My Stephen King Book Collection

I've got books. Let me tell you about them.
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[@CareyHAuthor]

"The Bib... I mean On Writing." Love that

[@Derpy-tq1qo]

NerdWriterGirl1984 it should’ve been called Stephen King’s Bible On Reading PRAY TO THE KING!!!!

[@jacksonpayne3477]

Respectfully disagree I thought needful things was fantastic

[@lbentforleather9654]

I thought Needful Things was amazing, but I can see why not everyone likes it. It isn't as well-written as some of his best, but I loved it. I also thought Insomnia was incredible.

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

One day you could make a video about how to not make a Stephen King ending.

[@factualopinion6947]

I've read 13 Stephen king novels so far, under the dome is still my favorite

[@SupeRey49]

Lol I thought I was the only one that felt the same about Misery. The book itself is great, but the book in the book is a pain to get through.

[@michealmyers5328]

Skip it then, it doesn't add to the story or drama... skip it... duh...

[@user-lx7sg8ks7b]

@@michealmyers5328 Lol its funny this needs to explained....

[@iwannhsss1435]

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[@jahonnak5231]

I respect you opinion but I can't understand why you don't like the shining 🤔

[@ettabosley7542]

And I also thought Christine was a good book to

[@divad44]

I remember not liking the shining thaaaaat much but I read it years ago

[@divad44]

lukesfx I liked geralds game, not loved, but definitely liked. My mom also hyped it up for years so maybe I expected too much? Idk. But yeah I definitely would love to reread shining. I read it gosh 15 years ago? I remember not caring for it too much idk why and I also remember the hedge animals did nothing for me yet other people say that’s one of the scariest parts in the book. I wish I liked it! I just remember not.... Ive been on a king bender this year can’t wait to read more of his books! Finished the outsider and about halfway done with the institute

[@angeloviorel9734]

@@ettabosley7542 I loved Christine

[@civoreb]

Shining and Salem’s Lot were over hyped for me. By the time I read them, I was like “meh”

[@BlackMasterJoe89]

Your remarks on "Rage" had me in a fit of giggles.

[@elidagjika8741]

The Ones I've Read 1.Carrie 2.Salem's Lot 3.The Shining 4.The Dead Zone 5.Fire-Starter 6.Cujo 7.Christine 8.Pet Sematary 9.IT 10.Misery 11.The Stand 12.Insomnia 13.Gerald's Game 14.Bag Of Bones 15.Cell 16.1922 17.11/22/63 18.Doctor Sleep 19.Mr.Mercedes

[@gabix7488]

You don't know what you're missing about The Shining. Yes, he changed. He can't write books like Cujo, Christine, Shining or others. Why ? Because the times were living in. Computers, cell phones.

[@maximumpower98]

Gabi X So t(ere are some things in your comment that made me confused 1. When you’re talking about the books you mentioned the book that he was criticizing saying that he can’t write great books anymore. 2. He wrote the shining before Cujo and Christine

[@jamesfitzgerald8267]

I mean it's not like he couldn't write stories that are set in the 70s-80s if he wanted so I don't get your point, I mean I don't entirely agree with the whole thing about King not being able to write good stories anymore, Under the Dome, 11/22/63, Revival and Doctor Sleep were pretty good IMO but your point about him not being able to write stories like Cujo doesn't make sense, if he wanted to write stories set in the 70s-80s he could.

[@deg1studios]

@@jamesfitzgerald8267 yeah. A bunch of his books are set before they were written: half of IT, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body, Apt Pupil (I just read different seasons, hence my choice of examples), 1922, 11/22/63.

[@Dekead1930]

Beautiful collection. I love looking at collections on bookshelves, it’s so satisfying!

[@michealmyers5328]

I'm OCD and I can't stand looking at the non oranges books, it's an eye sore

[@angeloviorel9734]

Me too

[@billkeon880]

11/22/63 you didn’t like the ending? Of about 20 reviews I’ve watched I think 20 didn’t just like the ending, they LOVED it. People were balling as they recounted the touching, heartbreaking end. I just finished it and loved every page including the ending. It was a Casablanca ending. Sacrifice your happiness for the greater good....

[@redundantmartyr]

This is the most entertaining review video I've ever seen! Also, I completely agree with you when it comes to the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. I was so ready for a series without supernatural elements!

[@harryewings9332]

Duma Key is the most underrated King book ever. It is fantastic.

[@stefanopoeta19]

Wtf why did you spoil end of watch that wasn't even funny

[@scarydaddy5721]

Stefano Poeta It was.

[@kickthetragedydropnineteens]

I'm sorry I watched this video. Also he sounds so irreverent towards a lot of his work

[@narata1541]

Thanks for the heads up! I wondered why there were many dislikes then I saw your comment. I shall move away from this video now

[@actung74]

I made the mistake of reading THE OUTSIDER first so I already knew ...

