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I've yet to actually read any of his novels, but I've seen a ton of the film adaptations that have been made from his stories. My favorites would probably be:

Childhood - "Silver Bullet"

Teen Years - "Maximum Overdrive" Even then, I knew it wasn't that great, but I've always loved the silliness of it.

Adult - "Mr. Mercedes" Absolutely loving this show. It is my favorite adaptation overall. It helps that I was already a huge Brendan Gleeson fan. I also really liked "Meadowlands" and thought Treadway was really good in it, but then I didn't see him again until this, and I think he's been incredible. Really looking forward to Season 2, which is now just a few days away.

It took me two tries to read The Shinning. First time i dnt think i got passed the second chapter. But im glad i tried a second time great book.The dead zone and Firestarter are pretty good books too.

A lot of authors hate him.

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The first book I read was Salem's Lot in the mid 70s. A Vampire story set in modern times????
This was new to me. I'd been brought up on Dracula..... of course, I did watch Dark Shadows as a teen. That was modern times... sometimes.(if you have never seen the soap, they use to go back in time and then come back to the present. very confusing, unless you watched it regularly) I digress!
It wasn't just the fact that this was a Vampire story set in modern times. It was the style in which he wrote it. You could relate to all of the characters in the story. They were all the sort of people you could actually know. Even their thoughts were familiar. You could relate to them. These people were real everyday folks. I'd read plenty of books, but I had never come across anyone who wrote like that. I gave it to my room mate. I insisted!
A few weeks later, she dragged me out to the theater to see a movie. I'd been feeling down about this guy I'd been seeing... I digress...
My room mate assured me that I'd like this movie. The story was written by the same guy who wrote Salem's Lot. This movie was called CARRIE!
After that? I was hooked. The Shining was the next book I read. The Stand was long, but once I was into it I had a hard time putting it down.
It is another favorite. It's funny. There are only a few that I don't care for, but for the most part, I enjoy his books. I especially enjoy the short stories, but the TOMES are great too. I use to say that The Stand is my favorite King novel. Now? It's 11.22.63. I recommend it!
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I've read all his earlier stuff with the exception of the Dark Towers series. I think The Dark Half and Needful Things are my two favourite stories of his, he seems to have peaked there to my mind. I couldn't finish Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne made up for that though but I thought that Insomnia and Rose Madder were trite and I stopped reading him then.

I've been recommended Duma Key but haven't got around to it yet, judging from his other works from around that time I'm tentative as to getting to it.

Good entry level author though, he inspired lots of people to read during the time when MTV was taking hold and that's a great thing.

Him and Koontz kept a younger me very happy reading at night.

I have about 10 Stephen King books and I have tried to read about 5 of them but have never managed to finish one.

I read Salem's Lot and Carrie when they were released back in the Seventies and it was obvious that Mr. King was going to be around for a while. I can only imagine how gleeful his publishers must have been. I do, however, suffer from this syndrome which makes it difficult for me read a novel after seeing a movie adaption, so I still haven't read The Shining, for example.

The Shining was great. I'd give it more of a chance.