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Stephen King
(Stephen Edwin King)
(b.1947)Husband of Tabitha King, father of Joe Hill, father of Owen King, father-in-law of Kelly Braffet
aka Richard Bachman, John Swithen
Stephen King has written over a hundred books and novellas including The Stand, Bag of Bones, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and Just After Sunset. Many of his stories have been turned into classic films including Misery, Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption. He is winner of America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards.
He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.
Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Literary Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Series
The Dark Tower
1. The Gunslinger (1982)
2. The Drawing of the Three (1985)
3. The Waste Lands (1991)
4. Wizard and Glass (1997)
5. Wolves of the Calla (2003)
6. Song of Susannah (2004)
7. The Dark Tower (2004)
8. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Gunslinger / Drawing of the Three / Waste Lands (omnibus) (1992)
The Dark Tower Boxed Set (omnibus) (2016)
1. The Gunslinger (1982)
2. The Drawing of the Three (1985)
3. The Waste Lands (1991)
4. Wizard and Glass (1997)
5. Wolves of the Calla (2003)
6. Song of Susannah (2004)
7. The Dark Tower (2004)
8. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Gunslinger / Drawing of the Three / Waste Lands (omnibus) (1992)
The Dark Tower Boxed Set (omnibus) (2016)
Talisman (with Peter Straub)
1. The Talisman (1984)
2. Black House (2001)
The Talisman and Black House (omnibus) (2003)
1. The Talisman (1984)
2. Black House (2001)
The Talisman and Black House (omnibus) (2003)
Green Mile Serialization
1. The Two Dead Girls (1996)
2. The Mouse on the Mile (1996)
3. Coffey's Hands (1996)
4. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (1996)
5. Night Journey (1996)
6. Coffey on the Mile (1996)
1. The Two Dead Girls (1996)
2. The Mouse on the Mile (1996)
3. Coffey's Hands (1996)
4. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (1996)
5. Night Journey (1996)
6. Coffey on the Mile (1996)
Bill Hodges Trilogy
1. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
2. Finders Keepers (2015)
3. End of Watch (2016)
The Bill Hodges Trilogy Boxed Set (omnibus) (2016)
1. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
2. Finders Keepers (2015)
3. End of Watch (2016)
The Bill Hodges Trilogy Boxed Set (omnibus) (2016)
Novels
Carrie (1974)
Salem's Lot (1975)
The Stand (1978)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Cujo (1981)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Christine (1983)
Pet Sematary (1983)
It (1986)
Misery (1987)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
The Dark Half (1989)
The Stand, the Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
Needful Things (1991)
Gerald's Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
Desperation (1996)
The Green Mile (1996)
Bag of Bones (1998)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey's Story (2006)
Duma Key (2008)
Under the Dome (2009)
11/22/63 (2011)
Revival (2012)
Joyland (2013)
Sleeping Beauties (2017) (with Owen King)
The Outsider (2018)
Elevation (2018)
The Institute (2019)
Salem's Lot (1975)
The Stand (1978)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Cujo (1981)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Christine (1983)
Pet Sematary (1983)
It (1986)
Misery (1987)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
The Dark Half (1989)
The Stand, the Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
Needful Things (1991)
Gerald's Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
Desperation (1996)
The Green Mile (1996)
Bag of Bones (1998)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey's Story (2006)
Duma Key (2008)
Under the Dome (2009)
11/22/63 (2011)
Revival (2012)
Joyland (2013)
Sleeping Beauties (2017) (with Owen King)
The Outsider (2018)
Elevation (2018)
The Institute (2019)
Omnibus
Carrie / the Tommyknockers (1994)
Desperation / Regulators (1996) (with Richard Bachman)
Stephen King Omnibus (1999)
Mr. Mercedes / Everything's Eventual / Lisey's Story (2015)
The Accident Season / The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2016) (with Moïra Fowley-Doyle)
Stephen King Classic Collection (2018)
Desperation / Regulators (1996) (with Richard Bachman)
Stephen King Omnibus (1999)
Mr. Mercedes / Everything's Eventual / Lisey's Story (2015)
The Accident Season / The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2016) (with Moïra Fowley-Doyle)
Stephen King Classic Collection (2018)
Collections
People, Places, and Things (1963) (with Chris Chesley)
Night Shift (1978)
Stephen King's Creepshow (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Skeleton Crew (1985)
