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So I love Stephen King movies…all of them! But…….I’ve never read one of his books ??So what Stephen King book is an absolute must read?!

So I love Stephen King movies…all of them! But…….I’ve never read one of his books ??So what Stephen King book is an absolute must read?!

Heather #recommend #horror

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Chelsea

the Dark Tower series

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Hollie

Rose Madder

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Nicole

This was the first book of his I ever read. ?

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Ivy

Same! So good

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Aapri

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Carey

It and The Stand

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Martine

The Stand

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Cara

Dark tower series and misery

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Jennifer

The Green Mile

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Ivy

My personal favorites were IT, cujo, Rose madder, and misery.

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Corina

All of them. But The Stand was my favorite…

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Kerry

The body

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Stephanie

The Stand

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Whitney

IT
Salem’s Lot

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D'ego

Start with Carrie. Go from there. ?

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Becky

Whats the dark tower about?

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Nancy

Salem’s Lot

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Sarah-Anne

Carrie

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Jenny

11.22.63 it’s not a horror but it is a must read.

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Julie

I’m 43% through this one just now xx

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Jenny

@Julie enjoy. I was sad when I finished it I miss Jake Epping /George Ambersom.

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Claire

Start with the stand. It is his best and my fave x

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Debbie

Jenny Townsend, it was good book, did you know there was a mini seris made for tv that was shown a while ago, but i think it’s true what they say, the book is always better than the film

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David

11/22/63

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Sara

Misery

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Nicole

Pet Sematary!

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Rachel

All of them pretty much my favourites are misery, the green mile and pet semetary

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Von

there is a remake of the movie https://amzn.to/2J7uL24

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Liorah

Insomnia, Needful Things

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Bryony

I’ve just finished reading Pet Sematary, that’s definately worth a read. Just started The Shining, so I’ll see how I get on with that 🙂

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Brenda

Start with his shorts. Look for Four Past Midnight. One Past Midnight is a favorite of mine and it’s The Langoliers. Tommyknockers is another fun one.

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Barb

Pet Semetary

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Yesenia

Misery

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Jen

@Yesenia awesome book

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Keira

Tommyknockers

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Kathy

Skeleton Crew

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Ian

The Stand is brilliant 🙂

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Barbara

I second the stand

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Amy

The Stand. Dark Tower Series. Duma Key. Green Mile. Hmmm all of them! ?

He’s one of my favorite authors!

Enjoy! ?

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Sean

The green mile

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Lauren

Carrie is great, but you might also like some of his short stories – The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a good one x

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Algin

The Shining is his most terrifying. Hearts in Atlantis is his best written story.

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Jen

@Algin love the Shinning

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Diane

The stand

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Delecia

It

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Jen

Thinner, Dark Half

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Robyn

The shining and Carrie are great!

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Kathyj

Insomnia

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Beth

Bag of Bones, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Pet Cemetery, Green Mile

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Savanah

Misery
Carrie
Salem’s lot
Pet Semetary
Christine
The shining

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Jo

The green mile, misery, bag of bones, the shining and rose madder are my absolute favourite books of all time

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Hollie

Misery or Pet Semetary. You will like the books better.

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Laurie

Carrie – start at the beginning

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Suzette

The Stand!

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Nadine

Desperation !

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Julie

Green mile xxx

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KC

On Writing, The Long Walk, Misery, The Stand

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Lauren

Yes! The Long Walk never gets enough love. It’s so good!

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Diana

It and Thinner

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Charles

Shining!

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Michael

If you liked the movie shining you should read dr Sleep. It’s the sequel.

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Ryan

Yes we did the audible of this. It’s awesome

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Michael

I use audible. That is the only way I can experience books.

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Judy

Shining and It

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Lisa

11/22/63, The Dark Tower Series

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Kit

The Stand is my favorite of all, but I would start with Salem’s Lot, Carrie, The Shining, It

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Judi

The Talisman and Salem’s Lot.

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Tina

Misery, bag of bones, 11/22/63, desperation.

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Jennifer

Start with Misery, it’s wonderful in a very SK way!!

