What Ya' Readin'? with Stephen King

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • What book is so scary that it even scares master horror storyteller Stephen King? What book does he want people to think he's read but hasn't actually read? Stephen King answers those questions and more in the latest edition of 'What Ya' Readin'? #Colbert #WhatYaReadin #StephenKing
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  • @Kamarca
    @Kamarca 3 года назад +727

    Stephen is my longest 'relationship' outside my family. I read The Shining at aged 9 and was hooked for life.

    • @notme2day
      @notme2day 3 года назад +13

      I grew up in the mid-west .. Louie L'amour was a staple in my house and in my teens I discovered SK and The Stand.
      My reading today is eclectic but SK has been and will always be favorite author!

    • @Kamarca
      @Kamarca 3 года назад +10

      @@notme2day The Stand was the first book review I ever wrote, in grade 7. Crazy how timeless it is!

    • @kevinriddell2105
      @kevinriddell2105 3 года назад +9

      The Shining was the first SK I read as well. It was the movie tie-in version with the yellow cover and stills from the movie inside(Australian edition). It is still my favourite of his books. I was 15 at the time.

    • @MandleRoss
      @MandleRoss 3 года назад +11

      I read Salem's Lot when I was about 9 or 10 as well and have never stopped reading SK. I guess we have a similarly long relationship with the man, but I bet he doesn't call you "Constant Reader" like he does with me! (sticks out tongue)

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 года назад +7

      How old were you when you read Pet Semetary? Because Jesus Christ, that book has its reputation for a reason.

  • @ZachClossin
    @ZachClossin 3 года назад +2789

    If he released a book called "Every Book Stephen King Has Ever Read" where he literally just list all the books he's read, it would be a New York Times best seller.

    • @johnschou2172
      @johnschou2172 3 года назад +99

      Probably, but I bet if he did, he’d probably discuss what he liked and disliked about each. He can be pretty insightful about literature, and if nothing else, he can give some hilarious feedback.

    • @ZachClossin
      @ZachClossin 3 года назад +29

      @@johnschou2172 That would be amazing! I would read that for sure! I just hope it has this exact cover art

    • @lakecatspf4324
      @lakecatspf4324 3 года назад +37

      "On Writing" by Stephen King is pretty much what you described. Wonderful book, I snagged it off my brother's shelf and shut myself in for days to finish it. Never returned it.

    • @johnschou2172
      @johnschou2172 3 года назад

      @@ZachClossin I would read it too, and I hope it has that art, too, with the classic Stephen King font of course. By the way, what is that font? I’ve tried to find it, but for the life of me, I can’t!

    • @NamasteBbooktube
      @NamasteBbooktube 3 года назад +6

      On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is an excellent book by King and it has what you're looking for

  • @maryrosekent8223
    @maryrosekent8223 3 года назад +353

    I read _Ghost Story_ while sunbathing in my grandparents’ back yard-the safest place in my entire life-and I was absolutely terrified!

    • @MichaelfromBedford
      @MichaelfromBedford 3 года назад +3

      Loved GHOST STORY in late 70s or early 80s. The follow-up SHADOWLAND is also excellent.

    • @mournblade1066
      @mournblade1066 3 года назад +2

      @@MichaelfromBedford Shadowland is amazing. It is totally surreal, especially the parts with the Brothers Grimm. It set the stage for dark fantasy that would become the standard of Clive Barker, especially with his novels such as Weaveworld. (I'm currently reading Barker's The Great and Secret Show. . . for the fifth time!)

    • @anakinswife.
      @anakinswife. 3 года назад

      Hey guyss. Should I buy the book "ghost story". Please let me know

    • @REDchairDIARIES
      @REDchairDIARIES 3 года назад +1

      @@anakinswife. If you like a good involving read.

    • @anakinswife.
      @anakinswife. 3 года назад

      @@REDchairDIARIES hmm I do like it and I love reading horror books. Most of em that I've read are a little boring so I'm just asking if this one is good or not

  • @DarlaVaughan
    @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +458

    Stephen King was the first novelist to really deliver for me, no matter what he writes. A Master of his craft.

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 3 года назад +3

      Have you read Edgar Alan Poe?

    • @DarlaVaughan
      @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +6

      @@ivareskesner2019 my computer is named Edgar lol.... yes. I have several editions of his complete works. However, he wasn't a novelist imo.

