Stephen Kings Best

[Katelan1089]

What do you think are the three best books SK has ever written (short stories included)???

1. The Shining
2. Pet Semetary
3. Cujo

[The_Return]

Ive only read The Shining, and it was amazing!

[jedicow]

jeez...i cant name just 3.

IT
the stand
salems lot
the long walk
the dark tower series
pet semetary
the shining
the mist
needful things
dreamcatcher
cycle of the werewolf
rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption


just off the top of my head.

[Lady Discordia]

Only three? You're kidding, right??? I could probably come up with a list of his ten best (that's just novels; if we're including short stories as well, I'd need at least a Top Thirty), but THREE????

How about the three *worst* books he's written instead? Given that I love nearly all of his work, it's much easier to pick out the few that I really *didn't* like ;). In no particular order, here are my Most Disliked Three:

Dreamcatcher
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
From a Buick 8

Three best.....sheesh! :rolleyes: LOL.

[Lady Discordia]

Don't take this the wrong way, but why would you post this question and list your own three favorites if you haven't even read one of them??? In your intro post at the Newbie Forum, you stated that Pet Sematary and The Shining are the only horror novels you've ever read. I'm just wondering what possessed you to list Cujo as a favorite when you've never read it? I'm not flaming or anything, just honestly curious.

P.S. Cujo is really good, but definitely not one of King's three best! Just my opinion, of course ;) .

[Katelan1089]

I am in the middle of cujo now and its really good so i put it too and changed it to three favorites from two!

[nine9]

Dreamcatcher! That was the shitty one!

Anyway...........

The Shining
The Deadzone
Night Shift
The Dark Half
Salem's Lot
The Talisman.................really love this one

I really liked mostly all of them, but the ones that were not really so much horror a little less.

[tom-tom]

Hi, dudes, what's up with dreamcathcer?
I thought it was a damn good book...the movie wasn't bad either.

MR GREY - a cool alien::cool:

[lee challenger]

1) BAG OF BONES

2) PET SEMETARY

3) THE STAND


Also recommende for anyone just getting into the great man's work are:
THE SHINING
ROSE MADDER
GERALD'S GAME
CUJO
IT
CARRIE
FIRESTARTER

[lee challenger]

1) BAG OF BONES

2) PET SEMETARY

3) THE STAND


Also recommende for anyone just getting into the great man's work are:
THE SHINING
ROSE MADDER
GERALD'S GAME
CUJO
IT
CARRIE
FIRESTARTER

After you've read that little lot just carry on with the rest of his catalogue because it is well worth it.

[the meat wagon]

Noone mentioned misery yet what a shame , that story sure got me sucked in one of his best book ever.

Besides that IT and The Shining

[Yasashii]

1. Misery
2. IT
3. The Shining
4. Carrie

[Za'afiel]

Mmmm impossible for me tho. I like 'em all.

[DRAGGOON]

I would have to say that Hearts of Atlantis is one of his best.
Different Seasons and Skeleton Crew as well. :cool:

[Katelan1089]

now that i have read quite a few more of his books my three favs are

1st: tie the shining and pet sematary
2nd: Christine
3rd: The dead zone

[tom-tom]

For me all of his novels and short stories are excellent but his novels are the Dark Tower series...they kick aSS

[MichaelMyers]

1) The Dark Tower Series
2) Christine
3) Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Stand By Me, Shawshank Redemption, etc.)

[FangoFan]

My personal favs.

1. Insomnia

2. Four Past Midnight

3. Cujo

[sjshark]

1.The Shining

2.The Dark Tower 7

3.IT

[Buffy_101]

3.Carrie
2.Pet Sematary
1.Misery

[The_Return]

Im over half way through The Green Mile. That's a damn good book! Aside from that, Ive only read The Shining...which is amazing.

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by The_Return
Im over half way through The Green Mile. That's a damn good book! Aside from that, Ive only read The Shining...which is amazing.

