Best Stephen King book?
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Anonymous
| Salem's Lot and Skeleton Crew are my two favorites. If you're a writer, his book "On Writing" is wonderful. |
Anonymous
| The Stand |
Anonymous
He’s a much better short story writer than a novelist, I think, and IMO horror works better in that format anyway. Some of his novels are quite good, but others get out-of-control or way too bloated. I’m looking at you, The Stand (which King re-wrote to make it even more bloated; if he’d cut about 150 pages out of the original instead it would have been tight and much better I think.). He might even be better writing nonfiction, On Writing is quality work, and he’s got a non-fiction piece about little league baseball in one of his collections that is just superb. |
Anonymous
| His short stories are amazing. Hearts in Atlantis was really good too. |
Anonymous
Totally agree. My 14 year old son just read it, too. |
Anonymous
These would be at the top of my list. I really like 11/22/63 too. |
Anonymous
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Another plug for
On Writing. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Plus a million. Amazing book. |
Anonymous
| On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft |
Anonymous
| IT, The Stand, or Cujo |
Anonymous
| I own & have read all of his works, and my personal favorite is Insomnia. |
Anonymous
| One I liked a lot and don’t see mentioned here is Joyland. 11/22/63 is amazing and deserves another mention as well. |
Anonymous
Listen to the audio book. It will suck you in! |
Anonymous
| Needful Things, The Stand |