Bibliography of works on Stephen King

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There have been many books published about Stephen King and his works.

This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

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* Date Title Author Publisher ISBN

ASID Number used where ISBN is not available.

1981 Teacher's Manual: Novels of Stephen King Edward J. Zagorski: New American Library, Education Dept. ASID Number: B004YBEI4K

1982 Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (Editors) Underwood-Miller 978-0934438599

1984 Stephen King: The Art of Darkness: The Life and Fiction of the Master of the Macabre Douglas E. Winter Signet Updated edition (December 2, 1986) 978-0451146120

10/06/1987 Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller Signet (2nd printing edition) 978-0451149626

6/1/1987 The Gothic World of Stephen King: Landscape of Nightmares Gary Hoppenstand, Ray B. Browne Bowling Green State University Popular Press 978-0879724108

5/1/1988 Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (1988) Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller McGraw-Hill 978-0070657595

6/15/1988 Landscape of Fear: Stephen King's American Gothic Tony Magistrale Bowling Green State University Popular Press 3; New edition 978-0879724054

4/1/1988 The Unseen King Tyson Blue Borgo Pr ASIN Number: B08MQ6GDWM

1989 Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (1989) Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller Carroll & Gtaf, NY 978-0887330834

1990 The Stephen King Quiz Book Stephen Spignesi Signet 978-0451167088

4/1/1991 The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Works of America’s Master of Horror (includes art by Steve Fiorilla, Jim McDermott and others) Stephen Spignesi Contemporary Books 978-0809238187

6/1991 The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia Stephen J Spignesi Popular Culture Ink 978-1560750185

1991 The Stephen King Story George Beahm and Kenny Ray Linkous Andrews and McMeel 978-0836279894

8/9/1991 Reign of Fear: The Fiction and Film of Stephen King (1982–1989) Don Herron Pan Horror 978-0330313476

3/27/1992 The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King's Horrorscape Tony Magistrale (Ed.) Praeger 978-0313272974

7/7/1992 The Second Stephen King Quiz Book Stephen Spignesi Signet 978-0451173065

1994 Stephen King's America Jonathan P. Davis Bowling Green State University Popular Press 978-0879726478

1994 The Films of Stephen King Ann Lloyd St. Martins Pr 978-0312112745

11/1/1997 Ultimate Unauthorized Stephen King Trivia Challenge: Hundreds of Brainteasing Questions on Minute Details and Little-Known Facts about the World's Leading Horror Writer and His Work Robert W. Bly Kensington / Fine Communications 978-1567312881

1998 The Lost Work of Stephen King: A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions and Oddities Stephen Spignesi Birch Lane Press 978-1559724692

1998 Stephen King From A to Z An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work George Beahm Andrews McMeel Publishing 978-0836269147

5/1/1998 Stephen King: America’s Best-Loved Boogeyman George Beahm AndrewsMcMeel Publishing 978-0836254273

1999 Stephen King Country: The Illustrated Guide to the Sites and Sights That Insired the Modern Master of Horror George Beahm Running Press Publishers 978-0762404568

6/30/2000 Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic: Lovecraft, Matheson, and King David A. Oakes Praeger 978-0313311888

5/1/2001 The Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner Renaissance Books 978-1580631600

3/8/2001 The Modern Weird Tale S. T. Joshi McFarland Co. 978-0786409860

5/1/2001 The Essential Stephen King: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels, Short Stories, Movies, and Other Creations of the World's Most Popular Writer Stephen Spignesi: New Page Books {{ISBN|978-1564144850

6/30/2002 Revisiting Stephen King: A Critical Companion, 2nd edition Sharon A. Russell Greenwood Press 978-0274968428

2002 The Literary Equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries?: Academics, Moralists, and the Stephen King Phenomenon Smith, Greg The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 4, Summer 2002

4/1/2002 Creepshows - The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide Stephen Graham Jones Billboard Books 978-0823078844

2003 The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King First and Second Editions 2004: Third Edition Rocky Wood, David Rawsthorne, Norma Blackburn Kanrock Partners

2004 "Diabolical Dreaming in Stephen King's ""The Man in the Black Suit""" Hansen, Tom The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 3, Spring 2004

12/2005 The Road to the Dark Tower Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance

2005 The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book Brian Freeman & Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance

5/30/2006 The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner St. Martin's Griffin 978-0312324902

