Stephen King Book Rankings | Part I: 1974-1982

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Mike begins to rank the works of his favorite author, Stephen King, beginning with his works from 1974 through 1982. This is a spoiler-free discussion.
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0:00 Introduction & Tier Explanation
3:48 Ranking 1974-1982
21:38 Final Thoughts
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@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Hey Bookworms! Yes, for those who saw it before I editied it out, I almost broke one of the Content Creator Overlords rules and mentioned The Virus That Shall Not Be Named and I just laughed and forgot to edit out the 3-4 seconds while I collected my thoughts. Maybe I should make a blooper reel for the end of the year. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

@candacesalmond951 2 года назад

YES a blooper reel please LOL

@kathykathyish 2 года назад

You are my hero, Mike, and I’m a 75 year old woman!!!! Stephen King is my favorite author like you. Your rankings were totally on target. I watch all of your videos, and have learned a lot about fantasy, which is my new genre. Keep ‘‘em” coming! Regarding SALEM’s Lot I have a story. I was a young married woman in my early twenties and my mother in law told me about a book she was reading by an author named “King” that was so scary that she wore her rosary beads around her neck while reading! Of course, it was Salem’s Lot and I’ve been reading “King” ever since!

@divad44 2 года назад

Great story Kathy!

@PhreakPhantom 2 года назад

I finally read Pet Sematery and my heart is shattered, that's real horror.

@markymarkeaton 2 года назад

One of his best for sure! Haven’t been able to reread it since I read it

@PhreakPhantom 2 года назад

@@markymarkeaton I am a father, so yeah I don't think I will ever have the mindset to read this again. This line will stay with me forever: "his grief came for him fully... It came and dissolved him, unmanned him and took away whatever defenses remained."

@stacyb7623 2 года назад

Best of king’s book I have read

@peglamphier4745 Год назад

RIght? I re-read King all the time, but I can NOT re-read Pet Sematery. It's too hard, to awful, too, too much.

@thatfuzzypotato1877 Год назад

This is a story I need to "nope" out of. I know it would be horrible for my headspace.

@divad44 2 года назад

OMFG YESSSSSSS JUST WHAT I WANTED. Can’t wait to see how you feel about all the other decades of his works. Thanks for uploading!

@Jessica-us3gh 2 года назад

I went to Goodwill a couple weeks ago and found a ton of well loved Stephen King novels. I grabbed each and every one.

@bookscoffeeandadhd 8 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏

@angelaholmes8888 2 года назад

Salem's lot is definitely a great vampire book 😊🧛‍♀️🧛‍♂️

@Book_Grams 2 года назад

So glad you did this, Mike! Excited to see the rest of the videos!

@nightmarishcompositions4536 2 года назад

Stephen King’s early horror was on a whole different level. Not just from a scare factor standpoint, but because of how emotional and human his stories and characters are. Love them.

@lizrsreadingcorner4361 2 года назад

I loved the tier list. For me The Dead Zone is one of my first Stephen King books. I heard it in audiobook format and I enjoyed it a lot. It had of course the psycho killer part I was looking for and the political aspect was just gold.

@simonedwards9450 2 года назад

Carrie, salems lot, the shining are the greatest debut trilogy in history. Never get tired of reading those three

@cipriansirbu3699 2 года назад

Yess,please continue with these tier-lists,I love this video.Don't know why but I can watch two hours long videos about Stephen King without being bored.😅Only read Carrie,Salem'S Lot and The Shining and I loved all three.

@divad44 2 года назад

Keep reading him! None of those are even in my top 10! He has so many good books

@alistaircarrigan6206 Год назад

yeah same, i’ve only read the shining and i’m almost finished per semetary but i love watching videos about king and i’ve already bought myself salem’s lot and his new one fairy tale and honestly i’m so excited to read them

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 2 года назад

This is a massive endeavor, Mike, so thank you for providing this content for us. I've got a lot of catching up to do in order to attain the status of a Constant Reader!

@afeeser 2 года назад

I would definitely put The Shining higher than Salem's Lot. I just recently read The Shining and found it extremely disturbing, particularly the thoughts of Jack Torrence.

@vicdelta31415 2 года назад

I have started reading Stephen King with the Bachman books and the more someone rates it lower than other King books the more excited I get for the rest of the journey.

