TOP 5 STEPHEN KING NOVELS

[@Michael_L_Morrison]

Very solid top 5 list. I love those books as well. The Long Walk blew my mind when I first read it. I do have Salem’s Lot in my top 5; best vampire novel I have ever read. Oh, King is my favorite author; been reading his work since I was about 9 or 10.

[@bmoneybby]

I haven't read any King in over a decade and about 9 months ago I read 11/22/63 and it blew me away. Since then I've read Revival and Duma Key, both I also really liked.

[@scottferris2686]

Great video. My top five would be - The Stand, It, On Writing, Joyland, Salems Lot

[@osonhodeleon]

Stephen King is my favorite author too.

[@animazingcollectionsinc.7038]

Glad you did a King book rating.

[@bmoneybby]

Brian: This Top 5 Stephen King intro is going to be fire Miss Kitty: Hold my catnip

[@robertnewberry8296]

Start with 1. Skeleton Key (The Mist) 2. Pet Semetary 3. The Bachman Books 4. The Stand 5. It

[@alibaba0428]

Favorite booktuber , looking forward to starting the forgetting moon

[@StewartyMac]

My current top 5 1. The Stand 2. It 3. The Dark Tower VII - The Dark Tower 4. 11/22/63 5. Needful Things

[@kevins1005]

Great list ! Did you like the recent IT movies ?

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

Loved the movies

[@writerguy911]

A solid list. There are simply too many fantastic books by Stephen King that it was difficult to narrow down my personal top five (these are not ones I would recommend to a person looking to get into King, but just my favorites). 5. The Dark Half / Needful Things (I cheated). 4. It. 3. Christine. 2. Pet Semetary. 1. The Tommyknockers (unpopular, I know, but something about it just resonated with me).

[@bottle1211]

My first Stephen King book I read was the Wastelands. I didn't realize it was the 3rd book in the Dark Tower series. I was like 13yo. Loved the book, and still one of my favorites of all time. Cover art is really good too. It was the reason I grabbed it at the used book store.

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I love Miss Kitty!! I've read all of those except The Stand (I started reading it long ago in high school but stopped). I'm reading it in Feb tho.

[@epiphoney]

Some views about description from Stephen King's On Writing: pg 172 (ch 6): "...(I find wardrobe inventory particularly irritating; if I want to read descriptions of clothes, I can always get a J. Crew catalogue). "I think locale and texture are much more important to the reader's sense of actually being in the story than any physical description of the players. Nor do I think that physical description should be a shortcut to character. So spare me, if you please, the hero's sharply intelligent blue eyes and outthrust determined chin; likewise the heroine's arrogant cheekbones." "For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else. In most cases, these details will be the first ones that come to mind."

[@patcoston]

The Long Walk: You said 1 boy per state. It did seem like that. There were 51 states in this alternate reality but there were 100 boys. Garraty was the only boy from Maine so that gives you the feeling there was 1 boy per state. One boy per state is actually a cool idea which would be more like the Hunger Games. Each state would have someone to cheer for. We know that Baker was from Louisiana, Barkovitch was from D.C. (probably the 51st state), McVries was from NJ, Collie Parker was from Illinois, Scramm was from Arizona, but then you had brothers Joe and Mike from New Mexico. The way boys were picked is that most males ages 13-18 applied but only 1 in 50 passed the physical and mental tests (which included an essay), then 200 were picked from a random lottery, 100 walkers and 100 backups and they could back-out April 15 and 31, and the walk was May 1. So it is possible they'd all be from the same state because it's random and sometimes when you flip a coin, you get heads 100 times in a row.

[@melsbookshelf]

Great list! I have been reading SK since I was a kid and still haven’t read The Long Walk! I think I should! 👍

[@flutebasket4294]

I'm not a King fanboy, but I've read a lot of his work and The Long Walk is definitely one of the best novels he ever wrote

[@Ghostly-00]

Please do

[@babyboy1971]

I’m thinking of listening to the audiobook of the stand, would you recommend it?

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

Absolutely

[@sherribugd3799]

My first Stephen King book was The Talisman. Not an easy starting off point for a junior high student, but it was still good. My top 4 would be The Stand, It, Salem’s Lot, Pet Semetary…number five is up for grabs.

[@ida305]

Wow your cat is a real beauty! :)

[@lauragillis4684]

Can you do a Top 10 McCammon list?

[@bryanvanloh8217]

Great top 5. Very similar to mine. Your 5 are all in my top 10. I would have to include Pet Semetery and maybe Misery. PS instead of Long Walk, while Misery and Green Mile are tied. Just 5 is is hard because I feel like Different Seasons should be in my top 5.

[@brandonb478]

This is absolutely the BEST beginning you've ever done. Bring back pretty miss kitty! Just make sure she gets a share of the KZbin profits. XD

[@kevintowle9665]

Great top 5

[@Hr33Bryan]

embarrassed to say my first stephen king was Mr. Merceds. I like his writing/characters, but no lore in that one. I have the stand on my radar. Thanks for the video and recommendation.

[@babyboy1971]

Brian, what’s your favorite Stephen King book or books to read specifically for the Halloween season?

[@ishmayl7953]

This is a good list, but I would love to know your thoughts on Duma Key - I avoided it for a long time (as I did most of his post-2000's work), but once I finally read it, it is now my all-time favorite King novel.

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

My review for Duma Key is coming up next week

[@ishmayl7953]

@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS Great!

[@bookgirl1195]

Hi, Pretty Miss Kitty!!!

[@scottmacdonald1826]

Solid list, not my choices, but you really can't go wrong with a top 5 Stephen King list. Don't believe me? Here's a top five list probably no one would chose ... The Dark Half, Firestarter, The Tommyknockers, Bag of Bones, Dreamcatcher. This is not my top 5, but these are fantastic reads. I'm just saying that if any author had these as a top 5, they would be legends. My top 5: 5. Desperation 4. The Talisman 3. The Long Walk 2. The Stand 1. IT And every short story compilation. He's a great short story writer.

[@heidi6281]

My Top 5: Duma Key Wizard & Glass The Mist The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Dreamcatcher Honorable Mentions; The Stand & It Going to read Carrie & the Long Walk soon.

[@glenfairen2996]

That cat is beautiful. 😊

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

See all my Stephen King book reviews kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6WzpYqKd793bpY

[@moisheplatinumberg6016]

1. It 2. Wizard and Glass 3. Salem's Lot 4. Night Shift 5. The Stand

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

@@moisheplatinumberg6016 not a bad list

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's my top 5 1. Dolores Claiborne 2. The stand 3. Billy summers 4. Wizard and glass 5. Insomnia

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

Great list

[@benedictsaputra3547]

My first Stephen King book was The Stand, then The Dark Tower series. I love Randal Flagg/The Man in Black.

[@camwatters644]

The stand It The long walk Under the dome 11/22/63

[@supernova1969]

Cute cat

[@إسماعيلسعيد-خ8ذ]

Miss Kitty is so cute

[@nickfoster9350]

Great list . For me, my top five are: Misery Pet Semetary The Shining The Stand 'Salems Lot.

[@robertoolivero2995]

I can’t believe he put “The Stand” as a top five. I new something was off when he rate “The Wind Through The Keyhole,” poorly. His and my taste in literature are polar opposites. “The Stand” was okay at best, in comparison to Stephen Kings other literary monster houses like “IT” or “Wizard and Glass.”

[@visionpiping1048]

I had to play the beginning twice because I wasn’t listening to you. All I could do is watch the cat

[@AcidicDelusion]

Love me some Stephen king books , but boy oh boy his Twitter is a car crash.