Bibliography of works on Stephen King

There have been many books published about Stephen King and his works.


 * Date		Title 	Author 	Publisher 		ISBN

ASID Number used where ISBN is not available.

1981		Teacher's Manual: Novels of Stephen King	Edward J. Zagorski:	New American Library, Education Dept. ASID Number: B004YBEI4K

1982       Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King       Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (Editors)     Underwood-Miller ISBN 978-0934438599 1984		Stephen King: The Art of Darkness: The Life and Fiction of the Master of the Macabre	Douglas E. Winter	Signet	Updated edition (December 2, 1986)	ISBN 978-0451146120

10/06/1987	Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King	Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller	Signet	(2nd printing edition) ISBN 978-0451149626

6/1/1987		The Gothic World of Stephen King: Landscape of Nightmares	Gary Hoppenstand, Ray B. Browne	Bowling Green State University Popular Press	ISBN 978-0879724108 5/1/1988		Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (1988)	Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller	McGraw-Hill     ISBN 978-0070657595 6/15/1988		Landscape of Fear: Stephen King's American Gothic 	Tony Magistrale	Bowling Green State University Popular Press 3; New edition   ISBN 978-0879724054 4/1/1988		The Unseen King	Tyson Blue	Borgo Pr	ASIN Number: B08MQ6GDWM

1989		Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (1989)	Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller	Carroll & Gtaf, NY ISBN 978-0887330834

1990           The Stephen King Quiz Book     Stephen Spignesi     Signet     ISBN 978-0451167088

6/1991		The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia	Stephen J Spignesi	 Popular Culture Ink	ISBN 978-1560750185

1991        The Stephen King Story      George Beahm and Kenny Ray Linkous   Andrews and McMeel     ISBN 978-0836279894

8/9/1991		Reign of Fear: The Fiction and Film of Stephen King (1982–1989)	Don Herron	Pan Horror    ISBN 978-0330313476 3/27/1992		The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King's Horrorscape	Tony Magistrale (Ed.)	Praeger		ISBN 978-0313272974

7/7/1992		The Second Stephen King Quiz Book	Stephen Spignesi	Signet		ISBN 978-0451173065 1994		Stephen King's America 	Jonathan P. Davis	Bowling Green State University Popular Press	ISBN 978-0879726478

1994        The Films of Stephen King     Ann Lloyd     St. Martins Pr     ISBN 978-0312112745

11/1/1997		Ultimate Unauthorized Stephen King Trivia Challenge: Hundreds of Brainteasing Questions on Minute Details and Little-Known Facts about the World's Leading Horror Writer and His Work	Robert W. Bly	Kensington	/ Fine Communications     ISBN 978-1567312881 1998       Stephen King From A to Z An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work     George Beahm     Andrews McMeel Publishing   ISBN 978-0836269147

5/1/1998    Stephen King: America’s Best-Loved Boogeyman     George Beahm     AndrewsMcMeel Publishing      ISBN 978-0836254273

1999      Stephen King Country: The Illustrated Guide to the Sites and Sights That Insired the Modern Master of Horror     George Beahm    Running Press Publishers     ISBN 978-0762404568 6/30/2000		Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic: Lovecraft, Matheson, and King	David A. Oakes	Praeger ISBN 978-0313311888

5/1/2001		The Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King	Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner	Renaissance Books ISBN 978-1580631600

3/8/2001		The Modern Weird Tale 	S. T. Joshi	McFarland Co.    ISBN 978-0786409860 5/1/2001		The Essential Stephen King:  A Ranking of the Greatest Novels, Short Stories, Movies, and Other Creations of the World's Most Popular Writer	Stephen Spignesi:	New Page Books	ISBN 978-1564144850

6/30/2002	Revisiting Stephen King: A Critical Companion, 2nd edition	Sharon A. Russell	Greenwood Press	    ISBN 978-0274968428 2002		The Literary Equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries?: Academics, Moralists, and the Stephen King Phenomenon	Smith, Greg	The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 4, Summer 2002

