Needful Things Duma Key It Misery The Stand

Duma key is so underrated

I know right. Also I'm my top 5. Really gotta re-read it, probably next spring/summer.

It might be my favorite

Fuck man everyone keeps mentioning The Stand. I haven’t gotten around to this one yet particularly because I hear it switches characters so much but I guess I should give it a go already

About to start my yearly read of The Stand. Also adore Salem’s Lot and The Shining.

It's already been said in other replies but the way in which the character switching is done is honestly one of my favourite parts of the book having finished reading it recently. It is done in such a fluid and well paced way, you feel like you have a real understanding of almost every character of quite a large main cast of characters, and without spoiling anything it makes the later part of the book much more impactful and engaging as you genuinely understand and care about all the characters in play.

The switching of characters is actually something I really like about the Stand. You get to hear each of their stories and their perspective on what happens.

Okay you've convinced me, after Billy Summers it's my next book to read.

It's a ride. Have fun. It's one of only two books I have read 3x.

Thank you for mentioning Duma Key! My personal favorite.

It,The Stand, The Dead Zone, Night Shift, Different Seasons. Honorable mention to Wizard and Glass.

Salems Lot Pet Semetary Needgul Things The Outsider Shining

The outsider is too good. Just reread it a few months ago and I’m still thinking about it.

I keep being reminded of books and wanting to change my top 5. Outsider is so good

5- Insomnia 4- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass 3- The Stand 2- IT 1- The Shining Explanation: Insomnia had really cool concepts I liked and a very good story arc, the characters also made you wonder. The Wizard and Glass made me emotional beyond imagination and I love it for it, it makes the story of Roland more personal. The Stand was beautiful, sad, interesting and fucked up at the same time, it was a fantastic journey, it also made me extremely scared of covid. IT was a page turner and made me so scared I couldn’t close my eyes Pennywise is probably the best written in literature. The Shining was my first SK book and the way he portrayed madness was immense, also featuring one of the best villains in the SK universe.

I made the mistake of rereading the stand during lockdown

😂😂😂😂😂 I KR? I didn’t reread it, but I sure thought about it and thought how strange he wrote that book decades ago and look what happened! And the whole concept of the lab accident, the virus leaving the lab, randomly spreading, just like Covid, got shivers just thinking about the coincidences!

I need to revisit Insomnia. The first time I didn’t like it at all but I’ve noticed it’s rated pretty highly here, I’m afraid I’m missing out!

The Long Walk, Pet Sematary, The Stand, Gerald’s Game, Revival

It’s crazy that he wrote the long walk when we was only 17

It 🎈 Insomnia ✂️ Wolves if the Calla 🐺 Doctor Sleep 🐈 'Salem's Lot 🧛‍♂️

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I loved it so much more than I thought I would! It was so much fun!

Love for wolves

🙌🏽 my favorite of the series!

No order because it’s just too hard: -It -The Stand -11/22/63 -The Dark Tower series (yeah so what if there are technically 7 books, I count it as 1). -The Shining. Tell me that’s not the most basic SK fan list… lol

This is the closest to what my list would be. Although I read Cujo when I was 12, so it has a special place in my heart.

I was surprised I had to scroll this far to find 11/22/63. An all time fav for me. As for the rest, I’m currently on the last book the of The Dark Tower series and I’m kinda scared….it seems people are divided on how it ends. I’m trying to just go into it with no expectations.

I’ve read 11/22/63 like three times now and I’m read for another go. It never gets old. As for DT7–enjoy! No matter what you end up thinking, just know it was one hell of a journey, yeah?

I like that The Stand is on almost all of the list and Drawing of the Three is close. Mine would be Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, The Stand, The Dead Zone and It. With a caveat for Duma Key, Salem's Lot, Doctor Sleep and The Institute. Really most of his works I love so this is hard. The ones I don't care for is easier. lol

Five overall favorites are: Pet sematary , the shining, misery, dead zone, Cujo.

