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hairycabbage · 2022-12-02T20:11:38+00:00

I don't like 'extreme' horror that keeps me awake at night but I love Stephen Kings style of writing. I've read Sleeping Beauties, the green mile, fairytale, Misery and the outsider and loved them all. 'It' was a bit too much for me, although I did enjoy it I suppose!. I listen to them on audible on dark night time walks so anything too creepy is a no-no... Can anyone recommend some similar to those I enjoyed?

toomanydicksonthedancefloor1 · 03/12/2022 20:07

Currently reading The Stqnd for the third time - best book ever!

thenightsky · 03/12/2022 19:59

I started The Stand one week before I went into labour with my first and finished it whilst breast feeding and on mat leave. Brilliant novel.

Pet Semetary is one novel I loved, but wished I'd never read as it has stayed with me till this day. Utterly terrifying.

Gerald's Game is wonderfully tense and scary.

DuncanBiscuits · 03/12/2022 19:57

I really enjoyed Duma Key and Dr Sleep.

His short story collections are great, too.

HRTQueen · 03/12/2022 19:54

I’ve recently read The Shinning over seen the film the book is really really

I found it scary but then I’m quite easily scared

Turniptracker · 02/12/2022 21:47

The long walk is one of my favourites. Pet sematery (sp?) also a good read and insomina

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hairycabbage · 02/12/2022 21:36

darkwinterdays · 02/12/2022 21:29

I do a 30 minute walk every night and as it's dark by 430 it's always dark when I'm out- I plug in my headphones and turn audible on then off I go! I managed the Outsider in recent weeks without freaking myself out too much!

Sounds like a perfect way to unwind from a day WFH... dark here by 3.30. It would get me out as well and I can revisit all the Stephen King books I read as a teenager. 😀

It's honestly one of my favourite parts of the day. I have a fairly long commute so listen to at least 60-90 minutes a day, hence why Stephen King's 24 hour audible books are perfect

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ScaredAndStressed123 · 02/12/2022 21:29

Dolores Claiborne 😃 it's my favourite. Vera Donovan is a fabulous character

darkwinterdays · 02/12/2022 21:29

I do a 30 minute walk every night and as it's dark by 430 it's always dark when I'm out- I plug in my headphones and turn audible on then off I go! I managed the Outsider in recent weeks without freaking myself out too much!

Sounds like a perfect way to unwind from a day WFH... dark here by 3.30. It would get me out as well and I can revisit all the Stephen King books I read as a teenager. 😀

ShowerOfShite · 02/12/2022 21:17

Agree with PPs on The Stand and also The Bachman Books. Perfect novellas.

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hairycabbage · 02/12/2022 21:13

darkwinterdays · 02/12/2022 21:10

I really enjoyed Salem's Lot as a teenager. It is a really good story, you'll enjoy it.

You are now inspiring me to listen to this books on night time walks.... audible you said?

I do a 30 minute walk every night and as it's dark by 430 it's always dark when I'm out- I plug in my headphones and turn audible on then off I go! I managed the Outsider in recent weeks without freaking myself out too much!
Dh has a habit of phoning to ask something innocent then trying to scare me though 🤣

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LabRat90 · 02/12/2022 21:12

NooNakedJacuzziness · 02/12/2022 21:11

I've read Needful Things a few times but got the audible version read by Stephen King recently - it's so good, he's really funny. It's about 20 hours long though!

Ooh Needful Things is brilliant! Also would recommend it too 😃

NooNakedJacuzziness · 02/12/2022 21:11

I've read Needful Things a few times but got the audible version read by Stephen King recently - it's so good, he's really funny. It's about 20 hours long though!

darkwinterdays · 02/12/2022 21:10

I really enjoyed Salem's Lot as a teenager. It is a really good story, you'll enjoy it.

You are now inspiring me to listen to this books on night time walks.... audible you said?

FanniesFlaps · 02/12/2022 21:08

11.22.63.

reread it a few times and the tv series was also excellent.

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hairycabbage · 02/12/2022 21:07

Is salems lot really terrifying? I haven't downloaded it yet so could return it free of charge...
Too much choice now

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Soproudoflionesses · 02/12/2022 21:03

I like Pet Semetary

RinklyRomaine · 02/12/2022 20:53

Rose Madder, Insomnia, Gerald's Game. And Dolores Claiborne. Always found it mad such a misogynist wrote any of these. Creepy but not screamers.

LabRat90 · 02/12/2022 20:51

Definitely the Bachman books! They're four shortish stories and are fantastically harrowing. Nothing scary like IT, more like dystopian scenarios and such.

ronswansonstache · 02/12/2022 20:51

I really enjoyed Under the Dome!

Beachsidesunset · 02/12/2022 20:49

Dolores Claiborne. Not supernatural, utterly compelling.

DunnoIfImOverreacting · 02/12/2022 20:48

Another vote for Thinner

CoffeeMad18 · 02/12/2022 20:46

The Stand is also my all time favourite of all his books. I agree with pp that Thinner is fantastic.
Needful Things and Salems Lot old but very good too.

mrsfollowill · 02/12/2022 20:43

Where to start! I really like the older stuff- Carrie, Christine, Pet Sematary, Salems Lot, The Shining, The Stand and The Dead Zone - all brilliant books IMO- not overly violent. Liked Cujo and Misery as well. Yes- to Dean Koontz as well if you've not read his stuff!

Msgrieves · 02/12/2022 20:41

I agree with cujo, also bag of bones and insomnia, also try the Bachmann books (his alias) running man is good and not like the film, although I love that too. The long walk is great and I think is one of the first things he ever wrote. There's always the stand too, not too spooky.

purplewolfie · 02/12/2022 20:39

I'm a big fan but I couldn't get far in to Desperation...something really horrible happens early on and I couldn't deal. Might be different now my children are older.