My Stephen King Reading Quest

Stephen King is one of my favorite authors of all time. I'm on a quest to read every single book and story he's ever written.

47 Fiction Read
4 Stories Read
124 Total Works
42.7% Complete

Fiction

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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
2002
The Institute
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The Institute
2019
Fairy Tale
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Fairy Tale
2022
The Dead Zone
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The Dead Zone
1979
Skeleton Crew
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Skeleton Crew
1985
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes
1993
The Green Mile
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The Green Mile
1996
Full Dark, No Stars
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Full Dark, No Stars
2010
Mr. Mercedes
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Mr. Mercedes
2014
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
2015
Finders Keepers
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Finders Keepers
2015
End of Watch
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End of Watch
2016
Later
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Later
2021
Never Flinch
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Never Flinch
2025
You Like it Darker
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You Like it Darker
2024
Holly
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Holly
2023
Billy Summers
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Billy Summers
2021
If It Bleeds
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If It Bleeds
2020
11/22/63
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11/22/63
2011
Joyland
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Joyland
2013
Revival
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Revival
2014
Just After Sunset
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Just After Sunset
2008
Four Past Midnight
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Four Past Midnight
1990
The Eyes of the Dragon
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The Eyes of the Dragon
1987
Different Seasons
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Different Seasons
1982
Salem's Lot
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Salem's Lot
1975
Night Shift
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Night Shift
1978
The Stand (Uncut)
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The Stand (Uncut)
1978
The Long Walk
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The Long Walk
1979
Roadwork
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Roadwork
1981
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (Revised)
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The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (Revised)
1982
Cycle of the Werewolf
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Cycle of the Werewolf
1983
The Talisman
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The Talisman
1984
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
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The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
1987
The Tommyknockers
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The Tommyknockers
1987
Needful Things
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Needful Things
1991
Gerald's Game
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Gerald's Game
1992
Desperation
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Desperation
1996
The Regulators
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The Regulators
1996
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
1999
Hearts in Atlantis
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Hearts in Atlantis
1999
Storm of the Century (Screenplay)
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Storm of the Century (Screenplay)
1999
From A Buick 8
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From A Buick 8
2002
The Colorado Kid
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The Colorado Kid
2005
Duma Key
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Duma Key
2008
Blockade Billy
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Blockade Billy
2010
Elevation
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Elevation
2018
The Outsider
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The Outsider
2018
Carrie
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Carrie
1974
Rage
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Rage
1977
The Shining
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The Shining
1977
Firestarter
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Firestarter
1980
Cujo
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Cujo
1981
The Running Man
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The Running Man
1982
Pet Sematary
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Pet Sematary
1983
Christine
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Christine
1983
Thinner
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Thinner
1984
IT
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IT
1986
Misery
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Misery
1987
The Dark Half
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The Dark Half
1989
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
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The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
1991
Dolores Claiborne
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Dolores Claiborne
1992
Insomnia
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Insomnia
1994
Rose Madder
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Rose Madder
1995
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
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The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
1997
Bag of Bones
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Bag of Bones
1998
Dreamcatcher
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Dreamcatcher
2001
Black House
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Black House
2001
The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of the Calla
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The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of the Calla
2003
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
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The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
2004
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
2004
Cell
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Cell
2006
Lisey's Story
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Lisey's Story
2006
Blaze
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Blaze
2007
Under the Dome
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Under the Dome
2009
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
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The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
2012
In the Tall Grass
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In the Tall Grass
2012
A Face in the Crowd
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A Face in the Crowd
2012
Doctor Sleep
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Doctor Sleep
2013
Gwendy's Button Box
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Gwendy's Button Box
2017
Sleeping Beauties
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Sleeping Beauties
2017
Gwendy's Final Task
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Gwendy's Final Task
2022