Four Past Midnight (1990)
Gray Matter (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Six Stories (1997)
Blood and Smoke (audio) (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Secret Windows (2000)
The Man in the Black Suit (2002)
Everything's Eventual (2002)
Just After Sunset (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson)
Stephen King Goes To The Movies (2009)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
Night Shift (1978)
Stephen King's Creepshow (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Skeleton Crew (1985)
Four Past Midnight (1990)
Gray Matter (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Six Stories (1997)
Blood and Smoke (audio) (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Secret Windows (2000)
The Man in the Black Suit (2002)
Everything's Eventual (2002)
Just After Sunset (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson)
Stephen King Goes To The Movies (2009)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
Chapbooks
Silver Bullet (1985)
My Pretty Pony (1989)
Lawnmower Man (1992)
Umney's Last Case (1995)
Quitter's Inc. (1999)
LT's Theory of Pets (2001)
My Pretty Pony (1989)
Lawnmower Man (1992)
Umney's Last Case (1995)
Quitter's Inc. (1999)
LT's Theory of Pets (2001)
Plays
Storm of the Century (1999)
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2013) (with T Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp)
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2013) (with T Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp)
Graphic Novels
Novellas
Children of the Corn (1977)
The Mist (1981)
Apt Pupil (1982)
The Breathing Method (1984)
Dolan's Cadillac (1989)
The Sun Dog (1989)
The Langoliers (1990)
The Library Policeman (1991)
Secret Window, Secret Garden (1991)
Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog (1993)
Sorry, Right Number (1993)
The Body (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1995)
Autopsy Room Four (1997)
Blind Willie (1997)
Riding the Bullet (2000)
Secret Window (2004)
Stationary Bike (2006)
The Gingerbread Girl (2008)
The Little Sisters of Eluria (2009)
Ur (2010)
Blockade Billy (2010)
Mile 81 (2011)
Throttle (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Stephen King's Battleground (2012)
A Face in the Crowd (2012) (with Stewart O'Nan)
In the Tall Grass (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Big Driver (2014)
A Good Marriage (2014)
Drunken Fireworks (2015)
1922 (2017)
The Mist (1981)
Apt Pupil (1982)
The Breathing Method (1984)
Dolan's Cadillac (1989)
The Sun Dog (1989)
The Langoliers (1990)
The Library Policeman (1991)
Secret Window, Secret Garden (1991)
Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog (1993)
Sorry, Right Number (1993)
The Body (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1995)
Autopsy Room Four (1997)
Blind Willie (1997)
Riding the Bullet (2000)
Secret Window (2004)
Stationary Bike (2006)
The Gingerbread Girl (2008)
The Little Sisters of Eluria (2009)
Ur (2010)
Blockade Billy (2010)
Mile 81 (2011)
Throttle (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Stephen King's Battleground (2012)
A Face in the Crowd (2012) (with Stewart O'Nan)
In the Tall Grass (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Big Driver (2014)
A Good Marriage (2014)
Drunken Fireworks (2015)
1922 (2017)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Danse Macabre (1980)
Nightmares in the Sky (1988) (with f-stop Fitzgerald)
Mid-Life Confidential (1994) (with Dave Barry, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Ridley Pearson and Amy Tan)
Stephen King Live (1999)
On Writing (2000)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub)
Building Bridges (2004)
Faithful (2004) (with Stewart O'Nan)
Stephen King Spills the Beans (2008) (with Tim Underwood)
Guns (2013)
Hard Listening (2014) (with Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan and Scott Turow)
Hearts in Suspension (2016)
Nightmares in the Sky (1988) (with f-stop Fitzgerald)
Mid-Life Confidential (1994) (with Dave Barry, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Ridley Pearson and Amy Tan)
Stephen King Live (1999)
On Writing (2000)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub)
Building Bridges (2004)
Faithful (2004) (with Stewart O'Nan)
Stephen King Spills the Beans (2008) (with Tim Underwood)
Guns (2013)
Hard Listening (2014) (with Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan and Scott Turow)
Hearts in Suspension (2016)
Anthologies containing stories by Stephen King
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Year's Finest Fantasy (1978)
Shadows (1978)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2 (1979)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
