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Explore named characters recorded within individual Stephen King stories, including minor characters and named animals. Browse by book, search a name or possible alias, and open a short passage.
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- 11/22/63197 named entries · First published November 8, 2011
- 140815 named entries · First published November 22, 1999
- 192235 named entries · First published November 9, 2010
- A Death13 named entries · First published March 2015
- A Face in the Crowd36 named entries · First published August 21, 2012
- A Good Marriage28 named entries · First published November 2010
- A Very Tight Place9 named entries · First published May 2008
- Afterlife12 named entries · First published 2013
- All That You Love Will Be Carried Away4 named entries · First published January 2001
- American Vampire: Pearl Jones’s Hollywood Story20 named entries · First published March 2010
- American Vampire: Skinner Sweet’s Origin17 named entries · First published March 2010
- An Evening at GODs2 named entries · Publication not established
- Apt Pupil62 named entries · First published August 27, 1982
- Autopsy Room Four8 named entries · First published 1997
- Ayana10 named entries · First published 2007
- Bad Little Kid17 named entries · First published March 14, 2014
- Bag of Bones144 named entries · First published September 22, 1998
- Batman and Robin Have an Altercation6 named entries · First published August 2012
- Battleground5 named entries · First published September 1972
- Beachworld6 named entries · First published 1984
- Before the Play9 named entries · First published August 1982
- Big Driver19 named entries · First published November 2010
- Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)6 named entries · First published 1980
- Billy Summers101 named entries · First published August 3, 2021
- Black House170 named entries · First published September 15, 2001
- Blaze78 named entries · First published June 12, 2007
- Blind Willie12 named entries · First published October 1994
- Blockade Billy49 named entries · First published April 20, 2010
- Brooklyn August10 named entries · First published 1971
- Cain Rose Up8 named entries · First published Spring 1968
- Carrie141 named entries · First published April 5, 1974
- Cell61 named entries · First published January 24, 2006
- Chattery Teeth8 named entries · First published 1992
- Children of the Corn21 named entries · First published March 1977
- Christine104 named entries · First published April 29, 1983
- Crouch End15 named entries · First published 1980
- Cujo76 named entries · First published September 8, 1981
- Cycle of the Werewolf43 named entries · First published 1983
- Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream49 named entries · First published May 21, 2024
- Dedication18 named entries · First published 1988
- Desperation82 named entries · First published September 24, 1996
- Doctor Sleep133 named entries · First published September 24, 2013
- Dolan’s Cadillac6 named entries · First published February 1985
- Dolores Claiborne78 named entries · First published November 1992
- Donovan’s Brain2 named entries · First published 1970
- Dreamcatcher121 named entries · First published March 20, 2001
- Drunken Fireworks11 named entries · First published June 30, 2015
- Duma Key85 named entries · First published January 22, 2008
- Elevation18 named entries · First published October 30, 2018
- End of Watch75 named entries · First published June 7, 2016
- Everything’s Eventual18 named entries · First published October–November 1997
- Fair Extension16 named entries · First published November 2010
- Fairy Tale133 named entries · First published September 6, 2022
- Father’s Day8 named entries · First published July 1982
- Finders Keepers84 named entries · First published June 2, 2015
- Finn13 named entries · First published May 25, 2022
- Firestarter106 named entries · First published July 1980
- From a Buick 867 named entries · First published September 24, 2002
- Gerald's Game50 named entries · First published May 1992
- Graduation Afternoon6 named entries · First published 2007
- Gramma16 named entries · First published Spring 1984
- Graveyard Shift12 named entries · First published October 1970
- Gray Matter11 named entries · First published October 1973
- Gwendy's Button Box24 named entries · First published May 16, 2017
- Gwendy's Final Task51 named entries · First published February 15, 2022
- Gwendy's Magic Feather48 named entries · First published November 19, 2019
- Harrison State Park ’681 named entry · First published 1968
- Harvey’s Dream9 named entries · First published June 2003
- Hearts in Atlantis55 named entries · First published September 14, 1999
- Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling2 named entries · First published September 14, 1999
- Here There Be Tygers6 named entries · First published 1968
- Herman Wouk Is Still Alive17 named entries · First published April 2011
- Holly93 named entries · First published September 5, 2023
- Home Delivery34 named entries · First published 1989
- Hotel at the End of the Road2 named entries · First published 1960
- I Am the Doorway13 named entries · First published March 1971
- I Know What You Need11 named entries · First published September 1976
- I’ve Got to Get Away2 named entries · First published 1960
- If It Bleeds44 named entries · First published April 21, 2020
- In a Half World of Terror9 named entries · First published 1965
- In the Deathroom7 named entries · First published November 22, 1999
