Stephen King is A American author born just after the end of the 2nd World War, in 1947. He managed to get his first book 'Carrie' published in 1974 and since then he has been consistently writing award-winning, popular novels in categories such as horror, psychological thrillers, Sci-Fi and fantasy. So it is no surprise that one of the most common questions repeatedly asked is, what are the best books Stephen King has written?
There are very few years since King had his first book published that he has not released new material, in fact he has written and published well over 50 novels as well as numerous novellas, some comics and scripts. King's writing has received critical acclaim as well as numerous literary awards. Other novels have been made into successful films and King's storylines have been watched by millions of people, some unaware that his books were the foundation of the films that they enjoyed.
King has had 8 different novels nominated for the 'World Fantasy Awards', earlier titles including 'Salem's Lot', 'The Stand', and later with 'IT', 'Misery' and 'Lisey's Story'. He has had books that have won the Locus awards, Library Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Hugo Awards and the British Fantasy Society Awards, just to name a few.