Your favorite recent Stephen King book I probably really

[muskrat]

Recent faves be:

Under The Dome--I'm a sucker for the big, epic townies.

Full Dark, No Stars--pure vintage, good and dark, like the old days.

Revival--this one kept me guessing, wasn't sure just where King was going with it. It wasn't just another case of, "Okay, here's our conflict, here's the bad guys, here's the good guys, here's what they gotta do to stop em"--that tired old formula, like Dr. Sleep.

11/22/63--Nostalgic King always gets me.

I mean, probably, really.

 

[The Nameless]

Joyland and 11/22/63.

This, by a country mile. But that's not to say I didn't like Mr Mercedes or Dr sleep, I did, just not as much as joyland or 11.22.63 - these were special. I've not read Revival, finders keepers or bazaar yet so I can't comment on them.

 

[Neesy]

Recent faves be:

Under The Dome--I'm a sucker for the big, epic townies.

Full Dark, No Stars--pure vintage, good and dark, like the old days.

Revival--this one kept me guessing, wasn't sure just where King was going with it. It wasn't just another case of, "Okay, here's our conflict, here's the bad guys, here's the good guys, here's what they gotta do to stop em"--that tired old formula, like Dr. Sleep.

11/22/63--Nostalgic King always gets me.

I mean, probably, really.

That "I probably really" always throws me for a loop too!

 

[Doc Creed]

That "I probably really" always throws me for a loop too!

My neck hairs prickle and I freeze. Then I push beyond it, lol.

 

[Neesy]

My neck hairs prickle and I freeze. Then I push beyond it, lol.

It's your OCD acting up!

 

[80sFan]

This, by a country mile. But that's not to say I didn't like Mr Mercedes or Dr sleep, I did, just not as much as joyland or 11.22.63 - these were special. I've not read Revival, finders keepers or bazaar yet so I can't comment on them.

Revival is my least favorite of the newer novels. Bazaar was an interesting collection, and Finders Keepers was very good (I wasn't a huge fan of Mr. Mercedes either).

 

[Shoesalesman]

Recent, lets say in the last ten years: 11/22/63, Cell, Under The Dome. Before that, The Green Mile, then we go back into the 1980s.

 

[not_nadine]

Full Dark No Stars. yes. Wicked-all kinds of ole time SK goodness.

Bazaar Of Bad Dreams. - same deal.

 

[amaunder]

11/22/63...I keep thinking this is King's opus but then a nagging voice whispers, BS, it's The Stand silly. But there are several King books I have not read. I go through phases...genre phases. Now devouring for the second time: 'salem's Lot.

 

[Kurben]

It is my top fave but more recent.. 3 stand out for me. 11/22/63, Joyland and Revival.

 

[Spideyman]

11/22/63, Joyland, Wind through the Keyhole

 

[kingricefan]

For me, 'Salem's Lot will always be my favorite as it was my very first King novel, read way back in the 70's. That book still resonates with me, having lived in a small town in Western Pennsylvania- I knew those characters in the Lot, they were my neighbors. King describes that small town mindset with pin-point accuracy. More recent favorites would be Full Dark, No Stars simply for it is a return to the early King style. Joyland is another just because it knocked my socks off.

 

[notebookgirl]

Hard question. It's crazy, I have been going through the books I haven't read by him and each one has blown me away. For example, I just finished "The Dark Half" yesterday and I loved it. Before that was "The Salem's Lot" I am just wondering why I didn't pick up these books before. Maybe it wasn't the right time and I needed to read them now to really get it.
Honestly, audiobooks have been the best thing in technology for readers. (I know they have been around awhile, but once you discover them, you are hooked. It's so easy to read my books on the iPhone. No switching tapes or CDs I can actually work out or take the dog for a walk and listen to a story!)