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The NY Times publishes a guide to the "Essential Stephen King" and...it's not the greatest. They include THE STAND, 'SALEM'S LOT, FROM A BUICK 8, THE GUNSLINGER...I mean, I'm a pro at reading King and that's not where I'd start.
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Start with the novellas!
SUPERNATURAL HORROR - "The Mist" from Skeleton Crew
MORE OF A THRILLER - "A Good Marriage" from Full Dark, No Stars
NO HORROR THNX - "The Body" from Different Seasons
SUPERNATURAL HORROR - "The Mist" from Skeleton Crew
MORE OF A THRILLER - "A Good Marriage" from Full Dark, No Stars
NO HORROR THNX - "The Body" from Different Seasons
Ready for a novel? Try something relatively compact about people self-isolating like:
MISERY
THE SHINING
MISERY
THE SHINING
Want a novel about kids?
FIRESTARTER
THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON
CARRIE
FIRESTARTER
THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON
CARRIE
Want something really out there and messy and horrific?
'SALEM'S LOT
PET SEMATARY
DESPERATION
'SALEM'S LOT
PET SEMATARY
DESPERATION
Want a big fat monster of a book?
11/22/63
DUMA KEY
THE STAND
11/22/63
DUMA KEY
THE STAND
Want King working in his more literary mode?
CUJO
REVIVAL
CUJO
REVIVAL
Want something goofy and off-the-wall but relentlessly entertaining?
CELL
THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
UNDER THE DOME
CELL
THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
UNDER THE DOME
I spent 5 years reading everything King published (up through 2017 and that's how I'd roll. You can get the full write-ups over at my re-read on Tor: https://www.tor.com/series/the-great-stephen-king-reread/
