Stephen King

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Favorites: 'Salem's Lot, The Stand, IT

I didn't like a lot of his later books when I read them, but over the last several years I've been listening to audiobooks while I work out, and have gained a new appreciation for a couple. I didn't really care for Bag of Bones and Insomnia when I read them upon their release, but the audio versions are captivating. Insomnia is read by Eli Wallach, and he does a bang-up job. King himself reads Bag of Bones. Good stuff.

Also, if you get a chance to pick up The Green Mile audio by Frank Muller, it's excellent (as are the Dark Tower books he read before his accident).

IT, Insomnia, 'Salem's Lot, From a Buick 8.

The Stand is excellent, I have the extended version and I must have read it four or five times.
Tommyknockers, didn't like it the first time I read it. A couple of years later I reread it and loved it.
Firestarter. There's something very disturbing about small children with paranormal abilities.
The Drawing Of The Three, I think that's my favourite of the DT books, I skipped whole sections of Wizard and Glass when I reread them.
Insomnia, some great stuff in there, and also Dreamcatcher.

Ellefire said:

Firestarter. There's something very disturbing about small children with paranormal abilities.

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I don't remember the book too well (though I know I've read it) but I do have a soft spot for the movie.

The Gunslinger (original version)
Wizards and Glass
Eyes of the Dragon
The Stand
Rage, The Long Walk, The Running Man

Desperation
Eyes of the Dragon
'Salems Lot
The Dark Half

The Shining, Insomnia, Rose Madder (which is just too weird not to like), Bag of Bones. If we could include short stories... Chattery Teeth, The Moving Finger, and Popsy... and of course N. and The Gingerbread Girl, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and many, many others I can't think of at the moment.

Ah! There are just too many!!!!

The Shining's probably my fave, as I've definitely read it the most, on average once a year since I was like, 12. IT is a great one too, as well as the first four Gunslingers (yes, that includes Wizard and Glass)...aw, hell, I like em all, even the less-than-stellar ones aka the last three Gunslingers, but the Shining is still my fave.

My favorites are Hearts In Atlantis and Bag of Bones.

I'm not a fan but I remember really enjoying Different Seasons, particularly The Body.

Carrie is a perfectly crafted story, and obviously a simple labor of love.

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It has its flaws, don't get me wrong...and I can't really put my finger on WHY it intrigued me so much. Some of the particular characters fascinated me (names escape me at the moment, haven't read it in a few years), along with the ways their story lines intertwined as the book went on.

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The Trashcan Man is hands down my most favorite character from the book. His intense adoration for starting up fires is almost an innocent sort of thing he loves it so much. Pretty neat idea too how Randall Flagg sends him out to search for explosives, because if there's anyone qualified to do such a job, it's the Trashcan Man.

shawshank

I don't read a lot of King, but The Shining is my favorite.

Of course, I've only read that, IT, and Misery, so that might not be saying much.

1. The Shining
2. Salem's Lot
3. Misery
4. The Stand
5. Carrie
6. Needful Things
7. The Cell

Tough, tough call. Salem's Lot kept my windows closed when I was 14. I loved The Stand. The Bachman Books were awesome, especially The Running Man. The Shining traumatized me and got me reading King.
Different Seasons kept me whirring.
Night Shift helped me through my formative years.
I just can't say.

Grey Matter.
The Lawnmower Man.
Quitters Inc.
Jerusalems Lot
I Am The Doorway.
Trucks.
The Mangler.

God Bless the Grass!

The Stand, The Green Mile, From a Buick 8, The Dead Zone, Salem's Lot, Misery.

BTW, I can personally attest that, after a few drinks, King will admit that he hated the Kubrick version of The Shining. At least he would in 1983.

Hearts in Atlantis has been my favorite thus far. But I've only read a handful of stuff by him.