Author: King, Stephen

Books

Carrie (0)

The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom.

Firestarter (0)

The story of Andrew and Charlie McGee, a father-adaughter pair on the run from a government agency known as The Shop.

Insomnia (0)

It follows retired widower Ralph Roberts whose increasing insomnia allows him to perceive auras and other hidden things, leading him to join a conflict between the forces of the Purpose and the Random.

It (1)

The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey.

Misery (0)

The novel's narrative is based on the relationship of its two main characters – the romance novelist Paul Sheldon and his deranged self-proclaimed number one fan Annie Wilkes.

Needful Things (1)

The story focuses on a shop that sells collectibles and antiques, managed by Leland Gaunt, a new arrival to the town of Castle Rock, Maine, the setting of many King stories. Gaunt often asks customers to perform a prank or mysterious deed in exchange for the item they are drawn to.

Pet Sematery (0)

Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed, who, after relocating with his wife Rachel and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family's new home.

Salem's Lot (1)

The story of a small American town being overtaken by vampires, and a brave band of people who come together to fight an ancient evil.

The Dead Zone (0)

The story follows Johnny Smith, who awakens from a coma of nearly five years and, apparently as a result of brain damage, now experiences clairvoyant and precognitive visions triggered by touch.

The Mangler (0)

A series of gruesome accidents leads an officer to believe that a laundry machine is possessed by a bloodthirsty demon.

The Shining (0)

The story of Jack, Wendy, and Danny Torrance during an isolated winter in which Jack becomes the caretaker of Colorado's Overlook Hotel. It deals with themes of parenthood, isolation, addiction, and the bonds of family.

The Stand (0)

The plot centers on a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which the few surviving humans gather into factions that are each led by a personification of either good or evil and seem fated to clash with each other.

The Tommyknockers (0)

While maintaining a horror style, the novel is an excursion into the realm of science fiction for King, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods.