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message 1: by Eden (new)

Eden (eidmen) | 1 comments Hey! I decided that I want to read this series, as I've always been a King fan but haven't bit the bullet and read this series, so here is the reading list that incorporates the minimum amount of other King books

-DT: The Gunslinger
-DT: The Drawing of Three
-DT: The Waste Lands
-The Stand
-'Salem's Lot
-DT: Wizard and Glass
-DT: The Wind Through the Keyhole
-Insomnia
-DT: Wolves of the Calla
-DT: Song of Susanna
-DT: The Dark Tower

Optional (but I want to read them anyways)
-Desperation
-The Regulators


message 2: by Derrick (new)

Derrick | 973 comments You'll definitely want to add Hearts in Atlantis to your list.


message 3: by Hannibal (last edited Aug 25, 2025 06:42AM) (new)

Hannibal | 19 comments this is the reading list I’m using ; A How To Guide To Reading The Expanded Dark Tower Series
https://youtu.be/GTi1I6Qil_Y?si=F5q1T...

The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Stand
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Talisman
The Wastelands
Wizard and Glass
'Salem's Lot
Skeleton Crew
It
Insomnia
Rose Madder
Desperation
The Regulators
Everything's Eventual
Hearts in Atlantis
Black House
Wolves of the Calla
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower
(re-read) The Gunslinger
The Wind Through the Keyhole


message 4: by iain (new)

iain | 15 comments Did you not want to read all the books involving the dark tower books in order? Rather than release?


Halfmetal Alchemist (halfmetal) | 1 comments I am using the super extended reading list from "thetruthinsidethelie" blog. It contains everything connected to the tower, even sparsely. Last updated in 2016.

"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning
"The Dark Man"
"The Hardcase Speaks"
"Night Surf" (Night Shift)
"Slade"
"The Blue Air Compressor"
Carrie
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Stand (1978)
The Dead Zone
"The Mist" (Skeleton Crew)
Firestarter
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (Skeleton Crew)
The Talisman
The Eyes of the Dragon
It
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
"The Reploids" (Dark Visions)
The Dark Half
The Stand (1990)
Four Past Midnight
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
Needful Things
Insomnia
Rose Madder
The Green Mile
Desperation
The Regulators
"Everything's Eventual" (Everything's Eventual)
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Bag of Bones
"The Little Sisters of Eluria" (Everything's Eventual)
Storm of the Century
Hearts In Atlantis
On Writing
The Plant: Book One - Zenith Rising
Dreamcatcher
Black House 
From A Buick 8
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised edition)
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Kingdom Hospital
The Colorado Kid
Cell
Lisey's Story

The Dark Tower by Marvel Comics
Duma Key
"N." (Just After Sunset)
"Ur" (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams)
"Blockade Billy" (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams)
"Fair Extension" (Full Dark, No Stars)
11/22/63
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
"Afterlife" (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams)
Doctor Sleep
Revival

I just finished Lisey's Story.


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