Stephen King Project

Stephen King Project
I wanted an extra incentive to get myself out walking each day, so I started a subscription to Audible.com to listen to audiobooks while walking. I figured if I only listened to a good story while walking, then that would get me out walking to listen to the rest of it. Around the same time I made that decision, I had remembered reading a Rolling Stone Interview with Stephen King where he talked about his life and works. I had read a few of King’s books when I was in high school, but I decided his stories were becoming repetitive and gave up on his collection long ago. I decided to give him another shot by listening to his works in order they were published. I even plan on rereading the books that I read long ago to see what I think of them now. Finally, since there loves to be adaptations of King’s works, I’ll check out what I can.

If you want to follow along, here are my social media links:

Carrie
Salem's Lot
The Shining
Rage
  • Book (September 1977, 211 pages) as Richard Bachman
Night Shift
The Stand
The Long Walk
Dead Zone
  • Book (July 1979, 384 pages) as Richard Bachman
  • Movie (TBD)
Firestarter
Road Work
Cujo
The Running Man
  • Book (September 1980, 426 pages)
  • Movie (1984)
  • Movie (TBD)
  • Book (March 1981, 247 pages) as Richard Bachman
  • Book (September 1981, 309 pages)
  • Movie (1983)
  • Book (May 1982, 317 pages) as Richard Bachman
  • Movie (1987)
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Different Seasons
Christine
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
  • Book (June 1982, Revised 2003, 224 pages)
  • Comic (25 issues, 2010-2012)
  • Story Collection (August 1982, 527 pages)
  • Stand By Me (1986) – based on “The Body”
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – based on “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”
  • Apt Pupil (1998)
  • Book (April 1983, 526 pages)
  • Movie (1983)
  • Book (November 1983, 127 pages)
  • Silver Bullet (1985)
Pet Sematary
The Talisman
Thinner
Skeleton Crew
  • Book (November 1983, 374 pages)
  • Movie (1989)
  • Movie (2019)
  • Book (November 1984, 646 pages) with Peter Straub, part of Jack Sawyer Trilogy
  • Comic (6 issues, 2009 – 2010)
  • Movie (TBD)
  • Book (November 1984, 309 pages)
  • Movie (1996)
  • Story Collection (June 1985, 512 pages)
  • Movies
    • Creepshow 2 (1987) – based on “The Raft”
    • The Mist (2007)
    • Mercy (2014) – based on “Gramma”
    • Jaunt (TBD)
  • TV
    • Episode: “Word Processor of the Gods” on Tales from the Darkside (1984)
    • Episode: “Gramma” on The New Twilight Zone (1986)
    • Series: The Mist (2017)
It
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
Misery
  • Book (September 1986, 1138 pages)
  • TV Miniseries (1990)
  • It (2017)
  • It: Chapter Two (2019)
  • Book (February 1987, 326 pages)
  • Book (May 1987, 400 pages)
  • Comic (25 issues, 2014-2017)
  • Book (June 1987, 320 pages)
  • Movie (1990)
The Tommyknockers
The Dark Half
Four Past Midnight
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
  • Book (November 1987, 558 pages)
  • TV Miniseries (1993)
  • Movie (TBD)
  • Book (October 1989, 431 pages)
  • Movie (1993)
  • Story Collection (September 1990, 763 pages)
  • TV Miniseries: The Langoliers (1995)
  • Movie: Secret Window (2004)
  • Book (August 1991, 512 pages)
Needful Things
Gerald's Game
Dolores Claiborne
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
  • Book (October 1991, 690 pages)
  • Movie (1993)
  • Book (May 1992, 332 pages)
  • Movie (2017)
  • Book (November 1992, 305 pages)
  • Movie (1995)
  • Story Collection (September 1993, 816 pages)
  • TV Series (2006) – includes “You Know They Got a Hell of a Band,” “Crouch End,” “The End of the Whole Mess,” “The Fifth Quarter,” “Umney’s Last Case”
  • Movies
    • The Night Flier (1997)
    • Quicksilver Highway (1997) – based on “Chattery Teeth”
    • Dolan’s Cadillac (2009)
    • The Doctor’s Case (2018)
    • The Doctor’s Case (2019)
    • Suffer the Little Children (TBD)
  • TV Episodes
    • “Sorry, Right Number” on Tales from the Darkside (1987)