2006 Stephen King (part of series Modern {literary} Critical Views) Harold Bloom (Ed.) Chelsea House 978-0791093177

3/2006 Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished Rocky Wood, with David Rawsthorne and Norma Blackburn Cemetery Dance

2007 The Stephen King Collector's Guide Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks Kanrock Partners

2008 Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author Justin Brooks Cemetery Dance

12/2008 Stephen King: A Biography Albert Rolls Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated

4/2009 Stephen King: The Non-Fiction Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks Cemetery Dance

7/15/2009 Stephen King on the Big Screen Mark Browning Intellect, Limited

2009 The Stephen King Illustrated Companion: The Life and Works of the Master of Horror Bev Vincent Fall River Press

2009 Stephen King: A Biography Albert Rolls Greenwood Press

3/1/2010 Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Robin Furth Cemetery Dance

8/3/2010 Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King Hans-Ake Lilja Cemetery Dance

2010 Stephen King: America's Storyteller Tony Magistrale Praeger

6/7/2011 Stephen King Is Richard Bachman Michael R Collings, Stephen King Overlook Connection

2011 The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book Andrew J. Rausch and Ronald Riley BearManor Media

5/27/2011 The Wit and Wisdom of Stephen King Andrew J. Rausch: : BearManor Media

4/11/2011 Stephen King: A Literary Companion Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks McFarland

8/15/2011 Stephen King's Gothic John Sears University of Wales Press

2012 Ste[hen King’s The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updagted Robin Furth Scribner

9/13/2013 The Illustrated Stephen King MOVIE Trivia Book Brian James Freeman, Kevin Quigley, and Hans-Ake Lilja Cemetery Dance

9/13/2013 The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book: Revised & Updated 2nd Edition! Brian James Freeman & Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance

2/1/2014 Stephen King Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Horror on Film Scott Von Doviak Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

10/1/2015 The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror George Beahm, Michael Whelan, et al. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 978-1250054128

12/28/2015 The Dark Tower Companion Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance

2016 Stephen King and Philosophy Jacob M. Held (Ed.) Rowman & Littlefield

3/22/2016 Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance (Revised & Updated!) Robin Furth Cemetery Dance

2017 The Dark Tower: The Art of the Film Daniel Wallace Scribner

2017 Reading Stephen King Brian James Freeman (Ed.) Cemetery Dance

Summer 2017 The Linguistics of Stephen King by James Arthur Anderson McFarland & Company, Inc.

9/1/2017 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Stephen King The Editors Of Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly

6/12/2018 America's Dark Theologian-The Religious Imagination Of Stephen King Douglas E. Cowan New York University Press

10/16/2018 Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work Stephen Spignesi Permuted Press

2019 Stephen King at the Movies Ian Natilan Palazzo Editions Ltd.

2019 The World of IT Alyse Wax Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

2/05/2019 Perspectives on Stephen King: Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators Andrew J. Rausch McFarland & Company

2021 Stephen King And American History Tony Magistrale and Michael J. Blouin Routledge

2021 Stephen King And American Politics Michael J. Blouin University of Wales Press

2022 Encountering Pennywise - Critical Perspectives on Stephen King's 'It' Whitney S. May (Ed.) University Press of Mississippi

Spring 2022 Bumpty-Bumpty-Bump!: The Stephen King Daily Reader (Third edition) Michael Roch

05/08/2022 Fun Is Fun and Done is Done: Stephen King Connections and Easter Eggs Michael Roch MicRo Readers

6/21/2022 Stephen King's Maine Haunts: A Guidebook to the Sites and Sights of Things King George Beahm Self Published

9/13/2022 The Stephen King Ultimate Companion: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences Bev Vince Quatro Publishing Group USA Inc.

10/04/2022 Castle Rock Kitchen: Wicked Good Recipes From the World of Stephen King (A Cookbook) Theresa Carle-Sanders (Forward by Stephen King) Ten Speed Press

11/04/2022 The Ultimate Stephen King Quiz Book Dave Musson Independently Published

11/29/2023 Stephen King: Not Just Horror Hans-Ake Lilja BearManor Media

Material about King can also be found in his own partly autobiographical On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000), ‘’Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing’’ (2000), ‘’Hearts in Suspension’’ (2016) as well as scattered throughout King's Danse Macabre (1981).

