Stephen King: Complete Bibliography (1974–2026)

An Illustrated Journey Through Novels, Short Stories, Series, Collaborations, Richard Bachman & Romanian Editions

Last updated: 24 October 2026

Few writers have built a fictional universe as vast, unsettling and interconnected as Stephen King.

From the haunted corridors of the Overlook Hotel to the town of Derry, from the prison cells of The Green Mile to Roland Deschain’s relentless journey towards the Dark Tower, King has spent more than five decades exploring the extraordinary possibilities hidden within ordinary lives.

Although best known for horror, his work extends far beyond a single genre. His bibliography includes psychological thrillers, crime fiction, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, novellas, short stories and nonfiction.

This BookFairy bibliography follows King’s major published works in their original publication order. It includes reading orders for interconnected series, books written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym, collaborations, and a dedicated catalogue of verified Romanian editions.

📕 1. Novels — Publication Order

The following list includes Stephen King’s novels published under his own name and as Richard Bachman. Books belonging to a series appear chronologically here and are also grouped in their respective reading-order sections.

Year	Original Title	Notes	BookFairy Review
1974	Carrie	Debut novel	Read Review
1975	‘Salem’s Lot		Read Review
1977	The Shining	The Shining #1	—
1977	Rage	Richard Bachman	—
1978	The Stand	Original edition	—
1979	The Long Walk	Richard Bachman	—
1979	The Dead Zone		—
1980	Firestarter		—
1981	Roadwork	Richard Bachman	—
1981	Cujo		—
1982	The Running Man	Richard Bachman	—
1982	The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger	Dark Tower #1	—
1983	Christine		—
1983	Pet Sematary		—
1984	Cycle of the Werewolf	Illustrated short novel	—
1984	The Talisman	With Peter Straub	—
1984	Thinner	Richard Bachman	—
1986	IT		—
1987	The Eyes of the Dragon	First limited edition: 1984	—
1987	The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three	Dark Tower #2	—
1987	Misery		—
1987	The Tommyknockers		—
1989	The Dark Half		—
1991	The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands	Dark Tower #3	—
1991	Needful Things		—
1992	Gerald’s Game		—
1992	Dolores Claiborne		—
1994	Insomnia		—
1995	Rose Madder		—
1996	The Green Mile	Originally released in six parts	—
1996	Desperation		—
1996	The Regulators	Richard Bachman	—
1997	The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass	Dark Tower #4	—
1998	Bag of Bones		—
1999	The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon		—
2001	Dreamcatcher		—
2001	Black House	With Peter Straub	—
2002	From a Buick 8		—
2003	The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla	Dark Tower #5	—
2004	The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah	Dark Tower #6	—
2004	The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower	Dark Tower #7	—
2005	The Colorado Kid		—
2006	Cell		—
2006	Lisey’s Story		—
2007	Blaze	Richard Bachman	—
2008	Duma Key		—
2009	Under the Dome		—
2011	11/22/63		—
2012	The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole	Dark Tower #4.5	—
2013	Joyland		—
2013	Doctor Sleep	The Shining #2	Read Review
2014	Mr. Mercedes	Bill Hodges #1	—
2014	Revival		—
2015	Finders Keepers	Bill Hodges #2	—
2016	End of Watch	Bill Hodges #3	—
2017	Sleeping Beauties	With Owen King	—
2018	The Outsider	Holly Gibney	—
2019	The Institute		—
2021	Later		—
2021	Billy Summers		—
2022	Gwendy’s Final Task	With Richard Chizmar	—
2022	Fairy Tale		—
2023	Holly	Holly Gibney	—
2025	Never Flinch	Holly Gibney	—
2026	Other Worlds Than These	The Talisman #3	—

Important Publication Notes

The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (1990) restores material omitted from the original 1978 version. Both versions belong to the same novel.

The Green Mile (1996) was published in six consecutive instalments before being collected into a complete novel.

The Gunslinger received a revised edition in 2003, but the revised text is not an additional Dark Tower volume.

The Eyes of the Dragon was first published as a limited edition in 1984, followed by its widely available edition in 1987.

Other Worlds Than These (2026) completes the Jack Sawyer trilogy begun by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

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📚 2. Short Story Collections & Novellas

Stephen King’s short fiction forms an essential part of his bibliography.

Many of his most memorable stories were originally published in magazines before appearing in collections. Others were released as standalone novellas or special editions.

The stories below are grouped under their principal collections to avoid creating unnecessary duplicate entries.

Night Shift (1978)

King’s first short-story collection.

Contents

1. Jerusalem’s Lot
2. Graveyard Shift
3. Night Surf
4. I Am the Doorway
5. The Mangler
6. The Boogeyman
7. Grey Matter
8. Battleground
9. Trucks
10. Sometimes They Come Back
11. Strawberry Spring
12. The Ledge
13. The Lawnmower Man
14. Quitters, Inc.
15. I Know What You Need
16. Children of the Corn
17. The Last Rung on the Ladder
18. The Man Who Loved Flowers
19. One for the Road
20. The Woman in the Room

Different Seasons (1982)

Four novellas, each associated with a season.

1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
2. Apt Pupil
3. The Body
4. The Breathing Method

Skeleton Crew (1985)

Contents

• The Mist
• Here There Be Tygers
• The Monkey
• Cain Rose Up
• Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut
• The Jaunt
• The Wedding Gig
• Paranoid: A Chant
• The Raft
• Word Processor of the Gods
• The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
• Beachworld
• The Reaper’s Image
• Nona
• For Owen
• Survivor Type
• Uncle Otto’s Truck
• Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)
• Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)
• Gramma
• The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
• The Reach

Four Past Midnight (1990)

Four novellas:

1. The Langoliers
2. Secret Window, Secret Garden
3. The Library Policeman
4. The Sun Dog

Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)

Contents

• Dolan’s Cadillac
• The End of the Whole Mess
• Suffer the Little Children
• The Night Flier
• Popsy
• It Grows on You
• Chattery Teeth
• Dedication
• The Moving Finger
• Sneakers
• You Know They Got a Hell of a Band
• Home Delivery
• Rainy Season
• My Pretty Pony
• Sorry, Right Number
• The Ten O’Clock People
• Crouch End
• The House on Maple Street
• The Fifth Quarter
• The Doctor’s Case
• Umney’s Last Case
• Head Down
• Brooklyn August
• The Beggar and the Diamond

This collection also includes material in different literary forms, including a screenplay, an essay and a poem.

Hearts in Atlantis (1999)

Five interconnected stories:

1. Low Men in Yellow Coats
2. Hearts in Atlantis
3. Blind Willie
4. Why We’re in Vietnam
5. Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling

Everything’s Eventual (2002)

Fourteen stories:

1. Autopsy Room Four
2. The Man in the Black Suit
3. All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
4. The Death of Jack Hamilton
5. In the Deathroom
6. The Little Sisters of Eluria
7. Everything’s Eventual
8. L.T.’s Theory of Pets
9. The Road Virus Heads North
10. Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
11. That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French
12. 1408
13. Riding the Bullet
14. Luckey Quarter

Just After Sunset (2008)

Thirteen stories:

1. Willa
2. The Gingerbread Girl
3. Harvey’s Dream
4. Rest Stop
5. Stationary Bike
6. The Things They Left Behind
7. Graduation Afternoon
8. N.
9. The Cat from Hell
10. The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates
11. Mute
12. Ayana
13. A Very Tight Place

Stephen King Goes to the Movies (2009)

A collection of previously published stories associated with film adaptations.

Unlike King’s original short-story collections, this is a themed selection of existing fiction rather than a volume composed entirely of new material.

Full Dark, No Stars (2010)

Four novellas:

1. 1922
2. Big Driver
3. Fair Extension
4. A Good Marriage

The later paperback edition also includes Under the Weather.

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)

Contents

• Mile 81
• Premium Harmony
• Batman and Robin Have an Altercation
• The Dune
• Bad Little Kid
• A Death
• The Bone Church
• Morality
• Afterlife
• UR
• Herman Wouk Is Still Alive
• Under the Weather
• Blockade Billy
• Mister Yummy
• Tommy
• The Little Green God of Agony
• That Bus Is Another World
• Obits
• Drunken Fireworks
• Summer Thunder

If It Bleeds (2020)

Four novellas:

1. Mr. Harrigan’s Phone
2. The Life of Chuck
3. If It Bleeds
4. Rat

You Like It Darker (2024)

Twelve stories:

1. Two Talented Bastids
2. The Fifth Step
3. Willie the Weirdo
4. Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream
5. Finn
6. On Slide Inn Road
7. Red Screen
8. The Turbulence Expert
9. Laurie
10. Rattlesnakes
11. The Dreamers
12. The Answer Man

Standalone Novellas & Other Short Works

Some shorter works received standalone publication or special editions:

• The Mist (1980)
• Blockade Billy (2010)
• Gwendy’s Button Box (2017)
• Elevation (2018)
• UR (2009)

These entries may also appear within larger collections. Their separate publication does not make them additional full-length novels.