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 3 года назад +4

      @@DarlaVaughan 😁 Cool. My brother's name was Edgar. But yes, he's certainly not a novelist. More a poet and a short story writer. Still. Him and King share a very similar macabre tone in their stories so I would put them in the same league narrative wise.

    • @DarlaVaughan
      @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +4

      @@ivareskesner2019 agreed. There's a reason my computer is named after him. They are the only two macabre masters I hold responsible on those sleepless nights lol.

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 3 года назад +2

      @@DarlaVaughan Well, may the only sleepless nights you have be the ones you spend celebrating something of note 👍🏻

  • @simonbeech5421
    @simonbeech5421 3 года назад +14

    I met him back in 2006 when he was promoting Lisey's Story in the UK. He was a guest on a tv show i worked on as a camera operator. Knowing he was coming in i brought in my copy of Lisey's Story and, cheekily, my copy of Misery.He signed them both. Lisey's Story to "Simon, a constant reader, best wishes Stephen King" and in Misery wrote the single best sentence ever: "To Simon, from your number one fan, Stephen King"
    They say never meet your heroes, well, i met mine, and he was a true gent. He shook my hand, thanked me for reading his books and left me standing there, mesmerised, tongue-tied and delighted.
    Ive many signed and limited edition King novels, but those two are my favourites.

    • @davidcattin7006
      @davidcattin7006 Месяц назад

      How nice! Your story made me cry. Regards from Indiana.

  • @michaelshamman7780
    @michaelshamman7780 3 года назад +1509

    Stephen King makes it cool to be nerdy about books

    • @janeskey5042
      @janeskey5042 3 года назад +18

      Agreed - I even wrote down some of those books so I can remember to read them myself!

    • @corbeau-_-
      @corbeau-_- 3 года назад +10

      @Michael Lochlann I was about to say, at best Stephen King gives you the feeling it is ok. It was always cool to read books ;)
      Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so popular opinion is fickle. It is just a mean.
      Books take a bit of patience and effort, though. Which makes them unpopular - so be it.
      In most cases you should ignore popular opinion and just do what makes you feel good. Unless you are very frustrated...
      At any rate, people as a whole are shallow, your own happiness is worth much more!
      Stephen had a nice side effect to it as well: He's well known and his bank account is doing ok. Imagine if he would've been influenced by a nerdy reputation - and didn't write books at all...

    • @Kamarca
      @Kamarca 3 года назад +10

      @Michael Lochlann I was born with a disability, wasn't ever able to play sports or go out for recess. I remember the first time a teacher told me that reading was my sport. Never felt nerdy after that, lol.

    • @amazingsupergirl7125
      @amazingsupergirl7125 3 года назад +8

      Wow I couldn’t care any less about anyone’s opinion on how much I read

    • @karla-yu4tg
      @karla-yu4tg 3 года назад +1

      Tal vez no entiendas esto pero "nerdy" es una palabra muy estúpida que a lo largo de los años en las películas más que todo estadounidenses la han usado despectivamente, leer es genial. Y quien diga lo contrario no ha tocado un libro en su vida, leer es arte.

  • @BrianMcAleer
    @BrianMcAleer 9 месяцев назад +31

    Here's all the books he mentions. Happy reading...
    “Lonesome Dove” by Larry McMurty
    “Shoot” by Douglas Fairbairn
    “Ghost Story” by Peter Straub
    “The World According to Garp” by John Irving
    “The Land that Time Forgot” by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    “In Dubious Battle” by John Steinback
    “Whipple’s Castle” by Thomas Williams
    Anything by Michael Connolly
    “Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pinchin
    “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace

    • @kku6857
      @kku6857 4 месяца назад +1

      He wrote great words on Lord of the flies. I still remember them, I am jelaous if you still did not read that story.

  • @tybrady1935
    @tybrady1935 3 года назад +736

    If you ever thought about writing or you just like Stephen King, read his book about how to write called - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.

    • @TonyGonzales
      @TonyGonzales 3 года назад +30

      Just a fun book in general and one that leaves me feeling motivated.

    • @tabbycat55
      @tabbycat55 3 года назад +13

      Agreed. That’s a fabulous book.

