Stephen King is an American author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best-known for such published works as Carrie, The Shining and Misery – all of which have been adapted into successful films. Infact, much of King’s writing has been adapted into other mediums. Besides being a novelist, King has written many short stories and screenplays. Most of King’s works are standalone novels, with a notable exception of (The Dark Tower). He is married to fellow author Tabitha King and father of Joe Hill.

Stephen King’s first true novel was also one of his best known works, Carrie, which was published in 1974. He has been writing ever since. Below is a list of Stephen King’s books in order of when they were originally published:

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Publication Order of Bill Hodges Trilogy Books

Publication Order of The Button Box Books

Gwendy's Button Box (With: Richard T. Chizmar)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gwendy's Magic Feather (By: Richard T. Chizmar)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gwendy's Final Task (With: Richard T. Chizmar)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of The Dark Tower Books

The Gunslinger(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Drawing of the Three(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Waste Lands(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wizard and Glass(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wolves of the Calla(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Song of Susannah(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Tower(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wind Through the Keyhole(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Dark Tower: Beginnings Books

The Gunslinger Born (By: Robin Furth,Peter David)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Road Home (By: Robin Furth,Peter David,Richard Isanove)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Treachery (By: Robin Furth,Peter David,Richard Isanove)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fall of Gilead (By: Robin Furth,Peter David,Richard Isanove)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Battle of Jericho Hill (With: Robin Furth,Peter David)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sailor (By: Robin Furth)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Books

(with Robin Furth, Peter David)

Publication Order of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Books

(with Robin Furth, Peter David)

The Journey Begins(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Sisters of Eluria(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Battle of Tull(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Way Station(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man in Black(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Last Shots(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Green Mile Books

The Two Dead Girls(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mouse on the Mile(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coffey's Hands(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Night Journey(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coffey on the Mile(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Outsider Books

Publication Order of Secretary of Dreams Books

The Secretary of Dreams(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Shining Books

Publication Order of Talisman Books

(with Peter Straub)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Carrie(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
'Salem's Lot(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rage (As: Richard Bachman)(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Stand(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Walk (As: Richard Bachman)(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dead Zone(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Firestarter(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Roadwork (As: Richard Bachman)(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cujo(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Running Man (As: Richard Bachman)(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christine(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pet Sematary(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thinner (As: Richard Bachman)(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Eyes of the Dragon(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Misery(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tommyknockers(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Half(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Needful Things(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gerald's Game(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dolores Claiborne(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Insomnia(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rose Madder(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Desperation(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Regulators (As: Richard Bachman)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bag of Bones(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dreamcatcher(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From a Buick 8(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Colorado Kid(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cell(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lisey's Story(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blaze (As: Richard Bachman)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Duma Key(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Under the Dome(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
11/22/63(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Joyland(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Revival(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleeping Beauties (With: Owen King)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Institute(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Later(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Billy Summers(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fairy Tale(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

One for the Road(1977)
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The Ledge(1977)
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I Am the Doorway(1978)
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Quitters, Inc.(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mangler(1978)
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I Know What You Need(1978)
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The Woman in the Room(1978)
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The Man Who Loved Flowers(1978)
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Night Surf(1978)
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Crouch End(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mist(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Monkey(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Do the Dead Sing?(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Body(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shawshank Redemption(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Uncle Otto's Truck(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Apt Pupil(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cycle of the Werewolf(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silver Bullet(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Breathing Method(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For the Birds(1986)
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The End of the Whole Mess(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trucks(1987)
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The Last Rung on the Ladder(1987)
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The Night Flier(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dolan's Cadillac(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Pretty Pony(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Langoliers(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Library Policeman(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sun Dog(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Secret Window, Secret Garden(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Three Carols(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Children of the Corn(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gray Matter(1993)
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The Man in the Black Suit(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Umney's Last Case(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lawnmower Man(1995)
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Everything's Eventual(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1408(1997)
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Riding the Bullet(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
LT's Theory of Pets(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Autopsy Room Four(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lisey and the Madman(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Things They Left Behind(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stationary Bike(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Road Virus Heads North(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harvey's Dream(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gingerbread Girl(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
UR(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Morality(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1922(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blockade Billy(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mile 81(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Green God of Agony(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Herman Wouk Is Still Alive(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Batman and Robin have an Altercation(2012)
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Throttle (With: Joe Hill)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stephen King's Battleground(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Face in the Crowd (With: Stewart O'Nan)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Big Driver(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In the Tall Grass (With: Joe Hill)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Good Marriage(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Drunken Fireworks(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laurie(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Obits(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Low Men In Yellow Coats (in Hearts in Atlantis)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Elevation(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Squad D(2019)
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Red Screen(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Night Shift(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Different Seasons(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skeleton Crew(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Four Past Midnight(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nightmares and Dreamscapes(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Green Mile(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Six Stories(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hearts in Atlantis(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Graveyard Shift: and Other Stories from Night Shift(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood and Smoke(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Just After Sunset(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
N(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stephen King Goes to the Movies(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In the Deathroom and Lunch at the Gotham Cafรฉ(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Full Dark, No Stars(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Road Rage (With: Joe Hill,Richard Matheson,Chris Ryall)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
If It Bleeds(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
You Like It Darker(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
If It Bleeds is a standalone short story sequel to The Outsider.