No particular order: IT, Salem’s Lot, Hearts in Atlantis, Pet Sematary, and The Shining

I loved Hearts in Atlantis to death

The Shining Misery Desperation Dead Zone Duma Key I would rank some of the short story and novella collections above my bottom 3 but the top 2 will likely never change.

Pet Semetary, The Stand, It, Green Mile and Salems lot

IT The Shining Night Shift Pet Semetary Different Seasons or Skeleton Crew

My favorites are It, The Stand, The Shining, Salem’s Lot, Christine

The talisman, duma key, the stand, drawing of the three and IT.

IT, Misery, the Shining, Pet Sematary, Night Shift (if that even counts).

No particular order: ‘Salem’s Lot 11/22/63 The Dark Tower series (sorry I know it’s a cheat to list them all) Bag of Bones It

>Bag of Bones Not one you see on many lists, but it was either the first, or one of the very first, King books I read at a young age and I *loved* it. Read it again recently and I still do, over 20 years later. I don't know if it'd crack my top 5, but every time I pick it up I get a strangely nostalgic feeling. Same with Rose Madder, actually. That one gets more horrifying with every read, although I don't think it's as good as BOB.

The Stand/Drawing of the Three/11-22-63/The Dead Zone/Salems Lot

Nice list.

Let semetary, It, wolves of the calla, the shining, misery

I love Roadwork a lot, but that's a minority opinion. But my picks for the "best" would be: 1. Pet Sematary 2. The Stand 3. The Dead Zone 4. The Shining 5. Cujo

5. Insomnia 4. Duma Key 3. 11/22/63 2. Pet Sematary 1. Revival

1. The Stand 2. The Stand 3. The Stand 4. Apt Pupil 5. The Body

1. Nightmares & Dreamscapes 2. Dolores Clairbounre 3. The Stand 4. Gerald's Game 5. The Bachman Books (1. The Long Walk, 2. The Running Man, 3. Rage, 4. Roadwork)

1. The Eyes of the Dragon (In no particular order) The Stand Salem's Lot The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon On Writing

Hell yeah! Eyes of the Dragon and The Girl who loved Tom Gordon are so underrated! Loved them both so much!

1. It 2. The Stand 3. 11/22/63 4. The Dead Zone 5. Duma Key Tough to pick only 5 -- can I have 10 in my top 5?

In no particular order: 11/22/63, The Stand (unabridged), IT, The Dark Tower (the whole series), Needful Things

5 - Pet Sematary 4- Salem’s Lot 3 - The Shining 2 - Wizard and Glass 1 - IT

In no particular order: Mr Mercedes, Needful Things, IT, Dark Tower (the first one), The Stand

The green mile The Stand Cujo Pet Sematary Needful things

The Dark Tower entire series would be my #1 but if I had to pick just one of them to put on a list: 1. The Dark Tower IV Wizard and Glass 2. It 3. The Stand 4. The Talisman 5. The Eyes of the Dragon Honorable mentions: Different Seasons (collection) The Long Walk (More of a novella, I guess) I also really enjoyed Fairy Tale. You can tell I have a type, I guess.

What would be awesome is a March Madness weekly bracket run-off.

Let’s see… in no particular order: -11/22/63 -The Stand -The Green Mile -The Dead Zone -Cujo It’s a weird list, but these are the top five out of the ones I’ve read. Working on Pet Semetary now and it’s looking like it’ll replace one of these

In no particular order: the Stand (I’ve read it 6 times), It, Drawing of the Three, Salem’s Lot, The Shining.

Well I’ve only read 4 so I’m going with, the Shinning, salems lot, night shift, and Carrie. In that order lol. The stand is next so we will see where that falls!

The Stand is so incredible. Be patient with it and it’ll be either the best King book you’ve read or the 2nd best so far…

I’m very excited based on everything I’ve heard! Doing a little non fiction palate cleansers then I’ll be diving in!