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion 3 года назад +40

      "On Writing" was a reading requirement in one of my creative writing classes, along with Strunk and White's "Elements of Style," which I had been told was the "Bible for writers" that had to be followed. Two years later, I read "Adios, Strunk and White," which showed me how to have a bit more fun with the English language. It turns stuffiness into whimsy.
      It's a shame the author, Gary Hoffman, whom I studied under for a semester, was a misogynistic asshat. One day the male students finally believed us women that Professor Hoffman never called on us, so they refused to raise their hands that whole class, leaving the professor furious. He still refused to have any girls answer his questions, pretending like literally no one was raising their hands. Finally, he yelled at the guys, who called him out for discrimination. Hoffman outright said, most of Western literature was written by men, for men, so the options of women are inconsequential. We reported him to the dean, but Hoffman was the head of the English department, so nothing was done. I went out of my way to avoid taking another one of his classes.
      I really hope that in the years since I took his class, he changed. Or at least was finally ordered to allow women to have an equal voice. Maybe even teach about female writers. (Such a concept!)
      So, while I highly recommend "Adios" as a balancing view to "Elements," get it used. It's full of good writing advice from a guy who's a bit of a dict...ionary.

    • @DARWINZOO
      @DARWINZOO 3 года назад +3

      Better than his novels.

    • @jennifermartin9798
      @jennifermartin9798 3 года назад +1

      Does he teach about proofreading?

  • @ParanormalMetalMan
    @ParanormalMetalMan 3 года назад +504

    A living legend! His opinions on books carry weight 🤘

    • @amazingsupergirl7125
      @amazingsupergirl7125 3 года назад +8

      Yeah but I’m shocked I haven’t read even one book he listed

    • @niveknanorc7316
      @niveknanorc7316 3 года назад +1

      @@amazingsupergirl7125 no, but they are on the list now ! we love you SK !!

  • @john-carlosynostroza
    @john-carlosynostroza 2 года назад +48

    this guy is really amazing. over 60 novels and so many darn good ones. what an amazing thing to have so many stories come through you and have the ability to put them down in a way that communicates to so many people.

  • @TanyaCookecoprimitiveart
    @TanyaCookecoprimitiveart 3 года назад +163

    My favorite author! Ever. I'm 64 years old and have been reading at least one of his novels every year since I was 25. Thanks to the Stephen Colbert show I just bought his latest, "Billy Summer". I knew that my summer was missing someone...Stephen King. I just might be his #1 fan... see what I did there? lol ;-)

    • @wideawake5630
      @wideawake5630 3 года назад +3

      I love him too but my fave? Salman Rushdie. He's in a class by himself.

    • @notme2day
      @notme2day 3 года назад +6

      King really worried me in '02 when he mentioned plans to retire .. I honestly thought I was gonna have to kidnap a teddy bear and buy duct tape at that time.
      😂😂😂

    • @kaisha915
      @kaisha915 3 года назад +4

      Oh u dirty bird! I see it😉
      He's been my favorite since high school. He kept me grounded through the teen angst period. He's my absolute favorite. At 46 I'm still a lifetime fan-girl

    • @TanyaCookecoprimitiveart
      @TanyaCookecoprimitiveart 3 года назад +2

      @@kaisha915 You have great taste! He helps me spiritually as well. BTW: I can see Kathy Bates as I type this! lol!

    • @TanyaCookecoprimitiveart
      @TanyaCookecoprimitiveart 3 года назад +2

      @@kaisha915 Amen to that! He also helps me spiritually. I can still see Kathy Bates in my mind! She's in Delores Claiborne as well as in Misery. Billy Summer is very intriguing.

  • @garyowens1517
    @garyowens1517 3 года назад +91

    This guy writes brilliant stories. I've just started reading Billy Summers. Got me hooked from the first chapter. Been reading his books since I was 23. I'm 61 now.

    • @Leon_Aldrich
      @Leon_Aldrich 3 года назад +8

      I snuck Carrie out of my parent's bedroom after explicit finger waving instructions from my Mom, "You are NOT to read this book!"
      I was 11.

    • @marcyjean6396
      @marcyjean6396 2 года назад +1

      @@Leon_Aldrich this was me but with desperation!

  • @LiqnLag
    @LiqnLag 3 года назад +67

    That Stephen King has not actually read Gravity's Rainbow is at once understandable and heartening.

    • @alisamadoo4024
      @alisamadoo4024 3 года назад +7

      😆 it’s a famous book that nobody’s read!

