In the Tall Grass are co-authored with Joe Hill. A Face in the Crowd and Faithful are co-authored with Stewart O’Nan. Gwendy’s Button Box was written with Richard T. Chizmar.
Hard Listening is written with fellow Rock Bottom Remainders band members Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow and Amy Tan. Sleeping Beauties was written with Owen King. Flight or Fright is edited with Bev Vincent.