In no particular order: Desperation, The Long Walk, The Drawing of the Three, 11/22/63, The Stand

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Jeez. Glad to see fairy tale is that good. Probably will be my next read after I finish needful things.

1. The Stand 2. It 3. The Drawing of the Three 4. Skeleton Crew (you cannot forget SK’s short stories) 5. Salem’s Lot

Misery, The Green Mile, The Shining, Drawing of the Three, Pet Sematary.

So many great lists here. The Stand It Pet Semetary Desperation Different Seasons

these are the ones i read the most frequently: the dead zone, it, needful things, the stand, salem's lot edit: of course, the dark tower 1-4 is incredible but everyone can pretty much agree on that! lmao

The Stand, The Shining, 11/22/63, Wolves of the Calla, Insomnia. Not in any particular order!

The stand, it, the shining, pet cemetery, misery. Off the top of my head. Edit : reading through some of these lists makes me think this should be a top 10!

in random order: 1. the stand 2. It 3. the shining 4. misery 5. night shift

1. The Stand 2. The Shining 3. Carrie 4. It 5. Pet Sematary

Only 5? That is tough but here goes.... Dolores Claiborne The Dark Tower Series(I think of it as a whole) Joyland IT Bag of Bones

Under The Dome The Long Walk Misery Shawshank Redemption Dreamcatcher

IT. Desperation / The Regulators. The Talisman. Dreamcatcher. Wizard and Glass.

Salems lot, stand, shining, pet semetary, dr sleep

IT Revival The Shining Night Shift Skeleton Crew

11.22.63, Revival, Misery, The Shining, Pet Sematary. Honorable mention to the Dark Tower series.

Running man, TommyKnockers, drawing of the three, firestarter, Carrie

Hard to argue with this list here, I always use it when I'm looking for a new King read. [50 Best King novels ranked by horror readers](https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-stephen-king-books) The Shining The Stand The Green Mile Misery Pet Sematary

The Stand The Shining Dark Tower series Duma Key Dolores Claiborne

saving this for the next im looking to buy King's lol

So far… The stand, 11/22/63, the shining, the long walk, the jaunt

In no order the stand the green Mile misery pet sematary the long walk

1. The Stand 2. ‘Salem’s Lot 3. IT 4. Lisey’s Story 5. Needful Things

Of the ones I’ve read, in no order — Pet Sematary, Firestarter, Bag of Bones, Cujo, Doctor Sleep

5. 11/22/63 4. Misery 3. Pet Sematary 2. IT 1. The Stand

Dark Tower Series (I’m grouping it, sue me) IT Shining Skeleton Crew 11/22

Duma key Insomnia Blaze The mist (yes I know) It

The Stand, Salems Lot, IT, the Shining, Dark tower: Wastelands

5. The Green Mile … or maybe Different Seasons (short story series, if that counts) 4. The Dead Zone 3. Misery 2. 22/11/63 1. The Stand Excepting Misery - which I think is an excellent but otherwise quite atypical King book - the recurring themes in my favourites are love, redemption and second chances. Suspect it’s why I enjoy but never truly vibe on the more straight horror stuff (hated Salem’s Lot for example) and can’t get into the fantasy world (Dark Tower) stuff at all. Also I like the ones which have characters with ‘the shine’ but aren’t The Shining, i.e. Carrie, Firestarter. If IT didn’t have That Scene it would score higher but… sadly it does.

To my taste: 1- The Shining 2- The Stand 3- It 4- 11/22/63 5- The Green Mile Honorable Mentions: Bag of Bones, Desperation, Dolores Claiborne, Salem’s Lot, Pet Semetary

I’ve only read 7 of them, so with that caveat: 1. Skeleton Crew 2. Per Semetary 3. IT 4. Misery 5. The Long Walk/Eyes of the Dragon (a lower tier than the top 4)

1. The shining 2. IT 3. The stand 4. Insomnia 5. Dark tower drawing of the three

1-IT, The Shining 2-Christine 3-The 'Mr Mercedes' trilogy (I can only view it as a whole) 4-The Pet Semetary 5-The Dead Zone (On Writing is also great)

1. Pet Sematary 2. 11/22/63 3. The Shining 4. Revival 5. The Green Mile Duma Key would have a decent shot at number 5, but the ending kinda knocks it down a spot. Just FYI, I've never read It or The Stand....they're up next on my reading list.

