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The Dark Tower Books in Order

by Stephen KingLiterature & Fiction

8 books from Dark Tower I (2003) to The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012). Rated 4.6 across 218,592 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Dark Tower I

    Book 1 2003 4.3 (52.8k)

    A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces readers to one of Stephen...

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  2. Dark Tower II

    Book 2 2003 4.8 (36.4k)

    The second volume in Stephen King’s #1 bestselling Dark Tower Series, The Drawing of the Three is an “epic in the making” (Kirkus Reviews) about a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies.

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  3. Dark Tower III

    Book 3 2003 4.8 (32.1k)

    The third volume in the #1 nationally bestselling Dark Tower Series, involving the enigmatic Roland (the last gunfighter) and his ongoing quest for the Dark Tower, is “Stephen King at his best” (School Library Journal).

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  4. Dark Tower IV

    Book 4 2003 4.8 (29.8k)

    The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is “splendidly tense…rip-roaring” (Publishers Weekly)—a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe.

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  5. Wolves of the Calla

    Book 5 1997 4.7 (17.9k)

    Wolves of the Calla is the thrilling fifth book in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series—a unique bestselling epic fantasy quest inspired many years ago by The Lord of the Rings.

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  6. Song of Susannah

    Book 6 1999 4.6 (15.8k)

    The penultimate volume in the Dark Tower series, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah, a #1 New York Times bestseller, is a pivotal installment in the epic saga.

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  7. The Dark Tower

    Book 7 1990 4.8 (24.5k)

    Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork.

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  8. The Wind Through the Keyhole

    Book 8 2012 4.4 (9.2k)

    In his New York Times bestselling The Wind Through the Keyhole, Stephen King returns to the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga to tell a story about gunslinger Roland Deschain in his early days.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Dark Tower 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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