Best of Stephen King
Stephen King books from best to worst!

1 The Stand
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 218,651 ratings
2 It
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 187,229 ratings
3 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 389,760 ratings
4 Misery
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 156,409 ratings
5 Salem's Lot
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 125,612 ratings
6 The Green Mile
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 93,511 ratings
7 Pet Sematary
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 139,862 ratings
8 The Gunslinger (The Dark To...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 154,488 ratings
9 Carrie
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 147,452 ratings
10 The Shawshank Redemption
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 78,520 ratings
11 The Drawing of the Three (T...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 73,169 ratings
12 Bag of Bones
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 68,949 ratings
13 The Dead Zone
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 74,628 ratings
14 11/22/63
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 104,939 ratings
15 The Talisman
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 49,445 ratings
16 Wizard and Glass (The Dark ...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 57,927 ratings
17 The Waste Lands (The Dark T...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 64,558 ratings
18 Needful Things
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 87,971 ratings
19 On Writing
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 67,174 ratings
20 The Long Walk
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 36,624 ratings
21 Insomnia
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 61,326 ratings
22 Under the Dome
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 77,362 ratings
23 Duma Key
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 40,958 ratings
24 Firestarter
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 75,612 ratings
25 Cujo
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 90,572 ratings
26 The Dark Tower (The Dark To...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 50,788 ratings
27 Christine
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 83,725 ratings
28 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 56,109 ratings
29 Dolores Claiborne
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 53,848 ratings
30 Cell
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 73,535 ratings
31 Night Shift
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 57,299 ratings
32 The Eyes of the Dragon
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 48,852 ratings
33 Dreamcatcher
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 64,964 ratings
34 The Tommyknockers
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3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 51,963 ratings
35 Hearts in Atlantis
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 41,018 ratings
36 Wolves of the Calla (The Da...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 49,816 ratings
37 Thinner
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 71,967 ratings
38 The Mist
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 38,447 ratings
39 Desperation
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 52,901 ratings
40 Skeleton Crew
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 49,736 ratings
41 The Running Man
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 32,266 ratings
42 Song of Susannah (The Dark ...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 46,674 ratings
43 The Dark Half
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 55,026 ratings
44 Rose Madder
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 40,788 ratings
45 Four Past Midnight
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 49,077 ratings
46 Nightmares And Dreamscapes
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 35,332 ratings
47 Everything's Eventual: 14 D...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 32,060 ratings
48 Gerald's Game
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3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 57,502 ratings
49 The Body
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 13,310 ratings
50 Lisey's Story
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 29,857 ratings
51 Full Dark, No Stars
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 30,107 ratings
52 The Regulators
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3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 26,499 ratings
53 The Bachman Books
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 23,171 ratings
54 From a Buick 8
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 27,861 ratings
55 Blaze
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 12,099 ratings
56 Just After Sunset
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19,738 ratings
57 One Past Midnight: The Lang...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 14,693 ratings
58 Danse Macabre
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 12,307 ratings
59 Black House (The Talisman, #2)
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 24,967 ratings
60 Rage
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 8,657 ratings
61 Cycle of the Werewolf
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 16,090 ratings
62 The Dark Tower Series Colle...
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4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 2,615 ratings
63 Storm of the Century: An Or...
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 7,148 ratings
64 The Wind Through the Keyhol...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 15,871 ratings
65 Roadwork
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 9,856 ratings
66 The Colorado Kid
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3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 9,820 ratings
67 Creepshow
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 10,324 ratings
68 The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer...
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 5,969 ratings
69 Two Past Midnight: Secret W...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,163 ratings
70 Different Seasons
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 78,520 ratings
71 Blood and Smoke
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,329 ratings
72 The Stand
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 218,651 ratings
73 Wolves of the Calla (The Da...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 49,816 ratings
74 'Salem's Lot
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 125,612 ratings
75 Mile 81
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 7,458 ratings
76 Throttle
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
77 The Drawing of the Three (T...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 73,169 ratings
78 Road Rage: Two Novellas
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 439 ratings
79 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 389,760 ratings
80 Misery
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 156,409 ratings
81 Hearts in Atlantis
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 41,018 ratings
82 Pet Sematary
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 139,862 ratings
83 The Gunslinger (The Dark To...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 154,488 ratings
84 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 389,760 ratings
85 The Waste Lands (The Dark T...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 64,558 ratings
86 Cujo
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 90,572 ratings
87 In the Tall Grass
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 1,793 ratings
88 Song of Susannah (The Dark ...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 46,674 ratings
89 The Dark Tower (The Dark To...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 50,788 ratings
90 The Regulators
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3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 26,499 ratings
91 Joyland
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 2,266 ratings
92 Apt Pupil
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 9,122 ratings
93 The Eyes of the Dragon
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 48,852 ratings
94 Mile 81
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 7,458 ratings
95 UR
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 5,000 ratings
95 books · 1,565 voters · list created July 16th, 2008 by jacky (votes) .
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message 2: by Lizzy (new)