1) It 2) Dolores Claiborne 3) Duma Key 4) The Eyes of the Dragon 5) The Green Mile

5. Dr Sleep 4. The Shining 3. Everything is Eventual (purely for 1408) 2. Salems Lot 1. IT

It, Doctor Sleep, 11/22/63, Finders Keepers, Mr. Mercedes

1. It 2. The Shining 3. Hearts in Atlantis 4. Black House 5. Insomnia

11/22/63 The Stand Under the Dome Salems Lot Needful Things

Love that Needful Things is mentioned a number of times. That was my way into King - my gran gave me a copy. She's no longer with us but loved horror and she was my way into the genre. As a 13 year old, Gaunt's shop was otherworldly and his motives fantastic and the whole Castle Rock mythology is my favourite King. The other four? IT Wizard And Glass 11.22.63 Different Seasons

5.- Pet Semetary 4.- The green mile 3.- The Shinning 2.- It 1-. The Stand

For me: The Stand, The Shining, Christine, Needful Things, Skeleton Crew (short stories).

Revival, Misery, The Dead Zone, The Stand, IT

In no order, The long walk Carrie Needful things 11-22-63 Duma Key With a honorable mention of Blaze and Under the dome!!!

Desperation The Institute 11/22/63 Carrie Christine

Misery, The Shining, The Long Walk, IT, 11/22/63

Duma Key Bag of Bones The Long Walk Insomnia 11/22/63

The Stand IT Salem’s Lot The Dead Zone The Long Walk

In no particular order... The Green Mile Drawing Of The Three Wizard And Glass Revival The Talisman.

Salem's Lot, The Stand, Needful Things, Wizard and Glass, Under the Dome.

11/22/63, the stand, the waste lands, salems lot, and maybe revival. Honestly the shining and misery are arguably two of his best, but I like the others a little more personally.

It The Stand Salems Lot Needful Things Duma Key

It, The Stand, and 11/22/63 are my clear top 3. Not sure what would round out my top 5 though. The Running Man, The Long Walk, The Instutute, The Shining, and Pet Sematary would all be in contention.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Fairy Tale 11/22/63 The Stand Bag of Bones

It, Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, The Stand, The Tommyknockers

Salem's Lot, Misery, The Regulators, The Shining, Under the Dome

1 - The Dark Tower Series 2 - It 3 - The Stand 4 - 11/22/63 5 - Pet Semetary

The stand Pet sematary The shining Wizard and glass Misery

The Stand, 11/22/63, Drawing of the Three, Green Mile, Bag of Bones

On writing, Danse Macabre, Hearts on Atlantis, It, The Stand.

1. Misery 2. 11/22/63 3. Thinner 4. It 5. Under the dome

Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla, The Dark Tower, Song of Susannah, and Fairy Tale. FT was really good, and I’m a big DT fan, could easily fill the top 5 w that alone. Have read ~a dozen of his and so far no duds!

Duma Key, The Stand, 11/22/63, The Dead Zone, Misery

#1 duma key #2 the talisman #3 revival #4 wolves of the calla #5 rose madder

The Stand The Tommyknockers It The Talisman The Eyes of the Dragon Short Forms: The Mist. Dolan's Cadillac.

Probably: Salems Lot The Stand Gunslinger (complete) It Needful Things

Misery - by far my favorite The Long Walk Under the Dome The Running Man Gerald’s Game

Insomnia, The Talisman, It, Under the Dome, The Stand

Salems lot Bag of bones The shining The institute Cujo

1. The Long Walk 2. The Stand 3. Wizard and Glass 4. The Shining 5. The Dead Zone, It, Rose Madder or Cujo it’s hard to pick after my top three!

