Ranking Every Stephen King Book (Updated) 

11/22/63 is simply the greatest King book this side of the year 2000 and by a long way too. It's a underrated masterpiece that in my opinion can rival anything else he has written ... ever. All entertainment is subjective of course, so there is no right and wrong way to feel, it's how each individual reacts to what they find entertaining.

This has to be the most upside down ranking video of Stephen king books I have ever seen! AND I absolutely love it hahaha! I appreciate somehow who has a differing opinion on art. How you enjoy something is entirely subjective and love that you have no qualms whatsoever to feel how you feel. Honestly, when I rank his books it’s very hard to NOT be swayed by how I know “the general consensus” feels. I try to really see how I enjoyed it or not. I will say I have some hot takes too on some of his classics! But, other classics of his I absolutely love. I always love seeing how differently everyone ranks his works. Awesome video! Cheers

always cool to see these lists with different perspectives and many surprises. its always nice to hear people appreciate Eyes of The Dragon i also find it to be underrated and fun to read through. also i really dig the hoodie you have.

That’s a good point about Cujo, once you get into Stephen King you start to love his set ups and learning about characters before the action/horror

Great video, thank you so much for making it! I always love seeing these ranked lists and comparing and contrasting them to one another. It’s nice that not everyone has the same opinions as one another, makes him a lot more interesting. I’m currently pretty new to Stephen King, as I’m only on my third book Pet Sematary, but I’m looking forward to diving deeper into his works! So far the ones I’ve completed are Carrie and Salem’s Lot, both of which I absolutely loved!

Great video. I am about to start rereading Stephen King's novels but wanted to mix it up from the chronological order. So I have hit on the idea of reading your top 10 first, starting with The Dead Zone which I love.

Great video! It's refreshing to see a different point of view on King's work.

The uncut version of The Stand is very unwieldy, but it has a late 80's / early 90's energy that crackles. Every scene with Randall Flagg is iconic and brilliantly written. Easily some of his most terrifying prose ever in his entire canon of work.

Love the hoodie! Now *THAT'S* my kind of camouflage.

This is such an excellent video. I must have missed Lisey's Story but I was for some reason expecting it to be number one lol. You really know your King!

Omg i agree with most of your rankings and this is an excellent guide for me when picking out my next King book!❤ Thank you!

I loved The Dark Tower 7 so much! I think I liked it more than most people. I can understand the feeling of some anticlimaxes, for example a certain character is pursuing the ka-tet for the entire book and then the actual battle between them is quite rushed. The very ending is so great and such a bonkers twist ending! Left my jaw on the floor! I'm rereading The Gunslinger right now, and you're right, its like a different book on reread! Its so much better and it's just amazing the amount of foreshadowing that goes into the entire series. Glad to see The Long Walk a lot lower on the list, I'm not a big fan at all. Although I don't agree, I love your love for The Regulators! It's kind of growing on me a bit. Super glad to see Desperation and Wolves of the Calla a bit higher. Extremely happy to see Revival and Needful Things boosted into your top 10, fuck yes!!!!!

Love this! Currently reading Desperation which is my 18th SK read. Love deciding what to choose next. Thanks for helping me decide, Constant Reader ☺️

I just made a list of every Stephen King book and plan on reading them in order. Cool video and love your collection.

I’ve only read 2 of the 4 stories in Different Seasons, I love watching these rankings from you and others, because every book hits someone different. It’s a great list. Have a good one!

Nice shirt 🎉 It's definitely interesting to see the differences of opinion for King's work.

Duma Key is one of my favorites. If I did a list, it would definitely be in the top ten. Also, ‘The Dead Zone’ was the first Stephen King book I ever read. I was in the fourth grade. I ended up reading it three times back to back. Loved it. Misery was the second book I read of his and that is my favorite.

Lot of hot takes in there, ayuh! Lol, good video

I disagree on many points, but I still respect your opinion and your list

in each and every one of the stephen king ranking videos i’ve watched, i always skip to the top ten. everyone’s is different, it’s awesome!

