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Hey Booktube, let's talk about Stephen King! Starting with the unofficial top 10 most popular/best books by him then let's see which books I also think are his best... then feel free the give me recommendations as I still have some of his books on my shelf (like On Writing) that I'll probably try too!
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
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@BookswithEmilyFox 11 часов назад

Posting this video as I’m doing my colonoscopy prep is just… 💅✨

@MichelleP-t7o 11 часов назад

@@BookswithEmilyFox good luck ,good thoughts and good vibes

@janeb9698 11 часов назад

LOL, you’ll associate Stephen King with that from now on! Which is pretty much the perfect pairing in my opinion because I’m not at all a fan. I liked Salem’s Lot and his non fiction book Danse Macabre. I thought Carrie, Pet Sematary, and The Dead Zone were decent. The other ten or so that I’ve read (including It, The Stand, The Gunslinger, Cujo, and Firestarter), ugh, no. I’ve also listened to too many interviews with him (like 4 or 5). When he started talking about being afraid he’d hurt his daughter - in a way that made me think he was kind of proud of it - that was the end for me.

@AlexOnEarth777 9 часов назад

Hope it goes well and you get some nice snacks after!!

@martinelanglois3158 7 часов назад

Good luck!

@quinncrochet19 6 часов назад

I hope they are letting you do the Gatorade/miralax prep! Good luck!

@christinedugas3089 12 часов назад

"It was a sad day to be literate." 😆🤣

@RossHomsonTube 12 часов назад

11.22.63 is fantastic. You should definitely give it a read

@bookmarcreads 7 часов назад

Yeah, definitely please make this into a series with other authors. 👍🏽📚

@kay1133 5 часов назад

I'm reading Misery right now! I'm about halfway through and really enjoy it so far.

@wisewise1628 Час назад

You should read Misery and On Writing, I read them last year and they are great. I´m planning to pick up Under the Dome.

@Lizi.Bits.75 9 часов назад

"Eyes of the Dragon" is the only Stephen King book I kept once I'd read it. It's High Fantasy and was written because his daughter didn't want to read any of his gruesome books. It does still have plenty of spooky horror going on, an excellent villain, and I really enjoyed the family dynamics. Only about 400 pages and I LOVE the ending.

@tillmanntornado6372 Час назад

Thanks for the reviews! I also recommend „Duma Key“. I liked it very much. I loved the description of how the main character discovered his art-painting skills and how the paintings relate to the mystery of Duma Key. And the ending had some magical vibe to it and reminded me of movies from Hayao Miyazaki (a little bit). It is pretty long though and most of the time it’s more atmosphere and less plot. But no critical scenes like you mentioned from „IT“ or „Shining“, to my recollection at least. I like the author despite of these, but I could very much not have them in his books. I‘m with you there.

@christinemartin8549 4 часа назад

I agree with pretty much everything. IT was amazing except for "that" seen. They dealt with it much better in the film.. The end was ridiculous. I loved the Bill Hodges trilogy, especially the last book. I was going to recommend it. Holly is one of my favorite characters of any writer. The Outsider is probably my favorite of all his books. It is more of an X-Files story. Loved it, and the HBO show. Holly is in it. I also remember loving The Langoliers. It is one of the stories in Four Past Midnight. Later was also really good. It is shorter. I got the audio from Libby. Great way to get it. Fun and short.

@sumedhareads 10 часов назад

omg, i might be the only one who has never read him but I really want to start reading him. thanks for recs

@danielpayne824 56 минут назад

excellent top ten Emily, perhaps a new series where you explore your favourite writers. next one to do maybe Octavia e butler. also what would you recommend as a first Stephen king to read. thanks

@spcyfic68 3 часа назад

I haven’t read a lot of King’s books yet, but Pet Cemetery is my very favorite. I ADORED it, one of my favorite books ever and also a book that impacted me as a reader. Great depiction of grief. I also really enjoyed The Shinning : I get why it would be triggering or too much for some people (some parts were definitely hard to read) but I loved the way he writes about the main character being the horrific element. Next favorite has to be Salem’s lot. So good, so creepy, small town vibes. I plan on reading The Stand but I’m not really into post-apocalyptic 😬 Misery will be my next read (probably).