4/1/2002      Creepshows - The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide     Stephen Graham Jones     Billboard Books     ISBN 978-0823078844 2004		"Diabolical Dreaming in Stephen King's ""The Man in the Black Suit"""	Hansen, Tom	The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 3, Spring 2004 12/2005		The Road to the Dark Tower	Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance 		ISBN 1-58767-104-2

2005		The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book	Brian Freeman & Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance 		ISBN 1-58767-116-6

5/30/2006		The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King	Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner	St. Martin's Griffin     ISBN 978-0312324902

2006		Stephen King (part of series Modern {literary} Critical Views)	Harold Bloom (Ed.)	Chelsea House	ISBN 978-0791093177

12/30/2008		Stephen King: A Biography	Albert Rolls	Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated	ISBN 978-0274977956

7/15/2009		Stephen King on the Big Screen	Mark Browning	Intellect Ltd    ISBN 978-1841502458 2009		The Stephen King Illustrated Companion: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Drawings and Memorabilia    Bev Vincent	Metro Books     ISBN 978-1435117662

1/6/2009       Haunted Heart: Life and Times of Stephen King      Thomas Dun ne Books  ISBN 978-0312377328

8/3/2010		Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King	Hans-Ake Lilja	Cemetery Dance 		ISBN 978-1587672125

12/21/2009		Stephen King: America's Storyteller	Tony Magistrale	Praeger	ISBN 9780313352287 4/22/2011		The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book	Andrew J. Rausch and Ronald Riley	BearManor Media		ISBN 978-1629337272

4/25/2011		Stephen King: A Literary Companion	Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks	McFarland & Co.    ISBN 978-0786458509 5/27/2011		The Wit and Wisdom of Stephen King	Andrew J. Rausch Ed. BearManor Media	ISBN 978-1593936488

10/15/2011		Stephen King's Gothic	John Sears	University of Wales Press	ISBN 978-0708323458

11/06/2012           Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated      Robin Furth      Scribner     ISBN 978-1451694871

8/27/2013		The Illustrated Stephen King MOVIE Trivia Book	Brian James Freeman, Kevin Quigley, and Hans-Ake Lilja	Cemetery Dance 	ISBN 978-1587673665

9/13/2013		The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book: Revised & Updated 2nd Edition! Brian James Freeman & Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance 		ISBN 978-1587671081

11/5/2013		The Stephen King Illustrated Companion: Bev Vincent	Sterling Publishing    ISBN 978-1454911258

2/1/2014		Stephen King Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Horror on Film	Scott Von Doviak	Applause Theatre & Cinema Books	ISBN 978-1480355514

8/12/2014     Stephen King's Modern Macabre: Essays on the Later Works      Patrick McAleer and Michael A. Perry (Eds.)   McFarland     ISBN 978-0786494002

10/1/2015		The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror	George Beahm, Michael Whelan, et al. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press	ISBN 978-1250054128 12/28/2015		The Dark Tower Companion (Limited edition)	Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance 	ISBN 978-1587674082

3/22/2016		Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance (Revised & Updated!)	Robin Furth	Cemetery Dance 	ISBN 978-1587674327

8/15/2016           Stephen King and Philosophy (Great Authors and Philosophy)   Jacob M. Held (Ed.)      Rowman & Littlefield    ISBN 978-1442269767

4/17/2017         Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Trilogy Concordance      Robin Furth     Scribner     ISBN 978-1501165917

6/13/2017    The Linguistics of Stephen King by James Arthur Anderson McFarland & Company, Inc. 	ISBN 978-1476668345 07/25/2017        The Dark Tower: The Art of the Film     Daniel Wallace     Scribner     ISBN 978-1501164453

9/1/2017		ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Stephen King	The Editors Of Entertainment Weekly 	Entertainment Weekly 	ISBN 978-1683300885 6/12/2018		America's Dark Theologian-The Religious Imagination of Stephen King    Douglas E. Cowan          New York University Press     ISBN 978-1479894734

10/30/2018		Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work	Stephen Spignesi	Permuted Press   ISBN 978-1682616062

