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Mine are (in no particular order)The Dead Zone
Lisey's Story
The Dark Tower
Welcome to The Jungle Brandon. IT is one of my fave King books but seeing as you've already done that one... I guess it depends if ya wanna read his older stuff or more recent. Out of more recent I'd go for Doctor Sleep (maybe read Shining first tho) or The Institute. The Outsider worth a punt too.Pre 2012, there's an abundance of excellence and I couldn't list em because almost all of em would be there! For something a bit different maybe try the Dark Tower books? They'd keep ya busy for a while.
Welcome Brandon.. :)My top 3 King books would probably be..
1) Misery
2) The Green Mile
3) The DT series (technically not one book..!!)
Hello and thanks for having me,Livelong King fan, ever since I was a wee kid, just popping by to say hi from a rainy (again!) Netherlands.
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Sandra wrote: "Hello and thanks for having me,Livelong King fan, ever since I was a wee kid, just popping by to say hi from a rainy (again!) Netherlands."
Hello and welcome Sandra from cold - but surprisingly sunny - England. Rain, wind and miserable weather in general is usually order of the day in UK so I feel like sticking up a flag and maybe throwing a street party when sun's out! : )
@Sandra: Welcome and very awesome! LoL sounds like perfect reading weather to me :-D
Brandon wrote: "Good to know. What is your favorite books from him?"It's always tough to narrow it down, lol:
The Stand
The Dark Tower (#1)
The Shining
There are a bunch of runner ups like It, Carrie, Misery and a few others.
Erin wrote: "Brandon wrote: "Good to know. What is your favorite books from him?"It's always tough to narrow it down, lol:
The Stand
The Dark Tower (#1)
The Shining
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Thank you :)
My favourite King's are:
Pet Sematary
Mr Mercedes
Needful Things
11/22/63
His worst: Duma Key (sorry!)
Thanks for the welcome everyone and yes, it's raining again today lol.
Regards,
Sandra
Hi everyone, I'm Norbert, 41 years old, and I've loved King for as long as I can remember. My first novel was The Shining, of course it was love at first read. I have been addicted to the old man's style ever since. :D
I have read all of his books several times, and I'm glad I found this group where I can discuss these great novels.
I will finally have a good reason to read them again with the group. Anyway, I'm just starting to get active here on Goodreads, hope to find a good community here :)
Welcome to the group Norbert. Glad to have you with us. Wow that is amazing you have read all of his books several times! I am still making my way through them all. I had a bit of a late start and there are so many books I want to read.
@Norbert: Welcome and that's so awesome! Mine was IT but also loved The Shining :-DThis is an amazing group, welcome home, Constant Reader!
Welcome to The Jungle Norbert. I'm relatively new to this place myself. I'm sure you'll fit in comfortably. Everyone's quite pleasant, not to mention knowledgeable of all things King. For the record, my first SK book was The Dead Zone. Not one that gets mentioned alongside his very best but I'd put it right up there personally.
Kellie wrote: "Welcome to the group Norbert. Glad to have you with us. Wow that is amazing you have read all of his books several times! I am still making my way through them all. I had a bit of a late start and ..."Thank you. :) There was a time when if you met me, I always had a King book in my hand or in my bag. This love affair has been going on for 26 years. Although I'm not so much a fan of his newer books, the old ones are still big favorites.
@LTJ: Thanks for the welcome. :) It's cool, that you mentioned IT, because that is my favorite book from King. I think it's one of his best novels.
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Blastronaut Rocks.. wrote: "Welcome to The Jungle Norbert. I'm relatively new to this place myself. I'm sure you'll fit in comfortably. Everyone's quite pleasant, not to mention knowledgeable of all things King. For the recor..."Thank you. It's nice to gather around the work of a good writer and discuss our thoughts on the novels. The Dead Zone was the first King novel I was moved by. I don't think it's his best book either, yet there's a special power to that story.
@Norbert: Anytime and look at that! That's my all-time favorite King novel as well and hell yeah, I completely agree :-D
Hi, my name is Izzy and I am so excited to be here! I recently started reading Stephen King and I love his writing so much!
Welcome to The Jungle Izzy. Happy readings!
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Ohhh, nice pop culture reference there.....
Welcome to Izzy and all the other new folks!
Chris wrote: "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Blastronaut Rocks.. wrote: "Welcome to The Jungle Izzy. Happy readings!"Ohhh, nice pop culture reference there.....
Welcome to Izzy and all the other new folks!"
Hi Chris, new member here. What is your favorite book from Stephen King so far?