@JaimeEnFuego 2 года назад

Rad status distinction with the 'Tiers' man. Props for going beyond the letters and stoked you implemented the Bachman stuff here. Your King perspective legit inspires and makes me reposition my own. Only alter take is that I adore ROADWORK, although it is very much a bummer of a tale. Super Bach in it's hopelessness.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

When I put Roadwork there I said “Jaime won’t like this” ha ha

@genghisgalahad8465 7 месяцев назад

My favorite glimpse is your mug "M-O-O-N. That spells coffee..." 😆 ☕️ 🌕

@anna_rn 2 года назад

Omg! Loved it!!! 😂 loved the ranking. I would’ve moved the shining up to Ka but I haven’t read all of SK’s novels to do a fair comparison. This is a great way to prioritize your SK TBR.

@stevendevlin5204 2 года назад

Can't wait for this! Can never have enough King content and you always have great insight that comes from a place of love 🙌

@molol44 2 года назад

I've always loved Kings Richard Bachman books. Most have a grittiness and realism to them. Those are the books I think about the most from King. The Long Walk especially.

@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 2 года назад

Yes! The Long Walk and Running Man were my favs out of that collection.

@AnonymousAnonposter Год назад

I feel like they have that pulp vibe too. The Long Walk is personally my favorite. Just today I finished reading Thinner, for me the book is three stars and a half, while The Long Walk is five stars.

@JoyfulOrb 2 года назад

I subscribed as soon as you said picking a favorite book was like picking a favorite Beatles song! So happy to be here!

@sandragreen6346 2 года назад

I'm so glad you are doing this, always adore your King content. Please, please continue tier ranking all books together it will be so interesting to see where you rate each book against the others.

@gator7082 2 года назад

Cujo will always be my sentimental favorite as it was my first King novel. Very underrated.

@johanjoseph4802 2 года назад

Man... I already can't wait for the upcoming parts 💚

@johanjoseph4802 2 года назад

Hey Mike. I just realised you didn't count the first 2 novella collections. Needful things and Different Seasons.

@joeymarchesi 2 года назад

Thank you soo much for posting this finally Mike! Can’t wait for Part 2!

@nickfoster9350 2 года назад

Awesome list and video. Maybe you've done so already, but I think a video of top/best Stephen King villains would be a great companion to this series you're doing.

@robmoulton7207 2 года назад

Thank you so much for doing this! Keep up the good work! Can’t wait for all 5 ranking videos!

@QuirkyQuillify 2 года назад

I've never been a fan of tier lists, but thank you for making this!!! I can tell you put a lot of thought into it and the tier names themselves are delightful. I agree with almost all of your rankings.

@eamonndoohan8863 2 года назад

Thanks Mike for posting this. I’ve been a fan of Stephen king since I was a teenager. Think my favourite ones were written in the 80s late 70s. I was late in reading the dark tower series. Read it in the wrong order to begin with and missed books.Then at the beginning of last year I started to read the whole series from the gunslinger to the final dark tower book. Wow! What a journey. I just finished the last one 4 weeks ago. I’ve got my favourites. Your channel is great. You’ve got yourself another subscriber!

@brianl6151 2 года назад

Great video Mike as usual. I vote for continuing with adding to the current tier list as it would be a great way yo see you're overall list.

@bookmeridian 2 года назад

I feel like the tier list is perfect for the multiverse. Always love me some King content

@candacesalmond951 2 года назад

This is so encouraging! I just read Carrie earlier this year and it was my first King. I didn't know at the time that it was his first book so I decided to read them all in print order. BIG task but I am excited. Glad to see you give many of the first dozen such praise. Time to dive into Salem's Lot! Wish me luck. Also, if you could read a King novel again for the first time what would it be??

@Leaving_Hope 2 года назад

This is how I’d rank the ones I’ve read so far: 6. The Shining 5. Firestarter 4. The Long Walk 3. ‘Salem’s Lot 2. The Running Man 1. Rage

@raduprofeanu6891 2 года назад

cool video Mike, love to see the rest of the list since i am currently getting into Stephen King.

@ryanjennings2249 2 года назад

Dude, your videos just make me want to read more and more. Thanks for the great content!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Thanks so much! That makes me happy.

@holybaldness8047 2 года назад

I really love your shelves, how you place your books, your books and those Pops, the Mugs and the other keepsakes.........Oh this was a tier list thing...........Uhhhhhhh......Any thoughts on the Dark Tower series????

@Michael_L_Morrison 2 года назад

I won't include them all, but my Ka And Everything Else Row is, in this order: Salem's Lot, The Long Walk, The Stand. My Heart Burns There Too consists of The Gunslinger and The Shining, also in that order. Great stuff Mike! Your S.K. videos are still my favorites!!!

