First Stephen King Book I should read

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lostintime17 · 29/11/2017 12:11

I've been thinking about starting to read horror books. I love horror films and I love reading so it makes sense. I've heard Stephen King is pretty good. Which would be your top 3 Stephen King books? And why?

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BabloHoney · 29/11/2017 13:14

Depends how scary you want to go! I've read all his books and would say -

Gerald's Game - Brilliant and so creepy, i slept with a light on for about a week after reading it this one.
IT - Pennywise is still one of the most terrifying horror characters ever and it's an amazing coming of age story. It's epic though so takes a while to read!
Pet Semetary - apparently even King himself locked this one in a drawer after he wrote it, he thought it was so terrifying!

Also well worth checking out some of his short story collections.. Different Seasons has the novellas of the films Stand by Me (called 'The Body') and The Shawshank Redemption (called 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption'). Just brilliant - he is an incredible writer.

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lostintime17 · 29/11/2017 12:54

Fantastic thanks for the recommendations everyone! I'm stupidly excited to read my first one.. :)

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Jonsnowsghost · 29/11/2017 12:40

Christine is my favourite!

Ridingthegravytrain · 29/11/2017 12:38

Pet semetary
The shining
Salem’s lot

flumpybear · 29/11/2017 12:38

I haven’t read them all but I did like Pet Cemetery and The Shining was fantastic

RapunzelsRealMom · 29/11/2017 12:35

The Stand

Don't let the length of it put you off, it's fantastic! I've read it about 3 times over the past 20-odd years

CheapSausagesAndSpam · 29/11/2017 12:24

Carrie
It
Stand by Me

Can't say why....other than just brilliant.

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