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Chris wrote: "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Blastronaut Rocks.. wrote: "Welcome to The Jungle Izzy. Happy readings!"Ohhh, nice pop culture reference there.....
Welcome to Izzy and all the other new folks!"
Been waiting for Slash to play me in with that opening every time I say 'Welcome To The Jungle' but.... he never seems to wanna show up. : )
Sandra wrote: "Erin wrote: "Brandon wrote: "Good to know. What is your favorite books from him?"It's always tough to narrow it down, lol:
The Stand
The Dark Tower (#1)
The Shining
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I need to check out those other books. Thanks.
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Well, Izzy is here now so maybe Slash won't be far behind....
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Welcome, Brandon...
Well, I'd normally default to The Stand and the Dark Tower series, but since I've read them so many times they aren't as "fresh" to me anymore....
Another I always fall back on is Hearts in Atlantis, which is a nice coming of age story with some creepy stuff filtered in....
Chris wrote: "Brandon wrote: "Hi Chris, new member here. What is your favorite book from Stephen King so far? .."Welcome, Brandon...
Well, I'd normally default to The Stand and the Dark Tower series, but sinc..."
Interesting, I'll have to check those out. My favorite books from Stephen King are IT and Cujo. Have you read those by any chance or no?
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Yes, I've read both, though many many years ago. Excellent stuff.
Chris wrote: "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Blastronaut Rocks.. wrote: Been waiting for Slash to play me in with that opening every time I say 'Welcome To The Jungle' but.... he never seems to wanna show up. : ..."Ah ha! Very good!! We just a need a couple of new posters going by the names of Slash and Duff and we got the string section nailed down. In absence of a 'Steven' or an 'Adler' we could recruit another drummer. A slight tweak to your name dude, and we have former drummer from Kiss? Drag anyone in for vocals considering how shot Axl's voice now is.
hi!! im stef, a young stephen king reader who is very excited to get to know his work more! i have been a big watcher of his movie adaptations but i am just getting into his novels!!
stef ٠ ࣪⭑ wrote: "hi!! im stef, a young stephen king reader who is very excited to get to know his work more! i have been a big watcher of his movie adaptations but i am just getting into his novels!!"Welcome! ^.^
@stef: Welcome and very awesome! Constant Readers that start out young is an awesome thing as I hope you enjoy all his novels as well :-)
Chris wrote: "Brandon wrote: "Interesting, I'll have to check those out. My favorite books from Stephen King are IT and Cujo. Have you read those by any chance or no? ..."Yes, I've read both, though many many ..."
Yeah, I have enjoyed those books too. Did you know that they're making a welcome to Derry series?
Hey constant readers,I'm Orlando and I've been a long time King fan. I haven't read everything but making my way through. I am currently reading through Full Dark. No Stars and loving it. Looking forward to dicussing with you all. Long days and pleasant nights.
@Orlando: A very warm welcome to you. Glad you are able to join our group. I'm really glad your enjoying your current King read and wish you luck with your list.. :)
@Olivia: Welcome to you too. Congratulations on reading so many of his books that’s amazing..!! I hope you continue to do so.
Welcome Orlando and Olivia! So excited to have you here and enjoy, we have virtual iced cookies and double chunk chocolate chip cookies for all :-D
Hello, I'm trying to do more reading this year, and King is an author I really enjoy even though I haven't read everything from him, alas! My favorite(s) of his: Salem (it also scared me so much), Cujo. I really didn't like Insomnia at all. I love Creepshow because it's such a perfect combination of the 80s and Stephen King. So Hi, I'm going to try to read along. Also my name is Pauline, or Fantastic works too (because of the username).
@fantastica: Welcome and that's so awesome to hear! Welcome to one hell of a group and hell yeah, I love CREEPSHOW, all the movies and the TV show on Shudder as well :-)
Hi! My name is Briley. I just joined the group. I've only read 3 of his books (The Shining, Thinner, and Gerald's Game), but I recently received 62 of Stephen King's books that were my late grandfather's. So excited to read more!
@Briley: Welcome and wow, that's interesting! RIP to your grandfather as I'm sure reading those King books will be special since he owned them. Enjoy and happy reading :-)
Hello! My name is Liz and I used to only read Stephen king books til I just started branching out. I read fast and I’ve read a lot of us stuff. My favorite book is IT and I also enjoyed the institute and fairy tale. Can’t wait to discuss books with people who love King!
@Liz: Welcome and very awesome! IT is also my all-time favorite King novel but I've yet to read The Institute which I hope to tackle in 2024 :-D
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1. IT
2.insomnia
Number 3 depends on my mood, probably pet sematary, the shining or misery