@Johanna_reads 2 года назад

Sounds like I’ll be enjoying my time reading Salem’s Lot! I finished (and loved) Wizard & Glass a few days ago and plan to read Salem’s Lot before continuing the Dark Tower series. Great idea to break these videos down by years!

@angelaholmes8888 2 года назад

I hope you will enjoy Salem's lot ☺️

@Johanna_reads 2 года назад

@@angelaholmes8888 Thanks! I'm excited hearing your praise for it too! 😊

@madisongoodyear5040 2 года назад

This is sooooo fun!

@Yamp44 2 года назад

Love this as a tier list. It's less dogmatic than a top 10. My personal S tier would be Gunslinger, The Long Walk, Salem's Lot and The Shinning.

@justinthyme2666 2 года назад

Awesome video. I started a new job with my company this past Monday and in the morning I'm closing on a house and moving all weekend. Couldn't focus on a book all week, but this was perfect for a little break. I like the tiers, also.

@BishopWalters12 2 года назад

It's really amazing that King didn't have one bad book in that era, The Stand would be the top of this list with Salems Lot and The Dead Zone rounding out the top 3. I would put Gunslinger at the bottom but still a good book.

@supernorry3847 2 года назад

i always love your Stephen King videos. I am looking forward to the next into the multiverse :D

@matthewmille 2 года назад

I stumbled on your channel due to my love of Stephen King. I have to tell you that I agree with virtually 100% of what you say about Stephen King’s books. The only disagreement I have is you rank the Dark Tower books much higher than I would. I sort of enjoyed The Gunslinger as an introduction. I liked The Drawing of the Three. I enjoyed The Wastelands up until the end, then I had to force my way through the rest of the series. Like you said in one of your videos, the ending of the last book turned me off of Stephen King completely. I avoided everything he wrote until I decided to see what he was going to do with the Kennedy assassination in 11-22-63 so I read it and lived it. Now I’m hooked again, going back and reading everything I missed previously. Keep up the great videos. I enjoy watching/listening since my friends don’t appreciate King like I do. It feels like I’m able to discuss his works by listening to you since you have about the same thoughts about his books as I do. Subscribed!

@scottferris2686 2 года назад

Great video! Loved it! Keep adding to the existing ranked list, really enjoyed it.

@anthonygrimes1075 2 года назад

Aewsome video idea! Salems lot is one of my favorites however I might be alone in not seeing where the "scary" is in those vampires, it came across as more emotionally scary to me.

@mikeprince6685 2 года назад

“Shitters” might be the best tier list option I’ve ever seen

@pokebros17 2 года назад

Love when you talk King brother. And ranking videos are always fun. Hope you're still enjoying what you're doing on here. You still have a consistent audience and we support ya. Don't break your back for this platform when it doesn't support creators like it should. But know people are watching and still care.

@marco.savini.128 2 года назад

What you said about The Stand's lenght is completely true, when i read "It" i knew it was gonna take a long time, so i didn't force myself to read it, i went slow, i read other things in between, I'm a fast reader but i still took a whole month to read it, i didn't try to cram it in a week just to say i finished it

@iWizard 2 года назад

This is absolutely great! Thanks man!!

@kabiansadi 2 года назад

I could tier rank this video on Ka, and Then Everything Else. Amazing, cant wait for the next ones🔥

@cmmosher8035 2 года назад

I wish i had read The Shining before seeing the movie because for personal reasons the movie resonates with me in a way that the book just couldn't live up. On the other hand Salems Lot is up there with I am Legend for vampire books and it also introduced me to Shirley Jackson who is another of my top tier authors.

@yelisieimurai 9 месяцев назад

I loved the shining movie, and disliked the book unfortunately:(

@tojorozombie 3 месяца назад

Really dug the chronological approach! Great stuff, thanks!👍😎

@brittanyhager8027 2 года назад

I cant wait to see the rest ranked! Awesome video

@sunshine_tidings6983 2 года назад

Love your videos, love the way you say Stephen Keeeng, and can’t wait to watch the rest!

@katelynbaker6832 2 года назад

Always here for Stephen King content 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@benjaminhostetler3467 2 года назад

This is great! Thanks for doing this video. Will definitely need to update my Goodreads list

@timkirsten6184 2 года назад

Great vid! Would you consider also doing a tier list of the short story and novella collections? Maybe after you've done the novels as it's hard to directly compare the formats. I'd love to know your thoughts on the collections beyond Different Seasons

@bridleybateson5622 2 года назад

Great idea for a video Mike. I've only read the Dark Tower Series and a couple of others by King, so it's good to know where to look next.

