The Gunslinger
- Published
- 1 January 1982
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN-13
- 9780451160522
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Gunslinger, written by Stephen King, is number 1 in The Dark Tower series, released in 1982. It runs just 256 pages, the shortest entry in the series.
Key facts about The Gunslinger
Stephen King wrote The Gunslinger, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1982. The book has 256 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780451160522 to find the main one.
The Gunslinger is book 1 of 8 in The Dark Tower series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Wind Through the Keyhole is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 April 2012.
Additionally, Stephen King writes The Shining, 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 Dark Tower
The Gunslinger is book 1 in the The Dark Tower series. It is followed by The Drawing of the Three. See the full The Dark Tower reading order.
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Roland Deschain is the last of a fallen order of knight-gunslingers, chasing a sorcerous man in black across a post-apocalyptic, time-slipped wasteland in a single-minded quest for the Dark Tower — the nexus point that holds every world, including our own, together. Along the way he draws three unlikely companions out of 20th-century New York, forming a ka-tet bound by fate as much as choice, and the series widens from a spare, Sergio…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780140867169
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9782277229506
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788466341295