What was your first Stephen King book? Showing 601-650 of 1,824

[David]

Salem's Lot for me too. I remember having the book on the nightstand beside my bed. The creepy girl with the drop of blood on her mouth, illuminated by the blue glow of my LED alarm clock. It scared me so much I turned it over when I went to sleep every night. But I couldn't wait to read more and more and more....

[Randy]

Christine. I love that book. :-)

[Snookie]

pet cemetary I believe was my first

[Randy]

For you Shining fans that may not know, King's new book coming out in September (Dr. Sleep) is a sequel to The Shining. :-)

[Rohith]

my first king was pet semetary. That one was a dark hand that was slowly creeping across my heart and clamping down on it. i had trouble sleeping after reading it at night. :)

[Jane]

The Shining. I bought my copy when living in Brussels in 1977. The cover has almost completely faded and the pages are all coming out but it's still one of my favourite horror novels of all time.

[Tash]

My first was Pet Sematary. I was in my early teens I think. Soon after I read The Dead Zone and Misery.

[Lucy]

Dreamcatcher :) Then The Stand, Carrie and Pet Sematary and just about to start reading CELL.

[Sam]

I'm not 100% but I think it was Skeleton Crew, I know I saw that book in a magazine at my Aunties house and thought it looked good so went looking for it. I just can't remember if I got Skeleton Crew first or couldn't find it and got another one instead, it was one of the first I read anyway and I was about 13 years old. I still love The Mist and a lot of the other stories in it and enjoy rereading it from time to time.

[Ana]

IT! I was 13 or 14 at the time and was studying for exams. I remember I was so scared and frightened that I couldn't possibly fall asleep without someone by my side. Ironically, I could not stop reading :)) And to this day I am still a little suspicious of my sinks...
His best novel, in my oppinion! Characters well developed, great plot!

[Fernanda]

My first book was Pet Cemetery and then Insomnia.

[TheCuriousDeer]

My very first was Misery in my early teens. I was lucky to have a dad who is a King fan. Still one of my all time favourite books to this day. I must have read it over 10 times. Which reminds me - I need to get that in again this year. It's been a few years since I last read it!!

[Steven]

my first was Dead Zone. couldn't put it down.

[[deleted user]]

My first was Cell, then Gerald's Game.

[Randy]

Mine was Christine.

[Karen]

IT.
For some reason my mother figured 12 was old enough. I wasn't old enough. Book scared me. Like, losing sleep scared.

I loved every minute of it.

[[deleted user]]

I've heard a lot of good things about that book. I will have to put it in my wish list to add to my next book purchase.

[Marcia]

Carrie. Published in 1974..... I think I read it in my freshmen year of college, so that would be 1976..... I've been a fan ever since.

[Kumonee]

Cujo for me-

[Karen]

Cujo is my father's favorite King book. Everytime we got a dog he wanted to name it Cujo. I think that a little bit morbid.

[Kumonee]

So I named an adorable kitten Cujo to stave of the morbidity!! I had to curtail myself as well to NOT name by dogs Cujo- your dad must be a dinosaur like me!!!

[Karen]

I was born in 84'. My dad was 57'. I love everything about him. Except when we are watching Star Trek and he wants me to rub his feet. That's where I draw the line.

[Randy]

My first king book was Christine. Still one of my favorites. :-)

[Karen]

Now this wasn't my first King book by far. But The Regulators was my first Bachman book that I read. I love, love, love this book.

I've talked to a lot of people that like Desperation better, but for me, The Regulators read like a movie. I could picture every single scene.

Loved it.

[Stepheny]

Karenlogue wrote: "Now this wasn't my first King book by far. But The Regulators was my first Bachman book that I read. I love, love, love this book.

I've talked to a lot of people that like Desperation better, but..."

