Loved this! I have so many books to add to my TBR! So happy to see Christine, From A Buick 8 and Dreamcatcher higher on your list compared to other people's I've seen. They are a few of my favorites.
Just picked up the stand. I want to get into the dark tower series but I wanna do the expanded reading order. Its recommend to read the stand before book 3 but it's so big that I feel like it would take me out of the series so I decided to do it first.
Great video. The stand cant be bettered for me,although 11/22/63 is superb. Loved King since I read salems lot as a teen. Going to read bag of bones after hearing your praise of it.
I remember in another ranking video when you said you didn’t like historical fiction much and you didn’t think there was a chance 11/22/63 would touch your top 5 haha. Cool to see how much you liked the book even though it’s not your genre of choice.
A cool idea for you that I just thought of. Maybe its common sense idk.... But when you go to reread these in a few years. Reference this video, lay the books out in this order. Then pick the middle number and read that first (unless the middle number lands on a series, then read the series first book), start with the book in the middle read that book, for your next book, read to the left of that book (your higher rated book), then after that book read to the right of the middle (your lower rated book), and continue this strategy from the middle outward then place the books in a new order after they are read to compare how the book may have changed for you as you age/grow as a reader. If you start from the bottom of your list for reread, or from the top of your list from a reread, you give yourself a biased platform and will likely end up thinking of the books the same way you originally did.
Gonna leave my own opinions on the ones I've read as I watch (spoilers ahead): Cell - I personally loved this one but I can see why others wouldn't towards the end. I really like zombie stories so Stephen King having done one was cool to me. Elevation - I thought I wouldn't like it when I first started reading it, but it grew on me by the end. The price is ridiculous, though. Cycle of the Werewolf - Forgettable, but the art in it is nice. The Wind Through the Keyhole - It's a bit annoying to read another flashback right after Wizard and Glass, but I like how the second story is told as a story within a story, within another story. I also just liked getting to read more Dark Tower. The Regulators - Desperation has always been one of my favorite movies so when I got the book and found out there's a companion book to it I was very excited. The Regulators itself is alright, though. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - I have not read the entire collection, but years ago I read one story from it that I enjoyed called The Cookie Jar. I got another copy of the collection years later to read it again only to find out that The Cookie Jar was removed in newer printings of the book. Why? Rage - It's ok. Didn't really feel like it had a point nor much of a story when I read it, it's just a description of a fictional school shooting. I could be forgetting some of it with how long it's been but as of now I don't really like it. The Eyes of the Dragon - My personal favorite King book as of now. Definitely not his best but I just really loved the story. The Gunslinger - Didn't like it at first, but came to appreciate it more over time. Song of Susannah - Personal favorite out of the Dark Tower series, except for Drawing of the Three. The Running Man - I absolutely loved this one when I first read it, but don't remember much of it now. The Dark Tower - Had a couple of small issues with this one but overall amazing. Wizard and Glass - Really good, I don't have much else to say. Roadwork - Didn't like it when I first read it, don't remember much of it anymore. The Dark Half - One of my favorites, I really enjoy the premise of an author's pen name coming to life. Wolves of the Calla - Very good. I don't have much to say about the Dark Tower books as I love all of them almost equally. Doctor Sleep - Loved it. I prefer it to The Shining by a bit, honestly. The Talisman - One of my absolute favorites. I don't think there was a part I didn't enjoy in this book. Cujo - Good story, but not one of my favorites. First King book I read aside from a short story or 2. Carrie - Same as Cujo in my opinion of it, it's pretty good but just not one of my favorites Under the Dome - I loved this one. The big fight scene and the description of how the aliens look at the end always stuck with me, even years after having read it. The Waste Lands - I often forget about this one when I think about The Dark Tower, but it's