About this book
Desperation (1996) is one of King's small-town horror standalones, published alongside Needful Things as King's output diversified from the 1990s onward. It runs 566 pages.
Key facts about Desperation
Desperation is a book by Stephen King. Readers have had it since 24 September 1996. It runs to 566 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Desperation. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780340698969 to find the main one.
Stephen King has 72 books in our catalogue. 27 of them belong to a series, while 45 stand alone. All 72 are out now. Other books by Stephen King on file include Never Flinch (2025), Holly (2023), Fairy Tale (2022) and Gwendy's Final Task (2022).
Before this one, Rose Madder came out in 1995. After it came Wizard and Glass in 1997. It is one of 8 Stephen King books dated 1996. Since then, our list has added 35 more books by Stephen King.
Stephen King has 6 series on file, such as The Shining, The Dark Tower and The Talisman. Those series sit on our horror, epic fantasy and fantasy horror shelves. Meanwhile, Other Worlds Than These is the latest published Stephen King book on file, from 6 October 2026.
About Stephen King
Stephen King is one of the best-selling and most influential American novelists of the modern era, known primarily for horror but ranging freely across suspense, science fiction, and fantasy across a bibliography of more than sixty novels. See every Stephen King book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780340698969