[@iwannhsss1435]

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[@carlrosenmeier7072]

Great video man. I've been waiting a long time for a video that goes deeper into your book collection. In your book collection videos you just kind of skip ahead but this was very nice. And by the way, it was nice to see someone with a different opinion than other King fans. Like your view on the Shining that was really cool. Great video!

[@lifewithahmed81]

bro tell me how do u read that book in three days. tell me man. i cant read so fast 4 months reading IT on and off enjoying it but wanted to read more books but at this speed i cant.

[@kerryplatt2545]

I love your collection! I'm only just recently getting into Stephen king. I only own IT and the shining and I haven't started either of them yet. I'm excited to read them. Cujo and misery sound good too

[@mistressofthelawngnomes810]

just subbed you, I was looking for a kind of king list as I am missing a few. You are spot on with your critique of old Kingy love your quirkiness, your very entertaining keep it up.

[@mohammedsalah2309]

patrick Rothfuss did the 1st person 3rd person switch thing. An amazing writer.

[@corajohnston22]

He just spoiled end of watch for meeee :(

[@kateworkman921]

Nah, he played the pronoun game. You don't know who the "he" is Who dies. Is it Hodges? Is it Brady? Is it Jerome? Is it Hodges former partner?

[@joeschmoe1150]

I mean it is called "End of Watch"...

[@kristinsewell1441]

I loved this... I have a similar collection and agree with King bungling the ends. He's a pantser. That's why the ends suck but the characters are amazing.

[@taylor197]

I'm currently reading my first Stephen King book (Carrie). After Carrie, I'm thinking of reading IT, Misery, and Pet Semetary

[@ettabosley7542]

My five fav Stephen king books 1.christine 2.it 3.pet semetary 4.the shining 5.cujo

[@devilzdandruff9199]

Add Misery and you have Stephen King’s top six.

[@TheLuhya]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂 your personality really stands out and I love it! I want to know what you mean by “bloated” when describing books haha.

[@lauralaura4345]

geez this guy talks like hes drunk

[@petecoleenmatthews696]

Laura laura abut he’s so funny 😂

[@drummingninja1065]

Can you review your Dean Koontz collection? I've read more Koontz than King but like them both.

[@Travismcbee]

I can do that. It'll just be hard for me to remember what title goes with which story lol

[@BlackacreDoe]

A lot of these people don't get your humor, I'm dying this is so funny lmaooo. Still informative too, I dig it.

[@melissaclair1508]

"whetever works your boat" reminds me of what I said to my kid the other day who wouldn't be quiet "shut your horse... mouth.." I guess I was also trying to tell her to "hold your horses."

[@JesseWolfboy]

Do you have any videos on Robert McCammon?

[@rickcarlisle7005]

12:43 "he recovered fast" hahaha

[@dietwater4620]

Have you read the institute?

[@StudioSerious1]

Stephen King used to be a very good writer, but I stopped reading him after The green mile, which I consider his best novel of the 90s decade. Different seasons in my opinion is his best short stories collection (Shawshank Redemption is the novella I prefer most of all) and my favourite King's novel is Pet Sematary, I've read 4 or 5 times.

[@simonskulloff8574]

"I like fires"... well that aged well

[@scarydaddy5721]

6:11 You are so funny! I can’t get enough of your humour!

[@blending_in]

That part made me laugh too

[@orchidma2437]

I agree about Misery, I couldn’t stand that we had to read a book within a book.

[@theartwizard4778]

The way you said welcome at the beginning wallcome

[@michaeltoss9307]

Great video. Could you do something similar for Koontz and Clancy?

[@TheFilmAttorney]

Needful Things was a bit long and the ending took a mild dump but it's still a great story. Desperation and the regulators are both pretty kick ass from beggining to end. Both have the same characters fighting the same monster yet neither one is a sequel and they both stand on their own.

[@rabbittrainer]

Dude! You didn’t read “The Eyes of the Dragon”?! U gotta man! I tell ya; it’s phenomenal!

[@singIeservingfriend]

You’re right about Joyland. I read it just over 2 years ago and have forgotten it more than his stuff I read ten years ago

[@Furious_Tiger]

Thanks for the honesty, your taste in Stephe's books are little similar, so I have a little idea what to keep buying.

[@KingBowserVlog]

I actually really like Dreamcatcher save for its very saggy middle. But right after that it picks up the pace

[@rossadkins8498]

Why Do you Hate Night Shift

[@Houseofstrumminskull]

I really enjoyed watching this.

