RANKING ALL MY STEPHEN KING READS

Dear Constant Readers, This is my definitive ranking of the Stephen King books I have read.
- Cass
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|| B O O K S M E N T I O N E D ||
Needful Things - amzn.to/3KCW4l0
Misery - amzn.to/3zZPxfA
Firestarter - amzn.to/3KYg0jT
Pet Sematary - amzn.to/3KE4Cs3
The Outsider - amzn.to/406StBA
The Institute - amzn.to/3mwr7aa
The Running Man - amzn.to/3KAWtoi
Mr. Mercedes - amzn.to/3GKhsE2
Finder’s Keepers - amzn.to/3GKhEDg
Duma Key - amzn.to/3MGqlCc
The Long Walk - amzn.to/43u1yY6
Billy Summers - amzn.to/3GHUOfA
End of Watch - amzn.to/3GHDiI4
It - amzn.to/3o2MVus
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[@snoo3]

I recommend to read 11/22/63. This is my favourite. It has a lot of references to IT and it's not really horror but it has great caracter work.

[@user-yz7sr6od1x]

IMO The Stand is King's magnum opus, even better than It. Other early works deserving of mention include Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Dead Zone, and Night Shift (probably his best short story collection).

[@patcoston]

King wrote The Long Walk in 1967 before he invented Richard Bachman but then he revised in the late 70s, so technically it's not written as Richard Bachman, it's just revised and published as Richard Bachman.

[@VixxiePlans]

I freaking LOVED Needful Things! One of my favourite King books. If you're looking for a short read, I highly recommend The Langoliers which is a novella in the Four Past Midnight collection and is another one of my favourite ones. I didn't much like Misery either tbh. I think I read IT like 30 years ago and barely remember it. I think I liked it? Watching your video has made me want to go back and read a bunch of Stephen King now so I guess I'll be doing that 😂

[@WhatCassRead]

Vixxie!!!!!! I do have the Langoliers but funny that no one has mentioned it to me before! I really should read more of his novella/short story collections because everyone says they’re so good!!

[@QcReader]

I started reading them in order of publishing. Call me crazy. I wanted to witness or find cues of his writer maturity. I'm onto The stand right now. Pretty scared to read this behemoth

[@elisabetsambugaro]

omg! same here🙋🏼‍♀️ i just started reading “The Stand”

[@michaellong5439]

The whole of the dark tower series is great under the dome is fantastic there is just so much to love about Stephen king ❤

[@WhatCassRead]

Yes, I’m working my way to Dark Tower and I think there’s a few that I’m supposed to read before I get there. I also own Under the Dome and have heard really awesome things!

[@matthewmedley8532]

Great choice in It. So many great scenes. Aiming to reread this year. Masterpiece.

[@manzanogianni4935]

Great video Cass. I will begin my Stephen King journey this summer with IT of all books.🤓 It has been a long time coming but I finally decided to do it. Also, I will need a different kind of palate cleanser from Malazan Book of the Fallen when I finish it sometime in July.

[@miriamhernandez9703]

Did you watch IT movie before reading book? I’m scared(idk why) lol to read book having watched the movies and liking the movies.

[@kjadijamoiz5556]

I really thought 11 22 63 was going to be your top one since it is for most people who are just getting into Stephen King. HELLL I cant explain the shock and pure happiness I felt. It's soooooo damn hard to see anyone having IT as a top book from him. I'm actually just starting to read books This book is my first. So Ig that could be why I consider this book very special. But I SWEAR TO GOD I bawled my eyes out with this. I think that's so strange bcz I have never heard a single one cry over a book like IT. it was bills and Georgie's relation that I loveeeeee and care soon much about and the most so far in this book. (I have only reached the first interlude, and I'll continue it after my finals which is after march) the first chapter is FULLL of tabs in my book, I can definitely say the the first chapter is my most favorite one so far but I don't think it'll change. It contained soon much(BILL AND GEORGIE'S MOMENTS, GEORGIE'S POV THT I ENJOYED SOO MUCH, GEORGIE'S DIEEEDDDDD NOOOOOO) all the character intro did bore me a little Ig (stans was good and intense) but I was anticipating bills ch cuz I wanted to know what happened to bill and how he overcame the grief. Every single time Georgie was mentioned I mentally screamed that I would cry but that was obviously a joke. But then this line""bill shook his head slowly 'I could tell you that, but it would be a lie. I loved him. I know how strange that might sound after telling you I haven't thought of him in 20 yrs or so, but I loved the hell out that kid.' he smiled a little. 'he was a spasmoid, but I loved him. You know?' "" This was my last staw and crieeedd. I'm sooo glad that you love this book for it's quote and beauty!!!!!! I'm sorry Ig, I just wrote an entire paragraph, but literally I have been waiting for Atleast someone to mention this books beauty

[@WhatCassRead]

I love this paragraph so much!! It's not because I didn't want to list 11 22 63 in my top...I just haven't read it yet!!! I've heard it is so good!!

[@safinan8008]

Happy reading to you!! 📖📧

[@WhatCassRead]

Thank you!! Happy Saturday!!

[@simonedwards9450]

Some really good books and reviews. You should read some of his earlier works: Carrie, Salem’s Lot, the Shining, the Stand and one of his best, It

[@beardedjohnson5654]

I thought Finders Keepers had an extremely compelling side story to the Mr. Mercades plot line. Absolutely loved it.

[@matthewmedley8532]

Love misery. Five stars for me. Book and film. Like the video though.