Dark Forces (1980)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Fantasy Annual IV (1981)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Prime Evil (1988)
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Dark Visions (1989)
Dark Voices (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Young Blood (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Space Movies (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Best of the Best (1998)
Legends (1998)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
999 (1999)
Technohorror (1999)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Year's Finest Fantasy (1978)
Shadows (1978)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2 (1979)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
Dark Forces (1980)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Fantasy Annual IV (1981)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Prime Evil (1988)
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Dark Visions (1989)
Dark Voices (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Young Blood (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Space Movies (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Best of the Best (1998)
Legends (1998)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
999 (1999)
Technohorror (1999)
Short stories
| Cain Rose Up (1968) | |||
| Here There Be Tygers (1968) | |||
| The Reaper's Image (1969) | |||
| Graveyard Shift (1970) | |||
| I Am the Doorway (1971) | |||
| Battleground (1972) | |||
| The Mangler (1972) | |||
| The Boogeyman (1973) | |||
| Gray Matter [short story] (1973) | |||
| Trucks (1973) | |||
| Night Surf (1974) | |||
| Sometimes They Come Back (1974) | |||
| The Lawnmower Man (1975) | |||
| Salem's Lot (excerpt) (1975) | |||
| Strawberry Spring (1975) | |||
| I Know What You Need (1976) | |||
| The Ledge (1976) | |||
| The Cat from Hell (1977) | |||
| The Man Who Loved Flowers (1977) | |||
| One for the Road (1977) | |||
| The Gunslinger [short story] (1978) | |||
| Jerusalem's Lot (1978) | |||
| The Last Rung on the Ladder (1978) | |||
| The Night of the Tiger (1978) | |||
| Nona (1978) | |||
| Quitters, Inc. (1978) | |||
| The Woman in the Room (1978) | |||
| The Crate (1979) | |||
| Big Wheels (1980) | |||
| Crouch End (1980) | |||
| The Mist [short story] (1980) | |||
| The Monkey (1980) | |||
| The Wedding Gig (1980) | |||
| The Jaunt (1981) | |||
| The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (1981) | |||
| The Reach (1981) aka Do the Dead Sing? | World Fantasy | ||
| Apt Pupil [short story] (1982) | |||
| Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (1982) | |||
| The Body [short story] (1982) | |||
| The Breathing Method [short story] (1982) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Morning Deliveries (1982) | |||
| The Raft (1982) | |||
| Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (1982) | |||
| Survivor Type (1982) | |||
| Uncle Clayton (1983) | |||
| Uncle Otto's Truck (1983) | |||
| The Word Processor (1983) | |||
| Word Processor of the Gods (1983) | |||
| The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (1984) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Gramma (1984) | |||
| Mrs Todd's Shortcut (1984) | |||
| The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson (1984) | |||
| Beachworld (1985) | |||
| For Owen (1985) | |||
| Paranoid: A Chant (1985) | |||
| The End of the Whole Mess (1986) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| The Fifth Quarter (1986) | |||
| Popsy (1987) | |||
| Dedication (1988) | |||
| The Night Flier (1988) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Reploids (1988) | |||
| Sneakers (1988) | |||
| Home Delivery (1989) | |||
| The Langoliers [short story] (1989) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Library Policeman [short story] (1989) | |||
| My Pretty Pony [short story] (1989) | |||
| Rainy Season (1989) | |||
| Secret Window, Secret Garden [short story] (1989) | |||
| The Moving Finger (1990) | |||
| It Grows on You (1991) | |||
| Chattery Teeth (1992) | |||
| You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (1992) | |||
| Brooklyn August (1993) | |||
| The Doctor's Case (1993) | |||
| Head Down (1993) | |||
| The House on Maple Street (1993) | |||
| Suffer the Little Children (1993) | |||
| The Ten O'Clock People (1993) | |||
| Umney's Last Case [short story] (1993) | |||
| The Man in The Black Suit [short story] (1994) | World Fantasy | ||
| Lunch at the Gotham Cafe (1995) | Bram Stoker | ||
| Everything's Eventual [short story] (1997) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| L.T.'s Theory of Pets (1997) | |||
| Lucky Quarter (1997) | |||
| The Little Sisters of Eluria (1998) | |||
| That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French (1998) | |||
