I just read The Shining in two days,

Ohh! I've start the Shining today!

Enjoyed the Stand many years ago but it's a hard slog! Absolutely loved 11.22.63 have read it twice.

The Shining is brilliant, along with Carrie, Pet Sematary, Cujo, The Stand, 11.22.63, Misery, Joyland, Gerald's Game, Firestarter and Duma Key. I particularly enjoy Insomnia, Needful Things and The Green Mile (that was sold in six parts originally and I had to wait and wait for the next one!). The Institute was good too. I've been reading King for 33 years and can't wait to get my hands on If It Bleeds. Enjoy Dr. Sleep, it's a good read.

I love King. Have read so many of his, I especially love his older work - Cujo, Dead Zone, Firestarter, Christine, The Stand, Pet Sematary.

Haven’t read Dr Sleep. Might download that on my kindle!

I also love his short stories as well as some of his Bachman books. The Long Walk is just outstanding.

Night Shift, Different Seasons, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Four Past Midnight. He is just a craftsman with words.

Oh gosh yes! Duma Key is pretty perfect. A really cracking story with plenty of creep factor.
Ahhh I need to find a new spooky read!

Enjoy Dr Sleep op! I was dubious when a sequel was released but I ended up loving it just as much as the shining.

I've been majorly spooked out by a great many of Kings books but I think I the creepiest is Bag of bones. That book actually gave me sleepless nights. It's an excellent book!

I miss reading scary stories like this. I've read all stephen Kings books and while I do re-read some of them, there's nothing like the first read.
I recently read The institute. It was very good. Quite similar to his older writing style but it wasn't particularly scary.

Duma Key is indeed amazing!

I love Stephen Kings earlier works. The Shining scared the bejesus out of me when I first read it at 15. I'd really recommend Firestater, Salems Lot & Misery

I read The Shining at the beginning of lockdown while facing a long time in isolation with my DH and DS...
I was actually really disappointed! I didn't think it was that scary (apart from the bit with the man dressed as the dog in the corridor...gave me the heeby jeebies) and I thought the characters were really poor, well Wendy and Danny mainly.
I've listened to bits of 11.22.63 and The Dark Tower series as my DH has them on audiobook and I thought they were great and really interesting. I genuinely thought I'd love King so not sure where to go! Would happily give him another chance. I've never seen The Shining film either so not influenced by that. I tried finding other reviews that didn't think it was that great online and nada! Just some people who thought the film was better. Glad you enjoyed it and despite not thinking it was that great I was glad to read it in a sunny garden not a snowy hotel...

Love The Stand, but Duma Key is a cracking book from his more recent oeuvre.

Another vote for Insomnia and From a Buick 8.
Just great storytelling.

I love From a Buick 8. Just great story telling.

@SanFranBear I agree with you on Insomnia - such an underated book

The Shining is a brilliant book. The film is good too. It's extremely atmospheric.

I found Pet Sematary really disappointing but might try The Stand or The Shining after this thread.

The Black Tower series us a must. So completely different to anything i have ever read before. I didn't want them to end.

The Stand is absolutely epic - love it.

However, one of my favourites which always seems to get a drubbing is Insomnia. It's not scary in the way The Shining is, its actually quite a gentle tale but really sucked me in the first time I read it and found it fascinating!

But if you've not read it, The Stand should definitely be your next choice!!

I loved Misery and Christine. It's been yes since I read a Stephen King book. Maybe time to try another.

You need to read Dr Sleep now. Its brilliant too.

The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon is my favourite, you'd probably read that in half a day as it's much shorter.

From his newer stuff I did like The Outsider and Joyland though

Dr Sleep is great My favourites are The Long Walk, Salem's Lot and Insomnia

My favourite King books are The Long Walk and Misery. Wasn’t a huge fan of IT as it went on for far too long but definitely agree with the sentiment that his older stuff is better than his new stuff.

Carrie and Misery are fabulous. If I were you, I'd dive into Doctor Sleep then have a double bill of the films!

@ScribblyGum I would definitely recommend Dr Sleep. It's better than The Shining I think (ducks for cover).

11:22:63 is one of his best, as is The Stand but I can't read that as I get far too upset by the beginning chapter (pregnancy hormones). If you want something completely different though, why not The Green Mile (not much horror if any as far as I can remember) or Cell (another post apocalyptic one but linked to a mobile signal)

I adore Stephen King.