A critical analysis of King's work can be found in S. T. Joshi's The Modern Weird Tale (2001).

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Stephen King

* Bibliography
* Short fiction
* Unpublished and uncollected
* Awards and nominations

Novels|

* Carrie (1974)
* 'Salem's Lot (1975)
* The Shining (1977)
* The Stand (1978)
* The Dead Zone (1979)
* Firestarter (1980)
* Cujo (1981)
* Christine (1983)
* Pet Sematary (1983)
* Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
* The Talisman (1984)
* It (1986)
* The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
* Misery (1987)
* The Tommyknockers (1987)
* The Dark Half (1989)
* Needful Things (1991)
* Gerald's Game (1992)
* Dolores Claiborne (1992)
* Insomnia (1994)
* Rose Madder (1995)
* The Green Mile (1996)
* Desperation (1996)
* Bag of Bones (1998)
* The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
* The Plant (2000; unfinished)
* Dreamcatcher (2001)
* Black House (2001)
* From a Buick 8 (2002)
* The Colorado Kid (2005)
* Cell (2006)
* Lisey's Story (2006)
* Duma Key (2008)
* Under the Dome (2009)
* 11/22/63 (2011)
* Joyland (2013)
* Doctor Sleep (2013)
* Mr. Mercedes (2014)
* Revival (2014)
* Finders Keepers (2015)
* End of Watch (2016)
* Gwendy's Button Box (2017)
* Sleeping Beauties (2017)
* The Outsider (2018)
* Elevation (2018)
* The Institute (2019)
* Later (2021)
* Billy Summers (2021)
* Gwendy's Final Task (2022)
* Fairy Tale (2022)
* Holly (2023)

| The Dark Tower series|

* The Gunslinger (1982)
* The Drawing of the Three (1987)
* The Waste Lands (1991)
* Wizard and Glass (1997)
* Wolves of the Calla (2003)
* Song of Susannah (2004)
* The Dark Tower (2004)
* The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)

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Richard Bachman novels|

* Rage (1977)
* The Long Walk (1979)
* Roadwork (1981)
* The Running Man (1982)
* Thinner (1984)
* The Bachman Books (1985)
* The Regulators (1996)
* Blaze (2007)

Short fiction
collections|

* Night Shift (1978)
* Different Seasons (1982)
* Skeleton Crew (1985)
* Four Past Midnight (1990)
* Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)
* Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
* Everything's Eventual (2002)
* Just After Sunset (2008)
* Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
* The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
* If It Bleeds (2020)
* You Like It Darker (2024)

Nonfiction|

* Danse Macabre (1981)
* Nightmares in the Sky (1988)
* On Writing (2000)
* Secret Windows (2000)
* Faithful (2004)
* "Guns" (2013)

Screenplays|

* Creepshow (1982)
* Cat's Eye (1985)
* Silver Bullet (1985)
* Maximum Overdrive (1986; also director)
* Pet Sematary (1989)
* Sleepwalkers (1992)
* A Good Marriage (2014)
* Cell (2016)

Teleplays|

* "Sorry, Right Number" (1987)
* Golden Years (1991)
* The Stand (1994)
* The Shining (1997)
* "Chinga" (1998)
* Storm of the Century (1999)
* Rose Red (2002)
* Kingdom Hospital (2004)
* Desperation (2006)
* "Heads Will Roll" (2014)
* The Stand (2020–21)
* Lisey's Story (2021)

Comics|

* Heroes for Hope (1985)
* American Vampire (2010)

Musical
collaborations|

* Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)
* Black Ribbons (2010)
* Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2012)

Anthologies
edited|

* The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007)
* Six Scary Stories (2016)
* Flight or Fright (2018)

Worlds and
concepts|

* Dollar Baby
* Fictional locations in Maine
* Castle Rock
* Derry
* Jerusalem's Lot
* Shawshank State Prison
* Multiverse
* All-World

Family|

* Tabitha King (wife)
* Joe Hill (son)
* Owen King (son)

Related|

* List of adaptations
* Bibliography of works on Stephen King
* Raymond H. Fogler Library archives
* Rock Bottom Remainders
* People, Places and Things
* Philtrum Press
* Six Stories
* Stephen King Goes to the Movies
* Charlie the Choo-Choo
* Hearts in Suspension
* The Secretary of Dreams
* King on Screen

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