Hans-Åke Lilja
Hans-Åke Lilja, one of the world’s leading experts on Stephen King, has read King for over 40 years, written about him since 1996, interviewed him twice and given lectures about him regularly since 2017. He has written three books about King, Stephen King: Not Just Horror (2023), Stephen King: Stories From Five Decades of Storytelling (2024) and Stephen King: Odds & Ends (2025).
Interviews with Hans-Åke Lilja
The Best Stephen King Books, recommended by Hans-Åke Lilja
Stephen King—widely dubbed “the king of horror”—has published dozens of books since Carrie, his 1974 debut. We asked Hans-Åke Lilja, who has run a website devoted to King’s output for decades, to recommend five of the best Stephen King novels, offering new readers a place to start.
