As someone who has read maybe 2-3 Stephen King books in my life, I would love a video of yours ranking all the ones you've read, to know which ones to read :)
So much Stephen King! Love it! I started the second Dark Tower but I had it on audio through Libby and it was due before I got very far but I am now listening to the Stand so hopefully I finish it before it’s due!
@11:17 - Love that you & Ashlynn enjoy tent camping! That was one of my favorite things to do growing up that I miss a lot! Dolores Claiborne is another book I read in my teens that I don't remember well and decided not to re-read due to the abuse content, especially the child abuse.
PHE-NOME-NAL!!! Thank you so much as always for creating such an amazing video! Missed your videos a lot, been away a while and didn’t realise what I’d been missing. Thank you for being you!
I loved this video! And the fact you have another 24 hour Stephen King video? Yessssssss. Love that you loved both The Green Mile and On Writing, those are two of my favourites!
New subscriber here 😊 I'm loving these videos! Thank you so much for uploading content like this. I can tell you truly enjoy reading stories and sharing your thoughts with us. I just finished reading 11.22.63. I just bought the audiobook for it. I'm listening to the story all over again. It's a story I can't stop thinking about. I also ordered IT, The Green Mile, and Billy Summers, all by King from Amazon. Can't wait to dive into his universe! Happy reading!!
That was my first Stephen King book too and it me realize that my favorite genres are historical fiction and time travel, because reading that book made me think of my another book that I love, Timeline by Michael Crichton.
I read the green mile when it came out as seven individual books love this video and your amazing channel and sending my prayers and blessings for you and your wife and your families love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤
I love your videos . My favorite video was the one on how to get your man into reading . I just purchased Pet Cemetery and The Shinning by Stephen King.
I’ve watched a bunch of movies based off his books but never read a single book of his. You’ve convinced me I need to read some of these. Next month I’m actually going to attempt 11/22/63 for Historathon. Excited to see what I think of it.
I'm reading the Green Mile right when I finish Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlen, and I'm so excited! I've already read part one and I can already tell that it might become a new favorite of mine. Cheers!
- I've never heard of Colorado Kid😮😮 - I haven't read The Green Mile but I've watched the movie and it was so sad😭 - I LOVE Dolores Claiborne and I especially like the audiobook! You can hear her take a drink of water during the interview😅 - I've read and watched Misery....the book is WAY better and darker than the movie.....I liked everything about the book except for the book excerpts....totally unnecessary imo😅 - You read so much Stephen King this month...Goals!!!🎉🎉
"Although a haunted prison would be kinda fun to see" I recommend you read The reformatory by Tananarive Due in that case, not a prison but a reformatory for majority black boys in 50s Florida. Haunted dead boys help boy in return for helping tell their story. Great book
I am listening to the audible version of misery and it's so good. I have read the book and seen the movie but the audiobook is so detailed. Also have you read his book Bazaar of Bad Dreams? Love this video btw! Maybe you and Ashlynn should do one where you read the Stephen King book together and then watch the movie adaptation- Like read the shining/ then watch the shining. Read Misery and then Watch misery!
I’m reading my first Stephen King novel at the moment “Needful Things”! It’s super long but enjoying it so far. I would love to see a review of this from you!
I also saw the film in 1999 when it released, loved it, and have been wanting to re-watch it since. It's free on Tubi for the next few days so I'm going to watch it tonight.
Have you ever watched the show "Haven"? It's based on "The Colorado Kid. The beginning of the series started out well but dwindled as it went on, but I would still watch it. The Green Mile is great. I never read Later, I need to now. Delores Claiborne is amazing, the movie doesn't do it justice. The Eclipse also is part of Gerald's Game too (I think). I never read "On Writing" yet."Desperation" and "The Regulators" are mirror books, read them back to back. I recently reread "Misery", it's better the second time. "Dr. Sleep" is very good.
My first and (so far) only Stephen King novel was also his first, Carrie, and I'm excited to read The Shining now. I loved the Green Mile movie and I thought about picking up the book too. I remember my mother had a copy with the movie cover (at least Tom Hanks was on the cover), I hope she still has that book 😅
Oh no I love Stephen King books, but I was really looking forward to watch your thoughts on Fairy Tale since it was in the thumbnail😢 Hope we get to see it soon.
I’ve never read misery but the name Annie Wilkes sounded familiar and then I remembered that she was also a character in the series Castle Rock which I think was adapted from several of King’s stories. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it :)
Out of his Hard Case Crime books my rankings - Joyland (actual crime story), Later (you nailed it Sixth Sense vibes), Colorado Kid (a mystety with no reveal). Ive got Billy Summers on my Kindle.
