Bibliography of works on Stephen King

Last updated June 14, 2024

There have been many books published about Stephen King and his works.

Date Title Author Publisher ISBN

ASID Number used where ISBN is not available.

1981 Teacher's Manual: Novels of Stephen King Edward J. Zagorski: New American Library, Education Dept. ASID Number: B004YBEI4K

1982 Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (Editors) Underwood-Miller 978-0934438599

1984 Stephen King: The Art of Darkness: The Life and Fiction of the Master of the Macabre Douglas E. Winter Signet Updated edition (December 2, 1986) 978-0451146120

10/06/1987 Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller Signet (2nd printing edition) 978-0451149626

6/1/1987 The Gothic World of Stephen King: Landscape of Nightmares Gary Hoppenstand, Ray B. Browne Bowling Green State University Popular Press 978-0879724108

5/1/1988 Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (1988) Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller McGraw-Hill 978-0070657595

6/15/1988 Landscape of Fear: Stephen King's American Gothic Tony Magistrale Bowling Green State University Popular Press 3; New edition 978-0879724054

4/1/1988 The Unseen King Tyson Blue Borgo Pr ASIN Number: B08MQ6GDWM

1989 Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (1989) Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller Carroll & Gtaf, NY 978-0887330834

1990 The Stephen King Quiz Book Stephen Spignesi Signet 978-0451167088

6/1991 The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia Stephen J Spignesi Popular Culture Ink 978-1560750185

1991 The Stephen King Story George Beahm and Kenny Ray Linkous Andrews and McMeel 978-0836279894

8/9/1991 Reign of Fear: The Fiction and Film of Stephen King (1982–1989) Don Herron Pan Horror 978-0330313476

3/27/1992 The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King's Horrorscape Tony Magistrale (Ed.) Praeger 978-0313272974

7/7/1992 The Second Stephen King Quiz Book Stephen Spignesi Signet 978-0451173065

1994 Stephen King's America Jonathan P. Davis Bowling Green State University Popular Press 978-0879726478

1994 The Films of Stephen King Ann Lloyd St. Martins Pr 978-0312112745

11/1/1997 Ultimate Unauthorized Stephen King Trivia Challenge: Hundreds of Brainteasing Questions on Minute Details and Little-Known Facts about the World's Leading Horror Writer and His Work Robert W. Bly Kensington / Fine Communications 978-1567312881

1998 Stephen King From A to Z An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work George Beahm Andrews McMeel Publishing 978-0836269147

5/1/1998 Stephen King: America’s Best-Loved Boogeyman George Beahm AndrewsMcMeel Publishing 978-0836254273

1999 Stephen King Country: The Illustrated Guide to the Sites and Sights That Insired the Modern Master of Horror George Beahm Running Press Publishers 978-0762404568

6/30/2000 Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic: Lovecraft, Matheson, and King David A. Oakes Praeger 978-0313311888

5/1/2001 The Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner Renaissance Books 978-1580631600

3/8/2001 The Modern Weird Tale S. T. Joshi McFarland Co. 978-0786409860

5/1/2001 The Essential Stephen King: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels, Short Stories, Movies, and Other Creations of the World's Most Popular Writer Stephen Spignesi: New Page Books 978-1564144850

6/30/2002 Revisiting Stephen King: A Critical Companion, 2nd edition Sharon A. Russell Greenwood Press 978-0274968428

2002 The Literary Equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries?: Academics, Moralists, and the Stephen King Phenomenon Smith, Greg The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 4, Summer 2002

4/1/2002 Creepshows - The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide Stephen Graham Jones Billboard Books 978-0823078844

2004 "Diabolical Dreaming in Stephen King's ""The Man in the Black Suit""" Hansen, Tom The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 3, Spring 2004

12/2005 The Road to the Dark Tower Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance 1-58767-104-2

2005 The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book Brian Freeman & Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance 1-58767-116-6

5/30/2006 The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner St. Martin's Griffin 978-0312324902

2006 Stephen King (part of series Modern {literary} Critical Views) Harold Bloom (Ed.) Chelsea House 978-0791093177

12/30/2008 Stephen King: A Biography Albert Rolls Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated 978-0274977956

