Stephen King Books

[Atomic Punk]

The most recent book I have read by King is called "Geralds Game", which was about 6 years ago. Quite a long time. Are there any newer King books worth reading?

I have read a bunch of his older books. Those being: "Night Shift", "Misery", "The Dark Half", "Pet Sematary", "The Tommyknockers", and "The Dead Zone". My faves of those, were Misery, and Night Shift.

 

[Pamela]

The most recent book I have read by King is called "Geralds Game", which was about 6 years ago. Quite a long time. Are there any newer King books worth reading?

I have read a bunch of his older books. Those being: "Night Shift", "Misery", "The Dark Half", "Pet Sematary", "The Tommyknockers", and "The Dead Zone". My faves of those, were Misery, and Night Shift.

I read the Dead Zone recently.

And Christine was pretty good!

 

[AAP]

I like his books (especially IT), however, I do NOT like any of his endings. They are very lame. It is like he spend a lot of quality time writing all the previous chapters and then when you get to the ending, it is like he smoked something and wrote it in 10 minutes flat.

(Pennywise being a damn octupus thing from outer space? and the only way to save all the kids was that they had to have sex with that one girl? WTF??)

 

[Lao Tzu]

(Pennywise being a damn octupus thing from outer space? and the only way to save all the kids was that they had to have sex with that one girl? WTF??)

Thats how the book ended? Fill me in with more, the movie was just pennywise getting hit in the head and the kids not believing in him anymore.

 

[bluepeter]

Read the Dark Tower series. There are now five novels in the series with 2 more to come. They take a little while to get into but by the time you hit the third volume, you're hooked....

 

[KillahBee]

Read "Rose Madder". Most people have never even heard of it and it is by far my favorite book if his. READ IT!

 

[CipherLock]

Rose Madder is very good, I loved the tense.

Needful Things is one of my favorites.

 

[FreeballinDC]

What was the double book that he put out a few years ago?

The one book was about a kid who could telepathically fool people into thinking-seeing they were back in the wild west, even though the setting was suburban America. Of course, the kid goes on a wild bloody killing rampage, until the adults figure out how to stop him.

 

[vixenbabe]

Black House

 

[jackangel]

i also recommend the dark tower series. it's the work of his life, closer to his heart than anything else, seeing as he started it over 30 years ago. there's a lot i don't like about his style (his dialogue, his characters), but i've got complaints about most pop fiction writers that i've read. but the story's the thing. i want to see how it all ends.

also, i would recommend his story compilation books (Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons).

 

[Y_lifter]

King is good, but IMO his novels are just way too long.

I agree that you read this huge novel and most is great stuff,
but a lot is filler and background and stuff

 

[coldblue1955]

i don't really read the books just watch his movies.

 

[Apöllo]

I've read tons of Stephen King Books, by far my favorite is The Shining. Its the only one that really gave me goose bumps. I haven't gotten to read much of this new stuff. I think the newest one I read was Insomnia, but I've read lot of his early stuff.

 

[The Terminator]

I really liked The Stand...I read it twice (all 1100+ pages of it )

 

[Lestat]

Stephen King is my second favorite author after Anne Rice.. but I'd admit in a heartbeat he is more skilled.

King is a pop writer, but the best story teller of my generation and the one before more.

His books get wordy and endings can be so so... but overall the quality is top notch.

I'm surprised no one mentioned From a Buick 8.

The premise is lame, but you realize its not about the premise, the stupid car, its that King can take ANYTHING and make it terrifying.

 

[PoyeBoy]

skeleton crew was pretty good, it was a short story novel, the first story called "the mist" was one of the best stories I had ever read, would make a fuckin awesome movie

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

I liked Misery. Great story line and full of suspense.

 

[Island Son]

i also recommend the dark tower series. it's the work of his life, closer to his heart than anything else, seeing as he started it over 30 years ago. there's a lot i don't like about his style (his dialogue, his characters), but i've got complaints about most pop fiction writers that i've read. but the story's the thing. i want to see how it all ends.

also, i would recommend his story compilation books (Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons).

I only liked the first 2 of the Dark Tower series, #3 was so-so, #4 was crap so no hurry to read Wolves of the Calla (#5).
Read "The Regulators" and "Desperation" together .... by Richard Bachman (King's alias)

 

[crimson coal]

I lost interest in his stories about 6 years ago. None of emm are classics like his old ones. My favorite all time book is "The Stand" but to me his last real good book was "Misery".

 

[gymrat]

The green Mile is pretty good

 

[crimson coal]

The green Mile is pretty good.....Agreed

 

[Taps]

He was a great writer up until the early 90's. Then he stopped using drugs, and while he's still better than 99% of other popular authors, he's not nearly what he used to be. Unfortunately, his genius only shines through while he's on the sauce.

The dark tower books are a good read...well the first 3 anyway. The fourth is absolute shit I think King was trying to tell a slower, more romantic type story and it just didn't work out. "Wolves of the Calla" is decent but like all of his more recent work, it's lacking the magic that made his greatest books so involving.

If you're looking for the best king books, seriously just read anything written prior to 1992 or thereabouts. The further back you go, the better he gets.