| Hearts in Atlantis [short story] (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) | ||
| Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling (1999) | |||
| Low Men in Yellow Coats (1999) | |||
| Riding the Bullet [short story] (1999) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Road Virus Heads North (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) | ||
| Why We're in Vietnam (1999) | |||
| 1408 (2000) | |||
| In the Deathroom (2000) |
Awards
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Books about Stephen King
Stephen King (1982) by Douglas E Winter
Fear Itself (1982) by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood
The Gothic World of Stephen King (1987) by Ray B Browne and Gary Hoppenstand
Stephen King: The First Decade, Carrie to Pet Sematary (1988) by Joseph Reino
Bare Bones (1988) by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood
Landscape of Fear (1988) by Tony Magistrale
Reign of Fear (1988) by Don Herron
Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (1989) by Chuck Miller
American Horror Fiction (1990) by Brian Docherty
A Casebook on the Stand (1992) by Tony Magistrale
Moral Voyages of Stephen King (1992) by Tony Magistrale
The Dark Descent (1992) by Tony Magistrale
Stephen King (1992) by Tony Magistrale
The Films of Stephen King (1993) by Ann Lloyd
Stephen King's America (1994) by Jonathan P Davis
Stephen King (1995) by Amy Keyishian and Marjorie Keyishian
Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell (1996) by Edward J Ingebretsen
Stephen King (1997) by Harold Bloom
The Ultimate Unauthorized Stephen King Trivia Challenge (1997) by Robert W Bly
A Novel Approach: The Shawshank Redemption (1998) by Elisabeth Gareis
Stephen King (1999) by John F Wukovits
Stephen King (2000) by Suzan Wilson
Stephen King (2000) by Peter Mann
The Stephen King Universe (2001) by Stanley J Wiater
Creepshows (2001) by Stephen Jones
Revisiting Stephen King (2002) by Sharon A Russell
Stephen King the Dark Tower: A Concordance (2003) by Robin Furth
Hollywood's Stephen King (2003) by Tony Magistrale
The Road to the Dark Tower (2004) by Bev Vincent
Stephen King's the Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II (2005) by Robin Furth
The Complete Stephen King Universe (2006) by Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner and Stanley Wiater
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance (2006) by Robin Furth
The Science of Stephen King (2007) by Lois H Gresh and Robert E Weinberg
Stephen King: Unpublished, Uncollected - 2014 Update (2014) by Rocky Wood
Fear Itself (1982) by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood
The Gothic World of Stephen King (1987) by Ray B Browne and Gary Hoppenstand
Stephen King: The First Decade, Carrie to Pet Sematary (1988) by Joseph Reino
Bare Bones (1988) by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood
Landscape of Fear (1988) by Tony Magistrale
Reign of Fear (1988) by Don Herron
Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (1989) by Chuck Miller
American Horror Fiction (1990) by Brian Docherty
A Casebook on the Stand (1992) by Tony Magistrale
Moral Voyages of Stephen King (1992) by Tony Magistrale
The Dark Descent (1992) by Tony Magistrale
Stephen King (1992) by Tony Magistrale
The Films of Stephen King (1993) by Ann Lloyd
Stephen King's America (1994) by Jonathan P Davis
Stephen King (1995) by Amy Keyishian and Marjorie Keyishian
Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell (1996) by Edward J Ingebretsen
Stephen King (1997) by Harold Bloom
The Ultimate Unauthorized Stephen King Trivia Challenge (1997) by Robert W Bly
A Novel Approach: The Shawshank Redemption (1998) by Elisabeth Gareis
Stephen King (1999) by John F Wukovits
Stephen King (2000) by Suzan Wilson
Stephen King (2000) by Peter Mann
The Stephen King Universe (2001) by Stanley J Wiater
Creepshows (2001) by Stephen Jones
Revisiting Stephen King (2002) by Sharon A Russell
Stephen King the Dark Tower: A Concordance (2003) by Robin Furth
Hollywood's Stephen King (2003) by Tony Magistrale
The Road to the Dark Tower (2004) by Bev Vincent
Stephen King's the Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II (2005) by Robin Furth
The Complete Stephen King Universe (2006) by Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner and Stanley Wiater
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance (2006) by Robin Furth
The Science of Stephen King (2007) by Lois H Gresh and Robert E Weinberg
Stephen King: Unpublished, Uncollected - 2014 Update (2014) by Rocky Wood
Stephen King recommends
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1943)
H P Lovecraft
"The 20th century horror story's dark and baroque prince."
Nothing More Than Murder (1949)
Jim Thompson
"My favorite crime novelist - often imitated but never duplicated - is Jim Thompson."
