EVERY STEPHEN KING NOVEL RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST! (62 NOVELS!)📚 

IT was the first Stephen King book I ever read and pulled me back into being a heavy reader after not picking up a book (for entertainment) in a while. The character work is out of this world and right after I finished I immediately started to binge his other works. Hands down my favorite King novel.

I am so impressed that you read all SK novels. The book Rage was written at a very different time. There were no school shootings that I know of in the 70’s and it was a powerful book for it’s time. Sadly, we are in a different world. My favorites are Per Semetary, Salem’s Lot and the Shining and the Long Walk…. My least favorite was Cell. I just finished Later and really enjoyed it.

Love the content! Found ya a few weeks ago. Love the collection too! Currently binging all the titles and collecting. Thanks for your work!

Very good list! Makes me excited for all the upcoming good reads I have! I've only read about 10 so far - but Duma Key has been my favorite! Excited to read Firestarter and The Dark Half! Thanks again for the excellent review and list! 📚

First of all CONGRATULATIONS!!!! It’s absolutely fascinating that you read all of Stephen Kings novels in just three years, especially some of his novels are insanely long!! I love this list and it makes me want to continue reading Kings books!! My favorite so fat are definitely It, green mile and I really loved Liseys story, but I’m currently reading Salems lot and I love it so far!

Oh man, I've been waiting for this!

Currently trying to binge his books. I never knew how many books he wrote. This video will help me alot ....thanks!

Where do you get your books from? I ordered that version of Firestarter from waterstones but they sent me the old cover with the Girl on it and when I called they said they can't specify covers lol even though the 2 others I brought had the same new cover as your Firestarter

I just got through with reading Revival for the second time and in my opinion, it's one of the best examples of his newest balls to the wall horror, and The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King book I ever read and it holds a special place in my heart.

I was hoping you would do this! Hooray! :-)

Great video, great collection.. i love it!! Keep making awesome content :))

I just finished my first King book, IT, and I loved it, and now I'm struggling to decide which one of his to read next... thank you for making this video, its very helpful! :)

Absolutely Love the list 👍🥇 I remember the video that You’ve posted when You finished the Dark Tower 😊 Like it was yesterday. The Institute was a good read. Was very interested in the story. Also Outsider, Looking forward to get to ‘If it bleeds’. You reminded me about Misery. It is such a good story, couldn’t put it down. I could feel it with every inch of my body. It’s very well written. I Love IT and Under the Dome, one of my favourites. Enjoyed the video a lot! 👍🏆 You’re Fantastic, Harry! Thanks for the video! 🙏

I appreciate the work you put in to make this video!!🙏🙏🙏 I LOVE ranking lists!👌 Stephen King is my fav but I didnt know what else was worth picking up as i have to be selective on my reads.

Niceeee!!! Great video like always! I wish I could say that Ive been here since day one but I think Ive been here for a while ahahaha 🤙🏽and wow 🤩 that firestarter edition!!!!! WOW! I’m speechless 😶

Excellent video! Short, sweet, funny and to the point. Great reviews, love to see how everyone has different opinions. Nice to see some that I haven’t read yet so high up on the list, I look forward to them. Do you have any reviews on Joe Hills books?

great video, wondering where you buy your books from? all the covers are incredible

You got some really cool editions of the books. The covers look amazing!

Where do you buy your Stephen King books? They look so great on the shelf! Especially the rainbow colored ones

very informative, appreciate it :)

Thank you very much. Good content 💯

What a fabulous job you've done! As you said in your introduction, 100 King fans would undoubtedly come up with 100 different lists. But yours is well thought out. Having said that, of course my list is different. I think my top ten (no particular order) would include The Stand, Salem's Lot, Bag of Bones, It, The Shining, Pet Sematary, Needful Things, Desperation, Firestarter, and 11/22/63.