I loved Regulators, loved the concept, and especially loved how the whole town started turning into the old west....I just felt it was underdeveloped. IMO Desperation was the better book, but I liked where he was going with the Regulators better...if that makes sense. LOL

[Jessika]

My first Stephen King book was IT as a 13 year old kid, allowed to check out books from the "adult" section of the library for the first time. I fell in love and haven't turned back!

[Daniel]

The Gunslinger for me.

[Katie]

The first SK book I read was "IT" and I haven't looked back at all. It definitely started an addiction.

[Costas]

The first one I read wad Bag of Bones; a friend gave it to me for my birthday.
In retrospect it's not the best of King's works, but it got me rolling.

[Karen]

I actually really like Bag of Bones. I have an audio copy of it because Mr. King reads it. I could listen to him talk forever.

[Venkat]

"The Tommyknockers "is my first SK book.

[Aditya]

I started reading them chronologically so it would be Carrie for me.

[Paul]

Salem's lot, great book to start on. The way a vampire book should be!

[Aditya]

Paul wrote: "Salem's lot,The way a vampire book should be!"

Could not agree more.

[Bobby]

Karenlogue wrote: "I actually really like Bag of Bones. I have an audio copy of it because Mr. King reads it. I could listen to him talk forever."

Karen! Have you listened to the audiobook Lunch at the Gotham Cafe? Its another one Stephen King reads himself....its good.

[Brett]

First stevie book was under the dome and it remains my favorite one so far !

[Jessika]

Bobby wrote: "Karenlogue wrote: "I actually really like Bag of Bones. I have an audio copy of it because Mr. King reads it. I could listen to him talk forever."

Karen! Have you listened to the audiobook Lunch a..."

That would be a cool one to hear him read! I'm going to have to look it up.

[Vashti]

Aditya wrote: "Paul wrote: "Salem's lot,The way a vampire book should be!"

Could not agree more."

No sparkly vampires there. I loved it!

[Kalle]

my first SK book was "Pet semetary".

[Andii]

Carrie, which I admit is a bit cliche, but I was in seventh grade, and it was a gift from our librarian, who got it for me, because she knew how much I loved horror novels, and wanted to see me read something at "my level," she said. I was the only person in seventh grade who was at a college reading level.
I've been rather addicted to his work ever since. I was sort of primed for reading Stephen King, as in elementary school, I read a lot of RL Stine, which I hear is sort of a "gateway drug" to Stephen King novels.

[Squire]

I found King was my gateway drug to R.L. Stine! (of course, Stine wasn't around when I started reading, so that kinda makes sense...)

[Carol]

My first King book was The Green Mile. I didn't know he was the author of "It & Carrie" which were my two fav. horror movies when I was in elementary school and I read a lot of R.L. Stine too! :)

[Laurie]

My first King book was Rage, before I knew Richard Bachman was Stephen King. I was about twelve, when you could still get Rage as a single. I don't think I realized it was King until many years later.

[Mark]

My first Stephen King book was The Shining. I think I was about 13. Borrowed the book from my brothers wife.

[Nicole]

Cujo. I was 14 and I bought it at a yard sale.

[[deleted user]]

Carrie when it first came out, picked it up from the PX after reading several of his short stories in men's magazines.

[Donald]

I honestly don't remember, but I think it was either 'Carrie'; that was decades ago, but I think my sister read it and I copped it off her when she was done.

[Martina]

I picked up Bag of bones a few years ago but apparently it didn't impress me enough to buy other King books. It wasn't until 11/222/63 that I turned into a fan. And I've been working my way through his work since then :)

I read Bag of Bones again since then and liked it a lot better. It probably helps that I am now reading the original versions vs. the translated into German versions. I think SK is incredibly hard to translate and a lot gets lost in the translations. Also I noticed his translators take a lot of liberties, which may be necessary but I still think it sucks.

[Sorin]

it was actually the first one he wrote, carrie, and i read it as a kid

[Seed]

For me it was The Gunslinger. That started this horrible obsession that I have.