The Stephen King Saga

Stephen King has definitely earned the title “Master of Horror” over several decades of publishing works that excite, disturb, and enlighten. Yes, you read that right. When I read King’s novels as a youngin’ (Pet Sematary, when I was about 10, was first — take that as you will), I chose them because they were frightening and they made me see the world in new ways. As an adult, I return to King’s books because the man is one heck of a storyteller. So many of his novels are not simply about horrifying the reader; they are about asking questions in life and maybe not getting any answers, about good versus evil and how we should really try to choose good as much as possible.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to take on the task of reading all of King’s fiction, in the order suggested at Ramblings of a Honk Mahfah (that term will make sense if you’ve read The Dark Tower series). But I’m not one to stop there — I will then continue to read through the King canon in the order of publication. I’ll also attempt to write about the films based on King’s works (and there are plenty of those too).

Without further ado, here is the list (the first 25 from the honk mahfah above). As posts are written, I will link them here:

  1. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (revised)
  2. Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three
  3. The Stand
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon
  5. The Talisman
  6. Dark Tower: The Waste Lands
  7. Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass
  8. ‘Salem’s Lot
  9. The Mist (in Skeleton Crew)
  10. It
  11. Insomnia
  12. Rose Madder
  13. Desperation
  14. The Regulators (Bachman)
  15. Everything’s Eventual (in the eponymous book)
  16. Bag of Bones
  17. Little Sisters of Eluria (in Everything’s Eventual)
  18. Hearts in Atlantis
  19. Black House
  20. From a Buick 8
  21. Wind Through the Keyhole
  22. Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla
  23. Dark Tower: Song of Susannah
  24. Dark Tower: The Dark Tower
  25. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (original)
  26. Carrie
  27. The Shining
  28. Rage (Bachman — out of print)
  29. Night Shift
  30. The Long Walk (in Bachman Books)
  31. The Dead Zone
  32. Firestarter
  33. Roadwork (in Bachman Books)
  34. Cujo
  35. The Running Man (in Bachman Books)
  36. Different Seasons
  37. Christine
  38. Cycle of the Werewolf
  39. Pet Sematary
  40. Thinner (Bachman)
  41. Skeleton Crew
  42. Misery
  43. Tommyknockers
  44. The Dark Half
  45. Four Past Midnight
  46. Needful Things
  47. Gerald’s Game
  48. Dolores Claiborne
  49. Nightmares and Dreamscapes
  50. The Green Mile
  51. Six Stories (collection)
  52. Storm of the Century
  53. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
  54. Riding the Bullet (novella)
  55. Dreamcatcher
  56. Everything’s Eventual (remainder of the book)
  57. The Colorado Kid
  58. Cell
  59. Lisey’s Story
  60. Blaze (Bachman)
  61. Duma Key
  62. Just After Sunset
  63. Ur (novella)
  64. Throttle (novella)
  65. Under the Dome
  66. Blockade Billy (novella)
  67. Full Dark, No Stars
  68. Mile 81 (novella)
  69. 11/22/63
  70. A Face in the Crowd (novella)
  71. In the Tall Grass (novella)
  72. Joyland
  73. Doctor Sleep
  74. Revival
  75. Mr. Mercedes

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