Hey I was wondering what you meant by that scene in IT, I really want to know

I'm currently so undecisive about what to read from him next. I've really enjoyed Misery, Dolores Claiborne and the Shining. But I really want to read some of his really horror intense books for this fall, that are not too long. Besides Pet Cemetery (it's on my tbr) can you please reccomend me one so I can get back into King's books. There are so many I get overwhelmed :D Thank you

Hey, I wanna start Stephen king, do u have any recommendations for me?

Great video, Harry!

what is THAT scene from IT?

I like these kinds of videos. Always gives new perspectives on things. Before I watch though: Are there spoilers?

so, storm of the century is not a novel? i know it's a tv show script but thought it would be considerd among his novels (haven't read it yet)

great video mate...thanks for sharing ...really enjoyed

By the way, did you miss Thr Green Mile from the list? I can't remember you mentioning it in the video

Woah, what language did you pull when you held up Eyes of the Dragon? This list was almost spot on, tho I'd rearrange a few things. I definitely agree with most of your bottom half.

how is the opening line to the gunslinger good at all

I love love LOVE Misery! My favorite King book so far (I’ve only read The Shining, The Outsider, The Stand, and Misery). This book LITERALLY had me reading on the edge of my seat.

Where about would you put Gwendy's Final Task and Fairytale in your list?

Hi Bro have you read holly by Stephen King

Some of those book covers are so good! I’m getting a feeling that I won’t be able to get many of them in the US? Lol especially that shelf of color with matching spines! I’m so intrigued to what books those are and where to get them!

Great long awaited comprehensive list Harry! I rank The Stand higher on my list & Desperation & Insomnia lower. I also love The Dark Half, 11/22/63, Firestarter & Misery

Fire starter and the stand will always be my top favorites ❤️ my mom has been a Stephen king fan since the 80s and both really love reading so the stand and fire starter were the first books she ever let me borrow of hers. Not only are really good books but I have a lot of good memories of bonding with my mom over them.

Thanks for your rating. I have not read as many books by him as you but after watching this one I will coz you got me interested in his works.

19:50 what scene?

Omg I loved this video so much! Really makes me want to get back to reading King! My least favorites were Doctor Sleep and The Long Walk but I see how people love them and meanwhile I’m basic by saying The Stand and Salem’s Lot and Misery are my tops 😅 Love you so much, Harry❤️

I would love to hear your ranking of your favorite novellas and short stories. He really shines there imo

I really really enjoyed this video

I've only Carrie, 'Salem's Lot and The Shining so far, and I'm currently on IT. I'd say my favourite is The Shining. The world-building of the Overlook is great, the horror elements are extremely discomforting, and the character work is unforgettable. I'd even go so far as to say it's the best book I've ever read, besides 1984. That's gonna be a controversial opinion😬 Seriously tho, why don't people talk about that book enough? It's just perfect!!!! Can't wait to experience the rest of King's bibliography.

Well done, Harry! You’re one of youtube’s foremost Stephen King experts! Now that you have read all his books, what will your channel’s ‘thing’ be now? I know you as “the Stephen King guy” 😆

I will say one of the marks of a great book which is longer is you don't realize how long it is. The first time I read The Stand was the abridged version which was still 800+ pages long. The second time was the unabridged version and I was probably even more captivated by it. It probably helped the first time reading The Stand I was in the 8th grade and the second time was just a few years ago). But The Stand is my favorite of King's (and in general, one of my favorite fiction books). You did get me to change my mind on IT though, I can't in good conscious have it quite as high as I did because of THAT scene (come on King, really?).

Its funny how every King's book, hits its readers differently. For example, dreamcatcher,was the first book of him that i read, and even tho ive read most of his books by now, dreamcatcher is still in my top 5,i love it.

Also thank you for the suggestion of reading Desperation before The Regulators. I've tried reading Regulators and it is very intriguing, but I just can't seem to follow along.

14:50 - Long Walk is indeed the first novel that Stephen King ever finished writing, which was in 1967 when he was a freshman in college. He actually started Rage earlier than that when he was a senior in high school but didn't finish writing it until 1971 when he found the partial manuscript it in a box in the cellar of his parents house.

can you do your favorite movies ?

