The Stephen King / Richard Bachman Challenge

The Stephen King / Richard Bachman Challenge
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The object of this perpetual challenge is to read EVERY SINGLE book by Stephen King or his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. A complete list can be found here. If you have trouble finding the limited edition books, that's okay.



Stephen King's Published Books and Stories

• 1960 - People, Places, And Things - Volume 1 (limited edition with Chris Chelsey)
• 1964 - The Star Invaders (limited edition)
• 1974 - Carrie
• 1975 - Salem's Lot
• 1977 - The Shining
• 1978 - Night Shift (stories)
• 1978 - The Stand
• 1979 - The Dead Zone
• 1980 - Firestarter
• 1981 - Cujo
• 1981 - Danse Macabre (nonfiction about horror)
• 1981 - Roadwork
• 1982 - Creepshow (comic book, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson)
• 1982 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
• 1982 - Different Seasons (novellas)
• 1983 - Christine
• 1983 - Pet Sematary
• 1983 - Cycle of the Werewolf
• 1984 - The Talisman (written with Peter Straub)
• 1985 - Skeleton Crew (stories)
• 1985 - The Bachman Books (novel collection)
• 1986 - It
• 1987 - The Eyes of the Dragon
• 1987 - Misery
• 1987 - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
• 1988 - The Tommyknockers
• 1988 - Nightmares in the Sky (Photo book with text by King)
• 1988 - Dark Visions
• 1989 - The Dark Half
• 1989 - Dolan's Cadillac (limited edition)
• 1989 - My Pretty Pony (limited edition)
• 1990 - The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition
• 1990 - Four Past Midnight (stories)
• 1991 - Needful Things
• 1991 - The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
• 1992 - Gerald's Game
• 1993 - Dolores Claiborne
• 1993 - Nightmares & Dreamscapes (stories)
• 1994 - Insomnia
• 1995 - Rose Madder
• 1995 - Umney's Last Case
• 1996 - The Green Mile (originally published as a monthly serial consisting of six parts: The Two Dead Girls, The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile)
• 1996 - Desperation
• 1997 - Six Stories (stories)
• 1997 - The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
• 1998 - Bag of Bones
• 1999 - Storm of the Century
• 1999 - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
• 1999 - The New Lieutenant's Rap (limited edition)
• 1999 - Hearts in Atlantis
• 1999 - Blood and Smoke (audio book)
• 2000 - Riding the Bullet (electronically published novella)
• 2000 - The Plant(electronically published)
• 2000 - Secret Windows
• 2000 - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (nonfiction autobiography)
• 2000 - Dreamcatcher
• 2001 - Black House (written with Peter Straub)
• 2002 - From a Buick 8
• 2002 - Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
• 2003 - The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised edition)
• 2003 - The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
• 2004 - The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
• 2004 - The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
• 2004 - Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
• 2005 - The Colorado Kid
• 2006 - The Secretary of Dreams
• 2006 - Cell
• 2006 - Lisey's Story
• 2008 - Duma Key
• 2008 - Just After Sunset
• 2009 - Stephen King Goes to the Movies
• 2009 - The Little Sisters of Eluria (limited edition)
• 2009 - "Graduation Afternoon" (in PostScripts)
• 2009 - "Throttle" (in He is Legend)
• 2009 - UR (e-novella available only on Amazon.com's Kindle)
• 2009 - Under the Dome
• 2009 - "A Good Marriage"
• 2009 - "Big Driver"
• 2009 - "1922"
• 2009 - "Fair Extension"
• 2010 - Blockade Billy
• 2010 - Full Dark, No Stars

Richard Bachman's Published Books
"Richard Bachman" is a pseudonym that King used until Bachman's true identity was discovered by fans, after which he only published one more Bachman novel.

• 1977 - Rage
• 1979 - The Long Walk
• 1981 - Road Work
• 1982 - The Running Man
• 1984 - Thinner
• 1996 - The Regulators
• 2007 - Blaze