Every Stephen King Novel Ranked Worst To Best

53. The Tommyknockers

Though it could be argued that Stephen King has no truly "bad" novel, The Tommyknockers is as close as you're likely to find.

A tale of a small town where the locals begin to unearth alien artifacts with devastating results, this 1987 sci-fi horror was published during King's battle with addiction, and the dreary metaphors about this chapter in his life - as well as the book's sometimes clunky, overlong narrative - makes The Tommyknockers a novel with a lot of potential unfortunately squandered.