@Hungarycloud 2 часа назад

Best Stephen King I've read: -IT -Pet Semetary -Under the Dome Worst: -Cell -Christine Middling: -The Stand (but the first half is SO good) -Carrie -11/22/63

@LivOT Час назад

I did the same with End of Watch! Didn’t know it was a trilogy and I really enjoyed that last book. I think enough context was given in the book to know what had happened in the first 2.

@rhondasruminationsonreading Час назад

The only Stephen King I've ever read was "On Writing" because I'm not a big horror reader, but I am a writer lol. It was really good (although it's been over 10 years since I read it).

@spcyfic68 3 часа назад

I haven’t read a lot of King’s books yet, but Pet Sematary is my very favorite. I ADORED it, one of my favorite books ever and also a book that impacted me as a reader. Great depiction of grief. I also really enjoyed The Shinning : I get why it would be triggering or too much for some people (some parts were definitely hard to read) but I loved the way he writes about the main character being the horrific element. Next favorite has to be Salem’s lot. So good, so creepy, small town vibes. I plan on reading The Stand but I’m not really into post-apocalyptic 😬 Misery will be my next read (probably).

@chiming_ 5 часов назад

You would probably like Dolores Claiborne, which I really really liked. Also The Green Mile and Misery. Both were great. Watched the movies first which were fantastic but I was still hooked and fully invested when reading the books subsequently.

@tiffanythomas1966 9 часов назад

Loved The Green Mile. Book so much better than movie.

@joyceredman2136 11 часов назад

I thought that one of the best books by Stephen King was The Dead Zone, about this teacher who awakens from a coma after 5 years and he has special abilities that alarm him. It is one of King's older books (1979) but it was one that I remember as being very good. Christopher Walken plays this guy in the original film version with Martin Sheen as the evil presidential candidate. The dead zones are parts of his brain that do not work but he gets these "gifts" that replace them which disturb him too.

@TxMonaLisa 10 часов назад

The Mr. Mercedes series was really good overall. You might want to consider going back to read the first two. And the latest, Holly, is an offshoot of that series.

@maggiedeleon6678 11 часов назад

Misery is so so good! It packs so much for its size and the limited location and cast of characters it’s really what amazed me! I was entertained the whole time!

@monikakajosz3233 3 часа назад

Dolores is fantastic! Joyland is worth reading, such a nostalgic book.

@matthampton8692 10 часов назад

You have to read Misery my favourite King book and film is just as good. Carrie is worth a read but the film (original) is better.

@kristinmistretta2200 10 часов назад

Currently reading Pet Sematary. 😮 great timing

@quinncrochet19 6 часов назад

I just finished it and really enjoyed it 🎉

@shaynacorrell 3 часа назад

Hi. I'm taking part in a friend's reading challenge (HRCYED - Hardest Reading Challenge You'll ever Do), and one of the prompts is to read a book in the top 10 of the year you were born. I'm ancient, so that book is Stephen King's It. I LOVE the 1990 IT TV series, that was phenomenal, and I have seen it multiple times. I watched the newer movie versions of IT Chapters I and II... they were good, but not as good as the 1990 version. As for The Shining... I read it over 2 months. This was a VERY difficult book for me to get through, because of Jack's acholism, and his descent into his former self. I LOVED the movie (I couldn't stand the actress's portrayal of Wendy, but I didn't mind her in the book as much). Doctor Sleep is the sequel, and it was my first attempt at reading Stephen King. I put it down very quickly, because his descriptions of the bathtub lady... No. The movie was pretty good, but if you couldn't complete The Shining book, I wouldn't watch Doctor Sleep, there's a lot of violence, a lot. I hope you will give The Shining movie a try, because the vibes in it are very different than the book. I watched The Shining TV series as a kid, but I need to rewatch it, there were some differences, but I'm fuzzy on most, except the ending with the kid at his graduation, that was a good scene. Okay, last one. Christine (my Mom's name, actually, but she goes by Tina) has been on my radar for forever. I have never seen the full movie, only about 1/2-2/3 of it. I started the book, but some of it was in 1st person (I don't like reading from the character's POV, I like being told a story), so I put it down. I've matured a bit since then, so I do plan to read it.