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Katie

Shining, pet sematary, and christine. From a Buick 8 is an unsung hero lol

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Monty

All of them

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Lynn

Salems Lot was my first

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Arlene

The Stand and The Shining

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Liz

11/22/63!

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Shanie

Talisman, The Shining, Delores Claiborne, Bag Of Bones and Dragon Eyes

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Terri

Needful Things

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Lauren

The Long Walk!

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Kathyj

I enjoyed this one

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Jessica

Christine! Way better than the movie (I like the movie) but the book was so good!

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Megan

Misery

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Maxwell

I started with The Girl who loved Tom Gordon when first started reading SK and I was hooked.

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Marianne

Pet cemetery or Carrie.

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Marianne

All his books are better than the movies.

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Paige

I think his best novel is 11/22/63.

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Emma

I’ve only read a few of his books and the best I’d say was insomnia

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Wendy

Really? Have to try it again. First time i tried it cured my insomnia.

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Wendy

Misery, Carrie, cujo and pet cemetery were my favorites

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Sheri

I read them all, Christine I’d recommend! I’m a huge fan

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Denise

11/22/63

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Louise

@Denise then watch the movie

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Melissa

The Talisman, The Stand

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Megan

It, The Stand and Under the Dome

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Karen

Pet S

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Karen

Pet Semetary that is?

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Michelle

The Stand

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Amber

Rose red

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Veronica

Misery is a good book

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Jill

All of them.

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Jillene

The Stand and 11/22/63

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Alyssa

Doctor Sleep.

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Elaine

Insomnia, the green mile.

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Ava

Carrie is a good one to start with!

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Lella

Tommy Knockers

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Mavaney

I liked Desperation. Mostly because I lived in both Utah and Nevada and had to ride through the strip of road it technically talks about. Very interesting read!

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Sydny

3 best of all time are The Stand
It
The Shining

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Elaine

Rose madder

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Kirsty

The stand and under the dome and insomnia oh and cell lol xx

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Barb

Cujo

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Erika

Misery!!!!

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Chris

It has to be Christine…

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Erika

We just watched this last night!

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Deb

The Shining, Pet Semetary, The Stand, Rose Madder, all of them❤️ all of them are better than the movies.

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Maggie

Dreamcatcher!!! It was phenomenal!!

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Bertha

The Stand and I own an autographed copy of Carrie. I’ve met him several times.

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HeatherQuestion author

Lucky you!! ??

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Bertha

I’m in Maine and I’m a former teacher, who now runs two free book libraries inside an elementary school. I helped write a grant to his foundation for money for books and we got $5,000. He and Tabitha do a great deal for this state. I stood in line over 2 hours for that autograph. ?

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Bertha

This is it. ?

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HeatherQuestion author

@Bertha That is amazing!! You sound like a wonderful lady

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Holly

Dreamcatcher

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Kathy

Salem’s Lot

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Alexis

His books are better than the movies!! Just about all his books are great

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Abbi

Sooo much better!

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Maureen

I find his books long and plodding. Never finished one

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Megan

Me too!

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Alexis

My Stephen King collection

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Kristie

Misery

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Kathleen

@Kristie way better than the movie.

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Kristie

@Kathleen absolutely!!!!

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Abbi

I love them all, but they are very different from one another-do you know what you’re looking for? I think as a first, starting with one of the collections of short stories would be cool. The collection with The Long Walk would be my first choice but I don’t remember which book that was

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Elaine

11/22/63!

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Jennifer

I’ve heard that this is a good book. I’m curious to read it now.

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Elaine

@Jennifer I really enjoyed it. In fact, I think I’ll read it again. Lol

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Laurel

The Outsider

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Tara

Misery.

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Kira

11/22/63

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Michele

Carrie

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Tammy

Doctor Sleep

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Rachael

Needful things

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Nickol

under the dome

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Juliana

Pet Sematary

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Ginny

I actually like the books more than the movies… stand by me/ the body was good, and the new IT is a lot closer. Right now I’m reading the dark tower and I love it. Never seen the show tho

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Catherine

The Tommyknockers is a tantalizing tease….

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Char

The green mile.

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Deborah

Pet Sementary

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Judi

Have you made a choice yet?

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