I read Misery and was AMAZED. I am obsessed. I watched The Shining and Silver Bullet to get quick fixes, but I am reading The Shining right now. I plan on reading Doctor Sleep next because of the connection between the two. What order would you suggest I read the novels? These three being in Colorado makes me wonder if I should tackle them by region. However, I am really excited for Gerald’s Game and Dolores Claiborne. For the connection between the two, which should I start with?

19:50 what was that scene hahahaha dude u chached me so up in this vid 😭😭😂 ive seen the movie and were really disapponted in the ending when things began to transform. But what are u talking about hahahahah

Oof, Dreamcatcher was the first King book I ever read so it holds a special place in my heart for that reason, even though objectively it's not the best. But it made me fall in love with his writing style and his characters. My favorite King book is either Misery or The Dead Zone - can never really decide between those two - and my least favorite is The Gunslinger.

Really enjoyed this video. I'm so impressed by anyone who's managed to read all of his books - I've been trying to do it for years but am such a slow reader. I guess I'll always have something new to turn to. My top 5 would probably be Misery, The Running Man, The Dead Zone, The Shining, and (I know it's not a novel but) Apt Pupil. Really hard to choose though.

Really looking forward to the release of Gwendy’s Final Task on the 15th of February!! Currently reading Chizmar’s novel, Gwendy’s Magic Feather. It’s pretty good!!

Just subscribed. Loved your rankings. I have only read It, but I am curious to read: Pet Semetary, The Shining , Misery, Fire Starter, and Carrie.

thank you for this video

I saw Dreamcatcher and Firestarter coming, everything in between was a surprise Thanks for ranking the Dark Half so high !!! As for me : IT is my number 1 King book, I haven't read everything but Sleeping Beauties is my least favorite one for now. Thanks for the video~

Can we get an updated list ASAP with his new book “fairy tale” in it?

great job you're doing

You are hilarious and brilliant!

Currently trying to work my way through the stand and gotta say it's slow at least for me who's only used to reading YA and middle grade 😂

Sooooo happy you ranked Insomnia high enough. It will always be my favorite book for so many reasons. And it hurts when I read Mr. King saying that the book didn't work for him. A masterpiece.

Great video. I would say my 2 favorite are Needful Things and The Talisman. I reread those quite a bit. My underrated one is The Dark Half and my overrated one is 11/22/63. I've only read it once but I found it predictable, didn't care for the characters, and patronizing. Your The Stand is my 11/22/63. I really liked your list and video. Keep up the good work! I've only got 4 King novels left.

Superb as usual! Two comments come to mind. 1. I like following tier lists and rankings about SK. Yours is the only to rank Firestarter as best and it doesn't usually come in the first positions (though not the last either). I haven't read it yet though (now reading my 21st SK, Thinner, after the meh monster Nightmares and Dreamscapes ). 2. I am not a native English speaker (¡español!) and I don't get why you call a love-or-hate book a marmite. Is that a UK thing?? Thanks, my fav SK reviewer!

Very curious what you think of Fairy tale

Loved this video, so interesting to hear how different everyone's book tastes are! Personally, my favourite is Pet Sematary, it's actually my all-time favourite book. My least favourite are Thinner and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (found them both so boring, I can't choose 😬)

i havent seen Skeleton Crew in anyones list. Why?

You did not disappoint with this video, Harry! I love me a Stephen King video! My favorite King book is “It”, but I don’t think I have a least favorite one . . . yet.

I'm new to your channel and posted on your Firestarter video before posting a comment here (even though I watched this first). First of all, I wrote a paper for my bachelor's degree about the Firestarter novel. I agree that this book is full of themes and reference that could rival Shakespeare or Dickens. Such a well written cast of characters, plot, and pacing. My favorite line of yours though is when you said The Regulators was as all over the place as your sexuality. I had to go back several times to hear it again - Brilliant!

