The Dark Tower Reading Order

The The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is complete. Here is the book we cover so far.

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Reading order

  1. 1. The Gunslinger

    Stephen King · The Dark Tower #1 · complete series

    Spice 2/5 Darkness 4/5

    Book 1

    The man in black fled across the desert, and Roland followed. A weird, dusty, half-dreamed western that King revised years later. It's the thinnest book in the series and the strangest. The Tull chapter is still one of his nastiest.

    • Grimdark
    • Morally Gray
    • Demons
    Content warnings

    Graphic violence, Murder, Harm to children, Dubious or non-consent