The Gunslinger
core novel 1982 The Dark Tower
Record
| First published | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (678,426 ratings, collected 2026-08-07) |
| Page count | 224 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780937986509 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dark Tower
- Series: The Dark Tower core; position 1 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Stephen King
Notes
- From the series record (The Dark Tower): A dark fantasy/Western/horror/science-fiction blend, admitted as fantasy per critical/marketing consensus, the same transparency pattern applied to Dragonriders of Pern, The Book of the New Sun, and The Locked Tomb. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012) is an interstitial 'Dark Tower IV.5' set between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla -- registered Core (not Expanded) since King himself numbers it as part of the 8-book main sequence, unlike ACOTAR's interstitial novella.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Dark Tower: position 1 of 8: next The Drawing of the Three (1987)
Sources
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