I want to start reading Stephen king’s books .Which one should I start with? Thanks in advance
I want to start reading Stephen king’s books .Which one should I start with?
Thanks in advance
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Start with his first.
Salem’s Lot is a great first book by SK ?
Carrie is his first but you can start with any you want, just make sure to read the series together
Misery ?
The Shining! It was my first Stephen King book and it’s my favorite ❤️
Definitely Misery!
Misery is love!
Delores Claiborne
I like that one too!
Misery! Gerald’s Game is a good one to start with as well 🙂
Loved Gerald’s Game ?
IT
The Stand
11/22/63 or the shining
Carrie.
The Shining or Insomnia
I’m currently reading Thinner. I like it better than IT. Also, it’s 1/3 the size.
Thinner scared the bejeezus out of me
@Holly same
Cujo….it was the one that got me hooked on Stephen King. The movie does not do the book Justice.
The shining, its a big book to start with but it explains well the concept of the ‘the shine’ which is something thats in a lot of his books (and its excellent!) Don’t judge it on the movie though! Its SOOOOO much better than the movie!
It, 11/22/63, and the Stand are my faves but they’re are pretty hefty.
Start with something smaller – like Misery, The Shining or even Joyland. They’re all pretty good and since you may have seen the film for one of them it would be easier to keep up! Aftet that, if you like his writing style I wpuld recommend Under The Dome
I asked this same question to FB friends recently and many responded with starting off with his novellas and then working up to things like It and The Stand. I’m going to be starting with Different Seasons.
The stand oldy but goody
Some less talked about books that are great and a little more of a quick read are Joyland, The Long Walk, Desperation, Duma Key. Under the Dome was good if your looking for something longer. Personally as much as I love Stephen King, I could never get through The Stand or his dark tower series.
Right, the Dark Tower series was more difficult to follow for me.
Carrie
My favorites of his that I’ve read are The Stand, It, and 11/22/63.
The Shining…my favorite!
The Stand.
Salem’s Lot, Carrie, Cujo, The Shining, IT, Stand By Me (The Body), or The Mist.
I love Pet Cemetery.
Another easy read ?. I was alone upstairs during a nasty rain & lightning storm after midnight when I read it. ?
Under the Dome
Long walk
11/22/63 is my favorite!
The Stand
My favorite King novel is Rose Madder.
the Shining
The Stand is my absolute favorite. And it was my first 🙂
Misery was my first and it started my love for King. I would highly recommend it as a first.
Pet semetery
My first was Christine. I found it in the road. It started a life-long love of King!
i read cell, it was pretty manageable as a start. then i moved on to salem’s lot…and ive been trying to read IT ever since, but i just cant get myself to read 1300 pages worth of words, and i am a bibliophile.
The Stand is my favorite-but Necessary Things is a fairly easy read-a very good one tho. Salem’s Lot is one of the scariest.
Four Past Midnight. It contains four shorter stories that I really enjoyed . It gives you a taste of what he’s about and either you’re interested in reading more or you’re not . ☺️
On Writing by Stephen King.
The Shining
Rose Madder, personal favorite.
The easiest and tamest is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. He wrote this one when he was recovering from being hit by a van while he was walking down a road. My very first one, though, was The Stand, and I was hooked! It is one of his better ones. Some of them are written just for horror sake, and others have some meat to them.
Gerald’s Game or Dolores Claiborne.. or Misery
Misery
Pet Sematary or Misery
I liked Revival
Any of the above or Salem’s Lot
Loved the Stand, Misery, It, Pet Semetary, 11/22/63, The Shining and Hearts In Atlantis
The Stand, although all of his books are amazing. I’m a lifelong fan and have read all his books
Carrie. And definitely read The Stand!
The long walk
Start where it all began in 1974: Carrie
Agree 1000%!
Salems lot!!
Good book
The Stand
Start at the beginning! Carrie is #1.
Misery
Currently reading revival. It’s good but not his best. You can start with it or the shinning.
The shining
I’m currently reading his bibliography in chronological order ? Carrie is a great place to start. It’s his first published novel and it’s a great read! The Dark Tower series is my favourite but I know not everyone is willing to commit to a 7 book series lol
Misery or Pet Sematary
The Cell
Avoid The Tommyknockers. He claims that’s his worst book and as a huge fan, I think he’s kinda right lol Pet Sematary, IT, Misery, Cujo and Thinner (written with his pen name Richard Bachman) are all pretty amazing
Carrie
Needful Things and The Stand
The Langoliers
And don’t watch any of the movies first ! Plz read the books ?
The Stand us my favorite!