Fear (1951)
L Ron Hubbard
"A classic tale of creeping, surreal menace and horror... One of the really, really good ones."
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread (1965)
(Morris Bird III, book 1)
Don Robertson
"The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread is a brillant piece of writting- a book to put on the same shelf as The Catcher in the Rye and The Outsider. What waas it like to be at mid-century in the Midwest? Read this book and see."
Pale Grey for Guilt (1968)
(Travis McGee, book 9)
John D MacDonald
"...the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."
The Forever War (1974)
(Forever War, book 1)
Joe Haldeman
"If there was a Fort Knox for the science fiction writers who really matter, we'd have to lock Haldeman up there."
Deathbird Stories (1975)
Harlan Ellison
"If there is such a thing as a fantasist for the 1980's (always assuming there are 1980's) then Harlan Ellison is almost surely that writer."
The Fury (1976)
(Fury , book 1)
John Farris
"America's premier novelist of terror, nobody does it better."
The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1976)
Ramsey Campbell
"The climax of the hunt is one of the most effective sequences in modern horror fiction."
Hurricane Wake (1977)
Rosalind Ashe
"A beautifully written and constructed novel of mounting fear and terror...a good representative of a rare genre indeed - it is a novel of the inexplicable."
Falling Angel (1978)
William Hjortsberg
"A terrific book...I've never read anything remotely like it. Trying to imagine what must have happened if Raymond Chandler had written The Exorcist is as close as I can come."
By Reason of Insanity (1979)
Shane Stevens
"One of the finest novels ever written about perfect evil... I recommend it unreservedly."
The Last Call of Mourning (1979)
(Oxrun Station, book 2)
Charles L Grant
"For anyone who can afford to leave all the lights burning after the last page has been turned."
The Land of Laughs (1980)
Jonathan Carroll
"I can't remember when I've been so blown away by a fantasy novel."
Books of Blood Volume 1 (1981)
(Books of Blood, book 1)
Clive Barker
"The future of horror is Clive Barker."
The Tribe (1981)
(Paperbacks from Hell, book 4)
Bari Wood
"The writing is sharp and lucid, the characters are wonderfully three dimensional, drawn with wit and intelligence, and that thing in the box had me nervous about going upstairs after I finished the book at two in the morning."
Missionary Stew (1983)
Ross Thomas
"Funny, cynical, and altogether delicious. Moves so fast it makes the last Ludlum novel you read look like a dodge-'em car in an amusement park"
Nerve Endings (1984)
William Martin
"A thriller-reader's joy - smart, scary, thought-provoking. Impossible to put down."
Glitz (1985)
Elmore Leonard
"After finishing Glitz I went out to the bookstore and bought everything else of Elmore Leonard I could find."
A Mortal Glamour (1985)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
"Terrifying. Her picture of women going slowly mad in a convent during one of history's darkest periods is both gruesome and irresistible."
Yellow Fog (1986)
(Don Sebastian de Villanueva, book 4)
Les Daniels
"Daniels' work is dark but humane. His horror novels deserve a much wider audience."
Over the Edge (1987)
(Alex Delaware, book 3)
Jonathan Kellerman
"...a compulsive pageturner...filled with insight, charged with suspense..."
Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks (1987)
Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson
"A typical Matheson story is like something shot out of a staple gun - short, tightly-wrapped, and abrupt...Matheson is remarkable."
Slob (1987)
(Chaingang, book 1)
Rex Miller
"This terrifying and original novel marks the debut of a writer who is able to bring dynamite with both hands."
The Crosskiller (1988)
Marcel Montecino
"I loved this book. I don't think I've read a murder/suspense story that could generate this kind of heavy firepower for five years or more."
Fade (1988)
Robert Cormier
"Imagine what might happen if Holden Caulfield stepped into H. G. Wells The Invisible Man and you'll have an idea how Fade is...I was absolutely riveted."
Burning Water (1989)
(Diana Tregarde, book 1)
Mercedes Lackey
"She'll keep you up long past your bedtime."
Rules of Prey (1989)
(Lucas Davenport, book 1)
John Sandford
"It's a big suspenseful read and I loved every minute of it."
The Girl Next Door (1989)
Jack Ketchum
"THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is alive...it does not just promise terror but actually delivers it.. it's a page-turner..."
Tender (1990)
Mark Childress
"A big, all-American, technicolor dreamboat of a book... This is a great novel."
