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Stephen King Stories

Name these novels, stories, and series written by Stephen King.
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Last updated: January 23, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 21, 2012
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Writer accepts a job as the winter caretaker of a haunted Colorado hotel
The Shining
Evil shape-shifting entity hunts children while disguised as a clown
It
Falsely convicted man escapes from prison with the help of a Rita Hayworth pinup
Rita Hayworth and
Shawshank Redemption
Unwise highschool bullies play a prank on a disturbed, telekinetic girl
Carrie
Good-natured Saint Bernard gets bit by a bat and goes on a killing rampage
Cujo
Most of humanity is wiped out by a killer strain of influenza. The survivors must
choose between good and evil.
The Stand
Miracle cemetery can resurrect dead animals, but afterwards they are a bit ... odd
Pet Sematary
After crashing his car in the mountains, a famous author is nursed
back to health by his "#1 fan"
Misery
Gunslinger searches for a tower in a magical world where time does not make sense
The Dark Tower
Teenager buys an evil possessed car
Christine
Writer returns to the small town where he grew up. Unfortunately, many of
the citizens are now vampires.
'Salem's Lot
Death row felon can heal people with magic
The Green Mile
Spaceship in the woods transforms people into genius inventors -
but also makes them evil
The Tommyknockers
A small town is suddenly surrounded by an invisible, impassible force field
Under the Dome
After committing vehicular manslaughter, a man is the victim of a
Gypsy weight-loss curse
Thinner
Nebraska town is run by evil pagan children who worship an agricultural deity
Children of the Corn
In the future, game show contestants run for their lives against hitmen
The Running Man
All cars and trucks suddenly become possessed killers
Trucks
Four boys go on a hike to find a dead body
The Body
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2014
Of course the scores seem to be proportional to the popularity of the film or miniseries adaptations. I didn't know that the "Maximum Overdrive" story was entitled "Trucks", but I appreciate the former being accepted!
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Level 84
Sep 25, 2014
Agreed on that. I remember watching the Emilio Estevez movie when I was a kid, so that was my guess as well.
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Level 36
Jul 5, 2016
It is based on the short story from Night Shift.

It was like 5 pages.

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Level 58
Feb 7, 2017
I also tried Maximum Overdrive and it was thankfully accepted. But I knew The Body was the original title of Stand By Me.
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Level 59
Sep 25, 2014
I got 12/19, even though the only King book I've ever read is "Carrie." I have seen a lot of the movie adaptations, though!
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Level 59
Sep 25, 2014
Thought for sure we would have seen The Mist or Dreamcatcher here. Otherwise not too bad at 14/19, surprised I remembered Trucks but missed The Shinning
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Level 58
Feb 7, 2017
The Shinning...story of a kid who climbs trees.
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Level 74
Aug 16, 2017
A tale of a possessed bed frame corner?
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Level 56
Jan 23, 2018
Needful Things
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Level 83
Sep 25, 2014
I got 15 just by naming the books I read, then another 2 by movies from the clue. I never heard of Under the Dome...
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Level 59
Sep 25, 2014
There's currently an American TV show based on that book. It just had its 2nd season finale this week. I don't know how true to the book it is (since I've never read the book) but the show is twisty and strange and fun to watch. :)
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Level 82
Sep 25, 2014
I guess its inevitable with anyone this extremely prolific, but some of his stuff is terrible. Other stuff is great. A talented writer, but often seems in desperate need of a team of very critical editors.
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Level 85
Mar 27, 2020
A lot of it hasn't aged well. And when he tries to write black characters.... yikes.
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Level 76
Jan 23, 2018
I knew that there were a ton of films based on Stephen King books, but I had no idea about some of them.
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Level 67
Jan 23, 2018
Just one of his books - Different Seasons - produced 3 movies, two great and one OK. Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil
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Level 79
Jan 23, 2018
Isn't that description in "Running Man" from movie, not the book?
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Level 44
Jan 6, 2022
No, I have read 'The Running Man' and that is what the book is about
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Level 86
Jan 23, 2018
Read "Pet Sematary" as a teenager and couldn't look at my cat for weeks. Read "It" in my early 20's and now have a visceral fear of clowns. Stephen King owes me for therapy.
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Level 56
Jan 23, 2018
"It" forever changed how see any clown.
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Level 70
Jan 23, 2018
I always thought "The Langoliers" was one of his best. Hard to grasp Balki as one of the bad guys.
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Level 66
Oct 20, 2019
Langoliers has definitely impressed me when I first saw it, makes you question reality
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Level 79
Aug 15, 2022
We were flying out of Bangor airport when the Langoliers was being filmed. Interesting to be in an active airport that was supposed to look completely deserted!
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Level 57
Jan 23, 2018
It's sort of a fun coincidence that this quiz happens to be featured on the same day when I decided to visit the bookstore and buy another Stephen King book. I picked Mr. Mercedes.
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Level 39
Jan 23, 2018
Great quiz. I love Stephen King.
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Level 48
Jan 24, 2018
Read 12 of these, King being the only author I've ever read more than one book by.
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Level 58
Jul 12, 2018
Eyes of the Dragon can't get a mention?
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Level 86
Oct 7, 2018
Thanks for accepting "Stand by Me" for "The Body." I even got "The Stand" as a freebie!
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Level 74
Sep 6, 2019
Seconded!
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Level 71
Nov 16, 2021
Thirded
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Level 51
Feb 16, 2021
Once when I went to Maine, we visited Stephen King's house. It was "scaaAaAaarryyyYyyy"
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Level 67
Nov 16, 2021
The Mist?
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Level 18
Nov 16, 2021
Ugh I typed "Kujo" 20 times not thinking the change the spelling *facepalm*
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Level 38
Nov 16, 2021
the last question sounds like Stand By Me too
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Level 75
Nov 16, 2021
That was the name of the movie adaptation. The story it was based on though was called the Body
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Level 33
Nov 16, 2021
18 out of 19, big King fan. Missed Salem's Lot somehow.
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Level 69
Nov 18, 2021
Can't believe I got as many as I did seeing as I didn't realize just how many of these he had done...quite the impressive library of books he has written!
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Level 46
Nov 22, 2021
I got 8 out of 19. Considering I haven't read a single bit of his works, I am quite pleased with that result. I knew what Cujo was, but couldn't for the life of me remember the name.
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Level 31
Jul 16, 2023
No Firestarter?