Great video. I haven't read many Stephen King novels, but out of the ones I've read so far 'IT' and 'Pet Semetary' are my favourites, and I really did not like 'Christine.' However, I totally get that everybody has different opinions and so I'm not going to bash you for your opinions 😂. I also think it's great how you remain respectful to the people who are bashing your opinions. Nice work :).

It's always so fascinating to me how diverse opinions can be regarding King. Personally I had a blast reading Fairy Tale but Pet Sematary was so boring I wanted to chuck it out the window.

Very brave and honest list ❤

duma key being no. 6 - SO FUKING HAPPY! it's such an underrated book. i was waiting throughout for it cuz it tends to be so low on other people's lists. was actually praying you didn't completely miss it when it got to the top 10.

Where did you get that AWESOME shirt/sweater? I'd really like to get one!!!

Revival is all-time favorite. Love it so much!

As an ambitious, eager reader at a young age (elementary), I remember countless times picking up my dad’s SK novels, and trying to read them for about 10 pages. The Tommy Knockers, Green Mile, and Gerald’s Game at the least. As I got older, I heard rumblings from my uncles about the greatness of the Dark Tower cycle, and was intrigued by the hints of titanic buildings, and grand narratives. At 17, I conducted some research, and picked-up the same edition of The Stand as you have, with plans to read the first DT afterwards. I loved it, but after about 250ish pages, I got distracted by life, school, loves and despairs. It’s sat on my shelf for 6 or so years, mark still on the same page where I left-off. Just recently, my buddy read Carrie, and gave me his new, battered copy to read, unasked. I sped through it in less than a week, and the hunger’s awakened in me again. First I gotta finish Children of Dune, but I really wanna tackle The Stand again. But god, is the prospect of starting over painful. I wonder if I should just spark-notes the first chunk like I’m back in high-school, writing an essay the night before a due date.

That jacket is awesome my cousin got me a blanket with the same design for Christmas

Always interested to hear what other people think of The Institute as it is one of my favorite modern King books, and definitely agree. The start is really well done and they set up a really engrossing character, then the switch is a little jarring. I did keep wondering when it would switch back. Personally loved the overall dread and tension that came with following the escape, and found The Institute as a whole deeply interesting in terms of its purpose. Can agree that parts of the ending got a little confusing but overall really loved it. Think it would honestly work pretty great as a TV series or something, cutting back to that initial main character more often as well as some of the other POVs. On an unrelated note, that hoodie is amazing and I want one lol.

LOVE THE HOODIE !!

Ahhh Duma Key. I remember being 16yo and reading it while on summer vacation in Brazil with my dad. Beautiful memories

I've read nearly every King book twice, but do you read other books by other authors?

Salems Lot, The Shining and Firestarter are all really good, spooky, suspenseful books, and my favorite Stephen King books. I want to read The Stand and The Running Man.

Great Misery representation!! That book is spectacular!

Wow i like your hoodie

Hahaha.. My God! This is the most insane and unique ranking list of King books I've ever seen Definitely wasn't expecting those well known and highly recommended almost similar top 10 books from others slipping here over 30th positions 😂 I appreciate your liking and this list.... Great Job! You earned a subscriber 💯

Nice list 📚 The best The Shining The Worst Elevation . Just started reading Fairy Tale

I really recommend grover gardners audiobook reading of the stand (if you haven't already) he makes the characters jump off the page. Its only audiobook ive ever listened too that i was glued to every page. And a lot of it was his narrating.

Where did you get your Stephen King top from I really want one

Totally agree with you on the institute. The first half was great but fizzled towards the end and the ending was very strange, even for King.

Very interesting take on Roadwork. I’ve never seen it that praised before. Not mad at it lol. I found it to be solid, but certainly not a favorite. Cheers

Where did You get that shirt/pullover????

Also TOTALLY with you on Mr. Mercedes. You described it almost word for word how I described it to my friend the other day. The only King book that's all plot no character which is the opposite of what I like him for usually

Wonderful

My favorite King is Bag of Bones (I'm not sure you mentioned it here, unless I missed it?). Least favorite so far is probably Duma Key. I LOVED the last 150 pages or so, but the middle of it dragged on for so long that I almost didn't get to it. I just started Needful Things yesterday!