  • @InsolentWill
    @InsolentWill 3 года назад +24

    I wrote to SK 30 years ago asking his favorite book and the response I got was Lord of the Flies 😀

  • @theresaread6174
    @theresaread6174 3 года назад +100

    My mom got mad at me for reading King when I was 12 and banned me from his books. So I read the Bachmann books... mom gave up.

    • @syra1541
      @syra1541 3 года назад +5

      I would get Stephen King books from my school library and hid them from my mom

    • @omarmagdi2732
      @omarmagdi2732 3 года назад +5

      I cracked up at this.. Lol

    • @belleooo
      @belleooo 3 года назад +5

      My mum was the opposite, and encouraged me to read anything I wanted. Her bookcase was full of horror and sci-fi so there I fell in love with those genres lol. I was reading Herbert, Guy n Smith, King, Lovecraft from the tender age of 9 lol.

    • @eliotcaber9606
      @eliotcaber9606 3 года назад

      Haha being banned from those books just made them more pleasurable to read

    • @samarie04
      @samarie04 3 года назад +1

      Watched It (the 90s version) when I was 6. Read the book when I was 8. Been a “constant reader” ever since. Dad claims It warped my brain; I take it as a compliment.

  • @joshworkman2907
    @joshworkman2907 3 года назад +30

    I'm really happy for Stephen king and his success over the years, Stephen is a very talented writer indeed.

  • @elainebinette6655
    @elainebinette6655 3 года назад +89

    I love this gracious, talented man! What a fantastic segment!

  • @Whisky_Tango_Foxtrot-jc5uq
    @Whisky_Tango_Foxtrot-jc5uq 3 года назад +35

    One of the greatest, creative, influential, storytelling minds of the 20th century along with Steven Spielberg.

    • @marcyjean6396
      @marcyjean6396 2 года назад +1

      I wish they could do better at translating his writing to the big screen! But I think it's because he's so descriptive is loses his touch

  • @lissalives1
    @lissalives1 2 года назад +2

    Aww. He’s very personable and humble.

  • @rolanddeschain6089
    @rolanddeschain6089 3 года назад +21

    This is where Mr. King is right in his element.
    As long as he can rave about books and give other authors a shout out, he's happy.

  • @jamesamick3298
    @jamesamick3298 3 года назад +19

    Stephen king could probably name a couple hundred or so books or more that have been an inspiration to him in his writing. But, it's nice to see that stephen is a great lover of reading and books. It's not just a job, it's something he loves, whether it's something he writes or someone else writes.

  • @scowlistic
    @scowlistic 3 года назад +17

    The value of this 3 minute clip is immeasurable.

  • @rlwalker2
    @rlwalker2 3 года назад +8

    My FAVORITE Stephen King story. His little girl told him she didn't like his stories and asked him to write one for kids like her. He did. I just LOVE that story.

    • @graceomalley4
      @graceomalley4 3 года назад +2

      What did he write for her?

    • @laurawalton198
      @laurawalton198 3 года назад +5

      @@graceomalley4 The Eyes Of The Dragon 🐉 Love this Book; I just reread it last week. I read it to my son when he was little too.

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 3 года назад +30

    The Land That Time Forgot is crazy in a good way.

  • @jamiesehdev2663
    @jamiesehdev2663 3 года назад +5

    Reading this guys work got me through alot of crap times addiction.. Depression.. Stress etc.. Love stephen Kings books.. Can never read enough of em...

  • @TheChessPlayer1956
    @TheChessPlayer1956 2 месяца назад +1

    Lots of fun hearing a master story teller talk about what he likes. I never was interested in the horror genre until I just by chance read Pet Cemetery. I was hooked. "It" is my favorite Stephen King novel. Read it six times. I love his non-horror books. Recently just finished Billy Summers. Another masterpiece.

  • @onjofilms
    @onjofilms 3 года назад +29

    Loved "The Land That Time Forgot". First major book; "The Black Stallion".

  • @jarrysciligo5395
    @jarrysciligo5395 3 года назад +27

    Gotta be honest, Lonesome Dove shocked me just a little. That said, it's a friggin amazing read.

    • @goodyeoman4534
      @goodyeoman4534 3 года назад +1

      I'd never heard of it before. Have you read it?

    • @pianonotes1010
      @pianonotes1010 3 года назад +2

      It made me smile when he mentioned it.

