“It” Heavy duty, it has everything, including children’s friendships, bullying, heart stopping moments. weird creatures……..”The Body” better known as “Stand by Me” the movie. You will find it in his short stories “Different Seasons”. “Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption”. That should keep you out of trouble for awhile.
Bill Hodges trilogy, Insomnia, Elevation are few of the books I have read from his collection. These are not totally horror but fall under thrillers.. So try it out.
I have this on my tbr shelf it is quite a thick book maybe that’s why I haven’t tackled it yet.. is it horror, thriller or mystery or all three..? Advice/comments welcome just no spoilers ?
@Stacey I don’t read really Stephen King ( well not since the early 90s) — but this novel was great!! Historical fiction- time travel. ( bonus – its a mini- series too)
I have only read Carrie, The Long Walk, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The Green Mile, The Stand. They are all great, but The Stand stood out for me. I actually started The Shining yesterday, I hope it’s not *too* scary lol
@Gordon I agree. I guess it’s a really big chore to make his books translate to movies…..I personally haven’t been a really big fan of most of them. The Stand was probably the best adaptation, in my opinion.
All good , some great ! 11/22/63, excellent choice! Pet Semetary was one of my favorite although scared the crap out of me! Of course the older classics, The Stand, Carrie, Joyland was a good story . I’ve read most, I haven’t read the Dark Tower Series
All of them ?
Top 5
It’s a hard choice
Green Mile
Salem’s Lot
Dark Tower Series
It
11.22.63
That’s a good selection of all his types of stories.
Carrie!!!! Pet sematary, It!!
I’m about to start reading Salem’s lot
And I have The Outsider on my kindle, Ive heard really good things about it.
@Leilani the Outsiders? By SE Hinton?
Or “The Outsider” by Stephen king?
Duma Key! So good!
OMG and 11/22/63
The shinning was my first Stephen king book, that is the one that made me fall in love with his books then you have to read doctor sleep
Salems lot and needful things are two of my old favorites. The outsider and the mr mercedes series are my favorite new ones.
Re-reading Delores Claiborne
The Stand, The Shining, Pet Semetary, The Green Mile, Lisey’s Story, Cell – loss of them are so fantastic x
Depends on what type of scare or fear you are looking for…
None… lol
I justvstarted Sleeping Beauties and I’m loving it so far!
Cell ?
Pet Sematary, Needful Things, The Shining, Misery, Cujo, Under The Dome, Four Past Midnight, Skelton Crew and pretty much all
Of them lol!
ALL of them!!! Lol
Just finished 11/22/63 and it was fantastic. I devoured it in 3 days
It. Arguably one of his best!
The Stand, one of his best in my opinion.
The stand, Salem’s lot
“It” Heavy duty, it has everything, including children’s friendships, bullying, heart stopping moments. weird creatures……..”The Body” better known as “Stand by Me” the movie. You will find it in his short stories “Different Seasons”. “Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption”. That should keep you out of trouble for awhile.
@Nancy I’ve read Different Seasons and I’m still reading IT
What did you think of “The Body”? It is probably my age but it made me feel how it was to be that age again.
@Nancy man I love the body and I love the movie
I think that was one of the best adaptions to a movie I’ve enjoyed.
@Leilani I think that was one of the best adaptions to a movie I’ve enjoyed.
@Nancy it was!
Bill Hodges trilogy, Insomnia, Elevation are few of the books I have read from his collection. These are not totally horror but fall under thrillers.. So try it out.
Carrie. Different Seasons. On Writing.
Salem’s Lot. Christine. Dolores Claiborne. The Shining. Misery. Needful Things
Pretty much all of them basically lol
Salem’s Lot, Carrie, IT, The Dark Tower series (I the first one is a bit rough, don’t dismiss if you don’t like the first book.)
11/22/63
I have this on my tbr shelf it is quite a thick book maybe that’s why I haven’t tackled it yet.. is it horror, thriller or mystery or all three..? Advice/comments welcome just no spoilers ?
@Regan time travel thriller
@Stacey I don’t read really Stephen King ( well not since the early 90s) — but this novel was great!! Historical fiction- time travel.
( bonus – its a mini- series too)
The Talisman.
The Stand.
Revival, under the dome, the dark tower series , misery, Pusey’s story, those are the ones I have and have read
Sorry forgot about full dark no stars is pretty good too
On Writing.
On writing, 11/22/63, the green mile, Mr Merceds series, The Outsiders
Carrie
All of his short stories are awesome but my favorite collection is Everything’s Eventual.
Kujo
I prefer his writing prior to his accident….The Stand and The Dark Tower series are my favorites. Oh,and The Eyes of the Dragon
Christine. IT. Pet Semetary
I have only read Carrie, The Long Walk, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The Green Mile, The Stand. They are all great, but The Stand stood out for me. I actually started The Shining yesterday, I hope it’s not *too* scary lol
The Stand, Needful Things, and Misery imo.
IT, pet sematary, the shining
Delores Claiborne – love the writing style
IT, it took me 3 months but it’s so good!
Also, The Tommyknockers. That one won’t disappoint!
@Darla great book…very disappointing movie
@Gordon I agree. I guess it’s a really big chore to make his books translate to movies…..I personally haven’t been a really big fan of most of them. The Stand was probably the best adaptation, in my opinion.
@Darla yeah, most of his movie adaptations fall well short of the books.
Some are good though.
Joyland, the long walk, and Misery
The Dark Tower series
I’m reading The Dark Tower book 1 and having a hard time getting into it.
@Olympia I couldnt either…I gave up a quarter of the way in
@Olympia the first one is quite boring but the others are brilliant – try to stick with it! X
Bag of Bones
All good , some great ! 11/22/63, excellent choice! Pet Semetary was one of my favorite although scared the crap out of me! Of course the older classics, The Stand, Carrie, Joyland was a good story . I’ve read most, I haven’t read the Dark Tower Series
The Stand, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Firestarter, The Green Mile.