Name: Doctor Sleep
Author: Stephen King
ISBN: 9781476727653

About this book

Doctor Sleep is the second and final book in Stephen King's Shining series, published in September 2013 at 560 pages. It follows The Shining, arriving 36 years after the series opener.

Key facts about Doctor Sleep

Stephen King wrote Doctor Sleep, a novel on our list. It has been out since 24 September 2013. The book has 560 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781476727653 to find the main one.

Doctor Sleep is book 2 of 2 in The Shining series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with The Shining (1977). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

Additionally, Stephen King writes The Dark Tower, The Talisman and The Green Mile, plus 2 more series. 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.

Its place in The Shining

Doctor Sleep is book 2 in the The Shining series. It follows The Shining. See the full The Shining reading order.

Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic, takes a winter caretaking job at the isolated Overlook Hotel, moving his wife Wendy and psychic young son Danny into its empty corridors for a season of total isolation. The hotel has a violent history of its own, and it begins working on Jack's already-fraying sanity while Danny's telepathic gift -- the 'shining' -- lets him see the horrors soaking into the walls long before his parents do. Published in 1977, The Shining was King's first hardcover…

Editions

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