I’ve never read any Stephen king books. What one would you suggest??
I’ve never read any Stephen king books. What one would you suggest??
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I’ve never read any Stephen king books. What one would you suggest??
Green Mile is brilliant
The Green Mile
Most of his books are decent and super fun to read. But if you want a King book that’s not like typical “King” read The Eye of the Dragon.
My favorite King book is 11/22/63, and I’ve read them all
I just finished it!
The past is obdurate ?
I built up some muscle tone carrying that book around too!!
I bought this one the other day. Looking forward to starting. It will be my first of his to read.
The Stand.
The Stand.
The Shining is good! I loved 11/22/63 but it’s not horror. Pet Cemetery was good too.
Salem’s Lot
The Shining
Needful Things and Misery are my favorites
Needful Things
I think I might need to read one that I haven’t seen the movie first ?
Salem’s lot. Super creepy!
It doesn’t matter with him, I’ve seen all of his movies andread a ton of his books. I read Cujo (when I was like 12, 1st King Novel) movie didn’t matter!
The shining and Salem’s lot are the best. Most of them are decent if you just need something to read
I avoided The Eye of the Dragon for years, and once I read it I was angry for not reading it sooner… very good book
The Langoliers – short story – and @Carrie
I forgot about The Langoliers, that was a good one
The Stand
It!
Misery is a fantastic read – not horror but very psychological and scary. Delores Colburn (I hope I got that right) is also good.
For his horror Carrie, Christine, IT, and Salem’s Lot are my top (but all good).
112263 is brilliant
I have just bought Bag of Bones. It’s my first Stephen King as well.?
The Stand is amazing, if you wanna be scared tho I recommend IT (omg what horrible supernatural thing is happening right now) or Cujo (omg this is a real thing that could happen :o)
It was legit scary. @_@
Ya listening to IT on audio book was a mistake. There was one scene that shook me up so bad I had to watch cartoons before bed. That was last year when I was 33 years old and I started reading King books in high school and I’m a huge fan of horror books/movies/shows. It was weird to be actually scarred
All of them ! Started with the stand when I was about 13 hooked ever since !
I agree except for the Cell. Didn’t enjoy that one
@Julie I fib I haven’t read that yet
The Stand!!
Mr.mercedes
The Stand and It
The shining….. best book ever.
Currently listening to the stand on audio when walking ?
Start at the beginning! He’ll sometimes reference books he’s previously written.
I’m also trying my first Stephen King book. I’ve heard that ‘The Stand’ and ‘Misery’ are good. I was able to get my hands on ‘The Shining’ and it’s pretty good so far.
I’m reading 11.22.63 at the moment.
Fav book of all time!
I really love Duma Key.
I am just reading his Mr Mercedes trilogy, read first 2 really good. ??
The shining is a must read and I really loved IT, the book is much better than the film. To be honest I enjoyed all his books I have read but my all time favourite has to be the green mile. I can sit and read this over and over.
IT
Doctor Sleep
(sequel to the shining)
The Shining is one of my favs, betta than the film and the films ace
The shining,Salem’s lot,the green mile they are his best.
11.22.63
The Stand. Dr Sleep. The Green Mile. One of his books of short stories, Full Dark, No Stars.
The Stand
The Eyes of the Dragon or Firestarter
The Green Mile
IT ?
The girl who loved Tom Jordon . Cracking read
The green mile
Mr. Mercedes. Xxx
Omigosh yes! I read all 3 in two days!
Bag of Bones and The Eyes of the Dragon.
The Green Mile and Hearts In Atlantis.
Mr. Mercedes trilogy. His newest book, The Outsider, also involves one the trilogy’s main characters.
His short stories are a good place to start!
Shawls Hank Redemption
Corrective text lol
Shaw Shank Redemption
Rose Madder
Pet cemetery
Reading The Outsider now it’s a grabber.
I just finished that a few weeks ago, thought it was okay, not my fav. Boogeyman ?
Needful Things.
11/22/63 I think it is his best novel
The Stand
I’ve only read 11/22/63 & just read the outsider. 11/23 was great, the outsider not so much
It, salems lot, under the dome
For King fans – does he have any books that are awesome all the way through without the mini rant/irrelevant sub plots?
Ok so you’re laughing but no suggestions. Does that mean it’s just par for the course with King? ??
All of his books are like that. I hate it but I still can’t stop reading! That’s his thing…
Bummer lol
Yeah, I speed read through the mundane blabber.
@Tiffany i did that too with both books but i worry that I’m missing something important lol
Misery
The Shining…
11/22/63
The outsider
11/22/63
They’re all good, but I’d have to say I really liked 11/22/63, and the Mr Mercedes series, which now has 4 books.
Joyland
11/22/63
The Shining
My favorites.
11.22.63
Christine
The stand
Under the Dome
Mr. Mercedes
Currently reading 11/22/63 almost done it and it’s good!
Christine
Bag of bones
This was a good one
Carrie
The Stand
I’m in the middle of “IT” right now, I definitely recommend!
@Eric? Wanna chime in on this one?
The Outsider
Under the Dome
Bag of Bones
11/22/63
The Stand
Carrie, the Shining or Salem’s lot
11\22\63.
The Stand. But really all of them.
Carrie, Pet Sematary, or The Shining. Then move on to some of his non-horror stuff like The Long Walk or Misery.
I would start with Carrie and read your way down the list. That was how I discovered my love for all things Stephen King.
All of them! Try and read them in order of publication preferably. So much crossover between them.
Christine, Misery and Pet Semetary
Christine and most of all, Mr. Mercedes!
Love Stephen King – Have a look at his trilogy starting with Mr Mercedes then Finders Keepers and End of Watch. All absolutely brilliant!
Needful things is my fave of his ?
Thank you everyone for your thoughts. Xx
Ok I think I’ll start at the start. Carrie it is. Thanks everyone ??
depends on your mood, king has so many areas to cover. dark tower, the shining, insomnia, bag of bones just to start
Misery
I just read his newest, the outsider and it was really good
On Writing. It’s part autobiography and part writing advice, plus book recommendations.
Carrie is a good one.
Misery, Green Mile, and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
My first was Carrie