Stephen King's Non-Horror Books

Stephen King books that wont scare the crap out of me because 1. I already have a sleeping disorder and 2. I cant afford to keep the lights on every night for the rest of my life.
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39 books · 89 voters · list created August 26th, 2012 by Kay (votes) .
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message 1: by Nhi (new)

Nhi C Thanks a lot! :)


message 2: by Kay (new)

Kay My Pleasure Nhi. Thank you for liking. :)


message 3: by Brandon (new)

Brandon how is salem's lot not a horror?


message 4: by Kay (new)

Kay Hahaha you're totally right.


message 5: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Maloney Lol. I don't know, some of these are pretty "horror". Pet Cemetery? Firestarter?


message 6: by Miles (new)

Miles Pet Sematary isn't just horror, it's one of the scariest books I've ever read. Salem's Lot is horror as well, given that it's about vampires and NOT the sexy, sparkly kind. The Dark Tower series is a mix of horror and fantasy. Besides, you didn't even list one of his most iconic non-horror titles; Dolores Claiborne. Bad list.


message 7: by Skscruby (new)

Skscruby Flawed or not, thanks for the list.


message 8: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Brandon wrote: "how is salem's lot not a horror?"

I thought Salem's Lot was a mild scare too especially way back the first time I ever read it. There are some other scary ones here also.


message 9: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Josh wrote: "Pet Sematary isn't just horror, it's one of the scariest books I've ever read. Salem's Lot is horror as well, given that it's about vampires and NOT the sexy, sparkly kind. The Dark Tower series is..."

That is what I heard and was warned not to read it. I carefully avoid it.


message 10: by Miles (new)

Miles ~☆~Autumn♥♥ wrote: "Josh wrote: "Pet Sematary isn't just horror, it's one of the scariest books I've ever read. Salem's Lot is horror as well, given that it's about vampires and NOT the sexy, sparkly kind. The Dark To..."

Don't misunderstand me. Pet Sematary is emotionally devastating and gets under your skin. But it's also one of the greater books I've ever read.


message 11: by Miles (new)

Miles Josh wrote: "~☆~Autumn♥♥ wrote: "Josh wrote: "Pet Sematary isn't just horror, it's one of the scariest books I've ever read. Salem's Lot is horror as well, given that it's about vampires and NOT the sexy, spark..."

As I once blogged: "This is Kingian horror at its best, and I mean that in every sense of the term. First, it's overt horror, which King engages in surprisingly infrequently (see my last post), and second, it's horror that manages to scare you and to move you on a deeper level. It's a meditation on death, and how different people deal with it; both the idea of it and the reality of it. It's about how a rational human being can be driven to the deepest irrationality by the inability to face and accept death. Death and grief are the theme from practically the first page, though it doesn't really become evident until the middle.

It does so in such a way as to really get under the reader's skin. It brings you face to face with just about the worst kind of death that could possibly exist; the death of a young, innocent child. The first time I read it all the way through, it was hard enough to read, but this time, now the father of an adult woman (that's the stepdaughter, but I'm the only father she's ever known), a fourteen-year-old son and a sixteen-month old, well, it nearly undid me. Cujo was just the warm-up. For a bit, I hated King for making me feel this death so deeply. I looked at my own kids and thought the only thing worse than one of them dying would be my wife dying and...oh my god KING YOU BASTARD!"


message 12: by Miles (new)

Miles ~☆~Autumn♥♥ wrote: "Thanks for all this information about Pet Sematary. I will carefully avoid it as I am suffering enough grief right now so I don't need anything to add to it. I just finished [book:The Outsider|3612..."

Sorry to hear you're going through grief. Strength to you.


message 13: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Thanks Josh, you are very kind!


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