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The Shining Books in Order

by Stephen KingLiterature & Fiction

2 books from The Shining (1977) to Doctor Sleep (2013). Rated 4.7 across 82,685 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Shining

    Book 1 1977 4.7 (42.1k)

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this tour de force from the undisputed King of Horror, a young family confronts an unspeakable evil in the harsh isolation of winter in the Rocky Mountains.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. Doctor Sleep

    Book 2 2013 4.7 (40.6k)

    Winner of the 2014 Audie Award for Fiction and Finalist for Solo Narration—Male From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining—an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is “a vivid…

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

Adapted for screen

  • It Films · 2017–2019 · 2 films

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Shining is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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