11/28/2018       The Modern Stephen King Canon: Beyond Horror     Philip L. Simpson (Ed.)     Lexington Books     ISBN 978-1498572781

2019          A Guide to U.S. First Editions of. . . Stephen King     Paul Michael Kane     LightBox / 19th Edition Publications     ISBN 602-0039978464

2/05/2019		Perspectives on Stephen King: Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators  Andrew J. Rausch       McFarland & Company     ISBN 978-1476674179

9/6/2019           The World of IT     Alyse Wax and Andy Muschietti     Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc./Henry A. Abrams     ISBN 978-1419740473

10/3/2019           Stephen King at the Movies: A Complete History of the Film and Television Adaptions from the Master of Horror      Ian Natilan     Palazzo Editions Ltd.   ISBN 978-1786750815

2020           Hope and Miracles: Two Screenplays by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption / The Green Mile) Edited by Tyson Blue      Gauntlet Publications       ISBN 1934267708

7/16/2020           Stephen King and American History      Tony Magistrale and Michael J. Blouin     Routledge    ISBN 978-0367493301

2021              From Shawshank with Hope        Photography by Paul Michael Kane      LightBox / 19th Edition Publications

1/16/2021        Stephen King Dollar Baby: The Book      Anthony Northrup     BearManor Media     ISBN 978-1629336688

3/1/2021           Stephen King and American Politics     Michael J. Blouin     University of Wales Press     ISBN 978-1786836465

6/22/2021          The Art and Making of The Stand     Andy Burns     Titan Books     ISBN 978-1789095944

7/29/2021   Violence in the Films of Stephen King          Michael J. Blouin and Tony Magistrale (Eds.)   Lexington Books  ISBN 978-1793635792

5/08/2022     Fun Is Fun and Done is Done: Stephen King Connections and Easter Eggs     Michael Roch     MicRo Readers   ISBN 979-8986152103

5/15/2022		Bumpty-Bumpty-Bump!: The Stephen King Daily Reader (Third edition)	Michael Roch   ISBN 979-8806214745

6/21/2022     Stephen King's Maine Haunts: A Guidebook to the Sites and Sights of Things King     George Beahm     Self Published     ISBN 979-8837438615

8/26/2022		ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Stephen King	The Editors Of Entertainment Weekly 	Entertainment Weekly 	ISBN 978-1547861002

9/13/2022     The Stephen King Ultimate Companion: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences     Bev Vince     Quatro Publishing Group USA Inc.    ISBN 978-0760376812

9/20/2022           Encountering Pennywise - Critical Perspectives on Stephen King's 'It'     Whitney S. May (Ed.)    University Press of Mississippi     ISBN 978-1496842220

10/04/2022    Castle Rock Kitchen: Wicked Good Recipes From the World of Stephen King (A Cookbook)      Theresa Carle-Sanders (Foreword by Stephen King)     Ten Speed Press     ISBN 978-1984860026

11/04/2022    The Ultimate Stephen King Quiz Book     Dave Musson      Independently Published     ISBN 979-8357604811

4/25/2023        The Making of Creepshow 2       Lee Karr      Plexus Publishing   ISBN 978-0859655729

11/13/2023         Reading Stephen King   Brian James Freeman (Ed.)     Cemetery Dance	  ISBN 978-1587679438

11/29/2023    Stephen King: Not Just Horror    Hans-Ake Lilja	BearManor Media  ISBN 979-8887713687

2024          Pennywise: It      Written by Christian Sellers / Designed and edited by Gary Smart     Cult Screenings UK Ltd and Dead Mouse Productions Ltd.

5/20/2024    Stephen King's Maine     Sharon Kitchens      History Press     ISBN 978-1467157148

Material about King can also be found in his own partly autobiographical On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000), ‘’Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing’’ (2000), ‘’Hearts in Suspension’’ (2016) as well as scattered throughout King's Danse Macabre (1981).

A critical analysis of King's work can be found in S. T. Joshi's The Modern Weird Tale (2001).