Stephen King's TOP 5 Stephen King Books

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[@mbeck6319]

Top five led zepplin songs... 5: free bird...

[@tinakochan7360]

😂

[@mattwingo89]

It's exactly like a Led Zeppelin concert😊

[@oldcollegecoed]

LOL! But I understand…we DO get to the age, no matter how educated, successful, brilliant we may be, where our brains just can’t find the right file! Our poor brain is just too old and has too many files to go through to get the right answer!

[@BeerStein33]

🎶🤣👍🎶

[@Sosozanyway]

He isn't saying that Free Bird is a Led Zeppelin song. He is saying the energy from the crowd is tantamount to a Led Zeppelin concert, or when Lynyrd Skynyrd would play Free Bird. It's a common example of drifting thoughts. It's not hard to understand 😅.

[@Horror-Man]

The Jaunt is very underrated. Great short story with a haunting ending.

[@MusokeMSK]

Totally agree. Wonder why he didn't mention it

[@g-manfreezer1998]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@aayushkarnxb024]

I'm planning to buy a couple horrors books by Stephen. could u please give me a spoiler free review of The Jaunt

[@ellieu.6575]

@@aayushkarnxb024if I remember correctly, The Jaunt is about a family in the future about to use machines to travel to someplace (a different planet?) in an instant. The son decides to break the rules on his turn.

[@vtpanda]

That story has stayed with me for many many years. The ending really got to me.

[@legalgal12]

The Long Walk is very underrated. My favorite is probably The Stand. The Talisman was excellent as well. I can’t pick!! There are too many good stories!!

[@shawiegand3183]

Totally agree 💯!! ☺️

[@Elkoshairiyous159]

Very true I loved the story

[@greysfreak1992]

The long walk was hard just because of visualizing what they went through. The stand is good. I liked It minus one part. Thinner, Misery, Cujo, The Shinning, 11/22/63.

[@Kktienlegos]

I was hoping he was going to say The Long Walk, but was really pleased to hear his is Survivor Type! Not well known sadly, but excellent. The Talisman and its sequel Black House are favorites of mine.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

​@@greysfreak1992what part?? Don't be that guy 🙄

[@talllywhacker]

Stand by me was one of my favorite movies as a kid 🤣

[@imahotmess872]

OH LORD-

[@raide151]

Same bro

[@kyarl6311]

I watched it again around Christmas time...I'm 35 and it is still one of my faves 😂

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

It's a book

[@gonzowood1]

@@bernabefernandeztouceda7315pretty sure it was made into a movie as well. In fact, Stand By Me was a movie, The Body is in book form

[@danielzingg4998]

I read "It" every year around October. Actually, I listen to the audio book on Audible. It's amazing. Steven Weber narrates it and does a fantastic job. You might remember him from the show Wings. I also liked, "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption."

[@nickconnor6078]

absolutely love the book, how long is the audio book haha? i'm too impatient for audiobooks anyway (to my shame) i can't even imagine how long it would take to listen to that one

[@qjinx1]

The audiobook IS great

[@Cam-gn6uk]

​@@nickconnor6078 Steven Weber reading of It is one of his best performances in his career in my opinion and it's around 44 hours long from what I recall

[@DorkAlot]

@@nickconnor6078listened to it a year ago, it’s like 40 hours

[@minecraft8783]

IT audiobook love 🤙

[@josephiudice8287]

Holy Shit! I just found out that my favorite Stephen King short story and Stephen King's favorite Stephen King short story are the same story! That dude breaking his leg and then eating himself was insane!

[@muzwack]

Thanks for ruining it.

[@josephiudice8287]

@@muzwack Me or Stephen? He gave the plot in the video if you watched it.

[@muzwack]

I should have been more clear sorry, I seen that he went to ruin it and skipped that part, made a mental note that I would read it, then came to the comments to see what people said were their favourite books. Seen your comment and didn’t expect to see a spoiler:(No hate, was just gutted it was ruined and I couldn’t avoid the spoiler, ha)

[@jackwhitbread4583]

​@@muzwackif you don't want spoilers then don't go right to the front comments, someone will always spoil.