@AlexOnEarth777 11 часов назад

The WHAT in the sewer????? Was not prepared for you to say that lol

@Rainbopagn 10 часов назад

😂😂 the original move replaces that with the inhaler but that scene is the pact that they make. I haven’t seen the new duology yet to know if they kept it in

@AlexOnEarth777 9 часов назад

@@Rainbopagn Genuinely the most terrifying thing I've heard in a while lol

@kotokoo 11 часов назад

I prefer the 90s mini TV series of The stand over the book. Misery is one of my faves. Carry has a very strong religious component. I love Pet Sematary. I have one of the first translations to Spanish of The gunslinger, and it's very confusing, but it intrigued me enough to continuing reading, some scenes really don't like them (mostly Susanne scenes) but read all the eight books and I hate the ending (mostly the last 150 pages). I cannot get over King self insert in the fifth book. Salem's lot is interesting, and one of the characters has a little cameo in the dark tower. The green mile was one of my favorites movies as teenager but I didn't read the bood for the same reason. I have to pause and look for Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption because the translation (book and film were translated as Life sentence) it's completly different, I like so much the film. Cujo is great. I always remember that King likes how we pronunce the j because it's the correct pronunciation of Cujo no with the english j. On writing it's interesting. Under the dome is unnecesarily long. Needful things is great if you aren't afraid of spiders, not like me. The film of Dolores Clairbone is great. Christine better than Buick 8.

@torch_c 29 минут назад

I avoided Under the Dome for ages because of the ending. Turns out the book was great and I loved the ending. So if you are on the fence, I would say go for it.

@alexromanov5054 7 часов назад

11/22/63 is a chunky book, but it's so so easy to read, at least in my opinion. Definitely recommend!

@zachreads 10 часов назад

As someone who's read every SK book, here's my opinions. -The Shining... ya Jack isn't the good guy, Wendy Danny and Mr Hallerand are. -IT... i like it but ignore the ending bc even if it wasn't gross it's still dumb. -The Stand... read it 20 years and thought it was fine but sont remember much tbh. -Misery... I think it's worth it, but it has so.e things that will bother you. You did hav a french copy lol. -Carrie... good but has issues, keep in mind it's his first book and it's 51 years old. -Pet Sematary... imo his best! -11-22-63... I thought it was fine but tedious and mostly boring (unpopular opinion). -The Gunslinger... my hottest take DARK TOWER SUCKS!, and being told to try Dark Tower first was in my opinion the worst possible advice you could have gotten. -Salems Lot... it's a good one but not quite a personal fav. -the Green mile... very good! It's like Shawshank where the book and movie are very good. Apt pupil, Sleeping Beauties, Elevation, the Institute, are the ones that I remember that you've read and I didn't like that weren't mentioned above. A lot of ppl love it but imo Under the Dome is his worst ending😊

@tiffanyhempstead6581 7 часов назад

I loved The Dark Half!! Not sure that you'd like Gerald's Game though.

@PlugInKali 9 минут назад

The Shining movie is not from the point of view of Jack and you can't hear his inner monologue, so it might be better for you. As you may or may not already know, the movie changes many things from the book (specially the ending), but it's a classic for a reason and I still highly recommend it. The mini-series is... a mini-series. So you can't really compare both in terms of quality. It is however more faithful to the book, since Stephen King himself wrote the script. As for Doctor Sleep, again both the movie and book are great and the movie does a great job at honoring and blending both the original movie and the books.

@lisalantrip7509 7 часов назад

11/22/63 is so good. It's my favorite King. #2 for me is The Green Mile but yes it is heartbreaking. #3 is Pet Semetary. I think I've read 40 of his books.

@fatemakh96 12 часов назад

Was just about to search for a video on this!! Watched so many of his adaptations but never read his books! I love under the dome and haven which are based on his books loosely, was thinking of picking them up

@BookswithEmilyFox 11 часов назад

I might have to watch it so motivate me to try the book 😂

@Hungarycloud 2 часа назад

Under the Dome is really great. The ending is iffy, but to be expected from King.

@ashokthakor5141 9 часов назад

this format really suits me

@Angie-sg9oo 12 минут назад

Misery is theonly King book I enjoyed, so definitely worth a try

@nummy_nummers 4 часа назад

I'm another person who enjoyed The Eyes of the Dragon, it's so different to anything else of his that I've read!

