Want to try Stephen King. What should I get as my first book.
Want to try Stephen King. What should I get as my first book.
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Want to try Stephen King. What should I get as my first book.
Carrie
Shining or Salem’s lot
Christine, Tommy knockers , Needful Things and of course It.
Carrie
The Stand if you like long books or Salem’s Lot!! Carrie was his first commercial book success so also a good place to start.
Joyland
Mine was Pet Semetary when I was a teen and it hooked me on him instantly
The Green Mile or the Shining
Definitely Pet Semetary
Bag of bones. It’s his best book, I have read all of his books and that’s the only one I liked.
The Shining.
I will mostly say The Shining so that you can jump into its sequel, Dr. Sleep, that was equally incredible.
11/22/63 is really good.
The Green Mile
Eye of the Dragon is great
I’ve never seen that cover before, I like it!
Its quite an old copy..in hard back..iv had it for years.il defo read it again..
iT by Stephen king
Christine or The Stand.
The stand, or 11/22/63. They are both excellent and a good intro to SK.
All of them ?
IT
Hearts in Atlantis
I always recommend The Dead Zone to first time King readers…
I would recommend The Dead Zone too. Or Misery.
The shining! is my favorite
-Carrie
-Pet Sematary
-It
-Cujo
-Needful Things
-The Shinning
-Salem Lot
-Bag of Bone
-Misery
-Dolores Clairbone
-Dead Zone
-The Green Mile
-11/22/1963
I’d read al of them and more by Stephen King as far I can remember…
Carrie was my first , and the shinning is my favorite.
It
Dreamcatcher or Misery.
I really liked The Talisman.
The stand
The Shining
Misery
Misery
Salem’s Lot cause its not too long, its spooky and its really good.
Start from the first one!
None…they are scary!!
The shining and It.
Salem’s Lot
Misery, Gerald’s Game, or maybe Dolores Claiborne. I would not suggest starting with one of his super long books if you have never read anything of his.
Get “It” ??
Cell, talisman series, the girl who love Tom Gordon
Needful Things
Salems Lot!
Deadzone
Well, I am currently reading The Green Mile. That would be a good place to start. It’s one of his more gentle stories, apart from one particular scene. Cool book. But there are many excellent Stephen King novels. The Shining was the first one I read.
Good book.
I’ve only watched his movies which are awesome so I really can’t comment on his books
Shawshank redemption, Green mile, Under the Dome, Cell,
Loved The Cell.
Misery, Pet Cemetery and IT
Oh, I forgot about Misery. It was so much better than the movie.
The Stand book is better than the movie
Misery and The Green Mile were wonderful books. If you live near me i can let u go through my Stephen King collection
My first one was desperation followed by the regulators
The Stand
The shining or salems lot. The stand is awesome but a long read so better to be 2nd or 3rd. The dead zone or misery are good options too. Best to start w his older books to get a real feel for him, then move forward.
Salem’s Lot was good, too.
My first was The Dark Half. I’d recommend Firestarter or Bag of bones.
Carrie.
Firestarter is an all-time favorite of mine, as well as Hearts of Atlantis, Thinner, Odd Thomas (the series), Pet Cemetery, IT, The Cell, and The Mist are good, too. It depends on what you’re looking for.
I just got the dark tower series
Wow. Everyone is a Great choice!!
Duma Key, Cell, Salem’s Lot…most any of them.
Shining
The stand
Green mile or it.
Start with Carrie. It’s a great story and a ton shorter than some of his more giant tomes!
Green Mile is good, so is Duma Key. It really depends on what kind of books you like. Some of his books like Green Mile or Gunslinger aren’t scary at all. Some like Duma Key and Under the Dome have the creepy factor without being horrifying. Then the truly scary ones like It. My first was Under the dome.
I would start with the Stand.
Different Seasons. not explicitely horror, but his best writing as far as im concerned
The Stand.
Firestarter will be a good one to start off with
Dr sleep is good.
The stand, unless you like horror go with it but honestly the movie does it better
CELL! THAT IS THE BEST STEPHEN KING BOOK EVER!
Yay! A fellow fan ?
Yeah, you don’t hear that one mentioned much. When I finished I wasn’t sure I wanted to keep using my cell phone…lol
Most people don’t seem to like it much. I thought it was a great intro to his books ? and yes same here haha ?
Rose madder
Cell. It’s a short read but is really good ?
Carrie. This was the first book I started reading by him and then I read Christine after that. Now, I’m reading Misery.
I really enjoyed Needful Things.
Carrie… You will love it
The Stand!
Salem’s Lot
Misery
Skeleton crew.
The Tailsman
Or is that Tailsmen?
Or Talismen? (Txting has RUINED my spelling)
The Jack Castle series – check it out at http://www.philipcaine.com/
The Stand ?
Pet sematary
11/20/63
I’ve only read 2 of his books and I can’t read anymore. They’re scary and keep me up all night long. Pet Cemetary & It. I wish I could read more of his books cause he is a Master in storytelling ??