Great list! I've watched this video twice. The very first King novel I ever read, and one of my all-time favorites, is The Dark Half. Absolutely LOVED it! My least favorite thus far is Lisey's Story.

I love how subjective King’s work is! Some of my favorites were really low and some of the ones I hated were really high. Good video and I applaud the dedication of ready every book the man has written!

Hope somedeay can read all of the king books, started this year. Good luck from Portugal, keep with your work mate

Was looking foward to this video! You are not alone with your opinion of The Stand, the first half was spectacular but after that it gets kind of messy and the ending was awful.

Hey there! I subscribe to you and love your reviews. Also you are adorable and very insightful. I really appreciate your thoughts and reviews though I don't always agree with all. LOL I am 62, a young 62, so I was in my teens when King started with Carrie. I read a lot back then but stopped for some reason. Now I am buying all Stephen King books again. First I read Salem's Lot, one of my all time favorites. After all these years I still remembered the scenes that creeped me out the most. Then I read Billy Summers and agree it was a WOW book showing how great he still is. Then I read Mr. Mercedes and found it a bit slow at first but then the last 2/3 were amazing. I am trying to read all the books with Holly in them before reading Holly. I have 15 more I have bought. Some I will be rereading and there are newer ones I have not read yet like The Institute. I got Christine and Needful Things. Loved them back in the day and can't wait to reread them. The only thing I really disagree on is Dreamcatcher. That is one of my fave King books. Sorry for the length but would you like me to share my thoughts as I read each book and we can compare our thoughts. I already have 5 more in my Amazon cart including Pet Cemetery and The Dark Half and your fave Dreamcatcher LOL I look forward to reading more Later King like Duma Key, Bag of Bones and Lisey's Story. Hope all is well and hope to hear from you. Barry

Great video Harry! I'm so glad you put the Dark Half so high! Its' in my top 3 books! It is so under rated. I was genuinely spooked when I read it. Also, I'm glad when I saw you put Dreamcatcher as your least favourite book as it's not just me then! I tried to read it twice and both times only got halfway through it. I will get around to it eventually! But I have way too many of his bibliography to read first. Firestarter is next on my list. Keep up the good work Harry. :)

It's amazing that your able to read and digest that much material that quickly. That said, I feel bad you read Regulators before Desperation. It still wasn't fantastic (either, really) but it had some crossover themes. I could go on about my own favorites. I Love the Dark Tower series and its threads through most his work. Shining and Dr. Sleep my favorite 2 all and all

I have only read about half of his novels so far but Dreamcatcher is my least favorite and Wizard and Glass is actually my favorite. If you look at it like a speed bump in the Dark Tower plot, I understand how you might not like it. But Roland's backstory is so tragic and it really helps you to see his character more clearly. Without the backstory there is no heart to the series. Also, I dated a woman with the last name Delgado when I was younger and it ended somewhat tragically so it made me really identify with his character more. You might find that you like it more when you are a bit older. Not meaning to sound condescending at all but I think viewing a coming of age story is more impactful when you have some gray in your whiskers and have been through real hardship. Maybe it's just me.

Great video!!! Got an idea of what to read next --> MISERY…. Opinions are interesting. A guy in another video had Misery ranked at 59 LOL

Great video Harry! I just finished Firestarter last night and loved it! even though I didn't love the pacing, I absolutely loved Andy and Charlie's relationship. What a heartbreaking and amazing ending. I'd probably say its on par with the shining for me Not including the Novellas Ive read Id rank them like this: 1. It (Fantastic book, almost perfect but THAT SCENE, and that shitty ending bring it down a bit) 9/10⭐ 2. Misery (A thrill ride all the way through, shows how good of a writer King is) 9/10⭐ 3.The Shining (Great book, Im very glad that it was my first) 8.5/10⭐ 4. Firestarter (didn't love the pacing, but I adore Andy and Charlie) 8.5⭐ 5. The Long Walk (Unbelievably Bleak, loved the ending, but damn King was a very horny teen lol) 8/10⭐ 6. Billy Summers (Loved the first third, felt like the next 2/3 fell off of the wagon a bit, but loved Billy's Writing) 7.5⭐ 7. Later (Didn't feel like it was anything too special, but masterful anyway) 7/10⭐ 8. Carrie (didn't love most of it, but the I loved the newspaper format, and One of the best King Endings) 6/10⭐ 9.The Colorado Kid (interesting Concept and by no means bad, but not good either) 5/10⭐ Still searching for that 10/10 book

I need a time stamp:(

Excellent video. I agreed with way more of it than I thought I would. I really need to read Firestarter now.

