Since publishing his 1974 debut novel Carrie - a horror about a clairvoyant schoolgirl - in 1974 Stephen King has written over 65 novels and over 200 short stories.
His books have been turned into a multitude of Hollywood blockbuster, including The Shining, Stand by Me, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and It.
He’s wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in a bid to break away from horror and has now published books in a number of genres, including his fantasy epic The Dark Tower.
With so many books to choose from, it’s hard for a Stephen King beginner to know where to start.
To help out, we’ve had a look at how the millions of readers of book website Goodreads have rated his books.
Here are the top 13.
5. 11.22.63
Time travel tale 11.22.63 completes the top five, with an average rating of 4.34 from 546,561 reviews. "On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. Unless...In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination.Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer." | Contributed
6. The Dark Tower
The seventh and final part of Stephen King's enormous series of fantasy novels is the highest rated with readers - who give it an average rating of 4.28 from 174,326 reviews. "The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. A journey which means he must leave his faithful friends Eddie, Susannah, Jake, even Oy, as he closes on the Tower." | Contributed
7. The Shining
First published in 1977 The Shining was later turned into an equally famous film by Stanley Kubrick. King's novel is much-loved with readers, earning an average rating of 4.27 from an enormous 1,503,596 reviews. "Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive? Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine." | Contributed
8. Wizard and Glass
The fourth in King's Dark Tower series of books, Wizard and Glass has an average rating of 4.26 from 200,819 reviews. Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake's pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. | Contributers