[@JoeyVance845]

Whatever works your paper boat

[@mirfazli9174]

Pet Sematary is an extraordinary novel I have read it; I think The Sand would be an amazing one too. Im looking forward to pick up The Sand soonest

[@nklkrck8792]

Did you read Danse Macabre

[@gaberamirez7246]

Can you review the heart of the knight by Gabriel Ramirez it's on Amazon

[@milesknightestrada3286]

6:18 "THE REGULATORS!"

[@vsync_]

I just finished my first Stephen king book IT . It was amazing

[@nasiagoumpourou6444]

Do you recomend this to me? Was the orgy scene too much?

[@elichaitman3294]

@@nasiagoumpourou6444 did not ruin it if that is what you want to know.

[@deg1studios]

@@nasiagoumpourou6444 its not an orgy. they run a train on her. how is this so hard for people to understand??

[@Adrian-ou5kc]

@@deg1studios nice

[@stephenryan7855]

@@nasiagoumpourou6444 No, just bizarre and sudden

[@JP-fg2vo]

2:11 a book falls down behind you

[@Doomjy]

dog rocket I know I saw

[@angeloviorel9734]

Lol😂

[@DAVEHARSTON]

Totally agree with the shining lol really hard to finish that one lol and I also loved the deadzone

[@Sunflower_Pop]

I"m reading IT now after being told a hundred times that I needed to read it. I'm also kinda crying cause I had a good portion of Stephen King books as well but my ex took them when we split and what i have is after I've bought them again. Also you are missing Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. Good book. I read it in four hours.

[@Sunflower_Pop]

You're talking about Gwendy Button Box right? Cause I did figure that out while reading that one. I think I've heard rumors that IT was supposed to be a version of Randall as well. I could be wrong on that one of course.

[@hannahweatherford2540]

*looks up Stephen king book collections* *sees one that is long enough to be interesting* *18 seconds in* Him: Whatever works your boat (mutters the same thing) God I got that one wrong Uh! subed right away! Great author taste and a sense of humor similar to mine, I can't wait to binge watch your videos man!

[@Travismcbee]

Welcome aboard the boat of craziness!

[@matthewmedley8532]

Great collection. You have made up mind to add Dolores Claiborne and the Bachman books to my tbr. Thanks.

[@aliciacb8284747274]

Didn’t care for the shining either surprisingly, felt like I spent half of the book waiting for it to start and then suddenly it was ending. Better than the movie but I wouldn’t waste my time again

[@miran4470]

Can you make video on Michael Crichton book collection ?

[@catalinapinzaru9788]

I started with The dark half, fantastic book

[@Jalapablo]

I thought Needful Things moved. But agree with you on the all the rest. Eyes of the Dragon is fantastic, btw.

[@samratrudra5034]

I get heavily inspired by what a guy says about a book. And now next time I read Misery I'll also probably skim through the story...

[@alexisak47trinity84]

I didn’t like the girl who loved Tom Gordon either! Great video ✨

[@stephenkingreader8279]

Why you dont like many books I like all of then

[@blacksmithorange8906]

Revival was fucking horrifying.

[@shaneodb]

First I read was the dark tower series. Will probably always be my favourite. Then I would prob go, salems lot, the stand, the talisman. Didn't read many of his books yet. I read 3 quarters of "IT" and found it so slow so I stopped.. Currently reading the shining, really enjoying the characters , it'll probably be a good one

[@Ang417]

I skipped the writing part in Misery to anyway nice collection

[@stephenryan7855]

1:57 How can you not mention Shawshank?

[@ivanaj.28]

i actually realllly liked the dreamcatcher :(((((

[@froggore52]

Kinda shitty to spoil the endings to books with no warning :(

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

Night Shift not one of your favourites??!!!! The very best horror anthology ever IMO 😎👍🏼

[@billkeon880]

The books written by Bachman were page-Turners on Overdrive - BTO

[@micaylab1]

"And It Resets! No, No. It's An Ending, WHAT REALLY?!" Funniest over dramatic moment ever😄😆

[@opticalmixing23]

was the Dark Half sorta a run off of the Richard Bachman books? any help would be great

[@bryanmartinez7063]

letart ruleu I believe it is. It’s my second favorite book of the King!!! It’s really good!

[@jesseporter3397]

Yeah he was writing it as Bachman when he got outed as being Richard Bachman around the early 90s. I believe that to be true but now that i wrote it out it seems too similar to the plot of the dark half but perhaps it was influenced by the real deal. Definetly the dark half is Bachman-esque

[@anarchistjesus7354]

Don't dis Dreamcatcher man. That's one of my favorites.

