Hello all! I am a huge Stephen King fan and love most of his books. I hope to find some other fans here!

My question is: What is your favorite Stephen King book?

My favorite would have to be a tie between "The Stand" and "It". They're both so good, in my opinion, but so long!

What is your favorite book (or books, if you want)?

I'd have to say "Insomnia" is my favorite King book. It stuck with me long after I finished reading it, and I have even gone back and re-read it a few times.

I love "The Stand," but I don't think that the ending lived up to the first 95% of the book. I also liked "It," but I think that "Misery" was my very favorite. I also really liked his non-fiction, "On Writing."

I liked "The Stand", very much, but I agree the ending fell a little flat. "Misery" and "The Dead Zone" are other favorites. I really like all the short story collections - lots of good stuff there, and he has less room to blather on and on which he sometimes does. "Hearts in Atlantis" was another good one. Hated "Insomnia", sorry, in fact it was one of the few I could not finish. I just did not care about that boring old man. I can't seem to get into the "Dark Tower" books at all, at all. I agree that "On Writing" was very good. I like to listen to authors carry on about the creative process.

I really don't have one favorite. I love them all. I really like the book called "Everything's Eventual". It has 14 scary stories that are really good. At first, some of them looked boring, but once you get into the story, I can't put it down.

I think my favorite King book is "Cujo." When I was younger, I used to hate the dog because of what he did, but now that I'm older and a little wiser, I sympathize with the dog. It's not his fault he did what he did, it was his owners' fault because they never took him the vet for his vaccinations.

I'm with you on that one, Lisa. When I read "Cujo" when it first came out, I cried in sympathy with the dog and I refused to see the movie when it came out. I still haven't seen it.

I'd have to say "The Stand" was my favorite. I think I mentioned elsewhere at FT that I got so engrossed in the book, that when I would put it down to go to work, I was surprised to see people in the streets.

I'm also a big Stephen King fan. I love almost all his books except maybe Dreamcatcher and From a Buick 8, which I found to be rather disappointing
My favourites have to be the ones in the Dark Tower series. I have read them all so many times!
Other than those I really loved The Stand, IT and Eyes of the Dragon.

I really liked The Stand, but as other have mentioned, I found the ending to be a bit "blah." I enjoyed Black House,but I can't make my way through The Talisman to save me. Salem's Lot scared me so much more as a book than as a movie, it still gives me the chills.

I´ve only read three Stephen King books so far and I liked them all a lot. Those books were "Pet Semetary" (my favourite of the three), "IT" and "The Green Mile".
I´ll definitely read some more of his books asap.

Oops, I forgot "The Green Mile". How could I forget that?! I love that book! The movie was great too.

The Body--not traditional King fare. Next to that, probably The Stand or The Dead Zone.

The scariest, I thought, was Salem's Lot.

I like the Dark Tower series also. I stopped reading King after twenty or so pages into Gerald's Game, with the exception of the new books in this series.

Hi there. I am a huge King fan as well. I think "It" was one of my favorites. Actually, that was the first time I had ever read a book when I had already seen the movie. I didn't think I would be able to get into the book since I already knew the story. Was I wrong! I thought the book was incredible - better than the movie!


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Has anyone here read "Firestarter?" I didn't care for it too much, but as it's the only Stephen King book I've ever read I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps his other works are more enjoyable.

It's possible I'm simply not a King fan, but if others agree he can do better I'd love to try one of your suggestians.

I've read quite a lot of Stephen King books and though I wouldn't class myself as a big fan, I enjoyed most of them. My favourites are "Misery" and "The Dark Half". I also liked "The Eyes of the Dragon" as it's a bit different from his usual books (probably because he wrote it for his teenage daughter).

I've read a few King books, although for some reason I can't remember some of the titles! I really enjoyed "Needful Things". Haven't seen the movies coz I heard it was really badly done.
"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" would have to be my favourite, and I really enjoyed "The Long Walk". It was eerie.

I just finished reading "Carrie". It was a great book, but I wouldn't say it is my favourite King-book.
The next one I want to read is "Misery".

I've read so many of his books, I'm a HUGE fan. Salem's Lot is my alltime favourite, then The Stand. After that, it's a tossup. I enjoyed IT a lot, but not Insomnia so much. Skeleton Crew was cool, and also The Dead Zone.
I'm currently reading Desperation, which, so far, is very very good.

Definitely The Stand, although I love most of his other books, and own many of them. Must make me a fan of his. Although he is a horror author, not all his books are that scary, but most are very eerie, which is why I like them so much.

I've never really read any, but I have about ten laying around collecting dust...

Misty - Firestarter is a very early King book. I think most of the people here would agree that he has come a long, long way since then. Try some of the others mentioned here and get another taste of him. But keep in mind that The Stand is a very big bite.

The Talisman is my all-time favorite though. IndieQueen - imho, Dark House isn't half the story that The Talisman is. I think if you can get past the first three or four chapters you'd find some classic King in there. Remember that he co-wrote it with Peter Straub and you can definately tell when King takes over the story.

Probably my next fave would be It. I think that was the first book I ever read (or read since) that I wouldn't read at night in bed! I read Pet Semetary in bed and regretted it every night. And, of course, I went back to it each and every night!

My faves are The Green Mile,The girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Dreamcatcher- (which did not make a very good film)

Sometimes I love him, sometimes he writes like a bad parody of himself. I loved Insomnia a lot and I thought Misery was a masterpiece. Some of his short stories are memorable, including 'The Short Cut'. Amongst the stinkers I'd have to include 'The Tommyknockers' and 'Needful Things' (although little bits of that book were screamingly funny). 'Bag of Bones' scared me so badly that I was afraid to get up and go to the washroom on the plane I was travelling in while reading it. The manuscript for 'Dreamcatcher' I truly believe would have been better burned.

I am and always have been a HUGE Stephen King fan. I own everything he's ever written. I would have to say to date that The Dark Tower series is my favorite. I think The Stand is a close second. We have "story time" at my house, I read all of the aloud to my husband. His would also be The Dark Tower series.

'The Stand' - unabridged version all the way. Although I did really like 'The Shining' and 'The Green Mile' too.