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Talisman Books in Order

3 books from The Talisman (1925) to Other Worlds Than These (2026). Rated 4.5 across 30,665 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Talisman

    Book 1 1925 4.4 (17.5k)

    The iconic, “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) collaboration between bestselling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub—an epic #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy thriller about a young boy’s quest to save his mother’s life.

  2. Black House

    Book 2 2001 4.7 (13.1k)

    Winner of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Talisman, “an intelligent…suspenseful page-turner” (The Wall Street Journal) from “two master craftsmen, each…

  3. Other Worlds Than These

    Book 3 2026 4.3 (75)

    (starred review) “Constant Readers Rejoice!” (The Baltimore Sun). Jack Sawyer, a...

About this reading order

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