@mustardtiger9875 2 года назад

Great video, Mike! This is very helpful!

@tylerpeck9754 2 года назад

I recently did a twitch stream where i talked about my fave short stories from each collection book. it was a lot of fun. I was debating doing a ranking video from each decade where i roll a dice to determine the book's initial seeding like a ncaa bracket and then I pick my faves and have an overall winner, if that makes sense.

@tnagel88 2 года назад

Excited to see a return to King content. I rank the cut and uncut versions of The Stand differently. IMO, King cut the wrong parts when he abridged it. There are things in the uncut version I would cut, but my favorite parts are omitted in the cut version, so I rank the cut version very low. Also, I think the story has some flaws anyway, so I don't rank it nearly as highly as you have (I know, that's an unpopular opinion!). Like you, I also rank The Gunslinger very high (probably just slightly higher than where you have it). I first read that book when I was 16 or 17, and the end melted my brain. I love the rest of the Dark Tower, and I think there are better books than The Gunslinger in the series, but, in some ways, I don't think the rest of the series ever paid off the promise of the end of The Gunslinger (don't get me wrong, I understand the problems people have with the end of the series, and I agree in some cases, but I still love the whole series...but, man, I love when King goes all metaphysical...it's one of the reasons I love IT). Excited to see the rest of these videos.

@gustophercokchammer4575 2 года назад

I just picked up the long walk today, can't wait to read it after I finish Fairy Tale. Your praise of it made my mind up, before seeing it at the bookstore today I had never heard of it. It sounded interesting to me because I thought that the characters must be amazing given the plot and my trust in Stephen. Thanks for taking the time and sharing your experience with Stephens novels. I'm subscribed now after finding your channel with this video and look forward to more.

@eliasisthegreatest 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! I’ve been trying to figure out what Stephen King to read next. Looks like I’m going to be checking out the long walk.

@VenusEscapesToRead 2 года назад

This is awesome! Thank you!!! Looking forward to the rest!!

@bradleynoell6178 2 года назад

I love your King content! Salem's Lot is not just my favorite Stephen King book but one of my favorite books period.

@dkropelnicki9819 2 года назад

I really enjoyed Roadwork. Probably because I work for a highway department, haha. Also loved the ending of The Running Man. Read it over 7 years ago, I still remember it.

@jzerfass04 2 года назад

Thanks for uploading this. Was a fun watch 🙏🏻

@nathantowns2043 2 года назад

The foreshadowing in The Gunslinger (the use of 19, the entire 2nd paragraph of that first page) was only in the revised version. King had no idea of any of that when he originally wrote the novel.

@Europa1749 2 года назад

Favorite SK book is the unabridged "The Stand" which I read in pocketbook format. Second favorite is "11/22/63 listened to on audiobook....loved it. I have never read "It."

@thewickerman4083 2 года назад

Very interesting Mike. Looking forward to part 2.

@Fakespy 2 года назад

Loved the video, Mike! I hope you continue!

@jean-philippelavoie7138 2 года назад

Great idea! I love the way you do it. And keep those on for next time. I am just starting reading Mr. King in publication order. Just finished Carrie. I am giving myself a decade lol

@timmeyer9191 2 года назад

I like this tier list format. Really cool.

@jeffhaubrich6121 2 года назад

We are aligned, I probably would rate The Gunslinger higher as it blew my mind when I read it as a teenager. Please keep going with this, you are helping me rate my collection!

@peglamphier4745 Год назад

Thank you for the work you've done on this. It's delightful. I teach a horror class at a CA university and have my students watch CARRIE (as a pair with ROsemary's Baby for gynecological horror), then encourage the kids that liked it to read it. And some do.... which is pretty cool.

@NamasteBbooktube 2 года назад

Loved the tier list, please continue, adding to this list 😀 very interested to see how rank all books from Carrie to Billy Summers 😀😀

@irishknight6893 2 года назад

Yes!!!! More Stephen King content!!! :) love it!! Just started The Stand last night, it’s already good, I have started a JOURNEY!

@jimmyallen8210 2 года назад

Keep going! Awesome stuff!!

@stephenoakley7410 2 года назад

Love the Stephen King content on your channel! I know you're pacing yourself with the into the multiverse, but can't wait for more!!!

