Assuming you do read Pet Sematary, there's a fascinating cameo to be found in 1994's Insomnia, a book with a much clearer link to the Dark Tower series.Still, we feel this book belongs on any good Stephen King reading list solely because of its quality. Pet Sematary's connection to the Dark Tower mythos is pretty tenuous - sort of a "Six Degrees of Roland Deschain" situation. King released a revised version of the novel in 2003, one rewritten to more closely align the story with later sequels. As Roland pursues the mysterious Man in Black across an endless desert, he encounters strange creatures, unholy demons and a boy inexplicably ripped from 20th century America. This is the book that introduces Roland Deschain, last of the fabled line of gunslingers and a man obsessed with finding the fabled Dark Tower and saving his dying world. The Gunslinger is where the Dark Tower saga truly begins. One character in particular, Father Callahan, has a big part to play later in the series. It's a story that steadily builds a sense of dread as an intrepid few try to save their idyllic small town from being overrun by vampires.Salem's Lot eventually pays off in a significant way where the Dark Tower books are concerned. It certainly set the tone for much of King's work to come, focusing equally on supernatural horror and the ordinary, mundane evil that lurks behind closed doors. Salem's Lot is King's second published novel, and after all these years it remains one of his best and most terrifying works. King certainly didn't have any inkling of the full scope of this story when he began it, or how much events in his own life would influence its execution, and it's best appreciated with that perspective in mind. The Dark Tower is a story that grew in the telling.
YES NOWe're proponents of reading these books in more or less the same order they're published. That book has now been added to the lineup. Update: As several readers have pointed out, we neglected to include The Eyes of the Dragon in the original article. Warning: Very vague spoilers follow about certain connections between books. Read on to learn which books you should read to fully appreciate the Dark Tower mythos. In addition to the seven core novels that make up the story of wandering gunslinger Roland Deschain, many of King's most iconic books tie into the Dark Tower in some way or another, forming an entire literary multiverse. His entire back catalog could take months or more.įor the budding King fan, perhaps the easiest way to take in the best and most important books of his prolific career is to focus on the Dark Tower saga. Just one of his books can sustain most readers for days. King has built a career writing spooky page-turners that frequently clock in at over 1000 pages. It's hard to go wrong with a good Stephen King book. With so many people working from home and practicing social distancing in 2020, we could all use plenty of distractions.
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