As a Stephen king fan I have to say, Ian you have to read Sátántango!! There’s not really a connection with king’s writing style, but I just wanted to recommend you my favorite book🥹
Have you ever read SKs "The Eyes of the Dragon"? I've been a king fan since I was a kid in the 70s, the movie "Carrie" was my first. But in all these decades I never read that one. I hear it's mostly about Randall Flagg which sounds great but I've never gotten around to it. So if you did read it was it good? And if you haven't, could you?
Amazing challenge & I highly enjoyed it! The only thing I would change is you should have read The Green Mile in its true form, as a serial novel. A slight injustice in your reading experience.
Im always happy for a new video but im still waiting for you to read the count of monte cristo after that 24 hour challange clickbate (i was reading it at the time and loved it so i saved the video until i finished and than you didnt read it😭) youll love it, adventure, revange, fast paced and youre not one to be sceard of long novals, please read it!
I started w Misery years ago. It's not too intimidating and pretty fast-paced. Also, not tied to any other book as far as I know. Carrie is also a classic and it's short. Don't feel pressured with all the ties between books, as even if you haven't read the dark tower you'll be able to understand everything. The Bill Hodges trilogy is also good, and Holly follows a character in there and also could hook you right in. Idk if I helped, and also I'm a month late, but hope you can get on the sk loop! You won't regret it :)
Hey! At 2:02 are you listening to music when reading ? if so what are you listening to and why ? Also, im picking up some stephen king books for my next reads =)
I have only read a few Stephen King stories, It, Carrie, The Gunslinger(3x) and On Writing. My sister and I listened to the audiobook and we both really enjoyed it. I have dabled at reading The Stand and Christine, but never made it very far. I will be trying Christine again when my hold comes in.
Learning that Stephen King is more than horror from you, has opened my eyes. I think you and your wife should do bookshelf tours. With the books that you will not part with.
I just finished the Colorado kid and my opinion on it is the same, nonetheless still glad I read it! My next Stephen king read is going to be Joyland or Cycle Of A Werewolf!
Deloris Claiborne is great.(Rose Madder I also read in 2024, also great. Tommyknockers --not recommended.) On Writing is so good I read it just about every year! Misery/Cujo/Christine/The Shining/The Dead Zone/Pet Sematary among my favorites.
Hey Ian. Im a new follower of yours. I discovered Ashlynns channel first and love her and so I wanted to check your channel out. I haven't read any Stephan King books bur have so badly wanted to. What book would you reccomend I start with? TIA
@0:43 - I watched and really enjoyed the TV series Haven (2010-2015), which is loosely based on The Colorado Kid. Not so sure that I would like the book.
You need to do like a Stephen King recs video for people who like or don't like horror. PS Have read Molly or Fairy Tale? I think your lovely wife was going to. I definitely will watch her video too.
Hey if you're looking for tearjerkers written by Stephen king I would go with The Girl who loved Tom Gordon and what's essentially a short story Elevation
So I'm curious and have to ask - how do you keep track of all the Stephen King books? I just looked up on wikipedia that he has 50+ novels and 200+ short stories and some of them are sequels or series or linked in some way. I feel like this is an author that needs a spreadsheet or flow chart lol.
Have you ever read Billy Summers by Stephen King? If not then you have to read it. It’s a personal favourite of mine and hugely underrated in my opinion.
@@iangubeli Absolutely. It was the second book of his that I read (the first being the shinning) and it really showed me that he is so much more than just a horror writer.
Oh the Green Mile that movie I saw/heard the part where they didn’t put water in the sponge. Traumatized me for so long. My husband showed it to me as an adult. It’s a good movie but never again. The book may be safer for me though.
Right when you introduced The Colorado Kid, I verbally said “oh no….. he’s not going to like that.” He’s got a lot of winners, not sure what that one was though.
Dolores Claiborne is my favorite Stephen king book i also love the movie adaptation starring kathy bates and Jennifer Jason leigh both are so underrated please check out the film
I am a simple woman. I see Ian or Ashlynn and I smash the like.
Me too i am new to each of their channel and i am obsessed
Same... 2 seconds in, I'm already liking their video 😅
As someone who has read maybe 2-3 Stephen King books in my life, I would love a video of yours ranking all the ones you've read, to know which ones to read :)
Absolutely. I’ve read about 10 now but want more lists like this from someone who loves his work
Are you KIDDING me, FREAKIN' GUY??? TWO VIDEOS BACK TO BACK??? You're killing me!!!! WHAT A FRIDAY THIS IS. May the Lord keep you safe!
The way my jaw DROPPED when you said you hadn’t read Misery!