Summer of Night (1991)
(Summer of Night, book 1)
Dan Simmons
"An American nightmare with scares, suspense, and a sweet, surprising nostalgia, one of those rare must-read books. I am in awe of Dan Simmons."
The Angel Maker (1993)
(Boldt / Matthews, book 2)
Ridley Pearson
"A hard book to put down... And even harder to forget."
The Weatherman (1995)
(Weatherman, book 1)
Steve Thayer
"One of the highest take-off points of any novel in recent memory."
My Soul to Keep (1997)
(African Immortals, book 1)
Tananarive Due
"An eerie epic ... bears favorable comparison to Interview with a Vampire. I loved this novel."
Bloodstream (1998)
Tess Gerritsen
"...what Anne Rice is to vampires, Gerritsen is to the tale of medical suspense... She is better than Palmer, better than Cook ... yes, even better than Crichton."
The Midnight Tour (1998)
(Beast House Chronicles, book 3)
Richard Laymon
"If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat."
The Ancient (2000)
Muriel Gray
"Scary and Unputdownable. If you're going to read a single suspenser in 2001, make it this one."
The Hook (2000)
Donald E Westlake
"THE HOOK is a heartstopping suspense novel from the pro of pros. I was hooked myself, from page one. The book is full of nasty jolts and turns, including one of the most hair-raising murder scenes ever written. THE AX was good; THE HOOK is ever so much better. Westlake shines...and in this case, he terrifies, as well."
Protect and Defend (2000)
(Kerry Kilcannon, book 2)
Richard North Patterson
"Lightening in a bottle... you can't put the damn thing down, and you don't want to."
About the Author (2001)
John Colapinto
"A thriller worthy of Hitchcock at his best. I wasn't able to put it down. Splendid suspense."
Sleep No More (2001)
(Mississippi, book 4)
Greg Iles
"...should come with a red wrapper marked DANGER, HIGH EXPLOSIVES... a shocker that really shocks. You'll find yourself afraid to turn off the light after seven chapters, and after eleven, you may find yourself wondering if the person lying next to you when you do darken the room is someone you really know or a dangerous stranger... gets under the skin, and then burrows deep."
Speaks the Nightbird (2002)
(Matthew Corbett, book 1)
Robert R McCammon
"...an excellent story, full of tension and suspense..."
The Bloody Crown of Conan (2003)
(Conan of Cimmeria, book 2)
Robert E Howard
"Stories such as 'The People of the Black Circle' glow with the fierce and eldritch light of his frenzied intensity."
A Kind of Flying (2003)
Ron Carlson
"These stories glow with a radioactive otherness. It's great fun to watch them sparkle and fizz into glorious full-color wirdness."
Dynamite Road (2003)
(Weiss and Bishop, book 1)
Andrew Klavan
"Andrew Klavan is the most original American novelist of crime and suspense."
Playing with Fire (2003)
(DCI Banks, book 14)
Peter Robinson
"The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market. In fact, this may be the best series of British novels since the novels of Patrick O'Brian. Try one and tell me I'm wrong."
The Memory of Running (2004)
Ron McLarty
"This is a book that can do more than walk; it has a chance to be a breakout bestseller... Smithy is an American original, worthy of a place on the shelf just below your Hucks, your Holdens, your Yossarians."
Wildwood Road (2005)
Christopher Golden
"WILDWOOD ROAD is a brilliant novel of supernatural suspense that reminded me of the early classics by Ira Levin--think ROSEMARY'S BABY and you won't be disappointed. There's no baby, but oh baby, there is one creepy little lost girl that kept me turning the pages long after I should have gone to bed. This one's a keeper."
Temeraire (2006)
(Temeraire, book 1)
Naomi Novik
"Temeraire is a terrifically entertaining fantasy novel. Is it hard to imagine a cross between Susanna Clarke, of Norrell and Strange fame, and the late Patrick O'Brian? Not if you've read this wonderful, arresting novel."
This Book Will Save Your Life (2006)
A M Homes
"I think this brave story of a lost man's reconnection with the world could become a generational touchstone, like Catch-22, The Monkey Wrench Gang, or The Catcher in the Rye. There is a lot of uplift here, but Homes's deadpan delivery keeps it from feeling greeting-card phony. So does the novel's ambience, which is 21st-century L.A. weird. And hey, maybe it will save somebody's life."