Lizzy C Some tough desicions were made here


message 3: by Cherokee (new)

Cherokee I loved Stephen Kings first works a lot better. But have them all. Still my all time favorite author.


message 4: by Adam (new)

Adam Smith Why is Bree Tanner on a Stephen King list?


message 5: by Karla (new)

Karla Phillips Stephen King is my all time favorite author... just now getting my collection back together


message 6: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn Brown love his mind..


message 7: by Karla (new)

Karla Phillips He is also suppose to be writing a squeal to The Shining


message 8: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn Brown that would be awesome


message 9: by Nesrin (last edited Oct 17, 2012 04:07am) (new)

Nesrin L. What the Hell are Books by Joe Hill doing in this List?
Nepotism much?


message 10: by Adam (new)

Adam Smith Looks like they were co-written to me, but Goodreads is only displaying the first author here.


message 11: by Karla (new)

Karla Phillips Stephen King's son also writes books but he does not go by his regular name he writes under a different name and I forget what it is.


message 12: by Karla (new)

Karla Phillips Because now that I remember Joe Hill is Stephen King's son


message 13: by Nesrin (new)

Nesrin L. Karla wrote: "Because now that I remember Joe Hill is Stephen King's son"

I know that, still the question is why is he on a list of his father?
This list is about King & not about his collab with others.
(There seems to be Straub in here, too, so I guees it must be collaborations.)


message 14: by Karla (new)

Karla Phillips I think that it is also with some of the other authors that he has written with... I have also heard the Stephen King even writes as Peter Straub... But I don't know about that.... But they are probably trying to add some of the books that he has helped other authors write as well


message 15: by Nesrin (last edited Oct 22, 2012 02:19pm) (new)

Nesrin L. Karla wrote: "I think that it is also with some of the other authors that he has written with... I have also heard the Stephen King even writes as Peter Straub... But I don't know about that.... But they are pro..."

I think you rather mean Richard Bachman, an 'alter ego' of King, that would be okay. But Straub is someone(and yes he is an entirely other human being, so not a pen name) with whom he has co-written. :)


message 16: by Karla (new)

Karla Phillips okay thats right I don't own any of his other books as he has him writing as Richard Bachman


message 17: by Benny (new)

Benny i do eally love stephen king's books


message 18: by Nesrin (new)

Nesrin L. Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "KING RULES!"

^THIS!


message 19: by Hara (new)

Hara Paper Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Ɲėṩṛīȵ wrote: "What the Hell are Books by Joe Hill doing in this List?
Nepotism much?"

That's a good question."


He's Stephen King's son. but shouldn't be on this list.


message 20: by Nesrin (new)

Nesrin L. Hara wrote: "Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Ɲėṩṛīȵ wrote: "What the Hell... ...He's Stephen King's son. but shouldn't be o..."

Hence, why I was refering to 'Nepotism'! ;)


message 21: by Brian (new)

Brian O'Connor stephen king.....the absolute best ever. this list is missing some of his best work.


message 22: by Brian (new)

Brian O'Connor oh there they are


message 23: by Dr (new)

Dr Jesse Karla wrote: "Because now that I remember Joe Hill is Stephen King's son"

haha


message 24: by Gareth (new)

Gareth Kyle adore this man no one does character writing like Stephen king i have read 14 of his novels and i am steadily working my way through all of his books and i don't have a clue what i am doing to do when i run out!!


message 25: by Banjo (new)

Banjo Mullis agreed


message 26: by Kasie (new)

Kasie Bourquein Adam wrote: "Why is Bree Tanner on a Stephen King list?"

I think it was a Stephen king short story


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