still great. Desperation - I think this was the second or third King book I read. This and Needful Things were what got me to love his books and keep reading them. Thinner - Liked the idea of the story, but something about it just didn't click with me. Ending was good, and I like that Ginelli is referenced in The Dark Tower. Firestarter - Thought it was fine. I enjoyed it but didn't think it was anything amazing. The Drawing of the Three - I was skeptical about reading The Dark Tower with not enjoying The Gunslinger much at first, but the Drawing of the Three sucked me in and I could not stop reading them after this. All of the characters and concepts introduced are extremely fun and interesting. Eddie Dean is also one of my favorite characters. Salem's Lot - Very good. It's connection to The Dark Tower made me appreciate it more, but even without that it's a great book. The Long Walk - Amazing book, not much else to say. Needful Things - Second or third King book I read, absolutely loved it. Seeing how things escalate from simple 'pranks' to the entire town being destroyed is very fun, and I really liked Alan Pangborn. Misery - Very good, no comment aside from that. The Green Mile - Never liked this one as much as others did, but it's still a very good story. Pet Semetary - Also never liked this one as much as others did, but to a point that I didn't like it much at all. I'm not sure what it is but something just did not click with me while reading it. The story itself is good, and I liked the movie, but I just felt kinda bored reading the book. Might have to reread it and see what I think after. It - I think it was brought down for me a bit because I took long pauses between reading it, but it was still a very good story regardless. The Shining - It's the Shining, so of course it's good. I just got Sleeping Beauties yesterday, so seeing it so high in this video has made me excited to get to reading it. Also made me excited to read Black House with how high it was, since I loved the Talisman so much.
Cujo, End of Watch and The Green Mile made me cry. I haven’t finished 11-22-63 yet, so I need to do that. I think Christine is still in my top 5. So many creepy and exciting parts in that book, as well as a beautiful book about friendship.
Black House was kind of rough for me the first time I read it. I reread it when I started the Dark Tower series and it was so much better the second time. I read it between Drawing and Wastelands.
Especially with your first place I can agree. And I was not convinced that I would like it when I read what it is about (JFK and stuff.. since I am not american and that was long before I was born, I thought: Will I care?.. but I did. For Jake and Sadie. And I cried too :)
My favorites are Revival and Joyland. Joyland is definitely a corny piece of fluff with extra cheese, but I love it. I like the concept of a carnival setting, and it's actually odd that King did it only once, now that I think about it. I prefer it when King gets nostalgic, he does that pretty well (The Body is my favorite novella of his (and Stand By Me is my favorite movie adaptation from King). As for some of the others - Shining and 'Salem's Lot were not perfect, but at least solid. The Stand I quit about 500 pages in - words cannot describe how crushingly, hellishly boring the Larry and Nick plots are. And Under the Dome is sloppy but one of his most entertaining reads once it gets going. In all honesty, I think I like his short stories more, though.
My Top 5: 1) Lisey Story. 2) The Shining. 3) It. 4) Pet Sematary. 5) Duma Key........ (Misery. at 6. ..... and I HATE 11/22/63!!!!) And like you, I like "The Tommyknockers"
Great to see lists that aren't so typical. The Stand for me also not in top 10. I think it is like 11/22/63, just so predictable and basically unoriginal. The Tommyknockers is fun and inventive, definitely.
Man I agree with a lot of them but not where you ranked " wind through the keyhole " nor " the wizard and the glass" and maybe it's because I like the coming of age of Roland . But either way they both make my top 10. I can't believe you ranked "bag of bones" and "Buick 8" above them. But I guess we all have our own opinions. And did I miss " blockade billy"
After 60 SK read, My top and only 10/10 11/22/63. then I have 11 books graded 9/10, among them Elevation, Blaze and Dolores Claiborne. My bottom 2 (5/10): The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and The Long Walk.
It seems that's more of a Stephen King problem, specifically. He struggles with brevity. There's plenty of writers who can tell a great, relatively short story that has everything that it needs, but King needs to make it a thousand pages to feel fleshed out.
