Pet Semetary followed very closely by Night Shift and Skeleton Crew. I don't think I could attach a number for each, but a lot works....
Which SK book have you read the most?
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King books here, not a Martha Stewart 'How-To', Scott.
I've read The Stand so many times I can't remember how many times. Prefer the extended version. Bag of Bones 4 times. 11/22/63 3 times because it makes me laugh and cry and I just love it.
It's definitely one of those tales that sucks you in
the Gunslinger is my most read as well
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
It
The Talisman
The Eyes of the Dragon
Because no matter how many times I read them, I can totally immerse myself in those universes and relate to the characters
The Drawing of the Three
It
The Talisman
The Eyes of the Dragon
Because no matter how many times I read them, I can totally immerse myself in those universes and relate to the characters
...I knit one, but I pearled two.....
...I have a signed copy dammit!....King books here, not a Martha Stewart 'How-To', Scott.
There is a smaller list of SK books that I have only read once (maybe 10 titles) than the list of things I've read more. I have read several of them maybe four times...The Shining, The Dark Half, It, some of the Dark Tower books, a few others...but the one I've read the most times is The Talisman. I just really love the story. I think I've read that one probably seven times. I've also read The Long Walk a bunch of times. Such a fascinating story.
I've also read The Long Walk a bunch of times. Such a fascinating story.
Noodle scratcher time. Heck, I dunno. Read a bunch of em a buncha times. STAND, sure, LOT, yeah. DANSE MACABRE a whole lotta times. Been to the Tower and back too many times to ken.
Gotta go back and revisit old friends. Gotta.
Gotta go back and revisit old friends. Gotta.
Probably The Stand, or Salems' Lot. Or maybe The Shining. The Shorts?
Wastelands! No, The Drawing.
I dunno... all of them.
Wastelands! No, The Drawing.
I dunno... all of them.
pretty much like 'out of order's' except I've read Cujo a handful of times but definitely Pet Sematary the most.
Haven't 'multiple-read' any of Stephen's books. In fact, there are some I haven't even got to the first time. But if I had to pick one, the Creepshow comic.
The Stand (6 times), IT (4 times), The Shining (4 times), Dark Tower series (3 times), 'Salem's Lot (3 or 4 times)
I've read most of his works at least twice at this point, aside from the recent ones.
I've read most of his works at least twice at this point, aside from the recent ones.
I was a military brat who moved every 18 mos or so. Books are heavy and military families have a weight limit they can move, so each move I had one box (and not a big one--lol) that I could pack with books. That was the hardest thing to do, and probably why I have a very hard time parting with books now. Anyway, once I got wrapped up in the Kingiverse, I had to have each one, & they're big suckers even in paperback. Pretty soon, those filled the box and were pretty much what I was shifting from place to place Takes a while to build up another stash of books, so those books got read to death. My original HB copies of IT, Different Seasons, Talisman, Tommyknockers (yes, even a book I didn't love), Pet Sematery are completely hammered (but I can't bear to part with them, even though I have nicer copies now), and I read multiple PB copies of the other books to death. I couldn't possibly put a number on the times I've read most of his books, except the newer ones. Anything from W&G back has been read beyond reckoning .
Takes a while to build up another stash of books, so those books got read to death. My original HB copies of IT, Different Seasons, Talisman, Tommyknockers (yes, even a book I didn't love), Pet Sematery are completely hammered (but I can't bear to part with them, even though I have nicer copies now), and I read multiple PB copies of the other books to death. I couldn't possibly put a number on the times I've read most of his books, except the newer ones. Anything from W&G back has been read beyond reckoning .
I don't often read a book more than once. I always have too many books I haven't yet read to catch up on. I did read The Stand twice - the original and then the remix. I do pick up the short story collections and re-read some of my favorites sometimes. Y'all amaze me with the quantity of reading you do. I used to read a lot more but I don't have time now. I hate that. I need more reading time.
I hear ya and I completely agree.
Different Seasons, far and away.
It's not so much that there's a freshness to it every time, but it just seems that I am always in a different place when those stories call to me. They're like my friends ... or more precisely, they're like the way I wish my friends would be, if people could tell the truth the way stories do.
It's not so much that there's a freshness to it every time, but it just seems that I am always in a different place when those stories call to me. They're like my friends ... or more precisely, they're like the way I wish my friends would be, if people could tell the truth the way stories do.
Christine about four times I think, Under the Dome twice, but only because it's pretty recent. Just After Sunset also twice, but that was by accident. My mother found an English copy of it at a jumble sale and bought it for me. The title didn't ring a bell, but the first story in it did. After rummaging around a bit I came across my copy of Na Zonsondergang, which is the Dutch translation of that book, which I'd read half a year earlier. I then thought what the heck and finished the English version anyway.
The Stand.So many books,so little time.
I literally read two paperback copies of The Uncut Stand to pieces. I finally got a cheap hardcover that's holding up very nicely.
John
John