What is your favorite Stephen King novel ?

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We all have a favorite- yours ??

[MDC 6,013]

Pet Sematery

[DonS 3,102]

Always liked The Long Walk written as Richard Bachman.

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10 minutes ago, DonS said:

Always liked The Long Walk written as Richard Bachman.

Never read that. I read one Richard Bachman book but not sure which one. 

[Utilit99 4,099]

IT

[vuduchile 1,941]

Hearts in Atlantis 

[Hardcore troubadour 13,032]

Christine 

[Cdub100 3,474]

The Waste Lands - The Dark Tower Series

He's gone full TDS so I don't read his sh1t anymore.

[posty 2,320]

37 minutes ago, DonS said:

Always liked The Long Walk written as Richard Bachman.

Just started reading this one...

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Long standing answer (no pun intended) would be The Stand but 11/23/63 blows it away. 

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27 minutes ago, shotsup said:

Never read that. I read one Richard Bachman book but not sure which one. 

I read The Running Man, could it be that one since it was made into a movie?  He only has about 5-6 books as Bachman...

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Just now, shotsup said:

Long standing answer (no pun intended) would be The Stand but 11/23/63 blows it away. 

11/22/63 is freaking awesome!

[lickin_starfish 1,537]

The Stand.

His TDS makes me wonder if he's done bad things to kids though.

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39 minutes ago, DonS said:

Always liked The Long Walk written as Richard Bachman.

Near the top of my list of SK stories.   

Guess I'll go with  Eyes of the Dragon.

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2 minutes ago, shotsup said:

Long standing answer (no pun intended) would be The Stand but 11/23/63 blows it away. 

Love The Stand.  Will need to check out 11/23/63.

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2 minutes ago, DonS said:

Love The Stand.  Will need to check out 11/23/63.

There was an eight episode miniseries on Hulu (I think) about 11/22/63 staring James Franco...

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4 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Near the top of my list of SK stories.   

Guess I'll go with  Eyes of the Dragon.

Yeah had both my boys read Eyes of the Dragon before anything else including Harry Potter 

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5 minutes ago, DonS said:

Love The Stand.  Will need to check out 11/23/63.

Do it. 

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1 minute ago, posty said:

There was an eight episode miniseries on Hulu (I think) about 11/22/63 staring James Franco...

Yes. But read it first. Show did the book justice but still. Read it first. 

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2 minutes ago, shotsup said:

Yes. But read it first. Show did the book justice but still. Read it first. 

That book is some of his best work

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,689]

The Stand is my no 1 easily

Needful Things is my no 2

I also liked Skeleton Crew as a compilation of shorts

 

 

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1 hour ago, shotsup said:

Long standing answer (no pun intended) would be The Stand but 11/23/63 blows it away. 

Fully agree.

[OldMaid 1,844]

Too many to count.

[Cloaca du jour 2,094]

13/14 in the library...Librarian reccommends Stephen King...The Stand.  

Mentions my hometown as they are traveling west...totally hooked. 

Ive been a reader ever since.

Thank you Librarian!!!

 

I love everything from his Bangor Maine days.    When he moved to Castle Rock...seemed to weird out a little.

His Character development is the best...feels like you grew up with those kids/people.

Kudos to Long Walk...

Other great stories...

Word processor of the gods

The jaunt

Survivor type...gross...

The mist..

Gray matter..

I loved Salems lot...before vamps were sparkly

Firestarter...

Damn...all his stuff is good.

Dean Koontz is like Sk light...all action...no character dev...good stuff tho.

I could go on and on...

 

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2 hours ago, shotsup said:

Yeah had both my boys read Eyes of the Dragon before anything else including Harry Potter 

Didnt he co write that with someone..damn its been a while...have to dig that up

[Utilit99 4,099]

IT. After that, move over to Dean Koonz.

[kilroy69 1,039]

The dead zone but I really like the drawing of the 3. I stopped reading him after the last book of the dark tower series. It was a forced piece of crap that saw him insert himself into the story line.  It was soooo soooo stupid and I remember thinking man I read all of those books.....for that pos money grab?  fock him. Not for his politics (although he has been loony since being hit by the car) but because the guy he is now is a shell of who he was and he used up all his good ideas over the years while neglecting that story. When he did it was half asssed and vain. 