[@billkeon880]

Looks like you’ve got some TBRs

[@gabrielcomeau3518]

When he said i dont care about the shining i was like how the f

[@stevetrowbridge7425]

I also actually really enjoyed Dolores Claiborne as well. Did not care for desperation at all, that's the only other King book I've put down aside from IT. It would probably be my least favorite from King so far. I'd like to try out the Regulators and see if I like it any better. And his newest book that he wrote with his son really just seems like a political statement to me, an ultra feminist statement which I really am not in the mood to read right now, so I haven't bought it yet, will at some point though so I can have it in my King collection.

[@sketchywolfgrl9564]

I've only kept two books of his so far on my shelves. Cujo and Christine, did not care for Salem's Lot, really wanted to throw Dreamcatcher into a wall and The Shining was meh except for one scene and I lost my copy of Pet Cemetery.

[@gustavolins4278]

I love your videos, but I will love more if they have subtitles available in english. Hugs from a brazilian fan

[@davidmaggiesmith9758]

2:05 Did you just call The Body “okay”? THAT’S HOW I GOT INTO STEPHEN, AND IT IS MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER!!!

[@matthewhawfitch1288]

why'd you have to spoil the dark tower!? Not cool bro.

[@bloodytapes4516]

I been re-reading some King and he's not as good as I remember and most of the stuff I've re-read is pretty boring.

[@harryewings9332]

I find listening to your opinions very interesting. Stephen King seems to be an author that really divides opinion. For example, I loved Christine but hated The Running Man.

[@bessdavies6440]

IT was also the first King book I ever bought and read and I LOVED it. It will stay with me forever. Best f*cking book ever.

[@august3777]

I'm not sure if you assessment of King's books can be taken seriously. You just said that The Dark Half didn't have a Kookie Weird-ass ending, which is wrong. I guess having a write-off with character that rollout out of a grave, and having said character be taken apart by ravens is your idea of a normal ending? lol

[@simpl3simon806]

You really don’t sound like a King fan. You hate his books more the you like them

[@tyronefeelgood1435]

My favorite is a newer one it’s actually a series about a detective I really like the change in what he wrote

[@stevetrowbridge7425]

Mr. Mercedes Trilogy?

[@tyronefeelgood1435]

Yeag

[@ajtheslumpgodd]

2:11 so know ones gonna talk about the book that fell on its own in the background

[@robjabbaz]

you should read the regulators.. actually maybe dont... cuz you liked desperation... and i thought that stunk.

[@annabanabanana]

I want to know how many good stories he threw away that we will never know about.

[@rogerkall69]

Thank you for the spoiler for the end of watch book

[@kenskingcollection1977]

very nice collection

[@civoreb]

Only King book I didnt like at all out of the 9-10 I read is Dark Half. Almost didnt give him another chance after that book. Almost lol

[@alaaqui]

"THE BIBLE."

[@joeestrada3177]

Alool Dessin " I mean ON WRITING!"

[@lh9350]

Alool Dessin my favourite fantasy book

[@kianabrash]

I'll never forget stumbling onto 'desperation'. Creepy as shit!

[@netabolt6546]

its just my opinion but in my reading through i found cell disapointing. not realy much happened, only at the beginnning and somewhat at the end but the ending ruined everything for me. also there were so many questions unanswered in this book. it started out good and it looked like actual zombies but for half of the book they didn't do anything. i know you love this book and thats awesome and i respect your opinion. also i loved duma key so opinions can be different. although we all agree that dreamcather was not a good book. although i read cell through the ending (wich if felt was kind of rushed) but i dnf'd Dreamcatcher. slow boring chase and i couldnt get myself throught it. that book like Cell started out promising but it ended up beeing 'the slowest longest chase' ever in a book (just like you described it). Christine was good but like you said it was a bit weird that he changed POV in the middle of the book and towards the ending it changed again. kind of weird. Christine was kind of bloated though. allot of stuff that wasn't needed or could been shorter. but overal good book. ending kind of sucks though. i read allot of Stephen King but definitely not all of them. On Writing IS the bible for younger aspiring writers just like me. wrote tons of first draft story's and never got to publish a book (although almost! i'm on Beta Readers)

[@leilaparvana7622]

Have read nowhere near as many Stephen King books as you but based on what I have read: disagree on the shining, personally I loved it, agree completely on misery it was so good but didn’t enjoy the book within the book parts, agree on Gerald’s game as I went into it with high hopes but found it so boring, 100% agree on the dark half and tho k it’s one of his most underrated books then finally agree with IT as loved most of it but not the ending.

[@gianfrancoact]

Only read 2 Brooks of the author, so i was just listening to discover new things, but it all del Weiss with via comments. Then He raid that the it of Muschietti are gold movies, the i understood.

[@coreyschmitz1408]

"Christine... Not my fav book"... ME: are you fucking crazy?!?!?!

[@billkeon880]

... no gypsies near me.... now what do I do...?