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Im a new Stephen King reader, just got done with my third King book. My favorite so far is Billy Summers. Loved that one!
SOO many books! That's awesome you read all of these, my favorite has been Misery so far
Misery is a good one! and thanks!
WOW! What a great ranking. Must have been hard to do. Kudos to you.
Loved this! I have so many books to add to my TBR! So happy to see Christine, From A Buick 8 and Dreamcatcher higher on your list compared to other people's I've seen. They are a few of my favorites.
I do tend to like some not so loved ones lol Glad you found some to add to your tbr!
Love these rankings! 11/22/63 is still my favorite and. in the middle of reading The Stand. Such a marathon of a book!
Awesome! It definitely is a marathon but one well worth it!
Just picked up the stand. I want to get into the dark tower series but I wanna do the expanded reading order. Its recommend to read the stand before book 3 but it's so big that I feel like it would take me out of the series so I decided to do it first.
I was lucky enough to read most of the early works as they were published. Some of those stories never leave you. Good list. And Insomnia made me cry…
Great video. The stand cant be bettered for me,although 11/22/63 is superb. Loved King since I read salems lot as a teen. Going to read bag of bones after hearing your praise of it.
Love that Christine is still in your top 10! It is such an underrated and awesome book!😃
Gerald’s Game was crazy scary! I feel like it’s his most underrated horror novel
Right like even without the space cowboys it’s so scary with her dad and everything
I can believe it, I had the same at number 1, excellent review
Love this video!!!
An excellent ranking with a great top ten! The Stand, IT and The Shining make up my own top 3. 11/22/63 is a magnificent novel.
I remember in another ranking video when you said you didn’t like historical fiction much and you didn’t think there was a chance 11/22/63 would touch your top 5 haha. Cool to see how much you liked the book even though it’s not your genre of choice.
Yeah that’s what I said to myself too 😂
Top 5 for me is the stand , the dead zone, the green mile, it, the shining. THE STAND IS AMAZING
A cool idea for you that I just thought of. Maybe its common sense idk....
But when you go to reread these in a few years. Reference this video, lay the books out in this order. Then pick the middle number and read that first (unless the middle number lands on a series, then read the series first book), start with the book in the middle read that book, for your next book, read to the left of that book (your higher rated book), then after that book read to the right of the middle (your lower rated book), and continue this strategy from the middle outward then place the books in a new order after they are read to compare how the book may have changed for you as you age/grow as a reader.
If you start from the bottom of your list for reread, or from the top of your list from a reread, you give yourself a biased platform and will likely end up thinking of the books the same way you originally did.
Gonna leave my own opinions on the ones I've read as I watch (spoilers ahead):
Cell - I personally loved this one but I can see why others wouldn't towards the end. I really like zombie stories so Stephen King having done one was cool to me.
Elevation - I thought I wouldn't like it when I first started reading it, but it grew on me by the end. The price is ridiculous, though.
Cycle of the Werewolf - Forgettable, but the art in it is nice.
The Wind Through the Keyhole - It's a bit annoying to read another flashback right after Wizard and Glass, but I like how the second story is told as a story within a story, within another story. I also just liked getting to read more Dark Tower.
The Regulators - Desperation has always been one of my favorite movies so when I got the book and found out there's a companion book to it I was very excited. The Regulators itself is alright, though.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - I have not read the entire collection, but years ago I read one story from it that I enjoyed called The Cookie Jar. I got another copy of the collection years later to read it again only to find out that The Cookie Jar was removed in newer printings of the book. Why?
Rage - It's ok. Didn't really feel like it had a point nor much of a story when I read it, it's just a description of a fictional school shooting. I could be forgetting some of it with how long it's been but as of now I don't really like it.
The Eyes of the Dragon - My personal favorite King book as of now. Definitely not his best but I just really loved the story.
The Gunslinger - Didn't like it at first, but came to appreciate it more over time.
Song of Susannah - Personal favorite out of the Dark Tower series, except for Drawing of the Three.
