Best Stephen King books? I’m new to him but I’ve just read The Stand and thought it was amazing! The Shining is also on my list to read
Best Stephen King books? I’m new to him but I’ve just read The Stand and thought it was amazing! The Shining is also on my list to read
The Shining and Salem’s Lot are both excellent. You might like The Dark Tower series but you also might not, very hit or miss.
The stand is my favourite by him too, try the green mile ?
that was the second one I read. I enjoyed it a lot!
My favorites are Gerald’s Game and Misery because, to me, they were the scariest. I’m not easy to creep out, but those two got to me.
@Tina Misery scared me a lot, too. I still haven’t seen the movie. That one and The Shining were the scariest to me.
Salems Lot is my favorite
Cujo, The Shining, and I’m reading Needful Things now! I dont have a favorite of his, I love them all!!
I used to read Stephen King all the time with my son. I started reading It when my son left it laying on the end table and had to quit. I did read Geralds Game and stopped after that one scared the bejeebers out of me.
yeah I get that. He’s such a good story teller though
Bag of Bones, Rose Madder, Desperation….there are more I cant think of….
I’ve only read eye of the dragon which is just a fantasy/fairytale. Loved it! Too much of a wimp to read other scary stuff ?
Recommend reading his early works leading to The Stand. You begin to understand who he is as a writer. The Stand is his best. The Green Mile nd 11/22/63 are must to reads.
Dolores Claiborne
11/22/63 and Needful Things are two of my favorites. Happy reading! ?
Needful Things and Dreamcatcher are two of my faves.
11/22/63 for sure
Went looking for 11/22/63 this past weekend. I found a used copy but OMG its huge. I don’t think I’m ready for that big of a book yet…
The Talisman, The Stand, and 11/22/63 are all excellent.
Insomnia is my favorite.
I’ve finished the first two books of the Dark Tower series. First one, good. Second one, better. Also recently finished The Outsider, and am working on the Green Mile. All good. All recommended.
I like his early works the best. The Stand, Carrie and The Shining are probably my favorites. I read The Shining when I was 13 and it still scares me (still haven’t seen the movie). The movie version of Carrie is still one of the scariest things I’ve ever watched.
11 22 63 is one of my favorite books of all time by anyone.
I used to read a lot of Stephen King when I was younger. The last King book I read was Gerald’s Game and I had to stop. The movie does not do it justice. It is terrifying.
I have read only one of his and it was only because it was a Christmas gift from one of my sons: “THE GREEN MILE”! I found it very well written and the movie did it justice!
Agreed!
i liked what Stephen King did with the character of Percy in the book and the parallels with the orderly when he is in the nursing home. Other than that I agree that the movie did a great job. Maybe why books are better ?
Yes! I “SEE” the action in my imagination while reading, anyway. When viewing a movie made from the book, it can be the interpretation of the director. Even IF the author is there, on the set…
The Shining is very scary. I read it at age 13 and have never been able to watch the movie as a result. I read The Stand as an adult and did not have the same reaction.
I’m not sure whether The Shining is really the more frightening of the two, or if it was the just difference in my age when I read them (13 vs. 30 something).
I’ve not found the stand very scary. Trying to read the shining currently…