Nobody else is all about "Misery?" I'd type up a long post full of fangirling, but I'm writing this on my tablet so that will have to wait.
Ditto on The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, and Night Shift for good starting places...
Ones to avoid? Pet Sematary didn't impress me. Nor Cujo.
The Dark Tower Series was about the biggest let down from a book i ever got. Not to give anything away, but as i got closer to book 7 i had a feeling that i knew how the story was going to end and i did not like it. One day i just looked up the ending on wikipedia, turns out i was right. :/
I got that warning, which is why I was only planning on reading the first/maybe the second.
That's another vote for Misery... I'll put it on the list.
RUNNING TOTAL:
-- It
-- The Stand (which was debatable :/)
-- Misery
-- The Shinning
-- Salem's Lot
-- The Dark Tower Series
-- Carrie
-- On Writing
In no particular order.....
It, 'Salem's Lot, and Carrie would be the three to start with off that list. You'll get a lot more out of On Writing if you've already read some of his novels, as it's partially an autobiography and his writing advice is also much more useful once you know where he's coming from (not to mention at times amusing, king of adverbs and adjectives that he is).I got that warning, which is why I was only planning on reading the first/maybe the second.
That's another vote for Misery... I'll put it on the list.
RUNNING TOTAL:
-- It
-- The Stand (which was debatable :/)
-- Misery
-- The Shinning
-- Salem's Lot
-- The Dark Tower Series
-- Carrie
-- On Writing
In no particular order.....
Thank you for posting this so I didn't have to, lol. But it could use a quote and repeat.It's THE SHINING.
OK... so pretty much the same. I'm starting to have a feeling I would not like The Stand though... (yet I hate to be presumptuous about books I have not read). It sounds like one of those books that gets word of mouth because it's well written rather than engaging? and I like page turners.
+ as some have pointed out are there ones I should avoid? You can still give recommendations but I guess you can include bewares as well... or is anyone of the opinion all his books are good?