Desperation Vs The Regulators

[John_and_Yoko]

Back to the title question, I don't really think the order matters.

I agree. The Regulators and Desperation are twin novels of a sort. They happen in different worlds an can be read in different orders, although Desperation feels to me like it came first. That might just be because I read it first .

Of the two books Desperation is my favourite.

As for Rose Madder, yes they it shares a character with Desperation and as such is set before. However, you don't really need to read it first. The character (who happens to be quite central in this book) is quite minor in Rose Madder, and you can always catch up on his/her background later.

That being said, I really like Rose Madder, even if King himself wasn't keen on it.

Actually Desperation was written first.