[@dannyletcher5873]

@@muzwack The story has been published since 1985, cry harder.

[@TheLooterArmy]

If you are what you eat then I haven't changed a bit!

[@TheGalaxyVoyagerr]

That's the moto of the Survivor Type protagonist

[@TheLooterArmy]

@@TheGalaxyVoyagerr ding ding ding give the man a lady finger.

[@bethlott6234]

The Stand and Gunslinger series are my absolute favorites.

[@vaughnclark9053]

Dark Tower

[@kurtjohnson5576]

They are both excellent.

[@Smashmilk]

Just wish they would have done the dark tower better. Or atleast make it a series

[@viktormuerte]

They are. Mike Flanagan I believe is one of the showrunners.

[@joebloggs6922]

Mike Flanagan is making it into a series. Which is probably going to be incredible knowing Mike Flanagan. And apparently he's a big fan of the books which is a good sign in itself

[@johnobrien1528]

Survivor Type might be his best short story

[@coreydeschain2222]

so good because it is one of his that can actually happen, I Am The Doorway always freaked me out most though

[@prestonchambers9490]

I was so surprised when he pulled it up first! If he had also mentioned Dolan's Cadillac my brain would've popped😂

[@lizicadumitru9683]

I especially liked The Jaunt

[@johnobrien1528]

@@lizicadumitru9683 I wouldn’t mind jaunting back to the 80’s.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

So survivor over children of the corn? Yeah, right 🙄

[@mopacwestgate]

Hearts in Atlantis and Tommy Knockers were two of my faves..

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Tommyknockers, so overhated... It's an irreverent masterpiece

[@wolfgirl13555]

I read The Shining first when I was pretty young. That was my favorite for years until I read the unabridged version of The Stand. I also loved 11/22/63

[@wolvesetc]

Misery was one of my favorite books as a kid

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Yeah I see why you so traumatized

[@MrsV19]

The Stand is my favorite

[@mandag177]

The Long Walk was an incredibly disturbing story and I loved it

[@qjinx1]

Do you think its Randall Flagg at the boy sees at the end of the race?

[@CatMane1214]

The Shining was phenomenal to read. The movie just couldn’t live up to the depth you got out of the main characters in the book.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Completely agree

[@That1guywhocomm3nts]

Nah bro promoted himself

[@esmewvimes2901]

A Tight Space. I think it's in the same collection as survivor type. It's not my favorite bit it's stuck with me. Despite my revulsion.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

It was surprisingly good with that awful premise

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Yeah

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

A horrific short story by S King is A Very Tight Place. Collected in the book: “Just After Sunset.” I think I heard the audio version free on KZbin.

[@my3sons757]

I loved his collection of stories called "Night Shift." Especially the oil slick like thing in a pond that eats a bunch of skinny dipping college kids or the one called 'the lawnmower man.' It's a good thing king writes or he'd be a serial killer.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Lol that first one you described ain't from night shift lol do your homework

[@my3sons757]

@@bernabefernandeztouceda7315 Which one was it then? It's been about 38 years since I read it.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

@@my3sons757 skeleton crew 😉

[@chrismacdonald4570]

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption. My fave.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Stephen famously doesn't like many of his books as movies, and for sure there have been some clunkers, but "Misery", "The Green Mile", "Shawshank Redemption" and "The Shining" stand out as some of the better ones. That last one he especially hated, I guess because it deviated from the book so much, but it has passed the test of time and is still considered one of the best horror movies of all time.

[@JavierGonzalez-lp3ke]

What a tough question for any author to answer, especially on live TV: "(out of the hundreds of short stories and 60+ novels you've had published) what are your top 5...?"

[@anthonyt219]

Classic marketing strategy... my top favorite book is my current one im selling

[@lilpix2644]

Love all those, still my personal favourite will always be The Dark Tower series ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@melonhead8760]

I remember reading this story! “Chicken fingers!” Scared me real bad

[@katie2295]

Misery was the book that got me back into reading after a major slump so it has a special place in my heart

[@Cherokeechuck9]

"Misery" Applause "Liseys story" Dead silence "Stand by me" Applause

[@pamelasanchez9477]

There was one "whoo!" for Lisey's Story. I actually really liked that one myself.