In my top 3 of SK forever.
2 Stephen King vids in a week? 😭🙏 God bless you!
Two more on the way for October😏
So much Stephen King! Love it! I started the second Dark Tower but I had it on audio through Libby and it was due before I got very far but I am now listening to the Stand so hopefully I finish it before it’s due!
@11:17 - Love that you & Ashlynn enjoy tent camping! That was one of my favorite things to do growing up that I miss a lot!
Dolores Claiborne is another book I read in my teens that I don't remember well and decided not to re-read due to the abuse content, especially the child abuse.
I’m new to the booktube world and have binged I think all of your videos and bought my first Stephen King novel the other day 🎉
Which one did you get?
@ I got pet sematary!
@@courtneyfuller3494 that is a great book! I hope you like it! Happy reading! :)
PHE-NOME-NAL!!! Thank you so much as always for creating such an amazing video! Missed your videos a lot, been away a while and didn’t realise what I’d been missing.
Thank you for being you!
Hope you like the books, Ian! This was an awesome video and I’m cracking open Night Shift immediately.
Delores Claiborne is fantastic. Her voice is like talking to a real person. Real conversations don’t always flow in a linear fashion.
@8:12 - The Sixth Sense & Beetlejuice vibes... You've sold me on reading Later.
I loved this video! And the fact you have another 24 hour Stephen King video? Yessssssss. Love that you loved both The Green Mile and On Writing, those are two of my favourites!
New subscriber here 😊 I'm loving these videos! Thank you so much for uploading content like this. I can tell you truly enjoy reading stories and sharing your thoughts with us. I just finished reading 11.22.63. I just bought the audiobook for it. I'm listening to the story all over again. It's a story I can't stop thinking about. I also ordered IT, The Green Mile, and Billy Summers, all by King from Amazon. Can't wait to dive into his universe! Happy reading!!
You are a dedicated mad lad and I approve. You've got my respect.
I found ur channel today and im already obbsessed your content is so good and i really appreciate all your views and opinions, keep up the good work
I just finished 11/22/63, my first Stephen King! Anyway, I am SO impressed with this whole video! INSANE that you pulled this off. lol
That was my first Stephen King book too and it me realize that my favorite genres are historical fiction and time travel, because reading that book made me think of my another book that I love, Timeline by Michael Crichton.
I read Later before I read It so until you mentioned the "nod" he put in it. I hadn't realized! Thanks for pointing that out. 😊
Oh the green mile 😍 I love the book and the movie soo much ❤
Love these Stephen King videos!
Doctor Sleep is one of my favorite books of all time! I also seriously recommend you read Joyland. The audiobook in particular is excellent 😁
I’ve been waiting for this videoooo 🥹❤️❤️
I read the green mile when it came out as seven individual books love this video and your amazing channel and sending my prayers and blessings for you and your wife and your families love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤
I love your videos . My favorite video was the one on how to get your man into reading . I just purchased Pet Cemetery and The Shinning by Stephen King.
I’ve watched a bunch of movies based off his books but never read a single book of his. You’ve convinced me I need to read some of these. Next month I’m actually going to attempt 11/22/63 for Historathon. Excited to see what I think of it.
The tv series called Haven uses the Colorado kid novel as a plot point and inspiration
I'm reading the Green Mile right when I finish Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlen, and I'm so excited! I've already read part one and I can already tell that it might become a new favorite of mine. Cheers!
The sunglasses lol perfect vibe for this video
Awesome job reading the king. I have read all of those but Colorado Kid. 🤔 great job with this vlog.
- I've never heard of Colorado Kid😮😮
- I haven't read The Green Mile but I've watched the movie and it was so sad😭
- I LOVE Dolores Claiborne and I especially like the audiobook! You can hear her take a drink of water during the interview😅
- I've read and watched Misery....the book is WAY better and darker than the movie.....I liked everything about the book except for the book excerpts....totally unnecessary imo😅
- You read so much Stephen King this month...Goals!!!🎉🎉
@15:09 - I've had a physical copy of On Writing on my shelf since 2014 and have yet to read it. Need to make that a priority next year.
"Although a haunted prison would be kinda fun to see" I recommend you read The reformatory by Tananarive Due in that case, not a prison but a reformatory for majority black boys in 50s Florida. Haunted dead boys help boy in return for helping tell their story. Great book
great video!! your content has been so amazing
I am listening to the audible version of misery and it's so good. I have read the book and seen the movie but the audiobook is so detailed. Also have you read his book Bazaar of Bad Dreams? Love this video btw! Maybe you and Ashlynn should do one where you read the Stephen King book together and then watch the movie adaptation- Like read the shining/ then watch the shining. Read Misery and then Watch misery!
