Stephen King

For anyone that's into creative writing I strongly recommend 'On Writing', King's autobiography. It's very inspiring and full of sound advice. His account of his near-fatal accident reads as suspenfully as one of his novels.

the stand is one of my favourite books by king.

worth checking out

I got the shining and Night Shift the short story collection a while back have'nt got around to reading them.

Ive just read "Cell" an excellent read, I can recommend it.

Ol' Stephen.

I suggest the following:

- The Dark Tower series
- Eyes of the Dragon
- Salem's Lot
- Desperation
- The Shining

I've graduated from King to Koontz over the years. 📖

Cell was only ok

Pumping out so much stories in his career, and most of them being rather good, he has my admiration. Check out his short stories like The Mist, The moving finger and Quitters inc. if you want to get a taste.
In case you like those, I recommend Misery, Pet Cemetery, Salem's lot, The stand & Needful things.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Ive just read "Cell" an excellent read, I can recommend it.

Cell was a very good novel. I hope the movie version is decent.

Ah man, I STILL haven't finished It. Its such a great book so far, but I always get so busy with other things, I completely forget about it.

I liked Carrie and 'Salem's Lot.

with king i would recommened alot of his earlier works. you cant go wrong with carrie, the stand, the dead zone and it. alot of his newer work *cough* cell! *cough* i feel is just not up to par with his classics.
also if you like king i would recommend james herbert and dean koontz as well as shaun hutson. just be warned that hutson tends to be quite gory

DARK TOWER!!! I loves it! I just finished Wizard and Glass. Really boring during parts, but an all around great read. BTW the first 50 pages or so in the gunslinger are incredibly boring so it may be hard to get into. But seriously read the tower

I've only read "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" but I'm reading "Misery" now.

Originally posted by TRH
The lanoilers,Secret Window,and The Library Policeman all get a A+ from me

yep all excellent short storys

for huge reading, read the stand.

for suffering and the feeling of hopelessness, read 'misery'

I like some of Steven Kings books, but I really liked the Langolers. Suspenseful.

I'm not sure it was a book.

Originally posted by rockycairns
ive just been introduced to this guy and hes awesome ive nearly finished Different Seasons a book which consists of four short stories such as The Shawshank Redemption and The Body (Stand by Me) and im eager to read more of his works

so which would you recommend ??

Short story wise pick up Skeleton crew, there are loads of short stories in there and I am currently reading them, and most of the stories are good.

Full novels now that is a hard one you have the likes of, Salem's lot, Pet cemetery, The tommyknockers, the stand, firestarter, IT, Shining, Carrie, The running man, Cujo ect.

So I can't really recommend a select few novels since each one is great in a different way.

King is one of my favorite authors, hands down. That man's imagination is inspiring.

What do people think about his horror books versus non-horror? To me his horror seems kind of same-ish, at least in the language he uses. All his books sound alike to me.

Originally posted by Deja~vu
I like some of Steven Kings books, but I really liked the Langolers. Suspenseful.

I'm not sure it was a book.

it was a short story. a very good one too

Originally posted by oakling
What do people think about his horror books versus non-horror? To me his horror seems kind of same-ish, at least in the language he uses. All his books sound alike to me.

Most of his stuff is horror, but when he does non-horror, he excels at it, also. Just read Hearts in Atlantis and The Green Mile. Both are excellent reads.

My brother just finished Cujo he said was a very good book ,ill read it soon once im done with Womens Murder Club Series.