Uncollected Stories

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I Was a Teenage Grave Robber/In a Half World of Terror ↗
1965  ·  Amazon search — Comics Review (1965), reprinted as 'In a Half-World of Terror'
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The 43rd Dream ↗
1966  ·  UMaine Ubris archive — early student lit magazine
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The Glass Floor ↗
1967  ·  King's first professional sale (Startling Mystery Stories, 1967). Reprinted in Weird Tales (1990) and Cemetery Dance #68 (2012, available as Kindle ebook). Also in The Best of Cemetery Dance 2.
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Slade ↗
1970  ·  Published in 8 installments in The Maine Campus (UMaine, summer 1970). King has legally blocked reprinting. A few installments are archived on UMaine Digital Commons. Search for 'Slade' or summer 1970 issues.
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The Blue Air Compressor ↗
1971  ·  Amazon search — orig. Ubris 1971, reprinted Heavy Metal 1981
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Weeds ↗
1976  ·  Creepshow graphic novel (Amazon) — basis for 'Jordy Verrill' segment
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Man with a Belly ↗
1978  ·  Amazon search — Cavalier magazine (1978)
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Night of the Tiger ↗
1978  ·  Amazon search — Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb 1978
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The King Family and the Wicked Witch ↗
1978  ·  Amazon search — Philtrum Press limited publication (1978)
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The Crate ↗
1979  ·  Creepshow graphic novel (Amazon) — adapted for Creepshow film
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Before the Play ↗
1982  ·  Amazon search — Whispers #17-18 (1982), deleted prologue to The Shining
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The Cannibals ↗
1982  ·  First ~60 pages of an early version of Under the Dome. Two FREE official PDFs available on Stephen King's website. PDF downloaded to Kindle.
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Skybar ↗
1982  ·  Amazon search — The Plant (Philtrum Press, 1982)
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The Revelations of Becka Paulson ↗
1984  ·  Amazon search — Rolling Stone #424, July 1984; later expanded into The Tommyknockers
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For the Birds ↗
1986  ·  Amazon search — 'Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?' charity anthology (1986)
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The Reploids ↗
1988  ·  Amazon search — Night Visions 5 anthology (1988)
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Jhonathan and the Witches ↗
1993  ·  Published in First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors (1993). The anthology may be borrowable on Archive.org — search for 'First Words Mandelbaum'.
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The Hotel at the End of the Road ↗
1993  ·  Originally in People, Places and Things (1960, self-published with Chris Chesley). Reprinted in The Market Guide for Young Writers 5th ed. (1993). Very short flash fiction. Not freely available online.
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The Killer ↗
1994  ·  Amazon search — very early UMaine story
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The Old Dude's Ticker ↗
2000  ·  Amazon — '999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense' anthology (1999)
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The Plant: Zenith Rising ↗
2000  ·  Available as two FREE official PDFs from Stephen King's website: Parts 1-3 and Parts 4-6. PDFs downloaded to Kindle.
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The Tale of Gray Dick ↗
2003  ·  An edited excerpt from Wolves of the Calla. Published in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #10 and McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (2003, ed. Michael Chabon). The anthology may be borrowable on archive.org.
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Lisey and the Madman ↗
2004  ·  An early excerpt/draft of Lisey's Story. Published in McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004, ed. Michael Chabon). Nominated for Bram Stoker Award. McSweeney's anthology may be borrowable on archive.org.
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Memory ↗
2006  ·  Originally in Tin House magazine (Summer 2006). Reprinted as annex to Blaze (2007) and in Detours (2014). Later became opening of Duma Key. Blaze is borrowable on Archive.org (free account required) at the linked URL.
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Til Death Do Us Part ↗
2006  ·  Already sent to Kindle ✅
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Throttle ↗
2009  ·  Amazon search — 'He Is Legend' anthology (2009), co-written with Joe Hill
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The Rock and Roll Dead Zone ↗
2013  ·  Amazon search
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The Music Room ↗
2016  ·  Amazon search — limited publication (2016)
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Cookie Jar ↗
2016  ·  Amazon search — limited publication (2016)
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Thin Scenery ↗
2017  ·  Published in Ploughshares Vol 43 No. 2 (Summer 2017). Available to purchase/subscribe at Ploughshares. Project MUSE also has it (institutional access required). Not freely available online.
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After the Play ↗
2017  ·  Amazon search — deleted epilogue to The Shining, published in Whispers (2017)
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Laurie ↗
2018  ·  Already sent to Kindle ✅
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Squad D ↗
2019  ·  Published in Shivers VIII anthology (Cemetery Dance, 2019). Available for purchase from Cemetery Dance. Not freely available online.
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The Fifth Step ↗
2020  ·  Amazon search — limited anthology publication (2020)
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The Extra Hour ↗
2025  ·  Published in Cemetery Dance magazine #79 (spring 2024/2025). Available for purchase at Cemetery Dance. Not freely available online.
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Non-Fiction

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
2000
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Danse Macabre
1981
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Nightmares in the Sky
1988
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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing
2000
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Faithful
2005
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Guns
2013
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Hearts in Suspension
2016
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