I haven’t read any of these and I’m wanting to read more Stephen King. Definitely will have to add them to the list.
I’m reading my first Stephen King novel at the moment “Needful Things”! It’s super long but enjoying it so far. I would love to see a review of this from you!
Absolutely eating these Stephen King videos up!!! Please read The Tommyknockers soon!
Underrated bookclub.
@3:09 - I read The Green Mile as a teenager and don't remember it well, so this is on my TBRR (to be re-read) list.
I also saw the film in 1999 when it released, loved it, and have been wanting to re-watch it since. It's free on Tubi for the next few days so I'm going to watch it tonight.
love your stephen king videos ❤
As a Stephen King Constant Reader, I really enjoyed this video ❤️🔥
Have you ever watched the show "Haven"? It's based on "The Colorado Kid. The beginning of the series started out well but dwindled as it went on, but I would still watch it.
The Green Mile is great.
I never read Later, I need to now.
Delores Claiborne is amazing, the movie doesn't do it justice. The Eclipse also is part of Gerald's Game too (I think).
I never read "On Writing" yet."Desperation" and "The Regulators" are mirror books, read them back to back. I recently reread "Misery", it's better the second time.
"Dr. Sleep" is very good.
My first and (so far) only Stephen King novel was also his first, Carrie, and I'm excited to read The Shining now.
I loved the Green Mile movie and I thought about picking up the book too. I remember my mother had a copy with the movie cover (at least Tom Hanks was on the cover), I hope she still has that book 😅
sooo happy you finally read the green mile!!!
Oh no I love Stephen King books, but I was really looking forward to watch your thoughts on Fairy Tale since it was in the thumbnail😢
Hope we get to see it soon.
Next upcoming video😏
@@iangubeli aaaah that’s amazing🎉
I love stephen king ❤❤❤❤❤ hes truly amazing ❤ thanks for sharing
good video yet again, thank you love ❤️
Currently Reading Cell by sk and it's so good! Can't wait for you to read it so I can hear what you think!
YEEES IM SO EXCITED 🤩
you should totally read the long walk its a bachman book and its sooo good
Wow! Just wow!
I’ve never read misery but the name Annie Wilkes sounded familiar and then I remembered that she was also a character in the series Castle Rock which I think was adapted from several of King’s stories. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it :)
Ian, what do you listen to while you read? If you’re not listening to the audiobook of course!
Out of his Hard Case Crime books my rankings - Joyland (actual crime story), Later (you nailed it Sixth Sense vibes), Colorado Kid (a mystety with no reveal). Ive got Billy Summers on my Kindle.
As a Stephen king fan I have to say, Ian you have to read Sátántango!! There’s not really a connection with king’s writing style, but I just wanted to recommend you my favorite book🥹
I’m so glad to see someone else who’s read Satantango! Anything by Krasznahorkai is amazing but I tore through that one!
Feeling spoiled by all these videos from Ian ❤
THIS IS AMAZZING
Have you ever read SKs "The Eyes of the Dragon"? I've been a king fan since I was a kid in the 70s, the movie "Carrie" was my first.
But in all these decades I never read that one. I hear it's mostly about Randall Flagg which sounds great but I've never gotten around to it. So if you did read it was it good? And if you haven't, could you?
I am so happy its happening ❤
Amazing challenge & I highly enjoyed it! The only thing I would change is you should have read The Green Mile in its true form, as a serial novel. A slight injustice in your reading experience.
this guy"s is videos are fire
Im always happy for a new video but im still waiting for you to read the count of monte cristo after that 24 hour challange clickbate (i was reading it at the time and loved it so i saved the video until i finished and than you didnt read it😭) youll love it, adventure, revange, fast paced and youre not one to be sceard of long novals, please read it!
The Count is coming next month😏
@@iangubeli yessssss
I’ve been inspired to try Stephen King for the first time but now I’m overwhelmed with where to start? Any recommendations?
I started w Misery years ago. It's not too intimidating and pretty fast-paced. Also, not tied to any other book as far as I know. Carrie is also a classic and it's short. Don't feel pressured with all the ties between books, as even if you haven't read the dark tower you'll be able to understand everything. The Bill Hodges trilogy is also good, and Holly follows a character in there and also could hook you right in. Idk if I helped, and also I'm a month late, but hope you can get on the sk loop! You won't regret it :)
Hey!
At 2:02 are you listening to music when reading ? if so what are you listening to and why ?
Also, im picking up some stephen king books for my next reads =)
It would be cool if you did a videos reading books by Stephen King’s son Joe Hill.