@TMyers-rq9xs 11 часов назад

He is hit or miss with me too. You have 3 of my favorite books by him on that top 10 list: The Green Mile, Misery (it is worth it. I loved the audiobook, the narrator is so good), and 11/22/63 which is also one of my top books of all time. I think it is a perfect book. One where he didn't mess up the ending. I usually don't love time travel but I thought he did it perfectly. At the end of the day it's a lovely love story. I couldn't watch the series. I started but I didn't like the look of the world. It wasn't what I had pictured. The Stand I enjoyed a lot but towards the end the quality decreases. I don't like The Shining and It I only liked the first half. The end of It and yes that scene you mention. What the heck was he thinking? Carrie is fun. Short. I read it when I was a teen and enjoyed it. A small book I loved by him that I don't see mentioned much is The Girl who loved Tom Gordon. I think it is a great story. It's about a little girl lost in the woods and I was in there with her worried the whole time. Salem's Lot I loved the series when I was young but I think I read it when I was too old and after reading a lot of other vampire books. By then it felt like a copy which it isn't. The Green Mile is a good read even if you watched the movie. You get a lot more of the side characters and it made me care so much for the guy with the mouse. You know he is a killer but you really don't want him to die. Anyway, read 11/22/63 and The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, listen to Misery and yes read The Green Mile.

@shellykeyes8389 11 часов назад

I’ve read quite a few SK books; The Eyes of the Dragon was so different & I feel like it was a shorter book. I read it a long time ago but remember liking it. Can’t remember how it ended though 😅

@badfaith4u 2 часа назад

Pet Sematary is on my TBR list since it deals with grief. Please do this with other authors. Good luck with your colonoscopy.

@MichelleP-t7o 12 часов назад

Pet semetary has the best/scariest ending

@mkstarrr3981 12 часов назад

I have tried several Stephen King books, most I didn't finish or didn't like. My top 3 would be 11.22.63, Delores Clairborn, and MIsery

@BookswithEmilyFox 11 часов назад

Damn three I haven’t tried… I’ll have to!

@abbywonder3825 8 часов назад

I read Carrie and Dreamcatcher this month. Dreamcatcher could have been shorter. I thought Carrie was nicely done. One of his shorter books and I really connected with the characters. I’ve read several of his. Love Salem’s Lot and the Shining. It was good but a bit too long. Christine oddly gave me nightmares even though I didn’t find that one scary.

@g22hs 11 часов назад

I've heard incredible things about Billy Summers by Stephen King, surprised it's not in this video, I can't wait to check that one out.

@januaryinthechair 10 часов назад

I've been a fan for a couple of decades and part of that book almost put me off King completely.

@MlleSophietr 9 часов назад

Mr Mercedes is really a mystery were you follow Bill Hodge. It was ok, I don't love books where you follow the detective. The second book, you still follow Bill Hodge and his team (Holly), but there is a young boy added. This is my favorite Stephen King. Then you have the finally you already read. Over all it was pretty good. Not my favorite serie, but it was my first Stephen King and I enjoy my self.

@kermit3663 11 часов назад

Definitely read Misery.

@rezazarabi57 2 часа назад

I think misery is his best work, Carrie as also a great debut.

@MichelleP-t7o 12 часов назад

My top 10 king(not in any order) 1. The Stand 2. It 3. 11/22/63 4. Needful Things 5. Bag of Bones 6. Duma Key 7. The Long Walk 8. 'Salem's Lot 9. The Outsider 10. Fairy Tales Bonus: The Mist; Under the Dome; Carrie; Mr. Mercedes trilogy

@chaiiiins 11 часов назад

Needful Things is so underrated.

@angelashepherd4429 11 часов назад

11/22/63. My favorite ❤

@AnnaNicol-l8i 12 часов назад

I really like Salem’s lot

@artfuladjunct8224 9 часов назад

Yes. I thought it was one of the most perfectly crafted stories I have ever read. Cannot believe it was only his second book.

@dipakbhil4236 9 часов назад

you got a new sub!

