Wizard and Glass book cover by Stephen King

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Where Wizard and Glass sits

Series
Book 4 of The Dark Tower. See all The Dark Tower books in order
The book before
The Waste Lands
The book after
Wolves of the Calla
Order checked
Last checked: September 24, 2026, against stephenking.com
Place in the series
It is book 4 of The Dark Tower series. (stephenking.com; read November 6, 2026)
Next book
Book 5 is Wolves of the Calla. (stephenking.com; read November 6, 2026)

Checked facts about Wizard and Glass

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Publication
First published on November 4, 1997. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
This edition
The edition checked here is a 1016-page paperback from Pocket Books. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)

What Wizard and Glass is about

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  • Roland the gunslinger and the others with him only just get out of one world before slipping into another. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) Roland the gunslinger and his crew barely escape one world only to slip into another
  • There Roland tells them of the first quest he rode as a young gunslinger and of Susan Delgado, whom he loved above all. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) his first quest as a gunslinger and the love of his life, Susan Delgado

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Topics in this book

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Topics

  • Roland (Fictitious character : King)

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in The Dark Tower

8 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: The Gunslinger
  2. Book 2: The Drawing of the Three
  3. Book 3: The Waste Lands
  4. Book 5: Wolves of the Calla
  5. Book 6: Song of Susannah
  6. Book 7: The Dark Tower
  7. Book 8: The Wind Through the Keyhole

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