Kyra's King Reads ( pls give recs :) )

[kyra]

i would love recommendations on which kings to read next :)

* = read
^ = owned, tbr

*Carrie (1974)
*Salem’s Lot (1975)
*The Shining (1977)
^Rage (1977)
*Night Shift (1978)
*The Stand (1978)
*The Long Walk (1979) [by Richard Bachman]
*The Dead Zone (1979)
*Firestarter (1980)
^Roadwork (1981) [by Richard Bachman]
Danse Macabre (1981)
*Cujo (1981)
^The Running Man (1982) [by Richard Bachman]
^The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Christine (1983)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
*Pet Sematary (1983)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1984)
The Talisman (1984) with Peter Straub
Thinner (1984) [by Richard Bachman]
Skeleton Crew (1985)
*IT (1986)
^The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
*Misery (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
The Dark Half (1989)
*Four Past Midnight (1990)
^The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands (1991)
Needful Things (1991)
Gerald’s Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
The Green Mile (1996)
Desperation (1996)
The Regulators (1996) [by Richard Bachman]
^The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass (1997)
Bag of Bones (1998)
Storm of the Century (1999)
*The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
*On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
Black House (2001) with Peter Straub
Everything’s Eventual (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah (2004)
The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower (2004)
Faithful (2004) with Stewart O’Nan
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey’s Story (2006)
The Secretary of Dreams: Volume One (2006)
Blaze (2007) [by Richard Bachman]
Duma Key (2008)
Just After Sunset (2008)
*Under the Dome (2009)
Blockade Billy (2010)
The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 2 (2010)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
*11/22/63 (2011)
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Joyland (2013)
The Dark Man (2013)
^Doctor Sleep (2013)
Mr. Mercedes (2014)
Revival (2014)
Finders Keepers (2015)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
End of Watch (2016)
Charlie the Choo-Choo (2016) [by Beryl Evans]
Gwendy’s Button Box (2017) with Richard Chizmar
^Sleeping Beauties (2017) with Owen King
*The Outsider (2018)
Flight or Fright (2018) coedited with Bev Vincent
Elevation (2018)
*The Institute (2019)
*If It Bleeds (2020)
Later (2021)
Billy Summers (2021)

[Joan]

I've read EVERY Stephen King book including Rage (a Bachman short story) which is no longer available. I agree with the fact that this story was taken out of circulation as it deals with a school shooter and given how many kids started playing Mailbox Baseball after Stand By Me came out I agree what Rage is far too suggestive for the crazies out there today.

[Nick]

The fact that the class sided with the killer in RAGE, and together they all turned on one of the students, was really distressing. Also, I'm pretty sure that, after one of the earlier classroom shootings, the killer was found to have a copy of RAGE.

[Erin]

Nick wrote: "The fact that the class sided with the killer in RAGE, and together they all turned on one of the students, was really distressing. Also, I'm pretty sure that, after one of the earlier classroom sh..."

I did not know that one of the school shooters had a copy of Rage. Do you remember which one?

[Joan]

I didn't know about a school shooter having a copy of the story either. Yikes!

[Michael]

There were a handful of incidents where a student took hostages in the late 80s through the late 90s, and the hostage taker/shooter had a copy of Rage. No one was hurt in the early incidents, but people were killed in the later tragedies. In one, a student was upset on getting a C on his essay on Rage. After three were killed in late 1997, King let the book fall out of print.

[Nick]

Michael wrote: "There were a handful of incidents where a student took hostages in the late 80s through the late 90s, and the hostage taker/shooter had a copy of Rage. No one was hurt in the early incidents, but p..."

Thanks for the details, Michael. I didn't remember the details of the link between rage and the specific shooting.

[F.C.]

Nick wrote: "The fact that the class sided with the killer in RAGE, and together they all turned on one of the students, was really distressing. Also, I'm pretty sure that, after one of the earlier classroom sh..."
I still have my copy of The Bachman Books, with Rage in it, on my shelf. It was a Christmas gift back in the day.

[Erin]

F.C. wrote: "Nick wrote: "The fact that the class sided with the killer in RAGE, and together they all turned on one of the students, was really distressing. Also, I'm pretty sure that, after one of the earlier..."

That may be the one I have too. I know I have a book with Rage in it, that must be it.

[Erin]

Michael wrote: "There were a handful of incidents where a student took hostages in the late 80s through the late 90s, and the hostage taker/shooter had a copy of Rage. No one was hurt in the early incidents, but p..."

Thanks for the explanation.

[Kandice]

I think Cujo holds up really well despite its age, and its a stand-alone, so how could you go wrong there? If you can find the movie, it's well worth the watch. Dee Wallace is a Power house!

[Jaro]

kyra wrote: "i would love recommendations on which kings to read next :)

* = read
^ = owned, tbr

*Carrie (1974)
*Salem’s Lot (1975)
*The Shining (1977)
^Rage (1977)
*Night Shift (1978)
*The Stand (1978)
*The..."

You should read Later or Duma Key. Maybe Hearts in Atlantis.

[Grace]

The Dead Zone and Cujo r connected!!! I fell in love with both of them, both my mega favs, absolutely recomend!

[Danielle]

I would recommend the Dark Tower books 😀
I love the serie. Whatever you choose; have fun reading!