@_Intheworks_ Месяц назад

As somebody who’s favorite King book is the Long Walk, it’s nice to see someone else who appreciates this amazingly sad book.

@brandongibson3907 2 года назад

Clever way to do a tier list. My favorite King book so far is The Stand.

@doug8407 2 года назад

I have to put The Shining at the top of the list, personally. I can't resist horror stories where the horror element springs from the psychology of the characters, and The Shining is that to a T. The way the hotel slowly, but surely stokes Jack Torrance's repressed anger until he totally succumbs to it. Too good! King's depiction of Jack's repression and how we are progressively given deeper looks underneath it as the novel progresses is just masterful. And then you start to second guess many of his other memories and what his mind is hiding from itself (especially the "car accident"). Oh man, such a great character and book.

@EndlessLaymon 2 года назад

Brilliant video Mike.

@Ulmo90 2 года назад

Only read Carrie of these books, but I'm definitely interested im checking out some of these soon

@marcusmusings 2 года назад

this is great. For me, I really enjoyed Roadwork, and I liked Running Man slightly more than Long Walk. I didn't like that King seemed to just end the book without any real conclusion. I need to give Salem's Lot a reread. I thought it was fine after my initial read, but nothing earth shattering

@Leroy510 2 года назад

I've read most of these, except the Long Walk... looks like I need to add that to the tbr!

@MythicalP 2 года назад

AMAZING! Thank you Mike!!!!

@timkirsten6184 2 года назад

Excited to watch this one. Love your King content Mike!

@pinkbunnyreads 2 года назад

Yaay! Stephen King ! Awesome video. Can't wait for the next one.

@tank6994 2 года назад

Thank you for the ranking. I like where IT is going.👍

@loudoesreviews 2 года назад

Love your Tier List categories - especially Dirty Birdy. We're pretty simpatico on these rankings. The only change I would make is to put The Shining up into the top category.

@JuanMartinez-ib7mz 2 года назад

About Carrie, it's kind of a myth bc Tabitha only saved the first pages of a manuscript, not the whole thing, and then helped him with the "Teen Stuff" that Stephen had no clue about. Now the tier, this would be mine... Ka: Salem's Lot, The Stand, The Long Walk, The Gunslinger My Heart Burns There Too: The Shining, Cujo, Running Man You've got the Shine: Carrie, The Dead Zone Dirty Baby: Shitters: Rage Haven't read yet: Firestarter, Roadwork

@nohemiperez912 2 года назад

Man, I have to put The Gunslinger up there with The Stand. No doubt. I can't wait for the rest of the videos in this series!

@angelaholmes8888 2 года назад

The stand uncut version is one of my favorite Stephen king book I absolutely enjoyed the reboot miniseries of the stand king did a great job writing the last episode in the miniseries 🌟😊

@benjamincrowhurst5998 2 года назад

That last episode was such a beautiful epilogue

@angelaholmes8888 2 года назад

@@benjamincrowhurst5998 yes it was 🙂

@alynam82 2 года назад

Fantastic video! I'm pretty on par with everything you have here. My only adjustments (and it's just me) I'd have bumped Salems' Lot and The Gunslinger down a peg. Maybe I need to re-read them for a fresher perspective 🤔 but I remember reading Salems Lot later in life, after already consuming many King's works. And it just didn't strike me as much as I had hoped. Same even went with Gunslinger. I read that in High School, and again in 2016, so now that I know my reading tastes have definitely matured over the last five years, I think a re-read sounds tempting

@Silverfoxxx80 2 года назад

Nice vid, looking forward to see how you rank the rest of his work. I do feel you missed one of his greatest books though, the short story collection NIGHT SHIFT, that one absolutely smokes. But I get that you're only focusing on his longer works. I'm doing a very slow reread of his stuff myself. I'm only up to The Shining so it's gonna be a long ride. The last "recent" book of his I actually read though was CELL when it released, so I have a lot of catching up to do whenever I get there.

@Felipexingu 2 года назад

Cool video Mike, keep going!

@richardcozad1166 2 года назад

Love the rankings Mike. The only book I disagree with you on is Rage. When it came out in The Bachman Books in the 80’s, I was roughly the same age as Charlie Decker. I identified with Decker in many ways. He obviously had issues that no one was equipped to help him with. At times funny, and mostly tragic. To me, Charlie Decker was the teenage Anti Hero of the 80’s.