Stephen King recommendations?

WatchWolf

I just finished reading Pet Semetary and I really enjoyed it.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what I should read next by King?

Tin Foil Hat

'It' is great.
The Stand is an epic. Although flawed, it's well worth reading, even at 1400 pages.
I enjoyed Under The Dome, even though it's fairly two dimensional and the ending is crap.
The Dark Tower series is not worth the effort, in my opinion, although the 2nd, 3rd and 4th books have a lot going for them.
Needful Things is worth reading, as is Night Shift - a book of short stories.
Cujo is utter crap, as is 11 - 22 - 63.
I would recommend The Dark Half and Misery.
Insomnia was boring.
Many of his books,, like Desperation, Rose Madder, The Tommyknockers and Dreamcatcher are enjoyable but forgettable.
You should definitely read Carrie.

He's a decent storteller, but not a great writer. Almost anything he wrote for the first 20-25 years of his career, up to the mid 90's, will keep you entertained. It gets a lot more hit and miss after that.

hidinginthebush

His Richard bachman collection is worth a read! 3 short (by his standards) stories, and they're not the length of his normal novels.

realgirl

My favourites are:
It
Misery
The Green Mile (not scary but a great story)
The Richard Bachman Books
Night Shift collection of short stories
Firestarter
Geralds game
I've read a lot of his books and many are forgettable but I reckon those above are among the best books I've ever read

Arnold Layne

The Talisman, co-written with Peter Straub, is an excellent book. Just wonder why out hasn't been made into a film yet

supernova84

11/22/63 is a great book and would make a very good film. Obviously everybody knows about the shining film but the book is a must read. And Full Dark No Stars is very good, full of short stories.

R.F.

Disagee with the above about the Dark Tower series. For me they were epic and brilliant story telling.

But I do enjoy series of books rather than one off

qwerty93

Although I found IT and The Stand to be brilliant, I think his shorter novels and short stories are better- Pet Sematary would be one of my favourites along with The Green Mile and the massively underated "Cell", Id definitly recommend any of theses books:D

blatantrereg

The Stand - Brilliant, usually considered his best
Dreamcatcher - Brilliant
Bachman Books - Tedious
Thinner - Very good
Rose Madder - Very good
Dark Tower books - ok. Overrated
Different Seasons - Brilliant
The Shining - Good
Under the Dome - ok
Needful Things - Very good
Cujo - Bad
Delores Claibourne - Very good
The Dark Half - Very good
Hearts in Atlantis - Very good

Extinction

Different Seasons was brilliant, 4 short stories with 'The Body' being my favourite story from King, 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption Center' also worth a read even if you've seen the film. The Stand is a classic. The shining scared the crap out of me when I read it. Delores Claibourne and Gerald's Game also fantastic.

r3nu4l

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Four past midnight, a collection of four short stories/novellas. An excellent read and typical of his earlier stuff.

Other ones I loved:
The Stand, one of my favourites (though flawed)
Pet Semetary
Needful things
Christine
I thought insomnia was very good, not boring at all but each to their own
I agree that some like Rose Madder were good but not very memorable
Thinner (as Richard Bachmann) was fantastic

EDIT: Wot MagicMarker said in the post below me Salem's Lot was a good one!

MagicMarker

Salem's Lot is fairly decent.

supernova84

Can't wait for the sequel to The Shining coming out next year called Doctor Sleep. Little Danny Torrance in his 40's.

Gneez

Only one I ever read was Cujo and thought it was awful.

pontia

salems lot it and the shining were the best,faded of last decade or more

FanadMan

My favs are
The Stand - dont think it even reads like a King novel....always feel when reading it that it's by someone else
The Bachman Books
Four Past Midnight
The Shining


Lost count how many times I've read them by now

Hoofball

I prefer his older novels although I think that some of his last few have been nearly up to the standard of his stuff from the 70's and 80's.

My top picks would be
Rage
Long Walk
Salems Lot
Pet Sematary
The Stand
IT
The Green Mile
Under the Dome (I agree with what a previous poster said, great book but really crap ending).
11/22/63 - I thought this was one of his best novels in the last 15 years or so.

Any of the short story collections are well worth a read. You might get some dud stories but invariably there are a lot of gems in there.

jigital

I enjoyed Different Seasons. It's a collection of four novellas, three of which inspired the films The Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil and Stand By Me. It is especially interesting to read if you've seen the films, as there are differences. It shows you a different perspective.

Paddy Samurai

Salems Lot ,The Green Mile and The Stand are my favourites by King.

ruthloss

Dolores Claiborne.

iMMer5ion

I would recommend Misery. Never read anything like it.

Salem's Lot and The Stand were my favorites until I read the Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower books are not perfect by a longshot but I find them highly entertaining.
A lot of his new books aren't patch on his earlier work unfortunately.

MagicMarker

The first in The Dark Tower series is awful imo.

supernova84

i love all his new stuff

Necronomicon

MagicMarker wrote: »

The first in The Dark Tower series is awful imo.

My memory of it is quite hazy. I do remember the second being absolutely incredible, could not put it down.

I'm reading one of his non-fiction books at the moment, Danse Macabre, and I'm really enjoying it.

Roger Sterling

The Stand is just immense. I'm reading it in small bits in order to savour it for as long as possible.