List of fictional books in the works of Stephen King
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The following is a List of fictional books in the works of Stephen King. This is emphatically not a list of works of fiction by Stephen King, but rather a list of books that appear within his stories, usually written by one of the characters in the story such as the novelist Paul Sheldon's books mentioned in Misery. Since the titles exist only within the context of the story, they are fictional.
This article was created as a spin-off of the overgrown List of fictional books article. There is also a main article on fictional books in general.
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This article was created as a spin-off of the overgrown List of fictional books article. There is also a main article on fictional books in general.
By Bobbie Anderson
Bobbie Anderson is a primary character in the novel The TommyknockersThe Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers is a 1987 horror novel by Stephen King. While maintaining a horror style, the novel is more of 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.In his...
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- Rimfire Christmas
- The Buffalo Soldiers
- Hangtown
- The Long Ride Back
- Massacre Canyon
- Boxing the Compass
By Thaddeus Beaumont (also writing as George Stark)
Thaddeus Beaumont appears or is mentioned in King's novels The Dark HalfThe Dark Half
The Dark Half is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. It was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1993.Stephen King wrote several books under a...
, Needful Things
Needful Things
Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. According to the cover, it is "The Last Castle Rock Story." However, the town later served as the setting for the short story "It Grows on You," published in King's 1993 collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes which, according to...
and Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones is a 1998 novel by Stephen King. It focuses on an author who suffers severe writer's block and delusions at an isolated lake house four years after the death of his wife...
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- The Golden Dog by Thaddeus Beaumont
- Machine's Way by George Stark
- Oxford Blues by George Stark
- Purple Haze by Thaddeus Beaumont
- Riding to Babylon by George Stark
- Sharkmeat Pie by George Stark
- Steel Machine by George Stark
- The Sudden Dancers by Thaddeus Beaumont
By Bill Denbrough
Bill Denbrough is a primary character in the novel ItIt (novel)
It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows the exploits of seven children as they are terrorized by the eponymous inter-dimensional predatory life-form that exploits the fears and phobias of its victims in order to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "It"...
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- The Black Rapids
- The Dark (short story)
- Attic Room (original screenplay)
- An unnamed novel about werewolves
- Joanna (his first novel)
- (The Glowing - Only present in movie adaptation)
By Mike Enslin
Mike Enslin appears in King's short story "14081408 (short story)
"1408" is a novella by Stephen King. It is the second tale in the audiobook collection titled Blood and Smoke, released in 1999. In 2002, it was collected in written form as the twelfth story in King's collection Everything's Eventual...
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- Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Castles
- Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards
- Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses
- Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Hotel Rooms (unfinished)
By Richard Kinnell
Richard Kinnell appears in King's short story "The Road Virus Heads NorthThe Road Virus Heads North
"The Road Virus Heads North" is a short story by Stephen King. This story first appeared in 999, an anthology published in 1999 and edited by Al Sarrantonio. In 2002, it was collected in King's collection Everything's Eventual....
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- The Departing
- Nightmare City
By Scott Landon
Scott Landon is the best-selling horror novelist that appears in Lisey's StoryLisey's Story
Lisey's Story is a novel by Stephen King combining the elements of psychological horror and romance. It was released on October 24, 2006, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2007.-Plot:...
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- Empty Devils
- The Coaster's Daughter (National Book Award winner)
- Relics (Pulitzer winner)
- The Secret Pearl (final novel)
- Outlaw's Honeymoon
By Samuel D. Landry
Sam Landry is one of the main characters of "Umney's Last CaseUmney's Last Case
Umney's Last Case is a short story written by Stephen King and published as a separate booklet as part of Penguin's 60th anniversary...
". He is a noir writer similar to Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter.In 1932, at age forty-five, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in...
who wrote a series of six novels about the 1930s private eye Clyde Umney.
- Scarlet Town (1977)
- Three unnamed sequel novels
- How Like a Fallen Angel (1993)
- Umney's Last Case (1994)
By John Marinville
John Marinville is a primary character in the novels The RegulatorsThe Regulators
The Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the...
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- Delight
- Pat the Kitty-Cat Detective
- Song of the Hammer
By Ben Mears
Ben Mears is the main protagonist of King's novel Salem's Lot.- Conway's Daughter
- Air Dance
- Billy Said Keep Going
- An unknown novel written after the events of Salem's Lot. (destroyed, never published)
By Mike Noonan
Mike Noonan appears in King's novels Lisey's StoryLisey's Story
Lisey's Story is a novel by Stephen King combining the elements of psychological horror and romance. It was released on October 24, 2006, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2007.-Plot:...
and Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones is a 1998 novel by Stephen King. It focuses on an author who suffers severe writer's block and delusions at an isolated lake house four years after the death of his wife...
