Described as the king of horror, kings books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide and have been adapted into a number of different mediums including film, television, and comic books. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. When the green mile first appeared, serialized as one volume per month, stephen kings the green mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph. The outsider book by stephen king official publisher page.
The daily word counts of 19 famous writers word counter blog. This wiki contains spoilers from stephen king biography and his literary works. Jan 12, 2018 in other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels to date, in fact, with number 52 coming up shortly. The longest is the order of the phoenix with a word count of 257,000 words. Like a general fiction novel, a good target word count for a memoir is 80,000 words. I absolutely love stephen king and gwendys button box was okay. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. I was so bored i decided to compile the list of all of stephen king s work most of it anyway and organize it by word count, largest to smallest. In this post, we talk about word counts and answer the question. This would add up to about 180,000 words in three months of writing.
I see alot of love for this book on gr and i can see why. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Famous book series and novel word counts count words and. Elevation book by stephen king official publisher page. However, we do not suggest writing a novel of 500,000 words unless you as established as stephen king is. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot. Also, you may want to bookmark this page, as it will be regularly updated a. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best. Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. The write channel with nicola monaghan 951,399 views.
Jan 27, 2017 on the point of joyce, theres a good stephen king joke on the subject of his word count. All of stephen king s work, ordered by word count im not sure what this quarantine has done to me. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. As you can see, word count for science fiction books vary widely. Feel free to contact me directly for any feedback, corrections, requests, etc, here. Why did stephen kings it need to be over 1,000 words. The stephen king wiki is a free, public and collaborative website about everything related to stephen king that people can read and edit. Every stephen king novel summarized in 140 characters or less. The novel focuses on a small maine town, and tells an intricate, multicharacter, alternating perspective story of how the towns inhabitants contend with the calamity of being suddenly cutoff from the outside world by an. The book wasnt bad but it didnt blow me away either. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and five nonfiction. I think i was expecting a bit more at the end since the plot was so interesting to start with. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words.
It is the seed from which has grown a much longer tale, duma key, which scribner will publish in early 2008. When it gets closer to 1,000, editors and agents may shy away. Then if you read enough, a really magic moment will always occur to those who want to become a. Thats about the length of stephen kings it 445,4 times four. The full edition is the longest book by stephen king, both in page and word count as it nears 500,000 words. Most young adult novels fall between 55,000 and 70,000 words.
The novel apt pupil has many horrible scenes that i did not read through word for word, simply because it was unnecessary for the novels story line. In the tall grass by stephen king, joe hill nook book. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Hi ann, can you give me an example of a published 270,000 word novel. His book a man in full is 370,000 words and it took him eleven years to. The series is incomplete, so there could still be more words on the way.
All of stephen kings work, ordered by word count im not sure what this quarantine has done to me. Also, you may want to bookmark this page, as it will be regularly updated a bit easier to navigate. It was, instead, like throwing in of bloody and obligatory gore for no apparent reason. Under the dome is the 58th book published by stephen king, and it is his 48th novel. King has published 63 novels, including seven under. A friend came to visit james joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair. Jul 24, 2009 a 95,000 word book even by page count is a different story than a 70,000 word book. A books word count does matter and if you get it wrong, this can. In 1990, king revealed that he had kept the material, and was allowed to turn the stand into an uncut version, as well as correcting time mistakes and adding popular culture references from the 80s and 90s, as the book took place in the. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. I remember reading some westerns in high school and, if i.
The outsider book by stephen king official publisher. Stephen kings early books were much better then his later ones. This is a work in progress, and will be updated throughout the next few weeksmonthsyears. Creative writing tips, advice and lessons from bestseller stephen king duration.
The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words. So a 270,000 word count makes that novel somewhere around 1,300 pages. Wordcount of unpopular and hefty epics looping world. The main character is a high school teacher, a member of the enormous stephen king high school teachers union made up of characters from carrie, salems lot, the shining, the stand, the. In 1990, king revealed that he had kept the material, and was allowed to turn the stand into an uncut version, as well as correcting time mistakes and adding popular culture references from the 80s and 90s, as the book took place in the future. Nov 15, 2012 the main character is a high school teacher, a member of the enormous stephen king high school teachers union made up of characters from carrie, salems lot, the shining, the stand, the. I was so bored i decided to compile the list of all of stephen kings work most of it anyway and organize it by word count, largest to smallest. Discover book depositorys huge selection of stephen king books online. Nov 09, 2009 the list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions.
Word count matters more than it should in my opinion. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep. He has no patience for those people who say they want to be writers but also complain they dont have enough time to read. The word count of 175 favorite novels broke by books. The mist by stephen king meet your next favorite book. Under the dome 2009 is a science fiction novel by the american author, stephen king. I didnt stop to count as i was too engrossed in the story. Sep 04, 2018 the stephen king shared universe ranking. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture.
When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. The number of characters, the number of subplots, the pacing are all affected by word count. Ive looked at the word count of what ive edited so far and the bits i havent yet and its around 230,000 or 230k words or so and still falling as i edit although that is a word wordcount but still a novel starts at 40k words and often is less than 100k these days this seems massive that said while ironmaster is only a. Of all the books by king i have read, this one is up there as one of the most genuinely frightening. Stephen king, the mist i read the mist quite awhile ago and also saw the film. The novel apt pupil has many horrible scenes that i did not read through wordforword, simply because it was unnecessary for the novels story line. Mar 06, 2009 ive looked at the word count of what ive edited so far and the bits i havent yet and its around 230,000 or 230k words or so and still falling as i edit although that is a word wordcount but still a novel starts at 40k words and often is less than 100k these days this seems massive that said while ironmaster is only a. The higherword count exceptions they publish are usually books written by authors who have an established track record of sales, which started with shorter books. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Martin one of martins first books, dying of the light is only 288 pages long and stephen king carrie, published in 1974 is only 199. As a reader i love the huge word count novels steven king has written and the very short gems tom robbins has penned.
Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Both of them scared the heck out of me and i cannot say this book is one i enjoyed. Deconstructing five spooky picture books with spoilers and word counts. Christine is nowhere near 387,000 words maybe half that at most. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. Aug 05, 2019 even stephen kings old stuff isnt that long. A memoir of the craft, king speaks on his writing speed. Sep 24, 2016 what do you have to do if you want to be a writer.
Harrigans phone, the life of chuck, rat and the title story if it bleeds each pulling readers into. As psychically terrifying as firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of it, the institute is stephen kings gutwrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. Stephen king seems to be one of the most prolific writers of all time. Then again, stephen kings books often approach a similar size and hes immensely popular and though it has a total word count of 445,000, i can confirm its all killer and no filler. Martins a game of thrones, has a word count of almost 293,000. Stephen king on james freys million little pieces in the 50 years or so since first watching mike wallace verbally mousetrap various guests on night beat, i dont think ive ever seen. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing. Stephen edwin king is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. I have read stephen kings it more than once during my meager time on this earth, and i am fairly certain that the book contains more than 1,000 words in the first chapter alone, but i.
On the point of joyce, theres a good stephen king joke on the subject of his word count. The stephen king shared universe ranking the ringer. So with that said, im going with 3 stars on this one. Voracious reading is a must if you want to be a good writer.
The word count for your book in microsoft word will be located in the bottom left corner next to the page number. Then if you read enough, a really magic moment will always occur to those who want to. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. To the adults, knowing better, derry, maine was just their home town. Stephen king s early books were much better then his later ones. Stephen kings 20 tips for becoming a frighteningly good writer.