Sharp Objects (2006)
Gillian Flynn
"To say this is a terrific debut novel is really too mild. I haven't read such a relentlessly creepy family saga since John Farris's All Heads Turn as the Hunt Goes By, and that was thirty years ago, give or take. Sharp Objects isn't one of those scare-and-retreat books; its effect is cumulative. I found myself dreading the last thirty pages or so but was helpless to stop turning them. Then, after the lights were out, the story just stayed there in my head, coiled and hissing, like a snake in a cave. An admirably nasty piece of work, elevated by sharp writing and sharper insights."
Half the Blood of Brooklyn (2007)
(Joe Pitt, book 3)
Charlie Huston
"One of the most remarkable prose stylists to emerge from the noir tradition in this century."
Shatter (2008)
(Joseph O'Loughlin, book 3)
Michael Robotham
"The most suspenseful book I read all year."
The Mayor's Tongue (2008)
Nathaniel Rich
"An elegantly structured, brilliantly told novel, by turns terrifying, touching, and wildly funny, and always generous and magical . . . Kudos to Nathaniel Rich, who has created a brave book, a novel brimming with brio."
The Garden of Last Days (2008)
Andre Dubus III
"So good, so damn compulsively readable, that I can hardly believe it."
Gone (2008)
(Gone, book 1)
Michael Grant
"Gone is an exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up . . . This is great fiction. I love this book."
The Hunger Games (2008)
(Hunger Games, book 1)
Suzanne Collins
"Constant suspense... I couldn't stop reading."
Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009)
William Boyd
"Boyd's deft combination of suspense and literature makes it the pick of the litter."
Thereby Hangs a Tail (2009)
(Chet and Bernie Mystery, book 2)
Spencer Quinn
"Get your paws on this one-of-a-kind novel."
The Nearest Exit (2010)
(Milo Weaver, book 2)
Olen Steinhauer
"The best spy novel I've ever read that wasn't written by John Le Carré."
The Passage (2010)
(Passage, book 1)
Justin Cronin
"Read fifteen pages and you will find yourself captivated; read thirty and you will find yourself taken prisoner and reading late into the night. It has the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: read this book and the ordinary world disappears."
Swamplandia! (2011)
Karen Russell
"Brilliant, funny, original... also creepy and sinister... Karen Russell's Swamplandia! is every bit as good as her short stories promised it would be. This book will not leave my mind."
The Terror of Living (2011)
Urban Waite
"A hell of a good novel, relentlessly paced and beautifully narrated. There's just no letup."
The Troop (2014)
Nick Cutter
"The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best."
Brutal Youth (2014)
Anthony Breznican
"If you thought high school was hell, has Anthony Breznican got a story for you..."
The Golem of Hollywood (2014)
(Jacob Lev, book 1)
Jesse Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman
"An extraordinary work of detection, suspense and supernatural mystery."
The Loney (2014)
Andrew Michael Hurley
"The Loney is not just good, it's great., It's an amazing piece of fiction."
The End of the World Running Club (2014)
(End of the World Running Club, book 1)
Adrian J Walker
"A real find."
The Marauders (2015)
Tom Cooper
"It's a little Elmore Leonard, a little Charles Portis, and very much its own uniquely American self... Tom Cooper has written one hell of a novel."
The Deadlands (2015)
Benjamin Percy
"You will not come across a finder work of sustained imagination this year."
The Daylight Marriage (2015)
Heidi Pitlor
"Hypnotically readable--I absolutely couldn't put it down. The structure is brilliant, and I turned the pages with increasing dread. This book is terrific."
A Head Full of Ghosts (2015)
Paul Tremblay
"A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare."
The Poison Artist (2016)
Jonathan Moore
"An electrifying read... I haven't read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon."
Final Girls (2017)
Riley Sager
"The first great thriller of 2017 is almost here: Final Girls, by Riley Sager. If you liked Gone Girl, you'll like this."
My Absolute Darling (2017)
Gabriel Tallent
"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one."
The Woman in the Window (2018)
A J Finn
"The Woman in the Window is one of those rare books that really is unputdownable. The writing is smooth and often remarkable. The way Finn plays off this totally original story against a background of film noir is both delightful and chilling."
Cari Mora (2019)
Thomas Harris
"I hope with all my heart that [Harris] will write again, and sooner rather than later – novels that bravely and cleverly erase the line between popular fiction and literature are very much to be prized."
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