Best Stephen King Novels To Read - April 2024

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered. One girl lived.No one believes her story.The police think she's crazy.Her therapist thinks she's suicidal.Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk.They're all right--but did she see the killer?As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be--her hometown where the slayings took place. Wracked by the lingering echoes of survivor's guilt, Faith spirals into a black hole of alcoholism and wanton self-destruction. Finding no solace a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1683993039
• ASIN: 1683993039
• ISBN: 1683993039
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates

On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work.“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1439156816
• ASIN: 1439156816
• ISBN: 9781439156810
• Brand: Scribner Book Company
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Doctor Sleep: A Novel

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining—an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is “[a] vivid frightscape” (The New York Times). On highways across America, a tribe of people called the True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, the True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the steam that children with the shining produce when ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451698860
• ASIN: 1451698860
• ISBN: 1451698860
• Brand: Pocket Books
• Manufacturer: Pocket Books

Lord of the Flies

Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399501487
• ASIN: 0399501487
• ISBN: 0399501487
• Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

11/22/63: A Novel

One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Now a miniseries from Hulu starring James FrancoON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTS RANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED. WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer—takes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it. It begins with Jake Epping, a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451627297
• ASIN: 1451627297
• ISBN: 1451627297
• Brand: King, Stephen
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

The Outsiders

50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging. No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to ex... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014240733X
• ASIN: 014240733X
• ISBN: 014240733X
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

The Outsider: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—soon to be an HBO limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn! An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a qu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501180983
• ASIN: 1501180983
• ISBN: 9781501180989
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

It: A Novel

• ASIN: 1501142976
• ASIN: 1501142976
• ISBN: 1501142976
• Brand: Stephen King
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Skyward

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future.Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07BJLB5LY
• ASIN: B07BJLB5LY
• Manufacturer: Delacorte Press

The Shining

Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307743659
• ASIN: 0307743659
• ISBN: 9780307743657
• Brand: Brand: Anchor
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Elevation

• ASIN: 1982102314
• ASIN: 1982102314
• ISBN: 1982102314
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Stand

• ASIN: 0307947300
• ASIN: 0307947300
• ISBN: 0307947300
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

Now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba “An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King’s greatest literary achievement” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces readers to one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations, Roland of Gilead: The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which mirrors our own in frightening ways, Roland tracks T... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501143514
• ASIN: 1501143514
• ISBN: 1501143514
• Brand: Stephen King
• Manufacturer: Scribner

NOS4A2: A Novel

NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country.Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062200585
• ASIN: 0062200585
• ISBN: 0062200585
• Brand: William Morrow Company
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Different Seasons: Four Novellas

Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and star... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501143484
• ASIN: 1501143484
• ISBN: 1501143484
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Outsider : A Novel

An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is

• UPC: 471697422
• Rating: 4.15

It : A Novel

It began -- and ended -- in 1958 when seven children searched in the drains beneath Derry for an evil creature, but in 1985, Mike, once one of those children, makes six phone calls and

• UPC: 55786708
• Rating: 4.208

Pet Sematary : A Novel

"Newly introduced by the

• UPC: 54213624
• Rating: 4.263

The Long Walk

Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace

• UPC: 49207435
• Rating: 4.113

The Complete Stephen King Universe : A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King

The myriad worlds and universes King has created are, in reality, one world, one universe. Here is the guide to that universe. The Complete Stephen King Universe is the only definitive reference work that examines

• UPC: 4567687
• Rating: 5.0

Overlord, Vol. 1 (light novel) : The Undead King

"The once popular game Yggdrasil was supposed to shut down that day. Everyone was supposed to be logged out automatically. But the players who stayed online past the moment the servers went quiet found themselves

• UPC: 49526873

Sleeping Beauties : A Novel

In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that "barrels along like a freight train" (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared

• UPC: 694756456
• Rating: 3.5

Stephen King, American Master : A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work

A fun and informative compendium for Stephen King fans--interviews, essays, and loads of facts and details about all of his work. Fascinating facts, trivia, and little-known details about the Master of the Macabre's life and

• UPC: 147341687

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (The World's Best Reading), Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (The World's Best Reading), Mark

• UPC: 860196704
• Rating: 3.175

The Great American Read: The Book of Books : Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels

A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels?

• UPC: 270948048