I have to say that i really enjoy Insomnia.
It would be great to see it being made into a feature film.

I also really enjoyed It and The Stand.
I havent read any of the Gunslinger stories yet although i did buy the 3rd book but never realised it was part of a continuing saga.I will one day get round to reading the first two installments.

So which book is your favourite?

It is outrageously good, but The Stand will be buried with me in my coffin incase I get bored.

I prefer his short stories. His books are usually built on only one solid idea anyway, so the novels tend to run on empty after a hundred pages or so. On the other hand, while they still have the spark they can be really good. I love the way he handles "regular people". The contrast and confrontation between their ordinary lives/personalities and the extraordinary circumstances King loves so much are quite interesting.

retina said:

Nerd.

Gerald's game and Insomnia.


I'm reading "The Stand" right now and it's tedius.

Number23 said:

Says someone who gets excited about an evil clown.

Imago777 said:

You, sir, are taking the piss.

I'm probably the only person who here who will respond "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" but I always found that book to be underrated or missed by his fans.

retina said:

It wasn;t a clown, it was an ancient shape-shifting demon spidery thing.

Imago777 said:

Yeah, after the apocalypse was over and dealt with it became boring as hell.

Number23 said:

no, seriously.

I'm on page 700 or so, and I'm wondering what all the fuss was about.
Of course, I'm reading the unabridged version, so may the original edited version was better?

Number23 said:

Imo they made an arse of the TV-film of It.
Tim Curry was excellent as PennyWise but it just seemed so cheaply made and the end was really rushed. I actually had to go and read the book again to remind me why i liked it so much.

Desperation was class also ,I see that has been made into a series.

My dad is a huge Stephen King fan and probably has everything he's written that's been published. (which makes me wonder... when was Carrie published? I know it was my dad that named me... sidenote: if it were up to my mother I'd have been named Lisa Marie. Thanks dad.)
I remember really liking It and The Stand, as some have mentioned. I also really liked, I think it was called 4 seasons. Or something about seasons. It was 4 short stories, 3 of which became movies.

CarrieMpls said:

i believe Carrie was his first ever novel and was published in '74.

muirdo said:

So it's quite possible I'm named after a character who destroyed her high school.

I liked The Stand, Insomnia, and Gerald's Game.

My boyfriend likes the Gunslinger series and Carrie.

The Dark Tower series is a must. But if I may offer you some advice, don't read the seventh and final book. It made me so unbelievably mad, I refuse to ever pick up another Stephen King book. Leave it at six, make up your own seventh.

As for the rest of his novels, Eyes of the Dragon is likely my favorite.

Honorable mentions to Rose Madder and Insomnia.

And Gerald's Game. Though that one took awhile for me to really get into. It actually scared me a wee bit in the end and I was afraid to look into corners of a night in my apartment.
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the stand, nightmares & dreamscapes, and misery are 3 of my faves--my most favorite is the stand, even though it's long as hell.

man...i haven't read any stephen king books in a long time. i used to read 'em all the time in junior high and high school.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Me too. Though for me I think it's cause I'm not around to raid my dad's bookshelves anymore. lol

CarrieMpls said:

Judy Bloom was a favourite of mine at School.

muirdo said:

Who doesn't love a good Judy Bloom?

CarrieMpls said:

f'real...blubber was awesome.

Boy I'm late to this thread.


I'd have to say the usual, "It" and "The Stand".

I've read every book he's ever written (with the exception of "Pet Cemetary") at least 4 or 5 times. I'm reading the last Gunslinger/Dark Tower book #7 right now.


Now scanning this thread, I've decided NOT to come back to it because I don't want anyone to spoil the end of the Dark Tower series for me.

PLEASE don't reveal the ending anyone!!!!
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My favorite is " different seasons" ... it's a 4 Novels book

Stephen King stories are indeed best when devoid of aliens or evil spirits. His best probably Carrie, Misery and Dolores Claiborn, where humanity is the monster.

I agree on his short stories being best.

But my favest book by him isn't a novel. It's his book about writing. It is also half an autobiography and gives an insight in how he works and preceives his ideas, almost as interesting as any of his stories.

minneapolisgenius said:

I forgot about Pet Sematary....which scared the crap out of me way more than the movie did.

HamsterHuey said:

I used to be a fan between 17-21, but now I´m feeling kind of oversaturated with all those cheaply produced TV films and series etc.etc.
But I do like that book " On Writing"...bought it last month.

Another non-fiction book I like is the one with the gargoyle photographs.
It´s a picture book with hundreds of photos with those gargoyles, demons and other figures that you sometimes find on old buildings.
Don´t remember the name but as far as I recall it came out in the early 90´s.

I like most of the books mentioned so far .Needful Things and The Tommyknockers were good reads too, but I didn't care for the movies of either of them.
I would rather read a Stephen King story than see the movie anyday.