In an interview with time, the prolific author reflected on his ten most monstrously large books. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. What is the longest book in the king james version bible. Louis creed and his family move into the small town of ludlow, where things quickly start to go south. Meet the outsider stephen kings newest novel is almost here. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Ive only found the top 10 list of his longest and i was hoping to find a complete list. His books have sold over 350 million copies since he first published carrie in 1974. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. I know before i even hit the publish button on this post that most people are going to raise their eyebrows. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best looking back over more than 40 years worth of the writers work. I know that, at one time, misery and firestarter were among his shortest. The internet has officially destroyed everyones attention span.
For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. The book explores the aftermath of a gruesome murder of an 11yearold boy, with all evidence pointing towards one of. The problem is that once someone removes duplicates, it can change which edition is listed to the most popular edition, and which is often a shortened version of the. An uncut version was released later with an additional 345 pages included these were pages cut from the book for original release as requested by the publisher. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. King manages to avoid both sentimentalizing the past and treating it with massive condescension.
My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. The two books of kings recount the fate of the monarchy in israel after the death of king david. At 1,142 pages, its one of king s longest books, but many people find themselves reading it in a matter of days. As king is one of americas best and foremost short story writers, this is a matter that bears rectifyingafter all, there are more than 100 stories spread across his 10 collections, and thats a considerable body of work. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. But by some off chance youre a stranger to his writing, weve rounded up 10 of the best, most ghastly horror books written by stephen kinghis greatest hits, if you willin no particular order. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. A definitive ranking of every stephen king novel ever. I figured this because the book has 150 psalms, and the runnerup in chapter count would have been isaiah, with a meager 66 chaptersthats less than half of what psalms has. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. So we dread to think how many people would be able to get through these monsters of prose.
An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. The mainer has a career spanning more than 40 years and dozens of titles, but there are a few. Stephen king discusses his career and new book end of watch, and receives recognition for his work in literacy from librarian of congress carla hayden at the 2016 library of congress book. Stephen kings books are all connected to each other, and its honestly terrifying. I am sure there is a full list out there that orders the longest stephen king novels through the shortest but i havent been able to stumble upon it. This is the longest australian book with 850 000 words, but found its tenth spot in the worlds longest book. Ron hubbard, this longest novel book in fact has little to do with scientologist beliefs, though, like the scientologist mythology, mission earths plot is based on an alien race coming to earth and the chaos that ensues. But however you know him, from the films or his books, there is little doubt that stephen is the king at what he does.
The stand, aside from being one of stephen kings earliest and bestknown works, is absolutely tenacious when it comes to holding down a. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. First king book i ever read and i still come back to it. The first book of kings begins with the elderly king david naming solomon, his son by bathsheba, as king of israel and judah to succeed him. In the king james version the following words appear in every book of the bible a all as be but for hath have he i in is not of that the to unto which with asked in the bible, bible statistics. Most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. If you mean one individual book it is the stand, if you mean a. For those looking to immerse themselves within the literary world of stephen king, we present the essential reading list a guide to the biggest and best books from the multimillion copy selling author of carrie, it and the. King solomon reigned over the united kingdom of israel circa 960 to 922 bc, and built the temple of solomon in jerusalem in the midtenth century bc. The first two chapters of 1 kings complete the story of david, begun in the preceding books of samuel, and tell of the accession of his son solomon. Writing the book took considerable researchking had the initial idea for it way back in 1971but the result is that 112263 is a thrilling alternative history that makes the reader wonder. Mark lawson, guardian a powerful love story mirror one of the strengths of the book is kings at once nostalgic and honest view of the end of the eisenhower era.
King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances. The longest title of a book consists of 11,284 characters, achieved by srijan timilsina nepal in lalitpure, nepal, on 19 february 2014. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by king s office and refers to the american hardcover editions. Hes known for writing gruesome scenes and grotesque villains. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. Many old traditions have been preserved in the books, but they have been reworked by the historian. Stephen kings books are all connected to each other, and. Weve taken a look at the shortest books in the bible, but what about the longest book in the bible if youd asked me about it in sunday school, my answer would have been a quick, confident psalms. Id heard one too many apocalypse stories by the time i read it so it fell a little flat for me. Of course, we dont just love to read kings bookswe also love to reread them, and debate their merits, and compare them to one another.
Srijans book was inaugurated at kathmandu university nepal. Stephen king tends to write long books but the stand is his longest book. If you write a book according to the usual criteria, one person may like it, the other may dislike it, but when you write ten volumes, no one will say that the book is in eight. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. With stephen kings new book revival coming out this month, we asked our readers to vote on their favorite books by the horror master. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. If the calculation is based on the number of verses or the number of chapters or the number of pages, it is correct. Stephen kings 10 scariest books, because sleeping is. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. With well over 50 novels, multiple novellas, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, plus a handful of other releases that defy easy categorization among them, a libretto for a southern gothic musical, stephen king is a literary madman and an insanelyquotable storyteller.
A list of stephen kings novels, organized oldest to newest. Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. On one hand, youre here, reading these words, and only about 25% of you have to slowlymouthoutthewordsasyoureadalong. Each is accompanied by a synopsis directly from the stephen king web presence. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction.
His name might be synonymous with horror, but its not easy to pick out stephen king s scariest books. In this article we will also talk about longest books in the world and how the writers managed to write those books. This, along with 112263 is the best king has written this century. So, with the newest release of one of his novels in movie form, the mist, i present you with the top fifteen of his novels. Take a look at some of the longest novels, size really does matter. At 1,142 pages, its one of kings longest books, but. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. King himself has admitted to being so horrified by pet sematary that, at first, even he hesitated to get it published.
Thank goodness he did though, since the book remains among the best stephen king books for beginners available. A real sense of place and the weirdness ramps up and up. I have books that i started, couldnt get into, laid down. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors in the world, with more than 50 books in print, and more coming out every year. A presentation of just kidding pranks, the coolest just for laughs gags sister show on youtube. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels to date, in fact, with number 52 coming up shortly. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. King s latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. A list of stephen king s novels, organized oldest to newest. We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the worlds longest novel, says.
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