Plus short stories, nonfiction an historical novels. But stephen king is most known for his poor books, which hes decrease, iconic figures to pop culture. Well, the evil clown pennywise the rabid dog, who jo and he, himself became a character in the simpsons. 400000000 copies of his books have been sold worldwide. And yeah, shakespeare is well above that 1000000000 and even more. Harry potter books have been sold. But 400000000 is still a lot of readers. Thats more readers than the entire population of the united states. Meaning that you could make an entire nation out of stephen king readers, and it would out number all of the us americans on the planet. Maybe thats a concept for a new novel. Stephen king has one just about every award there is to win, and in 2014 president obama presented him with the National Metal arts. But there is one thing i dont think well ever see. With this years nobel prize and literature is awarded to speak with with lets just go with the thought experiment