Your ranking of Wizard and Glass is the only thing I have trouble comprehending. It had arguably the best (well, tragic, really) ending of any of his novels and read like a sweet fantasy fairy tale. Loved it so much.

I love all the standard classics….Shining, It, Pet Semetary, Stand, Salem’s…plus the newer 11/22/63, Institute, Outsider. But it’s the hidden gems that I really appreciate…Desperation, Needful Things, Tommyknockers…. I’m still only about 2/3 of the way through his body of work. Have you read them all? Haven’t really read a clunker yet

I don't know if anyone have said it already, but I love the crow/raven display at the bookshelf. Reminds me of Kafka on the Shore.

Thanks for the video! I too appreciate 11/22/63 and Duma Key. I am don't know why they are not talked about much. I loved hearing your opinions on all of these books.

I haven't made it very far through King's books yet but of what I've ready I remember really enjoying The Dark Half and Misery

I’ve read the shining, IT, the long walk, and I’m on the wastelands for the dark tower series. I can’t wait to read more of king

Fantastic countdown list dude! We share a lot of the same opinions! I had dreamcatcher and cell in my bottom also, and wow, Duma Key - WHY DOESNT THIS GET MORE RECOGNITION?!

I started drinking a shot every time you said "really really." I blacked out somewhere around The Regulators.

"this book is even more over than place than my sexuality" me fuckin too mate

Where was Hearts In Atlantis? Did I miss it?

I haven’t read very much Stephen King, but I love a lot of his writing. I absolutely HATED IT(probably because I read it when I was ten) but my current favorite is If It Bleeds, even though it’s short stories. I just really loved all of the character development (specifically the main story). Holly was a great character and I definitely recommend.

Suprised to see Revival so low, but I guess thats why they are subjective lists and everyones is completely different. That book shook me to my core and stuck with me for months afterwards. My absolute favourite is The Dead Zone, which is maybe the most heartbreaking book I have ever read. My least favourite is The Talisman, I literally cannot get through that one, and I usually love King's fantasy work.

Sat here waiting to see where The Outsider lands because its my favourite King book

Favorite Stephen King book? Either Dolores Claiborne, Later or elevation. Least favorite? Revival or the Colorado Kid. Love the video Thanks Harry!!!❤

This will be a long comment, heads up lol I was with you up until Roadwork lol but I COMPLETELY understand. Also, I love Revival, but I get it. Completely agree with you on Wolves of the Calla. I hated Elevation lol Wizard and Glass is so hit or miss for DT fans, I loved it. Song of Susannah is criminally underrated. Cujo has a surprisingly bad rating on GR lol. Oh lord, Tommyknockers, everyone gets one mulligan bad opinion 😂 Finders Keepers is definitely the best Bill Hodges book. You were a lot more lenient with The Stand than I was haha, I put it much lower. Love to see The Dead Zone in your top 20! WHOAAA Dark Tower 7 so low?!?! Your tastes did change! And yes, you beat me to the punch, dark tower book at 19, chef's kiss. Also, glad to see DT 2 and 3 so high. DUMA KEY is incredible! I do love how diverse your top 10 is, even though a lot of them I think are slightly overrated. Love to see the Dark Half so high up! very underrated! Misery is also my second favorite king book. And of course, Firestarter lol Great video as always, Harry! Very well done.

It's great to see The Institute in the top 10. I loved that book! A lot of people thought it was just 'okay' and I definitely had some small issues with it, but still a great book!