[@aaronhutchcraft2288]

My mom loved EVERYTHING Stephen King...and passed that on to me.

[@dannyletcher5873]

In no particular order: Insomnia Pet's Sematary The Stand Dark Half Salem's Lot

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Dark half lol

[@JediS0618]

The Dark Tower series is one, Fairy Tale is 2, Salem's Lot is 3, IT is 4 and Needful Thins is 5

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

The dark tower are seven diff books, don't cheat like that

[@LivingWeirdly]

I love Misery and Stand By Me/The Body

[@karinakassim]

I’ve been checking the Tubes for your ranking of these stories for 3 days and I couldn’t click fast enough when I saw you’d uploaded! Here’s my favorite 3: 1. Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream 2. Two Lucky Bastids 3. Rattlesnakes Honorable mention: Laurie - only because I’ve been contemplating getting a puppy myself ❤️ Thank you again all the way from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@mayabi5873]

Mr Mercedes is my favourite, then there is the stand and the dead zone.. so many great books hard to choose.

[@Echo__plex]

The Stand Wizard and Glass The Green Mile The Shining 11/22/63

[@MrRayritchie88]

Nailed it

[@evilpocketowl]

I would ask him why he hasn't bothered ro re-write that one scene in IT

[@YouCanCallMeTheIndianGirl]

his literary work is AMAZING🤌

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Everything is literary what you talking?

[@YouCanCallMeTheIndianGirl]

@@bernabefernandeztouceda7315 what you talking bout

[@kianay3875]

"The Stand" and "It" both tied for first. they both gave me intense nightmares.. Too bad the movies did not translate.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

The Stand nightmares?? Why tho??

[@rivertam7827]

Play Freebird! 🤣 Jacques Ze Wipper says no!

[@shaynehull2705]

Also, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Stairway to Heaven.

[@vaughnclark9053]

Head Down is one of his favorites. Amazing essay

[@PatrickMcGowan-ch4ho]

Always remembered that bit in Survivor Type "... ladyfingers..."

[@EarlBiggs]

I currently have 2 favorite books IT and The Shinning are my 2 favorite books at the current moment

[@denisespurlock7869]

My favorite Stephen King movie is Storm of the Century.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Not even a book lol

[@g.mitchell7110]

Talk show host: What are your five favorite things you've written? Translation: Name two or three and then plug your current projects because we all know that's why you're doing the talk show tour.

[@yellowjackboots2624]

The short story One For The Road. Its a kind of a little reprise to Salem's Lot.

[@kurtjohnson5576]

You're incorrect Stephen. 1. Tommyknockers 2. 11 22 63 3. The gunslinger series 4. The stand 5. The long walk

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Agree on the Tommyknockers!! But gunslinger series?? Seven books. Don't be cheating like that

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Yeah

[@judyt.5702]

Love them all. Also The Stand ,both versions, and liseys story and bill summers.❤some I bought yrs ago.

[@Dunybrook]

Lisey's Story is very underratted. Great picks man.

[@g.n.s.]

Any “love” for ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ …?

[@qjinx1]

Survivor Type was actually made into an animated short for the new Creepshow on Shudder

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

So?

[@wlrz]

We Appreciate Stephen King & His Findings Of Da Other Side

[@nrajeswari7683]

Why was there no Pet Sematary or Shining??? Those are my favourite stephen king books lol😮

[@FelicisFelix]

Stephen King looks like The Simpsons version of Stephen King.

[@sarahciacia]

Just finished cockadoodi Misery. Loved Lisey’s Story too

[@jaytc3218]

I saw him on C-SPAN giving a commencement address at some small college. He said, “People who know me say that I’m not such a bad guy. They say that I have the heart of a child. I do. I keep on in a jar on my desk.”

[@karinakassim]

Love Stephen King ❤

[@samanthahuth4075]

lve read his books from the age of 12 love his writing....fantastic ❤

[@gertstronkhorst2343]

For me, The Stand and The Dark Tower.

[@MauiWowieOwie]

Needful Things and Insomnia are super underrated.

