Stephen King is a legendary American author, widely recognized as one of the masters of modern horror, suspense, and speculative fiction. He is best known for his magnum opus, The Dark Tower—an eight-book epic fantasy series that serves as the nexus of his entire literary multiverse. For new readers, the core Dark Tower series is recommended in publication sequence starting with The Gunslinger (1982) and including the mid-series addition The Wind Through the Keyhole (Book 4.5). For a richer experience, the Expanded Multiverse order integrates key crossover novels that explain character backstories and multiversal concepts. Browse 9 series and 4 universes below.