Stephen king longest book

Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. It tells the story of a boy craig and mr john harrington. End of watch, the third book in his hardboiled detective trilogy, is due out in june. The shining is a classic story that remains one of my favorite king novels of all time. Its great so far, already one of my favorite books sirsheep. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. Mr harrigans phone is a fun theme about the technological field. So people looking for a pure king experience should head elsewhere.

Oct 18, 20 so people looking for a pure king experience should head elsewhere. Ive only found the top 10 list of his longest and i was hoping to find a complete list. Jun 25, 2019 king himself has admitted to being so horrified by pet sematary that, at first, even he hesitated to get it published. In stephen kings new book, if it bleeds, we have 4 novellas. Author stephen king has a reputation for the big book. Asked in horror, horror and suspense movies, stephen king is there a sequel to stephen kings cell. Obviously, you should start by reading the first book in the series. The first stephen king book i ever read, and possibly my pick for the best for sentimental reasons. Her work has appeared regularly in the orlando sentinel. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. Louis creed and his family move into the small town of ludlow, where things quickly start to go south.

May 30, 2019 stephen king tends to write long books but the stand is his longest book. Clocking in at a whopping 18 pages, it is second only to the stand which came in at 1153 pages as kings longest work to date. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson. Until stephen king brings out a second book, i wont stop reading this, it is so scary and intense. Not big as in tom wolfeesque, the way we live now big, but big as in this book is literally, physically huge. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep. If youre looking for something truly terrifying, stephen kings the shining remains unflinching for the entirety of its 15 hour and 50 minute run time.

King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction. Depending on which version you read, the postapocalyptic saga spans between 800 to 1,153. Without a moments hesitation he went with liseys story, a 2006 novel about a woman coping with. For those looking to immerse themselves within the literary world of stephen king, we present the essential reading list a guide to the biggest and best books from the multimillion copy selling author of. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. Oct 20, 2017 the book is about a number of things, and there is a wide cast of characters an ensemble cast, you might say but the story mainly revolves around one thing. Eight years later in 1986, it blew that record out of the water with a hefty 1,8 pages.

Jul 22, 2016 theres a reason it tops this list of stephen king s scariest books. Reddits largest community of stephen kings avid fans. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. When it was first published in 1978, it was kings largest volume to date at a whopping 823 pages. So is the mist, which was originally released as a story in the skeleton crew collection. Craig did odd jobs for mr harrington, and mr harrington liked having him around. How stephen king predicted the coronavirus pandemic. Including the two that will become movies this year. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. In it, a deadly virus, known as the super flu or captain trips, sweeps across the world. Mar 11, 2019 stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson.

It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story night surf and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, which kills off. Nov 09, 2009 author stephen king has a reputation for the big book. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. A list of stephen king s novels, organized newest to oldest. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels to date, in fact, with number 52 coming up shortly.

See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors in the world, with more than 50 books in print, and more coming out every year. Stephen kings classic 1978 novel the stand spins a yarn so big, only the small screen can contain it. I am sure there is a full list out there that orders the longest stephen king novels through the shortest but i havent been able to stumble upon it. In other words, not only has its difficult to point to a stephen king book that is outright bad, but across 50 novels, some are more successful than othersso we ranked them all. Stephen king books that wont scare the crap out of me because 1. Just started this book, its the first book by stephen king that i have ever read. The long walk has got to be one of stephen kings greatest short story accomplishments, up there with the highlights of the skeleton crew. The full edition is the longest book by stephen king, both in page and word count as it nears. The book is about a number of things, and there is a wide cast of characters an ensemble cast, you might say but the story mainly revolves around one thing. Theres a reason it tops this list of stephen king s scariest books. A true epic, it was the longest book king had ever published when it hit shelves in 1986. A list of stephen kings novels, organized oldest to newest. The story is about an endurathon contest, where 100 boys just start walking, and if any competitor falls under 4 miles an hour, he is issued a warning.

However, the sheer number of books 54 novels, six non. Nov 05, 2014 stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. The stand is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel by american author stephen king. Jan 12, 2018 stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. The dark tower is a genrebending series of eight books, combining western with horror, science fiction, dark fantasy, and much more. The complete and uncut edition of the stand is considered to be kings longest standalone work. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other.

Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. I cant afford to keep the lights on every night for the rest of my life. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974. In an interview with time, the prolific author reflected on his ten most monstrously large books. The stand was his version of lord of the rings and it was already plenty long in 1990 when he added 329 pages to make it his longest book ever, clocking in at 1,153. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. I love it and the stand and so many others, but there is a true tragic arc to this novel that makes the reader truly care about what happens, even though its practically foreordained. Jul 18, 2019 fans of kings millionpagelong saga the stand know all too well that shows like the walking dead would have never existed without this dystopian masterpiece. In writing the book, king sought to create an epic in the spirit of the lord of the rings that was set in contemporary america. For those looking to immerse themselves within the literary world of stephen king, we present the essential reading list a guide to the biggest and best books from the multimillion copy selling author of carrie, it and the dark tower. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard. King s latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Thank goodness he did though, since the book remains among the best stephen king books for beginners.

Stephen kings 10 scariest books, because sleeping is. The titular creature awakens every 27 years to feed off of the residents of derry, maine, and it. A list of stephen king s novels, organized oldest to newest. The 10 best stephen king audiobooks, a ranking book riot. With well over 50 novels, multiple novellas, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, plus a handful of other releases that defy easy categorization among them, a libretto for a southern gothic musical, stephen king is a literary madman and an insanelyquotable storyteller. In 1990, king and doubleday, now backed by kings star novelist selling power, released an uncut edition of the stand that weighed in at a mighty 1,152 pages. This book was so beloved that king reissued it in 1990, so we could squeeze as much apocalyptic horror out of the pages as humanly possible. Dec 09, 2019 a true epic, it was the longest book king had ever published when it hit shelves in 1986. The only reason it doesnt rank further up the list is because. Stephen king predicted the coronavirus pandemic and has been hearing a lot about how much people feel they are living in one of his novels, particularly the stand. Stephen king s grandsons name is ethan king asked in the bible, bible statistics and history, new testament why is the book of jude considered the shortest book in the bible. This week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr. The long walk has got to be one of stephen king s greatest short story accomplishments, up there with the highlights of the skeleton crew. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by king s office and refers to the american hardcover editions.

In our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he ever wrote. Apr 11, 2015 stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. There came a time when i said to my wife tabby, i want to write this book, but we live in the country, and i want to write about a city, a whole haunted city, so we ought to move to either. The best stephen king novels 12 mustread stephen king books. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. Sep 06, 2019 it is stephen kings second longest novel. Thank goodness he did though, since the book remains among the best stephen king books for beginners available. But by some off chance youre a stranger to his writing, weve rounded up 10 of the best, most ghastly horror books written by stephen kinghis greatest hits, if you willin no particular order. As the author of more than 60 globally bestselling books, the mind behind 50 of the scariest scary movies, and both a national medal of honor and national book foundation medal recipient, its an undisputed fact that stephen king is a master of horror fiction. And now for the original, coming in just above its sequel. The book of alma is the longest book in the book of mormon. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. In the 1980s there was a brief but active trend in comic books portraying.

Todd vanderwerff is it ironic that the best movie based on a stephen king book is also the worst adaptation of a stephen king book. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances. It is also one of the original stories that king wrote as richard bachman. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections, and we are using its publication as an excuse to.

Mar 20, 2019 including the two that will become movies this year. An uncut version was released later with an additional 345 pages included these were pages cut from the book for original release as requested by the publisher. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. A novella is a very short book, or a very long short story. Nov 05, 2014 in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he ever wrote.

But it was later released in a stand alone book, so i guess it could be considered a novel. King has published 63 novels, including seven under. The 1,100page novel told a grand, terrifying story about a group of teens who teamed up to battle a mythical, shapeshifting monster before reuniting as adults and doing it again. Everything about it is perfect, and stephen king needs to get over it already.

Stephen king tends to write long books but the stand is his longest book. Stephen kings 10 scariest books, because sleeping is overrated. I found it funny in the prologue section entitled the importance of being bachman, king writes that he used his secret alias for when he felt that he had a really dark. Theres a reason it tops this list of stephen kings scariest books. Sep 19, 2019 stephen kings classic 1978 novel the stand spins a yarn so big, only the small screen can contain it. Theres a good chance that will stand as kings longest book. Originally intended as a bachman book, misery finds stephen king. The 1,100page novel told a grand, terrifying story about a group of teens who teamed up to battle a mythical, shapeshifting monster. King himself has admitted to being so horrified by pet sematary that, at first, even he hesitated to get it published. The stand, aside from being one of stephen kings earliest and bestknown works, is absolutely tenacious when it comes to holding down a record.

King agreed, and trimmed it by 500 pages around 150,000 words. Stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. Stephen kings grandsons name is ethan king asked in the bible, bible statistics and history, new testament why is the book of jude considered the shortest book in the bible. Nov 09, 2009 stephen king on his 10 longest novels. Jan 14, 2020 erin miller is a freelance book critic with a b. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. Originally intended as a bachman book, misery finds stephen king unpacking toxic fandom decades before twitter would.