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Creepshow(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Talisman: Road of Trials (With: Peter Straub,Tony Shasteen)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Stephen King's Danse Macabre(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Danse Macabre(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (With: Chuck Miller,Tim Underwood)(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (With: Chuck Miller,Tim Underwood)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On Writing(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Faithful(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Guns(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hearts in Suspension(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Transgressions Books

Transgressions (With: Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Transgressions, Vol. 2 (With: Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Transgressions, Vol. 3 (By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,John Farris)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Transgressions, Vol. 4 (By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Plays

Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (With: T. Bone Burnett)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Holly Gibney Books

Publication Order of The Stand: Graphic Novels Books

Captain Trips (With: Mike Perkins,LauraMartin,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Nightmares (With: Mike Perkins,LauraMartin,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hardcases (With: Mike Perkins,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Soul Survivors (With: Mike Perkins,LauraMartin,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Man's Land (With: Mike Perkins,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Night Has Come (With: Mike Perkins,Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of DC Compact Comics Books

Watchmen (By: Dave Gibbons,Alan Moore)(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wonder Woman: Earth One (By: Grant Morrison,Yanick Paquette)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Joker (By: Lee Bermejo,Brian Azzarello)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens (By: Guillem March,Paul Dini)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Catwoman - Trail of the Catwoman (By: Ed Brubaker,Darwyn Cooke)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire 1 (With: Scott Snyder)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Beryl Evans Picture Books

(as Beryl Evans)

Charlie the Choo-Choo(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Legends Books

Legends (With: Anne McCaffrey,Robert Silverberg)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (By: Diana Gabaldon,George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Terry Brooks,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Legends 3 (By: Terry Pratchett,Tad Williams,Robert Jordan,Robert Silverberg,Ursula K. Le Guin)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of American Vampire Books

American Vampire, Vol. 1 (With: Scott Snyder)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire, Vol. 2 (By: Scott Snyder)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire, Vol. 3 (By: Scott Snyder)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire, Vol. 4 (By: Scott Snyder)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire Vol. 5 (By: Scott Snyder)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire, Vol. 6 (By: Scott Snyder)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire, Vol. 7 (By: Scott Snyder)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire Vol. 8 (By: Scott Snyder)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Vampire 1976 (By: Scott Snyder)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Anthologies

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Notes: The novels Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man, Thinner, The Regulators and Blaze were originally written under the pen name of Richard Bachman. The Talisman series is co-authored by Peter Straub. Road Rage is co-authored with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. Throttle and In the Tall Grass are co-authored with Joe Hill. A Face in the Crowd and Faithful are co-authored with Stewart O’Nan. Gwendy’s Button Box was written with Richard T. Chizmar.

Hard Listening is written with fellow Rock Bottom Remainders band members Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow and Amy Tan. Sleeping Beauties was written with Owen King. Flight or Fright is edited with Bev Vincent.

If You Like Stephen King Books, You’ll Love…

Stephen King Synopses: The Shining is the a psychological horror novel about an alcoholic author (Jack Torrance) who moves his family to a hotel in Colorado. Soon afterward, Jack’s son Danny begins to experience supernatural phenomenons. The Shining was famously made into a movie by director Stanley Kubrick in 1980. It starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.

In Misery, author Paul Sheldon finds himself in the middle of a snowstorm while driving through the mountains. When he wakes up, he is in the home of Annie Wilkes – an ex-nurse and avid reader of Sheldon’s work. Annie is able to nurse the injured author back to health, but she begins to show herself as something other than just a good Samaritan. Misery was adapted into a film directed by Rob Reiner and starred James Caan and Kathy Bates.

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17 Responses to “Order of Stephen King Books”

  1. Hollins Williams: 3 weeks ago

    I really enjoyed 11.22.63 – read it once, listened to it once, and will soon reread it again.

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  2. Jennifer Sabatino: 1 year ago

    this is helpful, but what i am really trying to find is a list of all his fiction in order of when they are supposed to happen, not the order that he wrote them. like for instance The Body takes place in 1960 and It starts in 1958, so the Novel It would be before The Body on the list. anyone have a list like that?

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  3. Jody: 3 years ago

    Love seeing a complete listing of Stephen King books. Now I can check off the ones I have read, and start the newer ones. Thanks so much for putting this all together!

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    • Graeme: 3 years ago

      You’re welcome ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for taking the time to say that.

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  4. Rick: 5 years ago

    Also, Awaken and Descendants are missing.

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    • Rick: 5 years ago

      Update: These two books are NOT by the Stephen King listed above. They are super misleading. Both covers just say Stephen King. But they are from an author named Stephen R. King. Pretty shady…

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      • Graeme: 5 years ago

        Hey just wanted to say thanks for doing the follow up comment. Appreciate that and saved me some time ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. Rick: 5 years ago

    What about the Richard Bachman stuff?

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    • Rick: 5 years ago

      Ahhh, I missed the notes. Got it. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. Joseph Butler: 6 years ago

    I just pre ordered Stephen King’s new book “The Institute: A Novel” on Amazon it has a release date of 09/10/19.

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  7. Wendi Gardner: 9 years ago

    what about the cycle of the werewolf?

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    • MikeyMeow: 9 years ago

      It looks like they have it listed under short stories as Silver Bullet. That was the film title, didn’t think it was published as such. At any rate, mine is Cycle of the Werewolf too!

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  8. Cade Campbell: 10 years ago

    Big driver is missing ๐Ÿ˜‚

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    • MikeyMeow: 9 years ago

      Big Driver is listed under the Short Stories category. Thanks, I hadn’t seen it before!

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  9. LMB: 11 years ago

    The Dark Tower series list is missing Book 7 (The Dark Tower VII) – The Dark Tower.

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    • Brandon: 11 years ago

      Thanks for pointing that out!

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  10. Brando: 13 years ago

    I’m reading The Dark Half. The last time I read it was probably 15 years ago and it’s surprising to me just how good it is. It’s so well done, in particular the writing style between chapters to capture the personality of whomever the focus is.

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