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🌹 3. The Dark Tower — Complete Reading Order

The Dark Tower is Stephen King’s epic fantasy saga, combining elements of horror, westerns, science fiction and dark fantasy.

At its centre stands Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, whose quest takes him across extraordinary worlds in search of the mysterious Dark Tower.

Main Series

Order	Original Title	Year
1	The Gunslinger	1982
2	The Drawing of the Three	1987
3	The Waste Lands	1991
4	Wizard and Glass	1997
4.5	The Wind Through the Keyhole	2012
5	Wolves of the Calla	2003
6	Song of Susannah	2004
7	The Dark Tower	2004

Related Works

Several books outside the main series share characters, settings or mythology with the Dark Tower universe.

Notable connections include:

• The Stand
• The Eyes of the Dragon
• ‘Salem’s Lot
• Insomnia
• Hearts in Atlantis
• Everything’s Eventual
• The Talisman
• Black House
• Other Worlds Than These

These connections add depth to the reading experience, but they do not make every related book compulsory reading.

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🔗 4. Other Series & Collaborations

The Shining

Order	Title	Year	BookFairy Review
1	The Shining	1977	—
2	Doctor Sleep	2013	Read Review

The Talisman Trilogy

Order	Title	Year	Authors
1	The Talisman	1984	Stephen King & Peter Straub
2	Black House	2001	Stephen King & Peter Straub
3	Other Worlds Than These	2026	Stephen King

Bill Hodges Trilogy

1. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
2. Finders Keepers (2015)
3. End of Watch (2016)

Holly Gibney — Connected Reading Order

1. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
2. Finders Keepers (2015)
3. End of Watch (2016)
4. The Outsider (2018)
5. If It Bleeds (2020) — novella
6. Holly (2023)
7. Never Flinch (2025)

The Gwendy Trilogy

Order	Title	Year	Authors
1	Gwendy’s Button Box	2017	Stephen King & Richard Chizmar
2	Gwendy’s Magic Feather	2019	Richard Chizmar
3	Gwendy’s Final Task	2022	Stephen King & Richard Chizmar

Gwendy’s Magic Feather is included for reading-order completeness, although Stephen King did not co-author that volume.

Other Collaborations

• Throttle — with Joe Hill
• In the Tall Grass — with Joe Hill
• Sleeping Beauties — with Owen King
• Faithful — with Stewart O’Nan
• A Face in the Crowd — with Stewart O’Nan

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✍️ 5. Richard Bachman — Stephen King’s Pseudonym

Stephen King published several novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Year	Title
1977	Rage
1979	The Long Walk
1981	Roadwork
1982	The Running Man
1984	Thinner
1996	The Regulators
2007	Blaze

The Bachman Books (1985)

This omnibus originally collected:

• Rage
• The Long Walk
• Roadwork
• The Running Man

Later editions omitted Rage.

Desperation & The Regulators

These two novels were published simultaneously in 1996 under King’s two author identities.

They tell different stories but share characters, names and concepts, making them a particularly unusual companion-book pairing.

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📖 6. Non-Fiction, Screenplays & Other Published Books

Stephen King’s bibliography also includes nonfiction, essays, writing guides, screenplays and illustrated books.

Non-Fiction

Year	Title	Notes
1981	Danse Macabre	Horror in literature, television and film
1988	Nightmares in the Sky	With photographs by f-stop Fitzgerald
1994	Mid-Life Confidential	Collaborative Rock Bottom Remainders memoir
2000	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft	Memoir and writing guide
2000	Secret Windows	Essays and fiction about writing
2005	Faithful	With Stewart O’Nan
2013	Guns	Essay on gun violence

Screenplays & Other Works

• Storm of the Century (1999) — published screenplay
• Hearts in Suspension (2016) — anthology with contributions by King and others
• Hansel and Gretel (2025) — illustrated children’s book with artwork by Maurice Sendak

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🇷🇴 7. Stephen King in Romanian — Romanian Editions

Stephen King’s works have appeared in Romania through several publishing houses, including Nemira, Aquila ’93, Lucman, Trei and Adevărul.

The history of these editions is particularly interesting for readers and collectors. Some novels first appeared in multiple volumes, others were published under Romanian titles that later changed, and several books moved between publishers over the years.

How This Catalogue Works

BookFairy lists each original work once, with a separate entry for every distinct Romanian publishing house.

Multiple reprints or cover variations from the same publisher are not listed individually.

Where a publisher issued the same work under different Romanian titles, those titles are recorded together.

For older editions, the year shown is the earliest edition verified in the bibliographical sources consulted.

