Reading Order for Stephen King's The Dark Tower and Related Works

These stories do not feature any characters or plot elements from The Dark Tower but are connected by locations, lore, and/or supernatural phenomena or entities:

      The Talisman
      The Mist (from Skeleton Crew)
      It
      Rose Madder
      Desperation
      The Regulators
      Bag of Bones
      From a Buick 8

These stories introduce or feature major characters who appear prominently in The Dark Tower:

      'Salem's Lot
      The Stand
      The Eyes of the Dragon
      Everything's Eventual (from Everything's Eventual)

The Dark Tower, Books I–IV:

      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

These stories feature major characters and plot elements from The Dark Tower but could spoil parts of the series if read earlier. The Wind Through the Keyhole was written after the completion of the main series with the intention to be read between the fourth and fifth books:

      The Little Sisters of Eluria (from Everything's Eventual)
      Insomnia
      Hearts in Atlantis
      Black House
      Ur (from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams)
      The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel

The Dark Tower, Books V–VII:

      The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
      The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
      The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

Non-canon prequels and adaptations by other authors:

      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1–7
      The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1–5
      The Dark Tower: Treachery #1–6
      The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer
      The Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead #1–6
      The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Journey Begins #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Little Sisters of Eluria #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Battle of Tull #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Way Station #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Man in Black #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Sheemie's Tale #1–2
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Evil Ground #1–2
      The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – So Fell Lord Perth
      The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Prisoner #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – House of Cards #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – Lady of Shadows #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – Bitter Medicine #1–5
      The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Sailor #1–5
      The Dark Tower (2017 feature film)