Stephen King

Summaries of books by Stephen King.

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The Gunslinger

Stephen King · 1982

Roland chases the man in black across desert to the tower, losing Jake and learning ka is a wheel.

2,071-word summary · 9 min read

The Institute

Stephen King · 2019

A kidnapped prodigy wakes in a Maine facility where gifted kids earn tokens in Front Half and vanish from Back Half.

3,814-word summary · 17 min read

The Mist

Stephen King · 1980

Mist full of creatures traps a Maine supermarket while Mrs. Carmody builds a congregation inside.

2,104-word summary · 9 min read

The Outsider

Stephen King · 2018

Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

2,586-word summary · 11 min read

The Shining

Stephen King · 1977

The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.

2,011-word summary · 9 min read

The Stand

Stephen King · 1978

A superflu wipes out most people as good and evil gather in two towns.

1,959-word summary · 9 min read

The Tommyknockers

Stephen King · 1987

A Maine town digs up a ship and gets brilliant, toothless and cruel.

1,977-word summary · 9 min read

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.

2,731-word summary · 12 min read

Wizard and Glass

Stephen King · 1997

Stuck on a deadly train, Roland tells of Susan Delgado and how the tower took his youth.

1,938-word summary · 9 min read

Wolves of the Calla

Stephen King · 2003

Roland and his ka tet defend a farming town from robotic Wolves while Father Callahan offers a deadly magic ball.

2,331-word summary · 10 min read