The Ultimate Storyteller

Hodder & Stoughton's ambitious reissue plan for Stephen King’s entire backlist, began in May 2021 with the release of 6 Chilling Classics. Further groups of titles were relaunched in 2-3 batches per year, with a total of over 70 books revamped between spring 2021 and autumn 2024.

The books were grouped into different categories including Chilling Classics and Epic Thrillers, helping readers to navigate their way through the extraordinary range and depth of his body of work, and discover which type of novel will most appeal to them. Each group is unified by striking author brand lettering, and distinguished by a distinct colour palette and title lettering.

Philippa Pride, Stephen King’s UK editor, says:

‘Stephen King is a true Classic in his own lifetime – the ultimate storyteller whose books are both timeless and time-capsules. With this dynamic and eye-catching new cover look, we want to wake up the reader – existing and new, from every generation – whether they saw IT on the big screen or asked ‘did he really write The Shawshank Redemption?’ We aim to introduce them to the rich variety of his work from supernatural novels like The Shining, to coming-of-age stories like The Body, crime novels like Mr Mercedes and fantasy like the Dark Tower, to name but a few, and to remind them that there is a wonderful world of King out there.’

 

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  • Stephen King’s powerful and iconic chillers – featuring children, buildings, animals, vampires, even cars with terrifying powers – have been keeping readers awake at night for decades.

  • King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of novellas and short story fiction since his first collection Night Shift. Many of his deliciously dark tales havebecome been turned into enduring hit films such as Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption.

  • Close-up portraits which bristle with intensity and psychological suspense, featuring memorable female characters, often in jeopardy.

  • King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of novellas and short story fiction since his first collection Night Shift.

  • Epic Thrillers Part One: Big canvas, hugely populated thrillers, often with supernatural and apocalyptic elements.

  • Epic Thrillers Part Two

  • The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King.

  • Spectacular, heart-pounding suspense featuring a retired detective and two unlikely, winning allies in riveting cat-and-mouse thrillers.

  • At the age of 19 Stephen King decided he would like to write an epic similar to The Lord of the Rings. The ‘spaghetti Westerns’ of that time and a poem written by Robert Browning became the inspiration for his magnum opus.
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