What to know about Other Worlds Than These
Other Worlds Than These is Book 3 in the The Talisman series. New readers should begin with Book 1, The Talisman. The book just before this one is Black House.
We have reviewed 12 of Stephen King’s books, with an average score of 4.3 out of 5. Our highest-rated so far is On Writing – A Memoir of the Craft (5★); the most recent is Misery.
At 624 pages it is one of the longer horror books out in October 2026; the typical one runs about 336 pages. Of October 2026’s other horror releases, we have already reviewed Dive Bar at the End of the Road, Look What the Cat Dragged In and Off the Reservation.
From the publisher
'I wanted to go back to Mid-World, which was always the Territories by another name' - Stephen King
This is Stephen King and Peter Straub's epic and unforgettable finale to the Talisman Trilogy (including the novels The Talisman and Black House) and a wrapping up of the fate of the worlds in King's iconic, fiercely beloved Dark Tower epic. It is also a wonderful stand-alone novel, that will appeal to new readers, as well as to King's Constant Reader.
Other Worlds Than These is the story of Jack Sawyer, whom readers first met when he was twelve, crossing America and 'the territories' to save his mother's life, and met again in Black House, where Jack faces a child killer and the Crimson King (among other evils). In Other Worlds Than These Jack must stop a rampaging gang of infected teenagers from America-side, and the forces of the mysterious Gullet at the edge of Mid-World, before it destroys our world and all worlds. Jack is older now; his Ka-tet is fraying; and his task, nearly impossible.
Magnificent, riveting, full of heart, and humour, Other Worlds Than These is a spectacular, propulsive adventure, and features 30 exclusive black and white illustrations by artist Gabriel Rodriguez.
Description supplied by the publisher.
We haven’t read Other Worlds Than These yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