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

needful things needs to be a show. ideally like the bbc shows with hour long episodes but theres like 5 eps to the season.

[@MauiWowieOwie]

@MrGhostTheBigRoast a show would be great, setting up all the separate stories of the town. though anything would be better than the godawful movie we got of it.

[@dina5815]

A physician should know, that your body already "eats itself" when your starving. Actually eating yourself reduces your chance of surviving.

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Yeah but you want to fill your stomach, you understand that??

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Yeah

[@dalex60]

A Catholic admitting that he enjoys stories about cannibalism how fitting…

[@bankshot4192]

This is like a Led Zeppelin concert “Free Bird” bruhhhh he’s high again.

[@mcauleygrace794]

misery is my favorite of all time! i’m glad to see he loves it too lol

[@manuelantuna26]

Of course Survivor Type is your favorite.. Its my favorite and I wrote it.

[@kevinlynch256]

The Running Man using Richard Bachman as a pseudonym

[@clayjack9969]

I had to read survivor type in school. It’s a lot.

[@fileshare-ik8di]

anyone ever watched a movie called roses for rich(I think)it's by Stephen king I believe.

[@josiahmisponas8116]

Survivor type is the best short story

[@williamellis-xd1rm]

Survivor type should have been a movie. It's absolutely sick...

[@mopacwestgate]

I think it was made into a short for the '80s twilight Zone

[@thechinchilladiaries7521]

Survivor Type is etched in my memory ❤

[@gfkab]

My favorite is The Stand

[@jamesdonnell2290]

Misery was awesome! The Movie

[@anertakf7218]

The Stand and Salem's Lot

[@jedmcalister8171]

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed..........

[@mikemars2112]

Lisey's Story is my fave

[@ZtownTrain]

He is so frikkin cool.

[@burntblonde2925]

Damn bro!! Survivor Type is one of my favorites “mmmm taste like ladyfingers”

[@thewildlife1537]

King looks like a ghoul 😂

[@eddieevans7596]

May I suggest Darkest Heart by Eddie Evans

[@dizzlegrizzle1919]

this was him plugging

[@jeffnaslund]

The Stand is my fave

[@somenathjana2510]

i always liked misery,its great

[@FabiusandGertie]

That dude has the worst case of TDS in history.

[@edstarrs2195]

Compares himself to Zeppelin and quotes a Skynyrd song

[@theinvisibleswordsman1196]

Eyes of The Dragon The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Dolores Claiborne The Stand Pet Semetary

[@Uozrongwidu]

He really looks like Bob Lazar…

[@burrych7114]

What about Magnum Opus: Dark Tower?

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

What Magnum opus, dude?? Maybe IT?? The shining?? Definitely not the tower 🙄

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Yeah

[@DominicGudgeon]

Stephen King looks like a guy who’s had a moustache for decades who just shaved it off

[@ThatGuyMagnum]

Two things I now know about Stephen King: 1. He doesn’t know who Led Zeppelin are. 2. He doesn’t know how to self-promote on talk shows. Love this guy haha

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

Lmfaoooo

[@ShatteredAutomaton]

Stephen King's favorite book is cocaine.

[@hibald]

Why does he look so much like Bob Lazar? 🤔

[@mzlww]

Top 5 SK stories I can’t finish as they are too scary

[@heikostauber9990]

Duma key. One of his best!!!

[@SH-yk4ft]

Ikr hardly ever discussed.

[@alexroa8582]

The Stand so far

[@topsykretts900]

His books are absolutely amazing but as soon as someone puts it into a movie they fuck it up

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

This is an L take

[@jacobbissell4497]

Shawshank redemption is better than the book.

[@chatteyj]

@@jacobbissell4497 The shining so isn't.

[@richardeast3328]

Only for low IQ people.

[@richardeast3328]

@@jacobbissell4497 And Cujo.

[@klnelson9514]

How many of his books have been adapted to a movie? It has up be several times more than anyone else. JK Rowling might have half as many.

[@softwareengineer141]

the stand my favourite

[@richardrepton6598]

The Stand, amen❤

[@ajk374]

Shawshank redemption