I'm a little late to this video but I was so happy to see Duma Key getting the love it deserves! My 2nd favorite King book of all time and SO underrated.

Salem’s Lot is definitely even better than you think it is. An utter masterpiece.

This has got to be one of the most unusual Stephen King ranking video. Usually most people list are relatively similar, this one threw me so many curve balls.

Wow what a cool video

Where'd ya get the shirt?

While I didn't enjoy every page of Danse Macabre I still found it to be a fresh experience after reading tons of fiction. It goes without saying, but Stephen King certaintly knows his stuff. One aspect of the book that sticks with me three years later is its humor; King has some hilarious lines, my favorite being: "...history may record that dramatic television finally gave up the ghost and slid down the tubes with a hearty cry of 'Na-noo, na-noo!'"

My first book by Stephen king that I read was full dark no stars I really enjoyed big driver story

I appreciate you showing Tom Gordon some love, I’ve always thought it was far better than most people count it for (I often see it placed in his bottom 5)

I found 11.22.63 excellent. Actually I had stopped reading King for many years, until I read this one. The TV adaptation was really bad

Where's that awesome hoodie from? 😍

I have never read any of the Dark Tower series. My sister recommended it to me many times. It seems like there are too many books to have to know how to read in order, that I’m already lost. I’d love a “read in order” Dark Tower list.

This was refreshing and different. I like the Wedding Gig more than the JFK book. Misery is my favorite followed by Apt Pupil at 2 and the Pet Cem issue I had was he would over explain every single little trivial detail every time he climbed to the cemetery that I had to skip pages. He just fleshed everything out way too much where it became a chore to finish even though I did like it.

YOU HAVE GOT TO READ BUG BUNNY AND THE CARROT MACHINE. IT STARTS BY TAKING YOU BY SURPRISE SO GRIPPING IN JUST PULLS YOU THROUGH TO A VERY SURPRISING ENDING!

So i now officially beleive that no one who has done one of these lists has ever read a stephen king book or does not understand them. This is truly sad

appreciate the steely dan record in the back

The Institute is great on audio book!

Kinda agree with most of your rankings but The Stand?!?!… it was magnificent dude! Cmon really?!

Wow! The Dead Zone is my favourite also. The best wrap up of any King I’ve read as some leave me non plussed but the journey to the destination more than makes up for any flat endings. Still have plenty more King novels to read tho. I’ve just started on the Dark Tower series having just finished The Drawing of the Three which I thoroughly enjoyed and was so pleased to see it also was very special to you. I’m so looking forward to completing this journey. A lot of people will argue against but King is so the best author ever, mainly because he can do it all, basically cover so many genres and do so with amazing aplomb. I’m gonna have to re-read a part in Drawing of the 3 as I have a question, but will see if you might clear it up having read it 3! times. Question: Eddie with Roland inside him are delivered to Balazars office. Balazar is wondering what happened to the H as Eddie was shaken down by airport custom agents. Cutting to the quick Eddie promises Balazar he will get half the H after using his office privy and then get the other half once he sees that his brother Henry is alright. So as you know when Roland and Eddie come back with the first half of the H they end up shooting every one before one of Balazar’s goons come in with Henry head. They make short work of this goon. So my question is if they didn’t have to get the other half of the H why did Eddie have to go cold turkey when he and Roland returned to the beach? Cheers mate I know you can clear this up, no rush tho and if I work it out in the meantime I will let you know, I’m sure the I’ve misread it tho. 😎

I loved The Dead Zone! Excellent movie too!

How have I not heard about a lot of these books! Lol

Agree about Blackhouse. Not great, but the ending almost redeems it with finding the children at the Big Combination . The dark tower connections made it worth it for me. Did love Talisman though!

Are u sure u are a King fan? You say negative things about every book it seems. If not for the title and obvious effort you put in to make this video (and of course the sweatshirt) it doesn’t seem like King is for you. Maybe you should just rank your top 25. Didn’t believe your fan status until that point on your list.