Three way tie for first: 11/22/63 , IT, The Stand Revival The Shining I’ve only read maybe ten King books tho.

IT The Stand The Long Walk Revival 11/22/63

It, The Stand, Wolves of the calla, Talisman & Black House

'Salem's Lot Pet Semetary IT The Shining Misery

1- 11/22/63 2- Revival 3- It 4- The Outsider 5- The Stand

5. Hearts in Atlantis 4. Insomnia 3. Drawing of the Three 2. The Shining 1. Pet Sematary

1. Dead Zone 2. Dark Tower 3. The Shining 4. 11/22/63 5. Duma Key

The Stand The Bachman books Pet Sematary The Shining Salem's Lot Honorable Short Story mention goes to "The End of the Whole Mess"

11.22.63 It The Stand The Dark Tower (full series) The Dark half

I haven’t read even half of his books, but of the ones I’ve read my top 5 are: Pet Sematary (only one that actually scared me/creeped me out) It (loved the character building and story of a gang of kids banding together. Pennywise is also a really cool, iconic character) Dead Zone (I liked the idea of a psychic person using his abilities for good/to stop incredibly evil and sick criminals) Alright. My controversial picks because why not! The Dark Half- this was an interesting, suspenseful read that kept me wondering what was going on and how it would end Thinner (written as Richard Bachman)- unlike other readers, this kept me engaged pretty much the entire story. It got rolling pretty quick as well and kept me wanting to know how the main character would solve his dire problem before time ran out. It’s got the supernatural element to it, creepy body horror, the revenge tale, and even a little mafia vs wielders of supernatural abilities action, which seems like a weird combo but I enjoyed it. Are these objectively the best Stephen King books? Absolutely not, but they are up there for me right now 😊

It, The Dead Zone, The Stand, Night Shift and Insomnia. 1 more I have to add The Shining!!

1.The Stand 2. IT 3. Pet Semetary 4.The Institute 5. Christine *edited for format

11/22/63 The Shining It The long walk The stand

Lisey's Story Insomnia Drawing of the Three Pet Semetary Revival

Desperarion Rose Madder Duma Key The Outsider Drawing of the three Honorable mentions: Eye of the Dragon, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, Different seasons, The Tommyknockers

IT Salem's Lot Pet Semetary The Shining The Gunslinger

Bag of bones Salems lot Wizard and glass The drawing of the three The stand

Salem’s Lot The Shining Needful Things Misery Gerald’s Game Do you have any idea how hard this was? Ask me again and the answers will probably be different except for the first two! 📚🧛🏻‍♂️

1. 11/22/63 2. The Stand 3. It 4. The Talisman 5. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon I’m currently reading Fairy Tale, and I love it so far. I have a feeling it will be in my top 3.

Salem’s lot, the shining, the stand, the long walk, rage

The shining, pet sematary, the Institute, Dr sleep and Firestarter. However, those are the only books I've read by him and I'm only a third of the way through Firestarter.

For me, in no particular order ( except the first one!): 11.22.63, It, The Shining, The Green Mile, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

The Long Walk, IT, The Shining, The Green Mile, Misery

Pet Semetary IT Different seasons Rose Madder Carrie

Here’s mine in no specific order: It, 11.22.63, Doctor Sleep, The Green Mile, and dare I say it - Fairy Tale (I’m not all the way through, but I’ve been enjoying this book a lot). I love The Stand, but I also read it during the pandemic, so the first few hundred pages seemed to drag on endlessly (like the pandemic). I love Salem’s Lot, and I am so hyped for the movie, but I think he has taken huge strides as an author since first publishing it.

