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What's your FIRST Stephen King book?
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Jun 11, 2023 01:33PM
my first King book was 11.22.63 and was hooked !! most recent King book i read was salems lot just last month
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CarrieI just started reading King this year and his first ever book published just so happened to be where I started! It was a very happy coincidence.
My first SK was "thinner", not that long ago. I really like it. Later on I knew there was a movie. So far I have read many, and the last one was "Carrie".
My first one was the original paperback Carrie. My sister had it. I didn't know who Stephen King was. I was just a kid using the subway on a summer job. I remember it made me feel a little un-clean — with all its fake articles about stones from the sky and stuff. A few years later I found Salem's Lot, Night Shift, The Shining and The Stand, and I became a lifelong fan.
Christine was my first Stephen King book. I have re-read it many times since because it still one of my favourites.
The stand! Then bag of bones, then all the rest!
My first book of his that I read was The Outsider. Due to the fact that I'm a speed-reader, I've already read a lot of his others ones (I read It in 6 days), and I loved them so much. I can't wait to read the rest of his!
Shelton wrote: "My first book of his that I read was The Outsider. Due to the fact that I'm a speed-reader, I've already read a lot of his others ones (I read It in 6 days), and I loved them so much. I can't wait ..."Wow, you read the Outsider in 6 days. That was a good book, but thick !
Can't remember the first Stephen King book I read. Maybe the Stand or Desperation? On another point, has anyone read "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"? Not really horror but you basically take a journey in the woods with a lost little girl. You imagine what it might be like to be in that situation. Interesting read for sure.
Mine was IT. I started high and it's still one of my favourite books.
Mine was actually "Firestarter." I was fairly young when I read it, but I remember being super interested in the split perspective style of writing he uses in his books. Not only that, but his books have been kind of a big thing in my family going back from my grandfather to my mother, then down to me. My mom still raves about the "Dark Tower" series, although I have yet to read that. I want to get the full experience, so I'm trying to get through some of his earlier things first.
Pretty sure mine was Needful Things, at too young of an age (but isn't that the case for all of us King aficionados?)
I read Carrie when first published and read everyone since then
I think mine was 'Salme's Lot. Scared the hell out of me.
The Shining, I think I was thirteen, I was scared to death of the woman in the tub
Mine was the green mile and I loved it!!
Night Shift I believe. Salem's Lot shortly after.
I tried to read IT in high school but I didn't finish so I don't count it. I was a horror film fan from a young age and I've probably seen everything based on a King story (many more than once)...but I can't believe I haven't read anything by him until now! (looking back there was a big period of time I didn't read much at all due to my career and such)So, anyway, currently I'm reading Pet Semetary and I am loving it. I read over 200 pages in two days and of course the imagery I am getting matches the movie quite a bit but it's a whole different experience! (as a kid I remember getting absolutely horrified at the scene with Rachel's sister Zelda!!)
The Outsider. Just started reading from him I think last year
Different Seasons, my first and last Stephen King book. "Apt Pupil"... to this day I have not recovered from that story!
I think it was either "Desperation" or "Insomnia". Both good stories.
Mine was Salem's Lot in the Fifth grade and I've been hooked ever since
Actually, I made a mistake lol I was going through my bookshelf and found Gunslinger. I read that probably about 8 years ago(?) and remember struggling with it (got confused with plot and characters) but I did finish it. So, technically that was my first full King read.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordonits really different from most of his books and I loved it . The "horror" aspect wasnt about any thing supernatural it was just a simple idea. A little girl lost in the woods and having ti fend for herself. To me its still one of my favorites of his I think that theres something ti be said for the simple horrors that could happen to anyone. My next favorite would have to be Children of the Corn.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes! I was in middle school and was just starting to get into horror and my dad lent me his worn copy to see if I would like more of King's works. And I never looked back!
Probably The Talisman... which I didn't even like that much at the time. I only started reading King obsessively years later, in college.
I read these last year. JoyLand and then 1922.
I think it was either Thinner or The Long Walk.
Misery, it was a good first impression for me to continue reading his other works
My first King book was The Shining. Hands down one of my favorite book of all times. It is the reason that I still give a chance to Steve
My grandpa read Firestarter to me when I was little. I don’t think he thought I could really understand it. Buuuuut now I have a lifelong obsession with horror. Related? Perhaps.
My writing classes had us read King on writing, and I've watched more movie adaptations than I can recall, but this year I finally read CarrieIt's one I've never watched an adaptation for.
My first Stephen King book was The Stand. While I was sitting on the couch waiting for a friend I found this book beside me. I asked if I could borrow it and the rest is history.
MiseryHad some problems with the finale but it was absolutely invigorating, would love to read it again
Mine was Carrie! I remember really enjoying it and a lot of my friends at school borrowed it from me to read as well
༻ Hannah ༺ wrote: "Fairytale is going to be my first."Good choice! I honestly think it is his best novel overall, and I've read 75% of his books.
"IT" was my first Stephen King read, it scared the ever-loving shit out of me and then I had to read everything he's written.
Rose Madder - I need to reread it, it’s been a while since I read it. Highly recommend. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
My first was Misery, and it's still one of my favorites.
Salem’s Lot. I wouldn’t say it is my favorite King novel, but that is the book that got me really into his work. I should reread it.
Pet Cemetery and no other book has scared me as much as this one
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