    • “The Moving Finger” on Monsters (1991)
Insomnia
Rose Madder
The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls
The Green Mile, Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile
The Green Mile, Part 3: Coffey's Hands
The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
The Green Mile, Part 5: Night Journey
The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile
  • Book (September 1994, 727 pages)
  • Book (June 1995, 420 pages)
  • Serial Novel (March – August 1996)
  • Movie (1999)
The Regulators
Desperation
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Bag of Bones
  • Book (September 1996, 480 pages) as Richard Bachman
  • Book (September 1996, 704 pages)
  • TV Movie (2006)
  • Book (November 1997, 787 pages)
  • Comic (30 issues, 2007-2010)
  • Book (September 1998, 529 pages)
  • TV Miniseries (2011)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Hearts in Atlantis
Dreamcatcher
Black House
  • Book (April 1999, 224 pages)
  • Book (September 1999, 528 pages)
  • Movie (2001)
  • Book (March 2001, 620 pages)
  • Movie (2003)
  • Book (September 2001, 625 pages) with Peter Straub, part of Jack Sawyer Trilogy
Everything's Eventual
From a Buick 8
Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
  • Story Collection (March 2002, 242 pages)
  • Movies
    • Riding the Bullet (2004)
    • 1408 (2007)
    • Everything’s Eventual (2009)
  • TV Episodes
    • “The Road Virus Heads North” on Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
    • “Autopsy Room Four” on Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
  • Book (September 2002, 368 pages)
  • Movie (TBD)
  • Book (November 2003, 714 pages)
  • Book (June 2004, 432 pages)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
The Colorado Kid
Cell
Lisey's Story
  • Book (September 2004, 845 pages)
  • Movie (2017)
  • Book (October 2005, 184 pages)
  • Movie (2017)
  • Book (January 2006, 350 pages)
  • Movie (2016)
  • Book (October 2006, 528 pages)
Blaze
Duma Key
Just After Sunset
Under the Dome
  • Book (June 2007, 304 pages)
  • Book (January 2008, 611 pages)
  • Story Collection (November 2008, 367 pages)
  • Movies
    • Willa (2012)
    • The Gingerbread Girl (TBD)
  • Book (November 2008, 1074 pages)
  • TV Series (2013-2015)
Full Dark, No Stars
11/22/63
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
In the Tall Grass
  • Story Collection (November 2010, 368 pages)
  • TV Movie: Big Driver (2014)
  • Movie: 
    • A Good Marriage (2014)
    • 1922 (2017)
  • Book (November 2011, 849 pages)
  • TV Series (2017)
  • Book (February 2012, 336 pages)
  • Short Story (June-August 2012, 62 pages) with Joe Hill
  • Movie (2019)
A Face in the Crowd
Joyland
Doctor Sleep
Mr. Mercedes
  • Short Story (August 2012, 50 pages) with Stewart O’Nan
  • Book (June 2013, 288 pages)
  • Book (September 2013, 531 pages) sequel to The Shining
  • Movie (2019)
  • Book (June 2014, 436 pages) part of Bill Hodges Trilogy
  • TV Series (2017 – present)
Revival
Finders Keepers
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
End of Watch
  • Book (November 2014, 205 pages) 
  • Book (June 2015, 434 pages) part of the Bill Hodges Trilogy
  • Story Collection (November 2015, 495 pages) 
  • TV Series: The Bone Church (TBD)
  • Book (June 2016, 496 pages) part of Bill Hodges Trilogy
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard T. Chizmar
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
The Outsider
Elevation by Stephen King
  • Book (May 2017, 175 pages) with Richard T. Chizmar
  • Book (September 2017, 720 pages) with Owen King
  • Book (May 2018, 561 pages) 
  • TV Series (2020)
  • Book (October 2018, 146 pages) 
The Institute by Stephen King
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
  • Book (September 2019, 561 pages) 
  • Book (April 2020, 447 pages)
14 Comments
  1. Chris King

    Gulp …that is a huge commitment,enjoy.

  2. velveetahead

    I really had no idea how big it was until I started making this list. I wonder how long it will take me!

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