List of fictional books in the works of Stephen King

The following is a List of fictional books in the works of Stephen King. This is emphatically not a list of works of fiction by Stephen King, but rather a list of books that appear within his stories, usually written by one of the characters in the story such as the novelist Paul Sheldon's books mentioned in Misery. Since the titles exist only within the context of the story, they are fictional.

This article was created as a spin-off of the overgrown List of fictional books article. There is also a main article on fictional books in general.

By Bobbie Anderson

Bobbie Anderson is a primary character in the novel The Tommyknockers.

• Rimfire Christmas
• The Buffalo Soldiers
• Hangtown
• The Long Ride Back
• Massacre Canyon
• Boxing the Compass

By Thaddeus Beaumont (also writing as George Stark)

Thaddeus Beaumont appears or is mentioned in King's novels The Dark Half, Needful Things and Bag of Bones.

• The Golden Dog by Thaddeus Beaumont
• Machine's Way by George Stark
• Oxford Blues by George Stark
• Purple Haze by Thaddeus Beaumont
• Riding to Babylon by George Stark
• Sharkmeat Pie by George Stark
• Steel Machine by George Stark
• The Sudden Dancers by Thaddeus Beaumont

By Bill Denbrough

Bill Denbrough is a primary character in the novel It.

• The Black Rapids
• The Dark (short story)
• Attic Room (original screenplay)
• An unnamed novel about werewolves
• Joanna (his first novel)
• (The Glowing - Only present in movie adaptation)

By Mike Enslin

Mike Enslin appears in King's short story "1408."

• Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Castles
• Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards
• Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses
• Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Hotel Rooms (unfinished)

By Richard Kinnell

Richard Kinnell appears in King's short story "The Road Virus Heads North."

• The Departing
• Nightmare City

By Scott Landon

Scott Landon is the best-selling horror novelist that appears in Lisey's Story.

• Empty Devils
• The Coaster's Daughter (National Book Award winner)
• Relics (Pulitzer winner)
• The Secret Pearl (final novel)
• Outlaw's Honeymoon

By Samuel D. Landry

Sam Landry is one of the main characters of "Umney's Last Case". He is a noir writer similar to Raymond Chandler who wrote a series of six novels about the 1930s private eye Clyde Umney.

• Scarlet Town (1977)
• Three unnamed sequel novels
• How Like a Fallen Angel (1993)
• Umney's Last Case (1994)

By John Marinville

John Marinville is a primary character in the novels The Regulators and Desperation.

• Delight
• Pat the Kitty-Cat Detective
• Song of the Hammer

By Ben Mears

Ben Mears is the main protagonist of King's novel Salem's Lot.

• Conway's Daughter
• Air Dance
• Billy Said Keep Going
• An unknown novel written after the events of Salem's Lot. (destroyed, never published)

By Mike Noonan

Mike Noonan appears in King's novels Lisey's Story and Bag of Bones.

• All the Way from the Top
• Being Two
• Darcy's Admirer
• Helen's Promise
• The Red-Shirt Man
• Threatening Behavior
• My Childhood Friend (unfinished and destroyed)

By Morton Rainey

Morton Rainey appears in King's short story "Secret Window, Secret Garden."

• The Delacourt Family
• Everybody Drops the Dime (short stories)
• The Organ-Grinder's Boy

By Edward Gray Seville

Edward Gray Seville appears in King's novella The Breathing Method (subtitled "A Winter's Tale).

• Breakers (1935) by Gray Seville
• These Were Our Brothers (1911) by Gray Seville

By Paul Sheldon

Paul Sheldon appears in King's novel Misery.

• Misery
• Misery in France
• Misery's Child
• Misery's Heartbreak
• Misery's Love
• Misery's Challenge
• Misery's Quest
• Misery's Triumph"
• Misery's Dilemma
• Fast Cars (destroyed)
• Misery's Return

By John Shooter

John Shooter appears in King's short story "Secret Window, Secret Garden."

• Sowing Season

By Jack Torrance

Jack Torrance is one of three main characters in the novel The Shining.

• The Little School (unfinished play)
• Concerning the Black Holes (short story)

Miscellaneous

• Ancient Rites, Modern Mysteries (featured in "I Know What You Need")
• Salems' Lot, Stephen King (Featured in The Dark Tower Series)
• Charlie the Choo-Choo by Claudia y Inez Bachman and/or Beryl Evans (featured in The Dark Tower series)
• Dance Crazes of the Fifties (featured in "I Know What You Need")
• De Vermis Mysteriis (mentioned in "Jerusalem's Lot")
• The Dogan (also known as The Hogan), by Benjamin Slightman Junior (mentioned in Wolves of the Calla)
• Haitian Voodoo (featured in "I Know What You Need")
• My Name is Susan Snell by Susan Snell (mentioned in Carrie)
• Raising Demons (featured in "Sometimes They Come Back")
• The Shadow Exploded: Documented Cases and Specific Conclusions Derived from the Case of Carietta White by David R. Congress (mentioned in Carrie)
• Slang Terms Explained: A Parents' Guide by John R. Coombs (mentioned in Carrie)
• Treating the Burn Victim: A Diagnostic Approach, sixteenth edition (mentioned in "1408")
• Underworld Figures by Reg Thorpe (mentioned in The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet)
• Willow Grove Knitting Society Series by Tessa Jean (featured in Big Driver)