You really should try to get hold of Salem's Lot. The book is so much better than both movies!

[chrisbarnesfan1]

ive read 10 of his novels and i've got to say his best are..

1.Pet Sematary
2.The Shining
3.IT
4.Misery
5.Salem's Lot

[jenna26]

Hmmmmm.....tough one. These are my favorites overall I think:

1. IT
2. Bag of Bones
3. Pet Semetary
4. Different Seasons
5. The Dead Zone

[blackknight]

The Dark Tower series - i know its more than three

The Stand

The Shining

[Unaboner3000]

Love almost all his books (including Dreamcatcher which some seem to hate, but I likes). But to recommend only three books for some to pickup and give King a try:

(1) The Stand - the ultimate struggle of good vs. evil, after almost all of the world has perished from a super-disease.
(2) The Dark Tower series - a mixture of western/sci-fi/horror/
mystery/romance.
(3) Rose Madder - psycho cop beating his wife for years, couple times nearly to death, she finally grows some balls and leaves, the psycho cop husband tracks her down to kill her, some wierd twists near the end (as always).

[jenna26]

Originally posted by Unaboner3000

(3) Rose Madder - psycho cop beating his wife for years, couple times nearly to death, she finally grows some balls and leaves, the psycho cop husband tracks her down to kill her, some wierd twists near the end (as always).

That's an interesting pick, but a good one. I liked it a lot more than I expected to.

[blackknight]

Originally posted by jenna26
That's an interesting pick, but a good one. I liked it a lot more than I expected to.

I agree. I almost forgot about that one. Liked the maze ending especially.

[bschulte]

I'm a fan of all four short story anthologies, and I thought Salem's Lot was probably his best novel of the ones I've read.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by bschulte
and I thought Salem's Lot was probably his best novel of the ones I've read.


its the only one i like

[WaitxUntilxDark]

1. Misery. He wrote about the craft of writing, the whole thing was scary(unlike Cujo :p .) I barely got through the axe scene, he described it so well. And I loved reading the story in the story.
2.The Stand - I haven't read it but my brother has and he told me some things.
3. Carrie - i felt so sorry for carrie at the end. It was a good first attempt.
Oh, and my brother would kill you for saying Dream Catcher was one of his worst.

[RavageRitual]

Alot of you are forgetting about Misery, i thought this was deffinantly one of his best , i also liked cujo, and salems lot

[urgeok]

Originally posted by RavageRitual
Alot of you are forgetting about Misery, i thought this was deffinantly one of his best , i also liked cujo, and salems lot


you posted that right after the guy who mentioned Misery..

[WaitxUntilxDark]

i'm not the only one, two other people posted misery. :p

[Zero]

The Stand was the one King book that really stuck with me - an epic tale with a really cool post-apocalyptic world and the best ending (electric hand of GOD!!!) I could hope for.

The Dark Half was, for me, the coolest idea for a book - though it didn't come together.

I actually always prefered King's short stories - Skeleton Crew was passed around my Middle School like some kind of illicit drug.

[The_Return]

I read Pet Semetary last month. Didnt much care for it. Im posting this here cause alot of people seem to like it...

[AWSTRICER]

I liked 1)it 2)misery

[jenna26]

Originally posted by The_Return
I read Pet Semetary last month. Didnt much care for it. Im posting this here cause alot of people seem to like it...

Yep, I personally think it is one of his best. Certainly one of his creepiest. It is actually one of very few novels that scared me; it kept me up nights. Lol.

[Babygurl20]

i refuse to choose just three..................................
1)Pet Semetary
2)The Green Mile
3)Tommyknockers
4)Needful Things
5)The Shining
6)Graveyard Shift (until the very end)
7)Firestarter
8)Dolores Claireborne
9)The Dark Half
10)The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
11)Rose Red (awesome)
12)Storm Of The Century

First three in order, after that, no particular order. King is my favorite author, so asking me to choose just three is like asking a nymph not to have sex but once a day.