Although Stephen King praised a bestselling mystery-thriller back in 2017, the book he compared to Gone Girlstill hasn’t received its long-promised movie adaptation. Stephen King’s 66 books prove that the prolific author knows a lot about plot, character, and prose, and his bestselling writing guide/memoir On Writing only reaffirms this reality. Stephen King has a love of the craft that runs deep and transcends genre, even if the author is still best known for his horror offerings among much of the general public.