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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve read a ton of Stephen King, starting back in late elementary school and still love his stuff today.  Minus Tommyknockers and Needful Things, of course.

I don’t think his early stuff is necessarily better than later, but it is very different.  The earlier is more straight horror/supernatural.  Of those books, I think the best are Misery, The Shining, Carrie, Cujo, It…. So many good ones.  I loved The Stand, but it’s *long* and not what I’d recommend for a first King.  Christine is also great.

As PPs have said, he has some terrific short story collections, as well.  I liked If It Bleeds, which is more recent (The Life of Chuck, especially).  All Dark, No Stars is also great but so, so dark.  Too dark for a teenager.

Of his later books, I love the Bill Hodges/Holly Gibney books.  I think of these later books as great storytelling - Billy Summers, 11/22/63, Under the Dome - strong characters and fun to read.  The Institute feels like a bit of a throw-back, though I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would.[/quote]

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