- In the Key-Chords of Dawn1 named entry · First published January 1971
- In the Tall Grass18 named entries · First published June–July 2012
- Insomnia113 named entries · First published 1994
- It316 named entries · First published September 1986
- It Grows on You26 named entries · First published Fall 1973
- Jerusalem’s Lot27 named entries · First published February 1978
- Jhonathan and the Witches1 named entry · First published 1993
- Joyland50 named entries · First published June 4, 2013
- Keyholes5 named entries · Publication not established
- L.T.’s Theory of Pets8 named entries · First published 1997
- Later65 named entries · First published March 2, 2021
- Laurie10 named entries · First published May 17, 2018
- Lisey's Story82 named entries · First published October 24, 2006
- Low Men in Yellow Coats63 named entries · First published September 14, 1999
- Luckey Quarter9 named entries · First published 1995
- Lunch at the Gotham Café8 named entries · First published 1995
- Man with a Belly5 named entries · First published December 1978
- Memory17 named entries · First published July 2006
- Mile 8121 named entries · First published September 1, 2011
- Misery91 named entries · First published June 1987
- Mister Yummy14 named entries · First published November 3, 2015
- Morality11 named entries · First published July 2009
- Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)4 named entries · First published June 1985
- Mr. Harrigan’s Phone32 named entries · First published April 21, 2020
- Mr. Mercedes66 named entries · First published June 3, 2014
- Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut11 named entries · First published May 1984
- Mute6 named entries · First published December 2007
- My Pretty Pony15 named entries · First published 1988
- N.13 named entries · First published November 2008
- Needful Things150 named entries · First published October 1991
- Never Flinch131 named entries · First published May 27, 2025
- Never Look Behind You1 named entry · First published 1960
- Night Surf10 named entries · First published 1969
- Nona9 named entries · First published 1978
- Obits28 named entries · First published November 3, 2015
- On Slide Inn Road8 named entries · First published 2020
- One for the Road10 named entries · First published 1977
- Pet Sematary107 named entries · First published November 1983
- Popsy4 named entries · First published June 1987
- Premium Harmony5 named entries · First published November 2009
- Quitters, Inc.10 named entries · First published February 1978
- Rage81 named entries · First published 1977
- Rainy Season7 named entries · First published 1989
- Rat30 named entries · First published April 21, 2020
- Rattlesnakes20 named entries · First published May 21, 2024
- Red Screen6 named entries · First published September 9, 2021
- Rest Stop6 named entries · First published December 2003
- Revival105 named entries · First published November 11, 2014
- Riding the Bullet11 named entries · First published March 14, 2000
- Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption42 named entries · First published August 27, 1982
- Roadwork97 named entries · First published 1981
- Rose Madder73 named entries · First published June 1995
- Salem's Lot161 named entries · First published October 17, 1975
- Secret Window, Secret Garden32 named entries · First published September 1990
- Slade19 named entries · First published June 11, 1970
- Sleeping Beauties168 named entries · First published September 26, 2017
- Sneakers6 named entries · First published 1988
- Something to Tide You Over3 named entries · First published July 1982
- Sometimes They Come Back20 named entries · First published March 1974
- Sorry, Right Number16 named entries · First published October 1993
- Squad D15 named entries · First published 2019
- Stationary Bike11 named entries · First published 2003
- Storm of the Century67 named entries · First published February 1999
- Strawberry Spring9 named entries · First published Fall 1968
- Suffer the Little Children8 named entries · First published February 1972
- Summer Thunder7 named entries · First published December 17, 2013
- Survivor Type12 named entries · First published 1982
- That Bus Is Another World1 named entry · First published August 2014
- That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French7 named entries · First published June 1998
- The Answer Man34 named entries · First published May 21, 2024
- The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet19 named entries · First published June 1984
- The Beggar and the Diamond3 named entries · First published October 1993
- The Blue Air Compressor2 named entries · First published 1971
- The Body70 named entries · First published August 27, 1982
- The Bone Church10 named entries · First published November 2009
- The Boogeyman8 named entries · First published March 1973
- The Breathing Method23 named entries · First published August 27, 1982
- The Cat from Hell8 named entries · First published June 1977
- The Colorado Kid41 named entries · First published October 2005
- The Crate7 named entries · First published 1979
- The Cursed Expedition3 named entries · First published 1960
- The Dark Half78 named entries · First published October 1989
- The Dark Man1 named entry · First published 1969
- The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger22 named entries · First published June 1982
- The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three44 named entries · First published May 1987
- The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands40 named entries · First published August 1991
- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass80 named entries · First published November 1997
- The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla99 named entries · First published November 2003
- The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah79 named entries · First published June 2004
- The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower113 named entries · First published September 2004
- The Dead Zone155 named entries · First published August 1979
- The Death of Jack Hamilton22 named entries · First published December 17, 2001
- The Doctor’s Case11 named entries · First published 1987
- The Dreamers15 named entries · First published May 21, 2024
- The Dune8 named entries · First published 2011
- The End of the Whole Mess5 named entries · First published October 1986
- The Eyes of the Dragon38 named entries · First published 1984
- The Fifth Quarter6 named entries · First published April 1972
- The Fifth Step6 named entries · First published March 2020
- The Gingerbread Girl15 named entries · First published July 2007
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon27 named entries · First published April 1999
- The Glass Floor4 named entries · First published 1967
- The Green Mile71 named entries · First published March 1996
- The House on Maple Street12 named entries · First published October 1993
- The Institute137 named entries · First published September 10, 2019
- The Jaunt15 named entries · First published June 1981
- The King Family & the Wicked Witch6 named entries · First published August 25, 1977
- The Langoliers41 named entries · First published September 24, 1990
- The Last Rung on the Ladder4 named entries · First published February 1978
- The Lawnmower Man14 named entries · First published May 1975
- The Ledge4 named entries · First published July 1976
- The Leprechaun4 named entries · Publication not established
- The Library Policeman64 named entries · First published September 24, 1990
- The Life of Chuck29 named entries · First published April 21, 2020
- The Little Green God of Agony8 named entries · First published September 2011
- The Little Sisters of Eluria18 named entries · First published 1998
- The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill7 named entries · First published May 1976
- The Long Walk68 named entries · First published 1979
- The Man in the Black Suit9 named entries · First published October 1994
- The Man Who Loved Flowers2 named entries · First published August 1977
- The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands11 named entries · First published 1981
- The Mangler18 named entries · First published December 1972
- The Mist44 named entries · First published August 29, 1980
- The Monkey17 named entries · First published November 1980
- The Moving Finger15 named entries · First published December 1990
- The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates10 named entries · First published 2008
- The Night Flier15 named entries · First published June 1988
- The Night of the Tiger13 named entries · First published February 1978
- The Other Side of the Fog1 named entry · First published 1960
- The Outsider138 named entries · First published May 22, 2018
- The Plant86 named entries · First published November 1982
- The Raft5 named entries · First published November 1982
- The Reach45 named entries · First published November 1981
- The Reaper’s Image7 named entries · First published 1969
- The Regulators91 named entries · First published 1996
- The Reploids11 named entries · First published 1988
- The Road Virus Heads North10 named entries · First published 1999
- The Running Man47 named entries · First published 1982
- The Shining76 named entries · First published January 1977
- The Stand420 named entries · First published October 1978
- The Stranger1 named entry · First published 1960
- The Sun Dog25 named entries · First published September 24, 1990
- The Talisman102 named entries · First published November 1984
- The Ten O’Clock People20 named entries · First published October 1993
- The Thing at the Bottom of the Well2 named entries · First published 1960
- The Things They Left Behind20 named entries · First published 2005
- The Tommyknockers179 named entries · First published November 1987
- The Turbulence Expert6 named entries · First published September 2018
- The Wedding Gig12 named entries · First published December 1980
- The Wind Through the Keyhole73 named entries · First published February 2012
- The Woman in the Room2 named entries · First published February 1978
- They’re Creeping Up on You7 named entries · First published July 1982
- Thinner50 named entries · First published November 1984
- Throttle15 named entries · First published 2009
- Tommy5 named entries · First published March 2010
- Trucks2 named entries · First published June 1973
- Two Talented Bastids20 named entries · First published May 21, 2024
- Umney’s Last Case23 named entries · First published October 1993
- Uncle Otto’s Truck8 named entries · First published October 1983
- Under the Dome246 named entries · First published November 10, 2009
- Under the Weather15 named entries · First published May 24, 2011
- UR29 named entries · First published February 12, 2009
- Why We’re in Vietnam20 named entries · First published September 14, 1999
- Willa16 named entries · First published December 2006
- Willie the Weirdo9 named entries · First published October 28, 2021
- Word Processor of the Gods11 named entries · First published January 1983
- You Know They Got a Hell of a Band15 named entries · First published 1992