The Running Man - I absolutely loved this one when I first read it, but don't remember much of it now.
The Dark Tower - Had a couple of small issues with this one but overall amazing.
Wizard and Glass - Really good, I don't have much else to say.
Roadwork - Didn't like it when I first read it, don't remember much of it anymore.
The Dark Half - One of my favorites, I really enjoy the premise of an author's pen name coming to life.
Wolves of the Calla - Very good. I don't have much to say about the Dark Tower books as I love all of them almost equally.
Doctor Sleep - Loved it. I prefer it to The Shining by a bit, honestly.
The Talisman - One of my absolute favorites. I don't think there was a part I didn't enjoy in this book.
Cujo - Good story, but not one of my favorites. First King book I read aside from a short story or 2.
Carrie - Same as Cujo in my opinion of it, it's pretty good but just not one of my favorites
Under the Dome - I loved this one. The big fight scene and the description of how the aliens look at the end always stuck with me, even years after having read it.
The Waste Lands - I often forget about this one when I think about The Dark Tower, but it's still great.
Desperation - I think this was the second or third King book I read. This and Needful Things were what got me to love his books and keep reading them.
Thinner - Liked the idea of the story, but something about it just didn't click with me. Ending was good, and I like that Ginelli is referenced in The Dark Tower.
Firestarter - Thought it was fine. I enjoyed it but didn't think it was anything amazing.
The Drawing of the Three - I was skeptical about reading The Dark Tower with not enjoying The Gunslinger much at first, but the Drawing of the Three sucked me in and I could not stop reading them after this. All of the characters and concepts introduced are extremely fun and interesting. Eddie Dean is also one of my favorite characters.
Salem's Lot - Very good. It's connection to The Dark Tower made me appreciate it more, but even without that it's a great book.
The Long Walk - Amazing book, not much else to say.
Needful Things - Second or third King book I read, absolutely loved it. Seeing how things escalate from simple 'pranks' to the entire town being destroyed is very fun, and I really liked Alan Pangborn.
Misery - Very good, no comment aside from that.
The Green Mile - Never liked this one as much as others did, but it's still a very good story.
Pet Semetary - Also never liked this one as much as others did, but to a point that I didn't like it much at all. I'm not sure what it is but something just did not click with me while reading it. The story itself is good, and I liked the movie, but I just felt kinda bored reading the book. Might have to reread it and see what I think after.
It - I think it was brought down for me a bit because I took long pauses between reading it, but it was still a very good story regardless.
The Shining - It's the Shining, so of course it's good.
I just got Sleeping Beauties yesterday, so seeing it so high in this video has made me excited to get to reading it. Also made me excited to read Black House with how high it was, since I loved the Talisman so much.
Great list, read all of his books many times and I agree 11/22/63 is his best book! Great list!
Cujo, End of Watch and The Green Mile made me cry. I haven’t finished 11-22-63 yet, so I need to do that. I think Christine is still in my top 5. So many creepy and exciting parts in that book, as well as a beautiful book about friendship.
I'm actually reading Cujo right now! I agree with you on Christine!
11/22/63 is beautiful.
Revival and 11/22/63 are my favorites!
love the Overlook curtains in the background lol
i like to think stephen king searches the internet and watches every king tier list.
I’ve only read the long walk, IT, the institute and the shining
Black House was kind of rough for me the first time I read it. I reread it when I started the Dark Tower series and it was so much better the second time. I read it between Drawing and Wastelands.
I keep looking for a kindred spirit who loved Cell. Anyhoo, halfway through the vid. Great so far!
Aw man... my boy was the same age Gage was when i read it. Even said words, and played the same way... It broke me.. Tough read for me lol.
Especially with your first place I can agree. And I was not convinced that I would like it when I read what it is about (JFK and stuff.. since I am not american and that was long before I was born, I thought: Will I care?.. but I did. For Jake and Sadie. And I cried too :)
I didn’t like Pet Sematary as much as most others seem to. I haven’t read all of King’s works, but I really like what you have to say on this list!
