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ITT: Name the best of the best of Stephen King

If you were to recommend 1 S.K. book to a person, which one would it be?

>Pic related
This got me some weird dreams a few years back, loved it.

>> No.2811569

Skeleton Crew

>> No.2811576

Many will say The Stand but that book is highly overrated.

I would go with a "classic" from his early works, The Shining. IT is a good choice, as is Pet Sematary.

>> No.2811580

They're all shit, bar The Gunslinger. Which is only good because it's nothing like Kings usual work.

>> No.2811585

Misery, because that book legit creeped me out.
Also Stand by Me.

>> No.2811587

I would never do that to a friend. I would do that to an associate that I don't particularly like.

>> No.2811592

Insomnia is the only Stephen King book I have ever read. It started off incredibly interesting, but rapidly turned into some bullshit inter-dimensional conspiracy theory stuff, which basically ruined an entirely interesting premise. Since reading said book, I have been informed that all Stephen King books suffer from the same problem.

What a shame.

>> No.2811593

I'd recommend It and tell them to avoid The Stand.

>> No.2811598

Salems Lot

>> No.2811601

>>2811598
Salems Lot? More like, Salems A Lot of Shit.

>> No.2811604

>>2811598
Salems Lot

Same Tolls

Allot Mess

Oats Smell

>> No.2811607

>>2811604
Ass Elm Lot.

>> No.2811613

Pet Sematary. Short, taut, and incredibly frightening. His masterpiece.

>> No.2811619

The Gunslinger, obviously.

>> No.2811621

Gunslinger, I would never have started reading Stephen King if it wasn't for Gunslinger. It's not his best written stuff, but if i was to forget all of his stuff except for one thing, Than I'd go with The Dark Tower,

>> No.2811624

>>2811619
This. But if you do read this, don't read the rest of the series. They utterly destroy the world and the characters that he built in the original.

>> No.2811625

>>2811592

>I have been informed that all Stephen King books suffer from the same problem.

Now THAT'S a shame, because whoever told you that is full of shit.

The Dead Zone, The Long Walk, 11/22/63, Pet Sematary, Christine, Cujo, Firestarter, Carrie, The Green Mile, Different Seasons, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Under the Dome...these are all fantastic novels, and it's a pity that you've missed out on them because of some dumbass on /lit/ who hasn't read any of them.

>> No.2811654

Dark Tower is fucking great, but OP is probably looking for horror.

>> No.2811670

>>2811625
You mean they don't all start off with interesting ideas but rapidly spiral into silly conspiracy ancient aliens shit? Oh, okay.

I wasn't really a fan of his writing style either, but if the stories themselves are not as bad as I originally believed, then perhaps I'll give Pet Cemetery a read - given the amount of positive things I have heard about that book, it only seems like the most logical place to start.

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2811692

I'd got to go with "Eyes of the Dragon". It a pretty good genre fantasy with wizards, dragons, and court intrigue. And it's plotted like King was thinking more than three pages ahead for a change.

Also, it ties in with the Dark Tower series and The Stand.

>> No.2811701

I don't know, because I have yet to read a good stephen king novel.

I've already read Dark Tower. It sucks.