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- All the Way from the Top
- Being Two
- Darcy's Admirer
- Helen's Promise
- The Red-Shirt Man
- Threatening Behavior
- My Childhood Friend (unfinished and destroyed)
By Morton Rainey
Morton Rainey appears in King's short story "Secret Window, Secret Garden."- The Delacourt Family
- Everybody Drops the Dime (short stories)
- The Organ-Grinder's Boy
By Edward Gray Seville
Edward Gray Seville appears in King's novella The Breathing MethodThe Breathing Method
The Breathing Method is a novella by Stephen King which was released as part of his Different Seasons collection in 1982, and is currently the only story in the collection not to have been made into a movie. It is placed in the section entitled "A Winter's Tale".-Plot:David, the narrator of the...
(subtitled "A Winter's Tale).
- Breakers (1935) by Gray Seville
- These Were Our Brothers (1911) by Gray Seville
By Paul Sheldon
Paul Sheldon appears in King's novel Misery.- Misery
- Misery in France
- Misery's Child
- Misery's Heartbreak
- Misery's Love
- Misery's Challenge
- Misery's Quest
- Misery's Triumph"
- Misery's Dilemma
- Fast Cars (destroyed)
- Misery's Return
By John Shooter
John Shooter appears in King's short story "Secret Window, Secret Garden."- Sowing Season
By Jack Torrance
Jack Torrance is one of three main characters in the novel The ShiningThe Shining (novel)
The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American author Stephen King. The title was inspired by the John Lennon song "Instant Karma!", which contained the line "We all shine on…". It was King's third published novel, and first hardback bestseller, and the success of the book firmly established King...
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- The Little School (unfinished play)
- Concerning the Black Holes (short story)
Miscellaneous
- Ancient Rites, Modern Mysteries (featured in "I Know What You NeedI Know What You Need"I Know What You Need" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the September 1976 issue of Cosmopolitan, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Plot summary:...
") - Salems' Lot, Stephen King (Featured in The Dark Tower Series)
- Charlie the Choo-Choo by Claudia y Inez Bachman and/or Beryl Evans (featured in The Dark Tower seriesThe Dark Tower (series)The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. It describes a "Gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. King...
) - Dance Crazes of the Fifties (featured in "I Know What You NeedI Know What You Need"I Know What You Need" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the September 1976 issue of Cosmopolitan, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Plot summary:...
") - De Vermis MysteriisDe Vermis MysteriisDe Vermis Mysteriis, or Mysteries of the Worm, is a fictional grimoire created by Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos.-Creation:...
(mentioned in "Jerusalem's LotJerusalem's Lot"Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Setting and style:"Jerusalem's Lot" is an epistolary short story set in the fictional town of Preacher's Corners, Maine, in 1850...
") - The Dogan (also known as The Hogan), by Benjamin Slightman Junior (mentioned in Wolves of the CallaWolves of the CallaWolves of the Calla is the fifth book in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. This book continues the story of Roland Deschain, Eddie Dean, Susannah Dean, Jake Chambers, and Oy as they make their way toward the Dark Tower...
) - Haitian Voodoo (featured in "I Know What You NeedI Know What You Need"I Know What You Need" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the September 1976 issue of Cosmopolitan, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Plot summary:...
") - My Name is Susan Snell by Susan Snell (mentioned in CarrieCarrie (novel)Carrie is American author Stephen King's first published novel, released in 1974. It revolves around the eponymous Carrie, a shy high-school girl, who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who tease her...
) - Raising Demons (featured in "Sometimes They Come BackSometimes They Come Back"Sometimes They Come Back" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the March 1974 issue of Cavalier and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Setting:...
") - The Shadow Exploded: Documented Cases and Specific Conclusions Derived from the Case of Carietta White by David R. Congress (mentioned in CarrieCarrie (novel)Carrie is American author Stephen King's first published novel, released in 1974. It revolves around the eponymous Carrie, a shy high-school girl, who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who tease her...
) - Slang Terms Explained: A Parents' Guide by John R. Coombs (mentioned in CarrieCarrie (novel)Carrie is American author Stephen King's first published novel, released in 1974. It revolves around the eponymous Carrie, a shy high-school girl, who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who tease her...
) - Treating the Burn Victim: A Diagnostic Approach, sixteenth edition (mentioned in "14081408 (short story)"1408" is a novella by Stephen King. It is the second tale in the audiobook collection titled Blood and Smoke, released in 1999. In 2002, it was collected in written form as the twelfth story in King's collection Everything's Eventual...
") - Underworld Figures by Reg Thorpe (mentioned in The Ballad of the Flexible BulletThe Ballad of the Flexible BulletThe Ballad of the Flexible Bullet is a novella by Stephen King first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1984 and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew...
) - Willow Grove Knitting Society Series by Tessa Jean (featured in Big DriverBig DriverBig Driver is a novella by Stephen King, published in his collection Full Dark, No Stars .-Synopsis:Tess is a successful cozy mystery writer who appears at a speaking engagement at a library in Chicopee, Massachusetts. After the event, Ramona Norville, a librarian who had invited Tess to the event,...
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