Perry 391 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I recently read Under the Dome, and it made me want to read some of his other stuff. I read The Stand years ago and loved it. What do you consider his best books? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lionfamily1999 170 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Greatest to Great ;) : The Talisman (and it's follow-up, Black House) The Eyes of the Dragon The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon The Gunslinger Series It's so hard to choose though :p Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elizabeth 407 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Bag of Bones-a love story , a ghost story, a mystery. It -Pennywise the clown , a few young people take a stand against a serial killer who has been active for generations. Awesome and coming out on audio on May 13. Yay. The Shining. Dolores Claiborne. The Library Policeman-my favorite novella . I am not a rabid fan or any such thing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mejane 15 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 My personal favorite is The Shining, but the one that scared me the most was Pet Semetary. As a parent, I could see myself doing exactly what the protagonist did. Nuff said! My daughter would say The Dark Tower (Gunslinger) series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mergath 34,639 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I found Under the Dome to be... lacking. If you liked it, though, you'll love his other stuff. :) I've always liked The Tommyknockers. I read Eye of the Dragon, way back in high school and thought it was good. Cell is awesome if you like post-apocalyptic fiction. I also really enjoyed The Green Mile and Lisey's Story. Stephen King's son wrote a book that's really good too, called Heart-Shaped Box. Be sure to give that one a try. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrothead 6,958 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Insomnia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
6packofun 4,848 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Oh goodness... The Talisman is my favorite, followed closely by The Stand, Bag of Bones, Insomnia and Misery. I know I'm missing a few. LOL! We own every one of his books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elizabeth 407 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 This is great, so many favorite books that Perry will be reading King for the next 10 years! I have not read Insomnia and am going to buy it tomorrow. Cell was a good read as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
milovany 7,325 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Were there others after Cujo? Because I remember reading that in mid- or high school and know I never picked up another. Or got a big dog. Or went to houses of people with big dogs. Or drove anywhere by myself. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jazzyfizzle 10 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Huge King fan here too. Actually drove (AKA *stalked* LOL) by his house several times when we happened to be visiting Maine. Not just me, DH was driving. :D My fav list- The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1) The Eyes of the Dragon Pet Semetary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i.love.lucy 15 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I recently read The Duma Key and thought it was excellent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NanceXToo 286 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Oh gosh I loved so many of his books. The Talisman was one of my earliest favorites of his. I also loved Firestarter, Pet Semetary, The Shining, and the Gunslinger series. Yeah and The Stand, and Misery. Really, I love almost all of his books. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KidsHappen 1,368 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 The Stand is my favorite. I also liked Insomnia, Rose Madder, The Green Mile and many of his short stories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dansamy 10 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Eyes of the Dragon and The Green Mile. Langoliers. Rainy Season (a short story) is the reason I am now terrified of frogs. Thanks Stephen. 'Preciate it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akmommy 17 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Cujo scared me the most because the story is possible. The Shining remains one of my favorites because it was the first King novel I read. Insomnia was just an excellent story. Same with Eye of the Dragon. The Gunslinger series was very good, although I was a bit disapointed in the final book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wheres Toto 19,554 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 It's so hard to pick just one favorite. :-) I LOVE the Stand and have since I was in high school. I've reread that many, many times and every time I go through one of the tunnels into NYC I think about that scene. Other favorites: Firestarter, Carrie, Cell, Pet Semetary (but as a parent find it very disturbing), It, Talisman (with Peter Staub). I love the short storie collections - Different Seasons is really good. Most of his movie adaptations are pretty weak but Firestarter and The Shining are good. I do have to say - I was never able to get into the Gunslinger series. The first one (or two??) were okay but then BORING - endless pages walking through the desert. I don't know if it got better because I never tried that one again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly on the prairie 34 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 O.K., I have to jump in. My brother and I were in a debate a couple years ago as to who would be considered a great writer after they died. Stephen King's name came up, and at first I laughed. The more I thought about it though. He has some thought provoking work behind him. Granted