Verified Romanian Publishing Records

Original Title	Romanian Title	Romanian Publisher	Year
Carrie	Carrie	Nemira	1993
‘Salem’s Lot	Salem’s Lot	Nemira	1995
The Shining	Shining	Nemira	1993
The Shining	Shining	Adevărul	2010
The Stand	Apocalipsul (Flagelul); later Apocalipsa	Nemira	1996
The Long Walk	Marșul cel lung	Lucman	2004
The Dead Zone	Zona moartă	Aquila ’93	2004
Roadwork	Șantier în lucru	Lucman	2004
The Running Man	Fugarul	Lucman	2005
The Running Man	Fugarul	Nemira	2025
Christine	Christine	Nemira	1994
IT	Orașul bântuIT; later IT	Nemira	1997
Misery	Misery	Nemira	1995
Different Seasons	Anotimpuri diferite	Trei	2009
The Dark Half	Jumătatea întunecată	Aquila ’93	2006
Needful Things	Lucruri prețioase	Aquila ’93	2006
Gerald’s Game	Jocul lui Gerald	Nemira	2000*
Four Past Midnight	La miezul nopții 1	Trei	2006
Four Past Midnight	La miezul nopții 2	Trei	2008
The Green Mile	Culoarul morții	Aquila ’93	2003
Bag of Bones	O mână de oase	Aquila ’93	2004
Dreamcatcher	Capcana pentru vise	Aquila ’93	2004
From a Buick 8	Dintr-un Buick 8	Aquila ’93	2005
Doctor Sleep	Doctor Sleep	Nemira	2014
11/22/63	JFK 11.22.63	Nemira	2012*

For these entries, the year is the earliest edition identified in the consulted records; an earlier Romanian edition has not been ruled out.

Additional Identified Romanian Titles

The following title correspondences have been identified, but their complete historical publication records have not yet been established.

Original Title	Romanian Title
Pet Sematary	Cimitirul animalelor
The Eyes of the Dragon	Ochii dragonului
The Talisman	Talismanul
Black House	Casa întunericului
Cell	Mobilul
Lisey’s Story	Povestea lui Lisey
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger	Pistolarul
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three	Alegerea celor trei
The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands	Ținuturile pustii
The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass	Vrăjitorul și globul de cristal
The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla	Lupii din Calla
The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah	Cântecul lui Susannah
The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower	Turnul întunecat
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole	Vântul prin gaura cheii
Under the Dome	Sub dom
Mr. Mercedes	Mr. Mercedes
Finders Keepers	Ce-am găsit al meu să fie
End of Watch	Mort la datorie
Sleeping Beauties	Frumoasele adormite
The Outsider	Străinul
The Institute	Institutul
Later	Mai târziu
Fairy Tale	Un basm
If It Bleeds	Un strop de sânge
You Like It Darker	Îți place mai întunecat
Never Flinch	Să nu clipești
Other Worlds Than These	Alte lumi în afară de acestea

The Romanian catalogue is maintained as an evolving bibliographical record. Additional historical publishers and earlier editions will be incorporated when supported by reliable publication data.

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🦋 Stephen King on BookFairy

Stephen King has been part of my reading life for so long that I can no longer remember which of his novels I read first.

What I do remember is discovering The Shining on screen and being completely captivated by it.

Over the years, I have returned to King’s stories in different formats, but The Shining has remained my absolute favourite.

I love the novel, and I have a particular affection for its television adaptation rather than Stanley Kubrick’s famous film starring Jack Nicholson.

I am now revisiting Stephen King’s bibliography in the order in which his books were originally published.

It is a fascinating way to experience the development of his storytelling, to see how his themes evolve, how his fictional worlds expand and how connections between the books gradually emerge.

As I continue this reading journey, new reviews will be added to BookFairy and linked from this bibliography.

Stephen King Reviews on BookFairy

• Carrie — Book Review
• ‘Salem’s Lot — Book Review
• Doctor Sleep — Book Review

Explore More

• Stephen King — Author Profile
• Stephen King Easter Eggs & Connections — a future reading journal dedicated to connections discovered during my chronological reread

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Bibliographical Sources & Notes

The principal reference for the original English bibliography is Stephen King’s official catalogue.

Romanian edition records have been cross-checked against publisher catalogues, library records, historical bookseller listings and the bibliography of translator Mircea Pricăjan.

Principal sources

• Stephen King — Official Written Works
• Stephen King — Official Bibliography
• Nemira Publishing House
• Mircea Pricăjan — Translation Bibliography

Original publication dates are distinguished from later paperback editions, translations, revised texts and anniversary editions.

This catalogue is current to October 2026. Historical Romanian edition records will be expanded as additional publication details become verifiable.

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