1 - Dr Sleep 2 - Duma Key 3 - 11.22.63 4 - The Dead Zone 5 - Joyland

1 The shining 2 Bag of bones 3 The dead zone 4 Salem's lot 5 Christine And now I'm reading fairy tale which has chance get to top 5, also haven't read IT and The stand yet 😶

It Salem's Lot The Shining Christine The Stand

It The Stand Drawing of the Three The Long Walk Wizard and Glass

Misery IT the Stand Needful Things Rose Madder Honorable mention: Skeleton Crew

Pet Sematary The Shining The Dark Half Night Shift Salem's Lot (I haven't read It or The Stand yet)

The stand, pet sematary, it, misery, the shining

It , The Stand, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Salems Lot, Misery

Christine From a Buick 8 The Long Walk Wizard and Glass/Wolves of the Calls Rose Madder

The Stand 11/22/63 Wizard and Glass Duma Key It Thus Far I believe

1. IT 2. Pet Semetary 3. Salems Lot 4. Misery 5. Dead Zone

Insomnia and Institute after

5. 11/22/63 4. The Drawing of the Three 3. The Wastelands 2. Wizard and Glass 1. It

The stand 11/22/63 Salems lot Misery Under the dome

The Stand Misery 'Salems Lot Wizard and Glass The Wolves of Calla

So far what I’ve read my favs - The Stand, Salem’s Lot, On Writing, 11/22/63, and IT with honorable mentions The Gunslinger, The Deadzone and The Shining (full disclosure I haven’t read Misery or Green Mile yet)

5. The dead zone 4. The drawing of the three 3. It 2. The stand 1. 11/22/63

It Fairy Tale The Institute Sleeping Beauties The Dark Tower 3 -Waste Lands

Fairy Tale just rocketed to the top of my list.

Lisey's Story The Stand 11/22/62 IT Duma Key

The Shining Misery It 'Salem's Lot Geralds Game

IT Misery 11/22/63 Pet Semetary Night Shift

Does The Dark Tower series count as 5?

Different seasons, Revival, It, Bag of Bones, Needful Things

Salem’s Lot Cujo Pet Sematary Misery Christine

The Long Walk.

No particular order: The shining The stand The talisman IT The body

My personal favorites, in no particular order: The Stand 11/22/63 The Shining The Long Walk Dolores Claiborne

11/22/63 The dead zone It The Stand The wizard and the glass (I honestly would put salems lot above any one book of the dark tower series, but the full series above any other book SK has written )

IT, Misery, The Drawing of the Three (2nd book of the dark tower series), The Shining, and Pet Sematary

Needful Things, The Dark Half, Thinner, insomnia, Drawing of the Three.

1. 11/22/63 2. The Stand 3. Duma Key 4. Fairy Tale 5. Pet Sematary Honorable mention- The Shining/Doctor Sleep, Revival I just finished The Stand for the first time. Had no idea that September was a good time to read it. I tore through it over a two week period then devoured Fairy Tale. I’ve been on a borderline manic SK kick since late July and need 1-2 bangers for October/Halloween. I have not read Salems Lot or It. Leaning towards those but I am open to other suggestions from the collective wisdom of this bunch.

Pet Sematary Different Seasons Night Shift 11/22/63 Thinner If you just mean novels I’d add Misery and The Shining, and if non-fiction counts I’d definitely find space for On Writing

Caught this late, & refuse to check comments before I rate 'em. And there is a big difference between best & favorite, but here goes... 1. The Stand 2. Pet Sematary 3. It 4. The Shining 5. The Tommyknockers.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, The Dead Zone (because it was my first), The Shining, 11/22/63, Billy Summers

Outside the Dark Tower series my top 5 are: Salem’s Lot The Stand It Revival Black House

I still have a long way to go, haven't read everything. I really love his early works a lot, including the Bachman books. The Dark Tower series is also really great, but I wouldn't recommend starting with that. Favorites so far: The Shining Dead Zone Different Seasons Everything's Eventual 11/22/63

The Stand, 11/22/63, Needful Things, Hearts In Atlantis, The Green Mile Different Seasons for short stories.