  • @gypsysnickerdoodle4354
    @gypsysnickerdoodle4354 3 года назад +17

    The World According To Garp made me cry in Jr High!
    I reread that book so many times in HS

    • @wideawake5630
      @wideawake5630 3 года назад

      I was so impressed when Orson Scott Card made me cry on the first short page of Xenocide. What 2 or 3 paragraphs?
      I cried so hard reading The Color Purple I had to keep pausing until I could see.

  • @tarlochansingh620
    @tarlochansingh620 3 года назад +14

    "A book that makes you happy. "
    "The book I just finished." Stephen says.
    Yes! I found the world's happiest person.

  • @johnnycash2254
    @johnnycash2254 3 года назад +9

    Lonesome Dove is one of my absolute favorites too, kinda cool

    • @IMSiegfried
      @IMSiegfried 3 года назад +1

      Lonesome Dove the TV series is one of the very few times that the TV version is as good as the book.

    • @johnnycash2254
      @johnnycash2254 3 года назад

      @@IMSiegfried Totally agree, an unbelievably good TV series too (IMO, of course).

  • @boringthings
    @boringthings 3 года назад +42

    As a new reader, I love to find out what other people/celebrities are reading! I really enjoyed this segment & I hope to see more of it! 📚💕

    • @conniejenni5504
      @conniejenni5504 3 года назад +4

      Don't ever stop reading. The written word and our ability to read are the greatest gifts ever to mankind.

    • @boringthings
      @boringthings 3 года назад +4

      @@conniejenni5504 Thank you for the encouragement. I made a New Year’s resolution to start reading & I’ve read 46 books so far, more books than I’ve ever read in my 34 years (& the only NY’s resolution I’ve ever maintained)! It’s all I want to do & my list of books to read is miles long. 🧡

  • @lisasim
    @lisasim 3 года назад +1

    Lonesome Dove - Larry Mcmurtry
    Shoot - Douglas Fairbairn
    Ghost Story - Peter Straub
    The World According to Garp - John Irving
    The Land That Time Forgot - Edgar Rice Burroughs
    In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck
    Whipple's castle - Thomas Williams
    Any book by Stephen King (One of my favorites is Insomnia)
    The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly
    Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
    Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
    Thank you! 👑📚🙏

  • @ryanstanglrealestate2663
    @ryanstanglrealestate2663 3 года назад +2

    Lonesome Dove and Shantaram are my two favorite books of all time.

  • @stewdaniels88
    @stewdaniels88 3 года назад +21

    Edgar Rice Burroughs!! One of the most fun authors of all time

  • @yurielcundangan9090
    @yurielcundangan9090 3 года назад +42

    Popular Opinion: Every single one of y'all agrees that King made our day:

  • @laurawells9857
    @laurawells9857 3 года назад +1

    “The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck, “ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”, “As I was Young and Easy”, “Where the Red Fern Grows”, and yes, “Christine” and “Misery”.

    • @wideawake5630
      @wideawake5630 3 года назад +1

      The Good Earth yep. I was a teen and it had such an impact that at 67 I still corner young ppl to persuade them to stop paying rent and buy even a small wooded lot on land contract and put a rent to own shed on it for a rustic tiny house.
      Have u read A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr?

    • @laurawells9857
      @laurawells9857 3 года назад +1

      @@wideawake5630 No, but I’ll take your recommendation. Thank you!

  • @sharonmullins1957
    @sharonmullins1957 3 года назад +4

    "The world according to Garp," broke my heart, but was amazing.

  • @jonathanross149
    @jonathanross149 3 года назад +12

    This will be good practice for when you meet Queen Elizabeth. She is a constant reader and I have been told she often asks people, "What are you reading?"

    • @ackerjawaka1966
      @ackerjawaka1966 2 месяца назад

      She asked me that when I met her so I told her I was reading Jeffrey Epsteins police statement 😜 no she didn't laugh either 🍀

  • @kkcooler435
    @kkcooler435 3 года назад +3

    Favorite book of all time: 'An Act of Self Defense' by Erne Lewis. Honorable mention: The Earth's Children series, beginning with 'Clan of the Cave Bear' by Jean Auel.

  • @locutusdborg126
    @locutusdborg126 3 года назад +2

    Thomas Williams is a superb author and Whipple's Castle is beautiful. But I am 71 yrs old so have read many good books that are now forgotten.