some are just good, scary, dime store novels, but one can't dispute the genious behind some of his work. My favorites are... Storm of the Century (mini series) The Stand the Green Mile Rose Madder (should be required reading for anyone entering the field of domestic violence which I used to work on the fringes of) The Library Policeman (who avoids fines? I do I do) Children of the Corn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TravelingChris 10,826 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 My favorites are: The Stand, Desperation, and Needful Things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unsinkable 24,078 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Love his short story collections -- b/c he can actually FINISH a story. :lol: Many of his novels have unsatisfying endings. Just After Sunset is the latest & it is awesome. I always liked Danse Macrabre -- non-fiction about horror movies. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft was interesting --- am I the only one who didn't know he had a coke addiction?!?!?! Otherwise add me to the list of those who loved: The Stand Talisman Girl WHo Loved Tom GOrdon Carrie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KarenC 735 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I liked it a lot, but The Stand is my favorite. Karen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelanieM 69 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Oh goodness... The Talisman is my favorite, followed closely by The Stand, Bag of Bones, Insomnia and Misery. I know I'm missing a few. LOL! We own every one of his books. The three bolded titles are some of my all time favourite books! I haven't read the others... would you say they fall under the camp of big-creepy, horror King, or more little-creepy, thought-provoking King? I can't really handle much horror these days, but would love to read some more of his milder stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katemary63 10 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Misery Deloris Claiborne The Green Mile Shawshank Redemption The Stand Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris in VA 17,798 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I haven't read everything by him, and I get creeped out by some of the more demonic/dark stuff, but I loved The Stand. The Shining was quite good, and you know what's fun? Rent it as a movie (with Jack Nicholson, not the newer one) and watch one of the special features--Stanley Kubrick's daughter (Sophia, I think) did a short film about the making of The Shining. It's on the DVD. Do you know they developed the Steady Cam and were the first to use it in a major motion picture? It's a fascinating look at how Kubrick got what he wanted from his actors, too, esp. Shelley Duval. Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game have an interesting connection, too. At one point, the characters supernaturally interact--it's in a scene where Dolores is looking in a well, I believe. But Gerald's Game is too sexual for me to really enjoy, tho I thought it was well-written. I loved The Green Mile and actually bought it a book at a time--it came out as a serial, every few weeks. Really interesting to experience the story that way. Loved the Shawshank Redemption as a movie--but never read it. IT scared the carp out of my son as a movie--I don't want to read that one. Stand By Me is actually quite good, too--not scary, really. And a good movie, perhaps one of his best adaptations. And I love the stories he published as Richard Bachman--nicely written and stay with you a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tonya in sc 11 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 The first one I ever read by him. Night Shift. It's a collection of short stories that are just horrifying. :001_smile: The Stand, Eyes of the Dragon, The Talisman. Ok, all of them. I am a huge fan. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lionfamily1999 170 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Cujo scared me the most because the story is possible. The Shining remains one of my favorites because it was the first King novel I read. Insomnia was just an excellent story. Same with Eye of the Dragon. The Gunslinger series was very good, although I was a bit disapointed in the final book. Same here. The three bolded titles are some of my all time favourite books! I haven't read the others... would you say they fall under the camp of big-creepy, horror King, or more little-creepy, thought-provoking King? I can't really handle much horror these days, but would love to read some more of his milder stuff. Bag of Bones - I think this is one of his on writing, but I could be wrong :p Insomnia - A good book, the main character suffers from... Insomnia ;) It is big creepy (from what I can remember), but I believe it's got a happy ending. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jazzyfizzle 10 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Cujo scared me the most because the story is possible. The Gunslinger series was very good, although I was a bit disapointed in the final book. Absolutely on the last Dark Tower book. After all those years of waiting to have it end that way! :banghead: On Cujo, what got me was the boy's closet!! :w00t: Forget the crap about the dog, I still think of that to this day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KnitWit 215 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 The Storm of the Century The Stand I recently read Just After Sunset. My dh is in construction and the story with the Port O' Potty just about did me in!!! LOL! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mommylawyer 266 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 A subject near and dear to me... but so hard to narrow it down, hmm... The Stand Eyes of the Dragon The Green Mile and my favorite short story: Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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