What do you mean when you say he ripped off the 3 dark tower books?
Cycle of The Werewolf is an ICONIC audiobook. You should listen to it. The original I forget the narrators name but it's fantastic.
So happy you have 11.22.63 in 1st. That's my 1st too. I'll be reading pet sematary next and then maybe the shinning.
My favorites are Revival and Joyland. Joyland is definitely a corny piece of fluff with extra cheese, but I love it. I like the concept of a carnival setting, and it's actually odd that King did it only once, now that I think about it. I prefer it when King gets nostalgic, he does that pretty well (The Body is my favorite novella of his (and Stand By Me is my favorite movie adaptation from King).
As for some of the others - Shining and 'Salem's Lot were not perfect, but at least solid. The Stand I quit about 500 pages in - words cannot describe how crushingly, hellishly boring the Larry and Nick plots are.
And Under the Dome is sloppy but one of his most entertaining reads once it gets going.
In all honesty, I think I like his short stories more, though.
My Top 5: 1) Lisey Story. 2) The Shining. 3) It. 4) Pet Sematary. 5) Duma Key........ (Misery. at 6. ..... and I HATE 11/22/63!!!!) And like you, I like "The Tommyknockers"
Great to see lists that aren't so typical. The Stand for me also not in top 10. I think it is like 11/22/63, just so predictable and basically unoriginal.
The Tommyknockers is fun and inventive, definitely.
Anyone know if you have to read the dark tower series in order for it to make sense??!? I have one book from it but it's like number 5 lol
Man I agree with a lot of them but not where you ranked " wind through the keyhole " nor " the wizard and the glass" and maybe it's because I like the coming of age of Roland . But either way they both make my top 10. I can't believe you ranked "bag of bones" and "Buick 8" above them. But I guess we all have our own opinions. And did I miss " blockade billy"
“too short” is a goofy critique lol. dreamcatcher is great tho. pretty good list
You dont like compilations?
You're not a King fan. He is literally the King of the short.😢
I’ve only read The Girl Who loved Ton Gordon and 11/22/63
Hated the first loved the second
Really want to read The Shining
Fun fact even king said Tommyknockers was a bad book
The blatatant omission of Elevation is *chef’s kiss* We all want out money back!
I really liked Elevation
After 60 SK read,
My top and only 10/10
11/22/63.
then I have 11 books graded 9/10, among them Elevation, Blaze and Dolores Claiborne.
My bottom 2 (5/10):
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and The Long Walk.
Wizard and glass would be in my top 3 easy. Not sure I can belive you actually read the darktower series now hahahaha.
Why don’t you read silver bullet
What about the body
I read Desperation first (great book). Then tried to read The Regulators. Didn't care for it.
the other hard case crime book is gonna come up ...LATER on lol
Did i miss under the dome?
23rd
The Stand should be in top 10
11/22/63 is my favorite King novel
You dislike a book just because it’s short? 😅😂
It's usually because I want more from it, that it was too short to really get into the story hence not liking it as much most likely
@@ZacksBooksanswered perfectly
It seems that's more of a Stephen King problem, specifically. He struggles with brevity. There's plenty of writers who can tell a great, relatively short story that has everything that it needs, but King needs to make it a thousand pages to feel fleshed out.
Was the green mile on here ?
Yes at number 5
Watch it🤣
really dumb reasoning for ranking Rage. Almost as dumb as King's reasoning for banning his own book.
#1 The Shinning 🙂
good pick!
No fairy tale?!
The girl who loved Tom Gordon loves the 69 ranking
Man my shoulder got sore by seeing you shrug so much😅
Our top three are the same. 😂
man you really don't love his collections haha
I dont think its humanly possible to rank and talk about every one of his books in 22 minutes mate whats even the point