Which Stephen king book should I read first

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Going on holiday next week and decided to read something different. Never read any Stephen king. Where should I start?

christine
carrie
if you fancy a long read then the stand

Misery
IT
Duma Key
Dark Tower series
Cell (film is shit, book is fab!)
Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption

Carrie, Misery, The Shining.

I’d also highly recommend Four Seasons which is a collection of four novellas, including the source material for Shawshank Redemption.

The bachman books. I don't think it includes rage anymore (understandably) but it's still a decent read.
The green mile is a brilliant book.
The stand is a bit of hit or miss whether you get the full or edited edition. I've only ever found one full edition for some reason.
The girl who loved Tom Gordon

My favourites are
The green mile- my all time favourite
Misery
The shining- Quite different from the film
Mr Mercedes- Good if you like crime novels
Different seasons- includes the stories that inspired films Shawshank redemption and Stand by me
The Stand- Good but very long, maybe not a great one to start with if you have never read King before.

Christine
Pet cemetery
IT
The shining

Misery is my #1

The Stand. It's very long though!

Tommyknockers! Some funny moments and a cracking good read.

I started with misery, it's still one of my favourites, Carrie is also good, and pet semetary.

Following. I have 10 Stephen king books on my wish list. This helps

Pet Sematary was the first Stephen King book I read, I revisit it now and again and enjoy it as much as I did the first time.

Mr Mercedes, Christine, Cujo all did me well as holiday reads.

Salem’s lot, Different Seasons, The Bachman Books all stand outs for me.

If I was going to recommend one to skip it would be Sleeping Beauties.

My favourite are the Stand and IT but for a first read maybe Carrie. Simply because the Stand is very long and there is one bit towards the end of IT (rightly left out of the adaptations) where he goes a bit off piste and might be a bit off putting to a first time reader. I love Mr mercedes although it's less horror\supernatural than some of the others. I not really disliked any one of his (quite liked sleeping beauties but agree it's not his best)

Carrie, IT, The Shining and Pet Semetary are his best, but most of the short story collections (the older the better I think) are fantastic

Also 11/22/63 was really good, maybe a little overlong but I really enjoyed it. I am really fascinated by the whole time travel, should you change the past if you could stories.

Dead zone. Pet semetary. Salems Lot...which still gives me the horror

Short story collection

The Stand
The Stand
The Stand

Any of them are great to read. Personal favourites and The Green Mile and Carrie.

The Shining is good too but for some reason even though I know the story inside out, it still gives me nightmares when I read it (and I don't normally dream)

The early ones to start with. Carrie, Christine, Pet Semetary etc. His writing went a bit downhill (understandably) after his car accident imo Lisey's Story being a particular low but has improved immensely with his recent works.

I love the stand. I also like 22/11/63.

I cannot read the green mile without crying.

I haven't seen any Stephen king films. Well except the Shawshank redemption but I haven't read the story it's based on either.

The Stand
The Girl who loved Tom Gordon
11/22/63
The Black Tower all 5 of them😀stunning epic story.
Don't read The Green Mile on holiday you will spend your time crying. Same with Cujo.
Short stories and novels are good 'The Body' is another great insightful story about teen life. (The film is Stand By Me)

My first was Carrie.

All his books are different. All have a different twist on regular people's lives. Thats what i like about his books.

@FrancesFryer The films of Green mile and Misery are really good.

Novellast not novels. Stupid auto correct.

I give up😠

Does the green mile still make you cry as a film?

I bought the book when it was originally released as a series of 6. One each month