7/15/2009 Stephen King on the Big Screen Mark Browning Intellect Ltd 978-1841502458

2009 The Stephen King Illustrated Companion: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Drawings and Memorabilia Bev Vincent Metro Books 978-1435117662

1/6/2009 Haunted Heart: Life and Times of Stephen King Thomas Dun ne Books 978-0312377328

8/3/2010 Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King Hans-Ake Lilja Cemetery Dance 978-1587672125

12/21/2009 Stephen King: America's Storyteller Tony Magistrale Praeger 9780313352287

4/22/2011 The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book Andrew J. Rausch and Ronald Riley BearManor Media 978-1629337272

4/25/2011 Stephen King: A Literary Companion Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks McFarland & Co. 978-0786458509

5/27/2011 The Wit and Wisdom of Stephen King Andrew J. Rausch Ed. BearManor Media 978-1593936488

10/15/2011 Stephen King's Gothic John Sears University of Wales Press 978-0708323458

11/06/2012 Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated Robin Furth Scribner 978-1451694871

8/27/2013 The Illustrated Stephen King MOVIE Trivia Book Brian James Freeman, Kevin Quigley, and Hans-Ake Lilja Cemetery Dance 978-1587673665

9/13/2013 The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book: Revised & Updated 2nd Edition! Brian James Freeman & Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance 978-1587671081

11/5/2013 The Stephen King Illustrated Companion: Bev Vincent Sterling Publishing 978-1454911258

2/1/2014 Stephen King Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Horror on Film Scott Von Doviak Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 978-1480355514

8/12/2014 Stephen King's Modern Macabre: Essays on the Later Works Patrick McAleer and Michael A. Perry (Eds.) McFarland 978-0786494002

10/1/2015 The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror George Beahm, Michael Whelan, et al. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 978-1250054128

12/28/2015 The Dark Tower Companion (Limited edition) Bev Vincent Cemetery Dance 978-1587674082

3/22/2016 Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance (Revised & Updated!) Robin Furth Cemetery Dance 978-1587674327

8/15/2016 Stephen King and Philosophy (Great Authors and Philosophy) Jacob M. Held (Ed.) Rowman & Littlefield 978-1442269767

4/17/2017 Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Trilogy Concordance Robin Furth Scribner 978-1501165917

6/13/2017 The Linguistics of Stephen King by James Arthur Anderson McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-1476668345

07/25/2017 The Dark Tower: The Art of the Film Daniel Wallace Scribner 978-1501164453

9/1/2017 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Stephen King The Editors Of Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly 978-1683300885

6/12/2018 America's Dark Theologian-The Religious Imagination of Stephen King Douglas E. Cowan New York University Press 978-1479894734

10/30/2018 Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work Stephen Spignesi Permuted Press 978-1682616062

11/28/2018 The Modern Stephen King Canon: Beyond Horror Philip L. Simpson (Ed.) Lexington Books 978-1498572781

2019 A Guide to U.S. First Editions of. . . Stephen King Paul Michael Kane LightBox / 19th Edition Publications ISBN 602-0039978464

2/05/2019 Perspectives on Stephen King: Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators Andrew J. Rausch McFarland & Company 978-1476674179

9/6/2019 The World of IT Alyse Wax and Andy Muschietti Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc./Henry A. Abrams 978-1419740473

10/3/2019 Stephen King at the Movies: A Complete History of the Film and Television Adaptions from the Master of Horror Ian Natilan Palazzo Editions Ltd. 978-1786750815

2020 Hope and Miracles: Two Screenplays by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption / The Green Mile) Edited by Tyson Blue Gauntlet Publications 1934267708

7/16/2020 Stephen King and American History Tony Magistrale and Michael J. Blouin Routledge 978-0367493301

2021 From Shawshank with Hope Photography by Paul Michael Kane LightBox / 19th Edition Publications

1/16/2021 Stephen King Dollar Baby: The Book Anthony Northrup BearManor Media 978-1629336688

3/1/2021 Stephen King and American Politics Michael J. Blouin University of Wales Press 978-1786836465

6/22/2021 The Art and Making of The Stand Andy Burns Titan Books 978-1789095944

7/29/2021 Violence in the Films of Stephen King Michael J. Blouin and Tony Magistrale (Eds.) Lexington Books 978-1793635792

