# Stephen King books- fav. and least fav.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2000, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-books-fav-and-least-fav/41142 "2000-11-14T11:31:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-books-fav-and-least-fav/41142/101 "2000-12-17T20:24:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AndYrAStar \*  
> \*\*I liked books that creep you out, like… hmm. I don’t know, I like creepy things that make you think instead of icky, scary, gorey things. Any suggestions? \*\*

Have you seen the Scariest/Creepiest Book thread, or whatever its called? That is a good start.

Apt Pupil is an SK novella, part of the book Different Seasons. People, or from what I have heard, seem to dislike it in favor of another novella in that same book, The Body. I think Apt Pupil is more of a thinker, though there is some gore. (Much less than in his other books though.) I personally found it very good. Please tell me you haven’t ruined it for yourself and seen the movie?

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**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-books-fav-and-least-fav/41142/102 "2000-12-17T21:05:39Z")

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OK…good ones…

Misery - first book of his I ever read. Scariest, too.  
The Stand  
The Waste Lands  
IT  
and, I rather like Danse Macabre, too, even if it is nonfiction

Bad ones…

Needful Things - blew goats. I have proof.  
Tommyknockers could have been better. Maybe.

Everything else, I thought was pretty good. Certainly better than most of the other literary options presented.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-books-fav-and-least-fav/41142/103 "2000-12-19T01:07:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \*  
> **Needful Things - blew goats. I have proof.**

Proof? PROOF? Actual factual proof? Golly gee…I’d like to see.

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