Rolling Stone's Top 10 King Novels
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In the whole, I really have no disagreements with the books listed. They are all great. I wouldn't rank them in just the same order (as far as the ones ranked lower), but no real arguments with the selections.
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I think Insomnia should have been on the list 
I think the list is a good one, albeit very predictable.
I would love to see people's top ten lists in this thread (simply because I love lists. Ha!) We could compare them to the Rolling Stone list.
Mine would be (at the moment)--
10. Doctor Sleep
9. Joyland
8. IT
7. The Long Walk
6. Dolores Claiborne
5. 11/22/63
4. Misery
3. Needful Things
2. The Shining
1. The Stand
I would love to see people's top ten lists in this thread
(simply because I love lists. Ha!) We could compare them to the Rolling Stone list. Mine would be (at the moment)--
10. Doctor Sleep
9. Joyland
8. IT
7. The Long Walk
6. Dolores Claiborne
5. 11/22/63
4. Misery
3. Needful Things
2. The Shining
1. The Stand
Mr. King stated in the RS interview once again his favorite creation is Lisey's Story; it is interesting that it did not make the RS list.
I love that he hates Hemingway, me too, me too! Just so you know, Mr. King, Tom Clancy is a asshat snob.
I love that he hates Hemingway, me too, me too! Just so you know, Mr. King, Tom Clancy is a asshat snob.
No particular order:
1) The Stand
2) Wizard and Glass
3) IT
4) Lisey's Story
5) The Talisman
6) Salem's Lot
7) Danse Macabre (I know, I know. Not a novel. But I've read it SO many times...)
8) The Dead Zone
9) Different Seasons
10) Dolores Claiborne
If I can't have Danse Macabre, I suppose I'd have to go with The Shining.
1) The Stand
2) Wizard and Glass
3) IT
4) Lisey's Story
5) The Talisman
6) Salem's Lot
7) Danse Macabre (I know, I know. Not a novel. But I've read it SO many times...)
8) The Dead Zone
9) Different Seasons
10) Dolores Claiborne
If I can't have Danse Macabre, I suppose I'd have to go with The Shining.
It would take me too long to figure out a top ten, and I would keep changing the order as my moods make some books more important than others at a givien time, but I like the lists so far.
Did anyone else notice in the article's review of Salem's Lot, they say a "High School teacher and his young girl friend decide to fight back"? Ben Mears was a novelist.
Did anyone else notice in the article's review of Salem's Lot, they say a "High School teacher and his young girl friend decide to fight back"? Ben Mears was a novelist.
The article did not specify novel/not novel; Danse Macabre is one of my favorites too, it's a legit entry far as I am concerned.
Agree with above that it's too hard to pick a Top 10 but I'm going to try anyway 
Personal faves......(yes, shorts count!)
1) IT
2)Skeleton Crew
3)11/22/63
4)Cell
5)Pet Sematary
6)Misery
7)Cujo
8)Needful Things
9)Night Shift
10)The Long Walk
I'm sweating now, that WAS hard!
Personal faves......(yes, shorts count!)1) IT
2)Skeleton Crew
3)11/22/63
4)Cell
5)Pet Sematary
6)Misery
7)Cujo
8)Needful Things
9)Night Shift
10)The Long Walk
I'm sweating now, that WAS hard!
In general i thought it was a good list but my list would be:
1, IT (of course, i'm tempted to add. Recently bought a new ex since the one i had was falling apart)
2. The Stand
3. 11.22.63
4. Pet Semetary
5. Different Seasons
6. Misery
7. The Green Mile
8. Full dark, No Stars
9. Salems Lot
10. The Shining
(that was difficult...)
1, IT (of course, i'm tempted to add. Recently bought a new ex since the one i had was falling apart)
2. The Stand
3. 11.22.63
4. Pet Semetary
5. Different Seasons
6. Misery
7. The Green Mile
8. Full dark, No Stars
9. Salems Lot
10. The Shining
(that was difficult...)
I wanted to include 'Salem's Lot in my list but it feels so dated in ways his other novels don't.
To be completely honest, I think, as time goes on, "It" is turning out to be the more compelling novel when it is compared to "The Stand." One of the reasons for that, I think, is because of the way it deals with cosmology. And I would have had "Thinner" somewhere on the list.
I think "Lot" is dated, but for me, that's part of its charm. It's one of those books that is helpful in documenting the times through fiction.
...no, and you can't make me....
...he is also dead, thereby making him a deceased asshat snob....
Unfortunately, I can't really agree all that much with that list. This top ten actually included some of my least favorite novels (Misery, Shawshank, Deadzone.) I also think that "Wizard and Glass" is ahead of only "Wolves of the Calla" in terms of favorite Dark Tower Novels.
Some notable exclusions in my opinion are,
Pet Sematary
Duma Key
Bag of Bones
On Writing
Some notable exclusions in my opinion are,
Pet Sematary
Duma Key
Bag of Bones
On Writing
I wanted to include 'Salem's Lot in my list but it feels so dated in ways his other novels don't.
Gotta disagree on that one. Small towns in the Northeast are not much different now than they were when the novel was written. Only thing missing are cell phones and the internet.
'Salems Lot is a classic example of the modern American Horror novel.
The list is OK. Typical Rolling Stone quasi-researched, lazy journalism. Stopped reading that magazine years ago once the number of advertisements began outweighing the journalistic content. Don't even get me started on their list of top guitarists or the rockstar treatment they gave the Boston Marathon Bomber.
Anyway, I felt the list was too focused on more recent material rather than the whole body of work. Pet Sematary absolutely should be on that list and The Drawing of The Three is a better pick than Wizard and Glass if you are looking for an entry from the Dark Tower series.
Anyway, I felt the list was too focused on more recent material rather than the whole body of work. Pet Sematary absolutely should be on that list and The Drawing of The Three is a better pick than Wizard and Glass if you are looking for an entry from the Dark Tower series.
Don't be so pithy........no, and you can't make me....
By the way, this is why I don't like the name of the Volkswagon Passat. It just sounds wrong....