5/08/2022 Fun Is Fun and Done is Done: Stephen King Connections and Easter Eggs Michael Roch MicRo Readers 979-8986152103

5/15/2022 Bumpty-Bumpty-Bump!: The Stephen King Daily Reader (Third edition) Michael Roch 979-8806214745

6/21/2022 Stephen King's Maine Haunts: A Guidebook to the Sites and Sights of Things King George Beahm Self Published 979-8837438615

8/26/2022 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Stephen King The Editors Of Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly 978-1547861002

9/13/2022 The Stephen King Ultimate Companion: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences Bev Vince Quatro Publishing Group USA Inc. 978-0760376812

9/20/2022 Encountering Pennywise - Critical Perspectives on Stephen King's 'It' Whitney S. May (Ed.) University Press of Mississippi 978-1496842220

10/04/2022 Castle Rock Kitchen: Wicked Good Recipes From the World of Stephen King (A Cookbook) Theresa Carle-Sanders (Foreword by Stephen King) Ten Speed Press 978-1984860026

11/04/2022 The Ultimate Stephen King Quiz Book Dave Musson Independently Published 979-8357604811

4/25/2023 The Making of Creepshow 2 Lee Karr Plexus Publishing 978-0859655729

11/13/2023 Reading Stephen King Brian James Freeman (Ed.) Cemetery Dance 978-1587679438

11/29/2023 Stephen King: Not Just Horror Hans-Ake Lilja BearManor Media 979-8887713687

2024 Pennywise: It Written by Christian Sellers / Designed and edited by Gary Smart Cult Screenings UK Ltd and Dead Mouse Productions Ltd. EAN 0743966005275

5/20/2024 Stephen King's Maine Sharon Kitchens History Press 978-1467157148

Material about King can also be found in his own partly autobiographical On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000), ‘’Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing’’ (2000), ‘’Hearts in Suspension’’ (2016) as well as scattered throughout King's Danse Macabre (1981).

A critical analysis of King's work can be found in S. T. Joshi's The Modern Weird Tale (2001).

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Michael Whelan is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his website.

Brian James Freeman is an American author whose fiction has been published in magazines and anthologies including Borderlands 5, Corpse Blossoms, and all four volumes of the Shivers series. His first novel, Black Fire, was written under the pseudonym James Kidman. Published in 2004 by Leisure Books and Cemetery Dance Publications, the book was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, one of the major awards in the horror genre. His work has been nominated for several awards in the horror genre over the years. Cemetery Dance Publications recently published his Blue November Storms, a new novella, and The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, which he wrote with Stephen King expert Bev Vincent. Acclaimed horror artist Glenn Chadbourne created over fifty unique illustrations for the book.

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"The Blue Air Compressor" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in January 1971 in Onan.

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Flight or Fright is a horror anthology edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent, published by Cemetery Dance Publications on September 4, 2018. All of the stories within the anthology are about flight-based horrors.

"The Glass Floor" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the autumn 1967 issue of Startling Mystery Stories. It was King's first professional sale.

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"Pinfall" is an unpublished short story/film treatment by Stephen King and George A. Romero. It was originally written by King as a segment for the 1987 anthology film Creepshow 2, with Romero developing it into a script in 1984, but was never filmed. In 2016, a comic book adaptation of the story was produced by Jason Mayoh.

People, Places and Things is a short story collection by Chris Chesley and Stephen King, self-published in 1960.

"The Hotel at the End of the Road" is a short story by Stephen King. It was self-published by King in 1960 as part of the collection People, Places and Things.

<i>You Like It Darker</i> 2024 collection of stories by Stephen King

You Like It Darker is a collection of twelve stories by American author Stephen King, published by Scribner in May 2024. It delves into the darker aspects of life, both metaphorically and literally. Exploring themes such as fate, mortality, luck, and the unexpected turns of reality, the book comprises a mix of new and previously published stories. Each narrative, distinct in its approach, collectively contributes to this volume, marking its first comprehensive assembly. The book was announced on November 6, 2023, via Entertainment Weekly, which provided a look at the book's wraparound cover, table of contents, and an excerpt from "Rattlesnakes", a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo.

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