Top 5 And Bottom 5 King Stories

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Pavlos Pan

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My best appreciated:

1. IT – Ruined clowns and Chinese food for me forever!
2. The Stand – “Come down and eat chicken with me beautiful. It's soooo dark” gave me both shivers and laughs!
3. 11/22/63 – Impeccable!
4. The Gunslinger – Hey Jude and magical fruit!
5. Desperation - the very first King novel I ever read - bought it at an airport to punish myself after fighting with a loved one, turned out to be one of my wisest decisions!

I probably would not reread:

1. Tommyknockers - a failed experiment IMHO
2. The Wolves of Calla - weakest DT book IMHO
3. The Regulators - not a Power Rangers fan
4. Dreamcatcher – over-sentimental or maybe I'm getting too jaded
5. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - a hit and a miss
 
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Kurben

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Top:
  1. The Stand
  2. The Dark Tower series (one book)
  3. It
  4. The Talisman
  5. The Green Mile
Bottom:
  1. The Tommyknockers
  2. Cell
  3. 'Salem's Lot (scared the snot out of me)
  4. Gerald's Game
  5. Thinner
These are subject to change for me, what are yours?
My choices would be:
Top
1. IT
2. The Stand
3. Misery
4. Under the Dome
5. The Green mile

Bottom:
1. Tommyknockers
2. Insomnia
3. Bag of bones
4. Rose madder
5. Dream catcher
 

AchtungBaby

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Yay, I love threads like this!

My list as of right now.....

Top 5:
1. The Stand
2. The Shining
3. Needful Things
4. 11/22/63
5. Dolores Claiborne / Revival / Misery

Bottom 5:
1. Cell
2. Firestarter
3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
4. Four Past Midnight (I liked "Secret Window, Secret Garden" but not the other stories.)
5. The Talisman
 

RandallFlagg19

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Top 5+5 (there are to many good ones, cant just have 5 favorites)

1. The Dark Tower series (all 7 books)
2. The Stand
3. Full Dark, No Stars
4. Different Seasons
5. Misery
6. Hearts in Atlantis
7. Bag of Bones
8. Gerald’s Game
9. The Regulators
10. The Long Walk

Bottom 5

1. Rose Madder
2. The Tommyknockers
3. From a Buick8
4. Cujo
5. Under The Dome (I Loved the first half, but then my interest in the story evaporated)
 
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AchtungBaby

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Top 5+5 (there are to many good ones, cant just have 5 favorites)

1. The Dark Tower series (all 7 books)
2. The Stand
3. Full Dark, No Stars
4. Different Seasons
5. Misery
6. Hearts in Atlantis
7. Bag of Bones
8. Gerald’s Game
9. The Regulators
10. The Long Walk

Bottom 5

1. Rose Madder
2. The Tommyknockers
3. From a Buick8
4. Cujo
5. Under The Dome (I Loved the first half, but then my interest in the story evaporated)
I love every book in your bottom five, and I didn't care for The Regulators - lol.
 

Kurben

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It is strange how you change your mind, isn't it? Today it is...
Top 5:
1. IT
2. The Stand
3. 11/22/63
4. The Green Mile
5. Salems lot

Bottom 5
1. Rose Madder
2. From a Buick 8
3. Dreamcatcher
4. Tommyknockers
5. Insomnia

The top 2 will probably stay in my top 5 for always but the rest can change depending on how i feel.
 

17021jude

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Top 5~

1. Rose Madder
2. Lisey's Story
3. Pet Semetary
4. It
5. D.T. Series

Bottom 5~

1. Mr. Mercedes
2. Desperation
3. Eyes of a Dragon
4. Duma Key
5. The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon

P.S. I hate putting down anything the S.K. writes as "bottom 5", makes me feel like S.K. should have a snarky comeback for me :near_tears:
 

misery chastain loves co.

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Top O' the Heap 5 as of this very moment and the mood that I am in....also in no particular order...
1. IT (this never changes)
2. Cell(seriously, am I the only person who liked this book??)
3. Bazaar of Bad Dreams (;;D just seeing if anyone is paying attention)
3. the real 3- Pet Sematary
4. Night Shift
5. Skeleton Crew
Honorable Mentions-Dark Tower-The Drawing of the Three
Creepshow

Bottom O' the Pile 5
1. Insomnia
2. Dreamcatcher
3. Joyland
4. From a Buick 8
5. The Colorado Kid
 

KingAHolic

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I have not read them all, so this is a "so far" list for me:

TOP 5
(1) The Long Walk (needs to be made into a movie.... hello!!??)
(2) Dark Half (should NEVER have been made into a movie!!!)
(3) Pet Sematary
(4) IT
(5) Cujo

BOTTOM 5
Rose Madder
Dolores Claiborne
Firestarter
The Talisman (couldn't finish it)
Dreamcatcher (I read it and can't even remember it)