I've only read one book by Stephen King and it was The Institute. It was really great, I couldn't put it down.
At some point I'd like to try The Stand and 11/22/63 which I've heard are both excellent :)
The Stand was amazing! I love post apocalyptic stuff and I was GRIPPED. It's really long though
His old short story collections are absolutely top-notch. "Skeleton Crew" and "Night Shift." "Different Seasons" is also quite good but doesn't have the rawness and variety that the shorter stuff has.
Insomnia is pretty good. It also ties in with the Dark Tower saga, which is another recommendation, but you said nothing too long and heavy, and that series is exactly that. On the other hand, if post-apocalyptic is your cup of tea, Dark Tower's got that covered in droves.
I can recommend almost all of his stories. However, I kinda hate the way in which he writes. Meanwhile, Dean Kuntz's stories kinds suck, but I like the way he writes.
If Dean Kuntz rewrote a Stephen King story, that would he amazing.
I really like pretty much all of his books.
Some of my favourites are:
Desperation
The Regulators
Black House
The Talisman
The Shining
Needful Things
IT
11/22/63
I haven't read as much of his more recent stuff post 2010 and what I have was OK.
If I have to recommend one book (which is really fucking hard) I would say probably The Talisman. I think...... Hahaha
cheeky edit I just remembered Under The Dome, fucking loved that, we'll ignore the TV shoe however.....
Great list thanks
He explained right after when people got salty about it:
Did Epstein traffic young girl? Yes, of course. Is there a client list? Doubtful. Conspiracy fodder.
I've actually been deliberately not using the phrasing "client list" for this exact reason. Trump admin people talked about a specific client list, of course, and there were surely multiple lists of people involved in Epstein's files, but the idea that there is a single master list of "clients," with people either on it and guilty, or not on it and innocent, is almost certainly false and probably a harmful oversimplification in both directions.
That's nitpicking. We know they know who fucked kids, and regardless, they said they had the "client list" and were going to release it, so semantics are irrelevant at this point.
for someone who's all his deal is being able to write good, that sucked.
like a lot.
definitely didn't imply that there isn't a file named "Epstein's client list. docx", but there's no doubt that there's info about all his clients.
The Dark Tower series. I would also recommend reading Insomnia at some point in the process. The Talisman is another good story with ties to the Dark Tower. The Dark Tower links a lot of King's stories over his career, including The Stand.
The series really is King's magnum opus, the culmination and gathering point of all his stories.
The Dark Tower really really really resonated with me as a teenager. As did It and the stand. I liked goosebumps and horror in general. In recent years I read the Stand again and I realised I have a lot of questions about the story I didn’t have when I was young. So it really depends when in life you read them.
But one I haven’t seen mentioned much is Tommyknockers. I really liked it and of course you follow an author. Running man, the longe walk I liked too. Rage is an odd read, maybe because of the context of its legacy.
I prefer his older books. But only because I don’t like Krimis (Crime fiction). Therefore Mr Mercedes and later the Holly stories don’t work for me as good as his older books.
Joe Hill (his son) writes similar stories located at the east cost. Initially I thought I read his dad’s work.
I saw the advert for the film of the long walk, it looks great
So I've only read probably 15 or 20 King books... which would be A LOT if you're talking about literally any other author. :)
He has this 8 book series called "The Dark Tower" which is phenomenal, but it ties together all of his books in a kind of "Steven King Universe" kind of way.
You can read it by itself, but when you realize there are all these hooks that tie into The Stand, and It, and Salem's Lot, and Insomnia... well, you get more out of all of it.
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Wastelands
Wizard and Glass
King's Car Accident
Wolves of the Calla
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower
The Wind in the Keyhole
I separate out the two halves because, frankly, if I'm being brutally honest... the last 4 aren't as good. I think facing his mortality scared him and while he paced the first 4 books about 5 years apart (that cliffhanger ending on book 3 was a 5 year nightmare!) he really rushed through the rest of them and it shows. 😢
Dark Tower related, in the order I'm remembering them:
The Stand
It
Rose Madder
Insomnia
Desperation
The Regulators
The Talisman* - Not really, but the sequel ties it in.
Black House - Sequel to the Talisman that ties both to the Dark Tower
Talisman 3 - upcoming book. This year?
Salem's Lot
The Shining
Doctor Sleep
Eyes of the Dragon
Hearts in Atlantis
Fairy Tale* - Not really, but close enough!
i like a lot of them, but i remember Desperation really twirling my brain around.
a little more obscure than his other books, and very weird, but i expect it'll make an impression on you.
if i remember, it wasn't too long either.
If you haven't read it check out The Regulators too, it is a sort of tie in book to Desperation.
tak
thanks, yeah it looks good, I'll definitely check it out.
I liked Desperation quite a bit as well. Definitely one of my favorites from his work.
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