55 Fiction Books Written By The Legendary Author Stephen King

Famous author Stephen King has written over 50 books that have captivated readers from around the world.

In his memoirs, On Writing, King offers practical advice on how to improve one’s writing.

Speaking on how he persevered despite several rejections, he said: ““By the time I was fourteen (and shaving twice a week whether I needed to or not) the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.” –

On how to perfect one’s writing. he said:

“When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest…[I]t seems to me that every book — at least every one worth reading — is about something. Your job during or just after the first draft is to decide what something or somethings yours is about. Your job in the second draft — one of them, anyway — is to make that something even more clear. This may necessitate some big changes and revisions. The benefits to you and your reader will be clearer focus and a more unified story. It hardly ever fails.” -Stephen King

He also revealed how he writes an astonishing amount of words every day.

“I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a book.” -Stephen King

King is indeed legendary and his books are worth every amount of time spent reading them. Here are 55 books by the author:

1. Carrie (1974)
2. ‘Salem’s Lot (1975)
3. The Shining (1977)
4. Rage (1977)
5. The Stand (1978)
6. The Long Walk (1979)
7. The Dead Zone (1979)
8. Firestarter (1980)
9. Roadwork (1981)
10. Cujo (1981)
11. The Running Man (1982)
12. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
13. Christine (1983)
14. Pet Sematary (1983)
15. Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
16. The Talisman (1984)
17. Thinner (1984)
18. It (1986)
19. The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
20. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
21. Misery (1987)
22. The Tommyknockers (1987)
23. The Dark Hakf (1989)
24. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)
25. Needful Things (1991)
26. Gerald’s Game (1992)
27. Dolores Claiborne (1992)
28. Insomnia (1994)
29. Rose Madder (1995)
30. The Green Mile (1996)
31. Desperation (1996)
32. The Regulators (1996)
33. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
34. Bag of Bones (1998)
35. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
36. Dreamcatcher (2001)
37. Black House (2001)
38. From a Buick 8 (2002)
39. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
40. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
41. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)
42. The Colorado Kid (2005)
43. Cell (2006)
44. Lisey’s Story (2006)
45. Blaze (2007)
46. Duma Key (2008)
47. Under the Dome (2009)
48. 11/22/63 (2011)
49. The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
50. Joyland (2013)
51. Doctor Sleep (2013)
52. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
53. Revival (2014)
54. Finders Keepers (2015)
55. End of Watch (2016)