12 must-read science fiction books like The Gunslinger by Stephen King

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The Gunslinger

By: Stephen King

3.56

Format: None pages,

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionin 1978, the p…

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1. Rage

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the res… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"Be'…"

-Stephen King, Rage

"You’re on, Ted,"

-Stephen King, Rage

"That was Dad's life, and I was the birdshit on his windshield."

-Stephen King, Rage

"If I knew what was making me do it, I probably wouldn't have to."

-Stephen King, Rage

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2. Roadwork

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Barton Dawes’ unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Highway c… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Roadwork book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"Wimmern war die letzte Zuflucht unbedeutender Männer."

-Stephen King, Roadwork

"The fucking you got was never worth the screwing you took."

-Stephen King, Roadwork

"Das Leben schien nur eine Vorbereitung auf die Hölle zu sein."

-Stephen King, Roadwork

"Haben Sie in meiner Nase gebohrt, als ich nicht hingesehen habe?"

-Stephen King, Roadwork

Cover of The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Joe Abercrombie

3. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.21

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Fucking pinks!"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"I’ve fought in three campaigns,"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"Body found floating by the docks..."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

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4. The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1)

By: Stephen King , Peter David , Robin Furth , Richard Isanove , Jae Lee

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." With those words, millions … read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1) book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • adventure
  • westerns
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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5. The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.66

Format: 1007 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"You learned this,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

"One can have a wit, but not a witless"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

"The hallmark of insecurity is bravado."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

"I didn’t say Tvlakv isn’t a bastard. He’s just a likable bastard."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

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6. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King - Summary & Study Guide

By: BookRags

3.31

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Summaries, notes, essays, guides, lessons, and more - everything you need to understand or teach Th… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) by Joe Abercrombie

7. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.35

Format: 441 pages, Trade Paperback

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with trai… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"So we wait?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Empathy? What’s that?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Great men have great faults."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Those with the least always lose the most in war."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

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8. The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 541 pages, Hardcover

What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland? Mistborn For a thousand years the ash f… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Visit?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"How do you do that?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"There's always another secret.' -Kelsier"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Cover of Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown

9. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

Similar categories in Pierce Brown's Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

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10. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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11. The Regulators

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.72

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up un… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Regulators book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Brad looked at his wife with that expression of love that is the sole property of people who have been married over ten years."

-Stephen King, The Regulators

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12. The Gunslinger

By: Stephen King

3.56

Format: None pages,

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionin 1978, the p… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Gunslinger book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • adventure
  • westerns
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. The Long Walk

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.08

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual gr… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Long Walk book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Love is a fake!"

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Another time, another place."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Better to be dirty than dead."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"His eyes were as blank and bright as doorknobs."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

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14. The Running Man

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.90

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives... Ben Richard… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Running Man book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"Say your name over two hundred times and discover you are no one."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"...sie würden Christus persönlich überfallen, um ein Pfund Salami zu ergattern."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

Cover of A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

15. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

By: George R.R. Martin

4.44

Format: 835 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land wh… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Winter is coming."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"Don’t call me Lord Snow."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"The things I do for love."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"If I look back I am lost."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

16. American Gods

By: Neil Gaiman

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a TV Series produced by FremantleMedia North America available internationally on Amazon, exclu… read more

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17. The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.99

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and … read more

Similar categories in Cormac McCarthy's The Road book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Carry the fire."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"If only my heart were stone."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"You have my whole heart. You always did."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"There is no God and we are his prophets."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

18. Charlie the Choo-Choo

By: Stephen King , Ned Dameron , None

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' will definitely want this picture book about a train engine… read more

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19. Thinner

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wastin… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Thinner book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Purpurfargade ansiktet"

-Stephen King, Thinner

"It's the people who aren't scared who die young."

-Stephen King, Thinner

"Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all."

-Stephen King, Thinner

"The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing."

-Stephen King, Thinner

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20. The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus

By: None , Bev Vincent

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE DARK TOWER SERIES—INCLUDING BOOK-BY-BOOK ANALYSIS AND INSIGHT INTO STEPHE… read more

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  • adventure
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Stand: Captain Trips by Stephen        King, Mike Perkins, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Laura   Martin

21. The Stand: Captain Trips

By: Stephen King , Mike Perkins , Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa , Laura Martin

4.46

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Exclusive hardcover edition, collects The Stand: Captain Trips series of comics (#1-5) into one Har… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert

22. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

Similar categories in Frank Herbert's Dune (Dune, #1) book and Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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23. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

Cover of The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4) by J.R.R. Tolkien

24. The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Do not spoil the wonder with haste!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Never is too long a word even for me..."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

Cover of The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

25. The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.49

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Yet dawn is ever the hope of men."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

Cover of The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

26. The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Fly you fools"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"You cannot pass!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"There is still hope."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"Short cuts make long delays."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

23 best-selling fiction books like The Gunslinger by Stephen King

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Rage

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Roadwork

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.60

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Joe Abercrombie

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1)

Stephen King , Peter David , Robin Furth , Richard Isanove , Jae Lee

4.23

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Stephen King

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Stephen King

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