Amazon has a terrific deal on Stephen King’s epic dark fantasy series The Dark Tower. For a limited time, you can get all eight novels in one box set for only $68.90, which is nearly $100 off its original retail price. The Dark Tower 8-Book Box Set often sells for around $100-$120, though the price has shot up to around $150 multiple times in recent months. The $69 deal is the best price we’ve seen in a long time and just a few bucks shy of the all-time low.
The Dark Tower is Stephen King’s longest and most iconic series. It debuted in 1982 with The Gunslinger and finally wrapped in 2004. The series garnered critical praise and earned the author legions of new fans. The Dark Tower deftly blends fantasy, science fiction, and western genres to tell the story of the last gunslinger Roland Deschain’s quest to find the eponymous Dark Tower.
$68.90 (was $161)
All told, the eight book box set eclipses 4,700 pages across the seven mainline novels and Book 4.5, The Wind Through the Keyhole, which was published in 2012. This box set includes trade paperback editions of the complete series. On their own, the paperbacks carry list prices of $16-$20–though you can typically save a few bucks on each.
- The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
- The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
- The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
- The Dark Tower 4.5: The Wind Through the Keyhole
- The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
- The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Along with the books, you’ll get a collectible case to keep them safe on your bookshelf.
The Dark Tower follows Roland Deschain, a member of the Gunslingers knightly order. His world is one that’s intertwined with magical and technological advances, but also characteristics of the Wild West. Roland is on a journey to find the Dark Tower–a location that’s said to connect universes with each other–and thwart The Man in Black (Randall Flagg).
Roland’s reasons for tracking down the Dark Tower are a bit murky at first, but as you make your way through the epic eight-book series, his true intentions come to light–and you’ll notice plenty of connections to other Stephen King novels.
King has made a frequent habit of inserting his characters and places into seemingly unrelated novels within his lengthy bibliography. In the case of Randall Flagg, you’ll also find him in The Stand–arguably King’s best novel–The Eyes of the Dragon, and the Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy, which he co-wrote with Richard Chizmar.
If you’ve already read The Dark Tower novel series and want to spend even more time in its fascinating world, the comic book adaptation is awesome. Unfortunately, it remains unfinished to this day, as Marvel canceled it before the story reached its conclusion. There is some good news, though. In 2023, publisher Gallery 13 reprinted the entire original run in three gorgeous omnibus editions.
The Dark Tower: Beginnings expands on Roland’s backstory, so if you only get one of these books, Beginnings is the one with the most content not found in the original novel series. The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three Omnibus Editions cover the first two books in the series, but these are more like interpretations than straight adaptations, as there’s plenty of new content in each. King supervised the creation of the comic book series, so you could consider the stories within these books to be canon (though some fans would disagree).
All three Dark Tower omnibuses are on sale for substantial discounts and the first two are eligible for Amazon’s B2G1 Free Book Sale. You can also pick up Sleeping Beauties: Deluxe Remastered Edition, a graphic novel adaptation of the novel King wrote with his son Owen, during the promotion.
The Dark Tower comic books, like the novels, are meant for mature readers, but there is a Dark Tower book for youngsters, too. King published Charlie the Choo-Choo under the pen name Beryl Evans in 2016. The picture book is appropriate for toddlers and is available for $15 (was $20) at Amazon. King’s second children’s book, a reimagining of Hansel and Gretel illustrated by Maurice Sendak, releases September 2.
B2G1 Free Stephen King Books
We’ve rounded up more Stephen King books featured in Amazon’s Buy Two, Get One Free Book Sale below. The lists include hardcover editions of two King’s most beloved novels, The Shining and It, as well as a wide assortment of paperbacks. You can also get the recently released and aforementioned omnibus edition of The Gwendy Trilogy and the Bill Hodges Trilogy in a hardcover box set for cheap. The latter is especially notable since it’s on sale for only $56 (was $96).
Speaking of box sets, Scribner is starting a new series dubbed Classic King this summer. Classic King Box Set 1 contains paperback editions of Christine, Cujo, and Pet Sematary, and you can preorder the set for $58 at Amazon. A similarly themed collection with Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, and The Shining released in 2019–you can snag the Stephen King Three Classic Novels Box Set for $26 (was $57) at Amazon. King’s next brand-new novel, Never Flinch, releases in hardcover on May 27, and Amazon is offering a 30% discount on preorders.
B2G1 Free Stephen King Box Sets & Hardcover Novels
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Note: “MMPB” stands for mass market paperback, the smaller, cheaper paperback books. If the book is marked as “Paperback,” it’s the larger, trade paperback format.
If you don’t see three King novels you want, you could toss a 4K Blu-ray or two in your cart instead. A handful of notable Stephen King adaptations are eligible for B2G1 free, too. All of the movies listed below are 4K Blu-ray editions except for the TV miniseries adaptation of The Shining. Check out our B2G1 Free Blu-ray roundup for more movies and TV shows featured in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.
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