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Old Maid is right, there are way too many to pick just one.  The Stand has always been on my desert island list.  Have to agree with 11/22/63. That’s a great book.

And the Dark Tower series is one that I’ve read several times.  I don’t know which is my favorite, but the whole series is fantastic.

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2 minutes ago, kilroy69 said:

The dead zone but I really like the drawing of the 3. I stopped reading him after the last book of the dark tower series. It was a forced piece of crap that saw him insert himself into the story line.  It was soooo soooo stupid and I remember thinking man I read all of those books.....for that pos money grab?  fock him. Not for his politics (although he has been loony since being hit by the car) but because the guy he is now is a shell of who he was and he used up all his good ideas over the years while neglecting that story. When he did it was half asssed and vain. 

I don’t know if he’s used up all his best ideas.  I recently read The Institute and it was pretty good.

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18 minutes ago, Utilit99 said:

IT. After that, move over to Dean Koonz.

I’ve probably read 10-15 Dean Kootz books.  All due respect to him; he’s a good author but his books are (at least) one step down from King.

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1 hour ago, Cloaca du jour said:

Didnt he co write that with someone..damn its been a while...have to dig that up

No, you’re thinking of The Talisman and Black House. with Peter Straub 

 

The Green Mile

Desperation

Delores Claiborne 

Duma Key

Oh hell, it’s hard to find a bad Stephen King book. Also check out Joe Hill (his son) has a few good ones, too.

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4 hours ago, MDC said:

Pet Sematery

I could make an argument for a bunch of his books and stories, but I read this one in college during summer break, in the late evenings on a couch with a dim light... I don't know how much was the story and how much was the mood of the location, but that was the scariest $#@! book I've ever read.

Also I've never even considered 11/22/63, but after all of the recommendations here I may read it. 

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56 minutes ago, Big Blue 06 said:

I’ve probably read 10-15 Dean Kootz books.  All due respect to him; he’s a good author but his books are (at least) one step down from King.

This. He used to be better, but I remember trying to read his Frankenstein series a few years back, and thinking it was some basic level sh!t.

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7 hours ago, OldMaid said:

This. He used to be better, but I remember trying to read his Frankenstein series a few years back, and thinking it was some basic level sh!t.

Yup, I read the first book in that series and decided that I was done with his stuff for awhile.  Like I said, i’ve probably read 15 or so of his books, and some of them are pretty good. 

 

The first book I read by him was called Lightning, which I enjoyed and would recommend. 

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8 hours ago, OldMaid said:

No, you’re thinking of The Talisman and Black House. with Peter Straub 

 

The Green Mile

Desperation

Delores Claiborne 

Duma Key

Oh hell, it’s hard to find a bad Stephen King book. Also check out Joe Hill (his son) has a few good ones, too.

Speaking of Joe Hill, I just finished a book of his called The Fireman.  Pretty decent.

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11 hours ago, posty said:

There was an eight episode miniseries on Hulu (I think) about 11/22/63 staring James Franco...

And it was awful

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12 hours ago, shotsup said:

Yes. But read it first. Show did the book justice but still. Read it first. 

Yes, completely agree...  Read the book first...

[bostonlager 2,521]

I have never read a SK book so I will tell you my favorite SK movie. 

The Green Mile. 

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10 hours ago, OldMaid said:

No, you’re thinking of The Talisman and Black House. with Peter Straub 

 

 

What made the Talisman interesting to me was them alternating chapters. One would put the characters into an impossible situation and the other would have to get them out of it. If I remember correctly, one chapter was just one sentence. Something like "Watch out!" 

 

The Stand is still my favorite. 

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14 hours ago, shotsup said:

Yes. But read it first. Show did the book justice but still. Read it first. 

 

14 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

That book is some of his best work

I usually love time travel stuff, and I really liked the premise of this book, but it really started dragging 3/4 of the way through.  I felt like I had to force myself to finish it.