@Rainbopagn 10 часов назад

His best work is Rose Red, a mini series he wrote regarding a haunted house and an obsessive professor, and I will never forgive the man for not turning that screen play into a book. It’s so damn good. IT and the Shining are definitely some of my favorites but yep they go bat shit insane at points! SPOILERS The Shining book is better than the movie. The book leaves ONLY Jack dead in the end and not him and Halloran. Which pisses me off every time I watch it!!

@martinelanglois3158 12 часов назад

I have been waiting for this one for sooo long. 😃

@Rash23215 21 минуту назад

03:22 😂😂😂 lol....

@abookwormcalledisa 3 часа назад

This is proof I will watch and enjoy anything you upload because I really hate Stephen King's books 😅

@melissajackson4173 11 часов назад

You should read The Eyes of the Dragon. It’s fantasy.

@MichelleP-t7o 12 часов назад

11/22/63 is great. The ending may make you cry

@Savagehunter00 9 часов назад

really liked this video

@MichelleP-t7o 11 часов назад

I also recommend Joe Hill. Nos4a2 is really good

@muskaan3711 4 часа назад

I've only read Carrie and it was okay.

@oumaimasbooks 12 часов назад

I also picked up end of watch without knowing it's the last book of a trilogy😂 I found it at the bookstore and bought it without even knowing anything about it. Whenever they would mention something that I don't know I thought it's because the book is in French and my French is getting rusty hahah

@BookswithEmilyFox 11 часов назад

No way!! 😂

@Himanshu_boy1 9 часов назад

awesome video

@mighty_scrap 12 часов назад

I've challenged myself to read SK's books in order of publication a few months back. I thought how could I say i love books without having read them, right? You are totally right with the hit or miss statement. I found his writing style (in his older books) misogynistic, racist & homophobic. Those would never be published as is nowadays. My favorite was The stand which is weird as I was so intimidated at first... That's a thick boiii. I hated Salem's lot & DnF the long walk which bored me to sleep. My next read should be The dead zone but I stopped for some palet cleansers. J'ai adoré ce vidéo! 😊

@brielambley3466 11 часов назад

Delores Claiborne is good both the book and the movie starring Kathy Bates.

@sofie1109sofie2 Час назад

I think Misery is very good. I read it in the summer but it has good winter vibes. It's really claustrophobic and filled with anxiety around what the woman is going to do next and you feel the authors anxiety about how she will react to the things he writes and says. Carrie was SK's first published book I think, and I thought it was really boring and just kind of disgusting, especially the first scene in the school showers, which set a bad tone for the book for me. I thought it would be exciting with psychic powers and stuff, but I remember Carrie just seemed so ubearably slow and stupid, I didn't like her. 11.22.63 I think is my favorite SK book, and I read it when I was 18 and I'm from northern europe, so politics and the historical aspect didn't affect my enjoyment at all. It has really good vibes for the most part, and the main character even visits the town from IT and meets some of the children which was fun. I love this book and still think about it often 4 years later, and I successfully forced several people I know to read it and they liked it too. Extremely emotional ending

@edwardsjarje 6 часов назад

I’m just not a huge fan of Stephen King. Can’t quite put my finger on why, but I tend to avoid him. The only book I’d be interested in reading is The Green Mile. But not anytime soon.

@Beaureads24 11 часов назад

Gerald’s game is one of his creepier gross books. Fyi

@BookswithEmilyFox 11 часов назад

Yeah I’m not super sure I want to try it 😅

@kathleendudek2955 7 часов назад

I've never read any Stephen King.

@qtleaves6830 3 часа назад

noo please don't make me try to read him again😭😭 he's such a miss for me and my brain just can't accept the fact that i don't like him

@RahulKumar-ih9kz 9 часов назад

best!!!

@izzzzzzzzy19 7 часов назад

The sewer scene in IT is why I will never read Stephen King again 🙂

@JMST8245 10 часов назад

Je n'ai pas pu terminé Carrie... La manière que les femmes étaient décrites était un vrai turn off pour moi -__- Le film original était bien par contre!

@artfuladjunct8224 9 часов назад

The book was disappointing. I wouldn't even try it unless you are planning to read his entire oeuvre.

@panikiczcock2891 8 часов назад

I've watched plenty of King adaptations (Christine by John Carpenter is a fun less known one) but I've never read him. I think the fact I know so many spoilers stops me 🫢