I'm waitinggggggg..............

Full agreement with Insomnia and The Stand. Both are such tedious slogs to get through and I don’t understand the hype when he’s written so many (subjectively) better works.

Dude Pet Sematary overrated? Yeesh… I realize this is purely subjective but I don’t think you’ll find many, if any who agree. Otherwise I’m OK with your list.

I really enjoy the fact you didn't put the stand or the shining super high on your list because they also aren't near my favorites by a wide margin and I always feel like an outsider when I see everyone rave about them.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was my first King experience also. I've loved him ever since I read it in elementary school. My favorite is Duma Key by far. I read it at like 17 when it first came out, and nothing has ever topped it. Ugh Full Dark No Stars was simultaneously horrible and wonderful.

So in other words, don’t rush to reread any of these 😂 jk. As someone who’s only read about 20-25 of his books, I love this list! I myself would have under the dome higher, but you having the stand and It where you have them I love! 2 books with such praise that I just struggled to finish! Well done list!

I'm about to finish The Outsider. I'd say I liked it a lot. The main issue I have is that Stephen makes characters ramble SO MUCH. Idk if that's something he does in all his books

I read the Dead Zone in HS, and it is a great read. Not only was the book great, but Martin Sheen and Christopher Walken were perfectly cast.

Finally someone showing some love for Roadwork ! I never understood the hate for this book. It's just heartbreaking and crazy good written you can feel Barton state of mind and this novel is unfortunately still relevant to this day.

The craziest thing to me about Mr. Mercedes is just how much better the tv series is. That might be the case for the entire trilogy actually but especially the first season. It adds new characters and depth to each and every cast member (maybe besides Jerome where they only take away from him, which is still for the better iykyk). It feels like the tv series, which was co-written by Dennis Lehane btw, was a much needed second draft to a book that got published much too early.

11/22/63.....top 5 maybe 3. Agree with The Stand. Love your list!

I was quite surprised that I enjoyed christine and bag of bones

Most of Stephen King books are canon within their own universe so it's hard to rank without deciding another should be in a different spot or number one.

I agree with you on a lot, but I also haven’t read nearly his whole catalogue… King tends to ramble on. I don’t need details on every little detail in the scene he’s creating to imagine his story. Too many details that tend to drag the stories down.

Cujo over Salems Lot ????

I do agree with you about Song of Susannah. And totally disagree about The Talisman and 11/22/63 :)

Had to bow out at 57. This man is clearly insane.

IT is way too down on the list, but I still appreciate your work a lot

By book 30, you had already counted down my top 5

I tend to enjoy Bachman more than King himself. It shows the talent he has to write in different styles as the same person. Amazing!

Did I miss The Mist?

Roadwork so high? Great choice! Most critics are not brave enough to rank a bachman book so high.

11/22/63 and the stand being so low reminds me that everyone is entitled to opinions… even wrong ones.

I respect your opinions…. But the stand ranked low blew my mind lol and later is one of my least favourites. Cool list even though we disagree

Where is Bag of Bones? Did I miss that?

I dont like sleeping beauties

I don’t get the hate for Lisey’s Story unless the reader has never been in a serious, long-term relationship and/or never experienced childhood trauma. I thought it was incredible.

You keep getting the Bachmann books backwards. Blaze and Roadwork 🤮

I hate that patience is a virtue

Very unique list to say the least haha! I get surprised every time Rage is not last place by a mile on these lists. Not even in like a ""problematic"" way or anything, I just think it reads like it was written by an annoying 14 year old. With you on Insomnia, also think it's overrated and too weird and I *love* The Dark Tower stuff usually.

Wow what a list.

"On Writing" is what it's supposed to be.

My top 10: It, Salem's Lot, Under the Dome, Duma Key, Pet Sematary, Revival, Needful Things, Cujo,The Shining, The Outsider My bottom 5: Lisey's Story (my least favorite), Elevation, Doctor Sleep, Christine, Black House