Favourite Stephen King Books?

rgambs said:

pickupyourwill said:

rgambs said:

Flagg said:

The Stand

The Shining

The Dead Zone

The Dark Tower Series

Pet Semetary



Pet Semetary affected me the most. When I read it, I was just getting into King. I hadn't seen the stupid movie so I was blind going in. But my son was only two at the time that I read the book. Well, if you've read it, you can imagine the impact that story has. I couldn't shake those images for awhile.



Out of all the lame King movie adaptations, that is the one that deserves a remake the most. If you go back and read that story and pretend you don't know anything about it, it is pretty terrifying and truly disturbing. No wonder he put it away in a drawer after finishing it and refused to publish it for awhile. Pretty fucked up stuff.

One of the most fucked up books ever. Deliciously morbid, and his depth of characters and their pain is on par with literary greats.
And yes, the movie was terrible.

I never read Pet Cemetary but I did see the movie. Now that you say the book was ten times morbid and disturbing I probably never will. I have an over-active imagination as it is. It is hard for me to get those images out of my head. That's why I stopped watching American Horror Story after the first few seasons--such gory shit but great writing and acting. That's also why I couldn't read too much into the West Memphis Three case a few years back on here. I wanted to really try and get to the bottom of it but those images... I have a son too. I feel bad for the detectives and lawyers out there who have to see crime scene images on a daily basis and still try to maintain a normal family life...kudos to them.

I thought the original Pet Cemetary movie was a classic, but could see it as a good remake also. I would never let my son watch it till he's like 18 or something--poor boy has already been exposed to crazy video games and t.v. shows. I don't think I want him reading any Stephen King books till he's an adult...lol. Although oddly enough, the one I mentioned--The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was a AR type of book for the highschoolers around here 5 or so years ago--they may have changed it by now. I think they had them read it because you can also look at it from a religious aspect--of the girl fighting off the evil forces too survive.

Actually, the book is 10x better, but not more morbid. Less.
In the movie you see this hellacious accident unfold and then practically 5 minutes later he is in the Cemetery with his son. It is disjointed and jarring, but the book is better. He dives deep into some serious grief, it is well written and it makes his desperation palpable. Digging up his son becomes much more of a plausible action.

I read Insomnia when I was 12 lol

MayDay10 said:

I read it a long time ago. Dont recall being too moved.

I have young kids though. Dont think Ill read it again any time soon.

catefrances said:

Get_Right said:

Different seasons is the best King book IMHO. I thought his writing became too formulaic after IT.

this is my most treasured book(for personal reasons). I think every 12 year old should read 'the body'. I am such a fan of stephen king . hes an awesome story teller. the last couple of books I read of his(finders keepers & 11.22.63), he appeared to self reference which lead me to read mr mercedes and IT. I picked up IT whilst away and was told by my youngest THAT book would not be allowed in the house. fortunately I finished it whilst away and left it behind... the topic of clowns, bathroom drains and gutter drains are not allowed to be alluded to, let alone discussed... not even in jest. next up... salems lot.

F Me In The Brain said:

IT was indeed scary and I loved the reference in 11.22.63.
Hi CF, glad to see you back here!