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answers.span_text: 1998
questions: when was the first dark tower book published
name: The Dark Tower (series)
contexts: The Dark Tower `` The Dark Tower '' painting by Michael Whelan The Little Sisters of Eluria ( 1998 ) The Gunslinger ( 1982 ) The Drawing of the Three ( 1987 ) The Waste Lands ( 1991 ) Wizard and Glass ( 1997 ) Wolves of the Calla ( 2003 ) Song of Susannah ( 2004 ) The Dark Tower ( 2004 ) The Wind Through the Keyhole ( 2012 ) Author Stephen King Illustrator Michael Whelan , Phil Hale , Ned Dameron , Dave McKean , Jae Lee , Bernie Wrightson , Darrel Anderson Country United States of America Language English Genre Dark fantasy , science fiction , horror , Western