The Vikings sweater sealed it for me
I have only read a few Stephen King stories, It, Carrie, The Gunslinger(3x) and On Writing. My sister and I listened to the audiobook and we both really enjoyed it. I have dabled at reading The Stand and Christine, but never made it very far. I will be trying Christine again when my hold comes in.
The Stand is great.
@@surpriseitsus9622The Stand is one of my favorites
Please read the institute! It is my favorite Stephen King book.
Learning that Stephen King is more than horror from you, has opened my eyes. I think you and your wife should do bookshelf tours. With the books that you will not part with.
I just finished the Colorado kid and my opinion on it is the same, nonetheless still glad I read it! My next Stephen king read is going to be Joyland or Cycle Of A Werewolf!
Deloris Claiborne is great.(Rose Madder I also read in 2024, also great. Tommyknockers --not recommended.) On Writing is so good I read it just about every year! Misery/Cujo/Christine/The Shining/The Dead Zone/Pet Sematary among my favorites.
7 books in 7 days is so impressive. 🎉
So many Stephen king books i want to read!
Green Mile is in my top 5 books of all time. I was devastated by the ending 😢
gotta read the long walk
If you liked the Doctor Sleep book you should watch the 2019 movie. It was a really good movie. Just watch out for the baseball kid scene!
Hey Ian. Im a new follower of yours. I discovered Ashlynns channel first and love her and so I wanted to check your channel out. I haven't read any Stephan King books bur have so badly wanted to. What book would you reccomend I start with? TIA
@0:43 - I watched and really enjoyed the TV series Haven (2010-2015), which is loosely based on The Colorado Kid. Not so sure that I would like the book.
Fourth time asking Ian please read The Monstrumologist !! It's so Edgar Allen Poe/Stephen King !!!
You need to do like a Stephen King recs video for people who like or don't like horror. PS Have read Molly or Fairy Tale? I think your lovely wife was going to. I definitely will watch her video too.
What's your reading process? I struggle reading more than 50 pages a day. It takes me about 2 hours and i get tired, bored, distracted, hungry etc.
Hey if you're looking for tearjerkers written by Stephen king I would go with The Girl who loved Tom Gordon and what's essentially a short story Elevation
So I'm curious and have to ask - how do you keep track of all the Stephen King books? I just looked up on wikipedia that he has 50+ novels and 200+ short stories and some of them are sequels or series or linked in some way. I feel like this is an author that needs a spreadsheet or flow chart lol.
There’s actually a reference to sixth sense in the book
I'm sure this has been asked before, but what do you listen to when reading?
WOW!! 🤩 7 books in 7 days. How do you read so fast? Any tips 😊
Damn 7 King books in 7 days? Thats crazy work
Wooo Doctor Sleep is fantastic
I’m trying to do stephen king publications in order……I’m having trouble staying in order lol
How could you do this to me?! I was so excited to see fairy tale in the thumb nail and then you didn’t read it. 😭
Fairy Tale makes an appearance in a video coming out next week😏
@@iangubeli does that mean you read it? 😂
@@TineDasSchaf Yes!!!
@@iangubeli yay. Then I’m excited what your thoughts are. 😁 it is the first king book I read.
What do you listen to when you’re reading?
Have you ever read Billy Summers by Stephen King? If not then you have to read it. It’s a personal favourite of mine and hugely underrated in my opinion.
Yes! I read Billy for a video back in June. It was INCREDIBLE!! Really shows off how amazing of an author he still is this late in his career!
@@iangubeli Absolutely. It was the second book of his that I read (the first being the shinning) and it really showed me that he is so much more than just a horror writer.
Finallllyyyy you read doctor sleep!
My absolute favorite
YOUR CRAZY DUDE!!!!
Oh the Green Mile that movie I saw/heard the part where they didn’t put water in the sponge. Traumatized me for so long. My husband showed it to me as an adult. It’s a good movie but never again. The book may be safer for me though.
You need to read Bag of Bones. It’s creepy, beautiful, and horrifying all at the same time. Besides It, this is my favorite book by Stephen King
One of my top 10 King books
I read Pet Sematary, The Shining, Firestarter and The Dead Zone and enjoyed all of them. I tried reading Christine, but I got bored.
When are you gonna read Running Man?!
Right when you introduced The Colorado Kid, I verbally said “oh no….. he’s not going to like that.” He’s got a lot of winners, not sure what that one was though.
Dolores Claiborne is my favorite Stephen king book i also love the movie adaptation starring kathy bates and Jennifer Jason leigh both are so underrated please check out the film
What music do you listen to while you read?
I’m usually immersing myself in the audiobook! Really fun way to read books.