[@andrewclear8905]

Billy Summers surprised me, not just because it was a great story, but how he chose to write it. Using the third person present and solely focusing every scene through Billy's point of view, is an interesting choice.

[@matthewmedley8532]

Enjoyed outsider and institute. Both 4 stars.

[@iliana.m]

Wow everytime I see a Stephen King ranking video I'm super surprised on how different each book resonates with each reader!! It's so common for the top ten books of one person to be the last ten for another person 😅 how ??? It's so fascinating!! All the books you rated 4 stars for example were totally bottom on another video I just watched 🤣 I haven't read a lot yet myself, only 4-5 I think, and my unpopular opinion is the Tommyknockers for example ! I love this book... So now I just pick SK books based on how the plot intrigues me and not based on people's favorites cause they are really so diverse haha!! ❤

[@willwestray]

If I remember correctly, The institute is in Maine :) just saying!

[@AllenBronson]

Hey Google read Stephen King the band and Stephen King's The dining net

[@andrewclear8905]

I've been reading King since 1990. I just watched the It miniseries, and decided to read a book of his. Loved him since. But, it rubs me the wrong way when people say that the "older" works are better than the "newer" works. Not true. He has some great older works, and he has some great newer works. He has great works in the middle as well. He also has crappers that are old and new as well. His older works tend to have the better horror elements, that is true, and some better plots, but the newer works tend to have stronger character development and more emotional resonance. 11/22/63 is my favorite King book, hell favorite book, overall. It is also heartbreaking. But, there will always be the people who always say "the original is better" or "the first is better" or "the older ones are better", in regards to any series, albeit books, movies, tv shows, video games, etc. It is completely subjective, although many humans tend to just parrot and absorb opinions of others as well, thus removing some of the subjectivity from said beliefs. My advice, for anyone that wants to read King, is to check the bias at the door. Read the older, middle, and newer eras of his work. I guarantee you will find books you love in all three and books you don't care much for in all three. Are there more good books in the older days? Yes, but only because more were published in those days :). Law of averages and all....

[@cbooks99]

Love bonkers, dark books so Needful Things just got pushed higher up on my tbr 😂 I've had a similar experience with King being mostly 4 star reads- solids but not favorites.

[@WhatCassRead]

If bonkers is up your alley, then the ending to Needful Things should be your bread and butter! 😂

[@ericcartman7361]

I really want an adaptation of The Long Walk 😫

[@WhatCassRead]

Ooooohhhh... that would be so good if done right!!

[@markbaker737]

My favourite 3 go like this 1. It 2. Pet sematary 3. Salem’s lot (you have try this one)

[@WhatCassRead]

I’ve been thinking about reading Salem’s Lot this year around the fall season!

[@zaftra]

@@WhatCassRead Be aware that it's a masterpiece of the slow drip drip drip reveal, some might think it slow to get going but it builds the tension.

[@michaellong5439]

It is a great novel ❤ king has done over 60 novels

[@CarolMarieReads]

Yay It!!!!!! 🎈🎈🎈 If you’re doing Dolores Claiborne now I’d recommend Gerald’s Game for sure.

[@WhatCassRead]

Haha!!!! I am so surprised it’s my favorite but it’s legit one of the best things I’ve ever read!

[@CarolMarieReads]

@@WhatCassRead there’s so much to it! It’s a more than a story it’s a journey!

[@patcoston]

Hunger Games and Battle Royale are dystopian because the government forces them to do it. But The Long Walk is not dystopian because the government does not force them. The boys can apply to be in the lottery, but only 1 in 50 pass the physical and mental test. 200 are picked in the lottery, but they don't know if they're a walker or backup until April 31, the day before the walk. If picked in the lottery, they can backout on April 15 and April 31. If they backout after midnight but before the walk starts at 9 am on May 1st, then they get squaded, whatever that means. The society would only be a dystopian society if they were forced into it. You could say that the government was totalitarian or authoritarian because you get squaded if you speak out against the government, which is how Garraty's dead got squaded. But that's not the same as forcing boys into a death competition like Hunger Games and Battle Royale.

[@WhatCassRead]

The government does not have to be involved for it to be dystopian. Dystopian is a place, community or society where people live fearful, dehumanized, undesireable lives. The antithesis of utopia.

[@patcoston]

@@WhatCassRead Since King doesn't world build in The Long Walk, we have no idea what people's lives are like in that society. How can you conclude that the United States is a dystopian?

[@WhatCassRead]

I would consider the Long Walk dehumanizing for the participants.

[@patcoston]

@@WhatCassRead Agreed, but they are choosing it. I think it's only a dystopia if suffering and dehumanization is forced on them. If you choose to suffer and be dehumanized, it doesn't meet the definition of a dystopia. The only person you can blame is yourself if you find yourself suffering and dehumanized in The Long Walk. You volunteered for it. You understood what would happen and you did it anyway. A dystopia is forced on you. You have no choice for example with Hunger Games and Battle Royale.

[@johnnytyler1]

He's written more than 50 books -- so 14 kinda isn't a good sampling. While it shows you some of his writing, his stories and tones can be radically different, it's less then a 5th of his writing. And most of the books you read are in his later years, and not his bangers so, i dunno, keep reading. :) Read deadzone next (audio book is good too), and if you like fantasy read The Dark Tower series, but maybe skip the gunslinger, and just read a summary of it, since he wrote it when he was 19. Start with The drawing of the three.

[@AllenBronson]

Hey Google read Stephen King the band and Stephen King's The dining net