What Stephen King book should I read?

Re: What Stephen King book should I read?

• sassypants527

  

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  April 2014

  Firestarter is my all-time favorite, but barring that I would say The Stand.
  

  
  

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• Skeezon

  

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  April 2014

  I really liked Thinner, but I think that came out in the 80's. Not counting that, I vote for The Shining.

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• RiverPlate

  

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  April 2014 edited April 2014

  I voted for Carrie.  It's a good, fast read that is a good SK intro.  The Stand is one of my all-time favorite books, and I think that the time allotted for SBC doesn't warrant it the kind of reading it really needs.  I've read it twice, and it took me at least a month, probably more, each time.

  ETA: I usually recommend his short stories for SK newbies, or people who want to read SK but don't want to take on a thousand-plus page book.  Everything's Eventual is, in my opinion, the best of his short story collections.

  

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• RevJen

  

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  April 2014

  11/22/63 - It's become my favorite SK of all time.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• muzikgrrl

  

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  April 2014

  Thanks for the suggestions!

  
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• cehorning

  

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  April 2014

  RevJen said:

  11/22/63 - It's become my favorite SK of all time.

  Agreed! It was a great read 

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• sassypants527

  

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  April 2014

  Oops, I can read.  You wanted one written in the 70s. 
  

  
  

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• JSweetieXO

  

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  April 2014

  I voted for Carrie because it's the first and only book so far that I've read of his, but it made me want to read more. It's a shorter book so it's not so bad either.

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• amaryann210

  

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  April 2014

  Salem's Lot was the first SK book I read, back in 7th grade.  The Stand is my favorite of his, but The Shining is one of his masterpieces that isn't super long.  I was going to suggest The Eyes of the Dragon, but that was published in the 80's.

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• muzikgrrl

  

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  May 2014

  So I ended up going with Carrie, The Stand will be my next Stephen King book, I just don't think I'll be able to get through it in time. Thanks for the recommendations!!!!

  
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