    • @amherst88
      @amherst88 3 года назад

      Do you know Billy Collins' poem called 'Forgetfulness'? ruclips.net/video/n-a8ELOVig4/видео.html

  • @CyclopsWasRight616
    @CyclopsWasRight616 3 года назад +12

    When I was a kid, I picked up Ghost Story because Stephen King mentioned liking it. I still remember that to this day.

    • @rgs8970
      @rgs8970 3 года назад +1

      I'm intrigued but I'm a little scared... I think I'll read it anyway

    • @kevinriddell2105
      @kevinriddell2105 3 года назад +2

      It was a good book. But the movie was disappointing

  • @cindygillis5550
    @cindygillis5550 Год назад

    i was 19 when i started reading your stories i an now 62 and love everything you write it makes me feel alive

  • @dogonabeach229
    @dogonabeach229 3 года назад +7

    Mr King is the Einstein of writing. And it'd not just horror either. He touches on many deep subjects.

  • @kavya12kohli
    @kavya12kohli Год назад +2

    I just finished reading "Billy Summers" by Stephen King. It's the first one of his that I read and I absolutely loved it! It was so amazing! I can't wait to get started on my Stephen King reading journey.

    • @parthk5513
      @parthk5513 Год назад

      I would recommend you to read Duma key or Revival.

  • @NickSquaredTV
    @NickSquaredTV 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for the Infinite Jest honesty Mr. King!

  • @jarrysciligo5395
    @jarrysciligo5395 3 года назад +5

    My first Stephen King novel was Pet Semitary. Friggin brilliant. Read that in '86 and been a fan ever since.

    • @troxycat
      @troxycat 3 года назад +1

      Just finished re-reading that one, it's such a delight!!!

  • @angelariebli4843
    @angelariebli4843 3 года назад +51

    Love him. At the human level, not just as a storyteller.

  • @lakeshagadson357
    @lakeshagadson357 3 года назад +2

    i love stephen king as a person.

  • @gregoryduke1088
    @gregoryduke1088 Год назад +1

    One of my favorite all time books is 11/22/63 !

  • @roseredfire48
    @roseredfire48 3 года назад +6

    I love your Mr. King and enjoy all your novels. I look forward to when I can get Billy Summers. One book of yours I've read more than once is Misery. Kathy Bates was the perfect choice for playing Annie in the movie. I never tire of the story.

  • @kristinj3339
    @kristinj3339 3 года назад +35

    My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. I almost named my daughter Harper. (She's Lucy now, because of C.S. Lewis. )

    • @crittermama
      @crittermama 3 года назад +2

      That is a good one. I actuator only read it the first time because my younger sister was showed to read it and a few other books. She is dyslexic and hated reading back then. My mom loved reading and so did I so that year we read her books and told her about them. She still had to write her own reports, we didn't go that far. Cold Sassy Tree was another one I found that way that I really liked.

    • @kristinj3339
      @kristinj3339 3 года назад +1

      @@crittermama I've certainly read many more difficult and longer ones, but I feel like the moral of the story is very dear to my heart.

    • @conniejenni5504
      @conniejenni5504 3 года назад

      One of the most amazing novels ever. I would love to go to New York and see Jeff Daniels play Aticus Finch on Broadway. On my bucket list.

    • @lynnturman8157
      @lynnturman8157 3 года назад

      I named my son Scrooge. Because Christmas Carol is my favorite book.

    • @kristinj3339
      @kristinj3339 3 года назад

      @@lynnturman8157 I don't believe you lol

  • @RosieRoseDesigner
    @RosieRoseDesigner 3 года назад +17

    Eyes of the dragon is one of yours that I read again and again. I can't wait to read it with my kids too.

    • @AlienHunter47
      @AlienHunter47 3 года назад +1

      I love that book to bits!! I'm in the middle of re-reading it once again. Such a splendid and enjoyable story.

  • @crystalpilon624
    @crystalpilon624 3 года назад

    I love that John Irving was mentioned. Something about A Prayer For Owen Meany sticks with me.

  • @The00Lisa00
    @The00Lisa00 3 года назад +29

    Ghost Story scared me too! At one point, I actually jumped when something (I won't say what it was) happened! That had never happened to me while reading a book 😳

    • @Nico-yi2bi
      @Nico-yi2bi 3 года назад +1

      Me too. The only time that happened to me was when I was reading my very first King book. When I read Salems Lot , someone walked into the room and my book flew out of my hands. lol

  • @michellem4287
    @michellem4287 3 года назад +39

    "Sometimes dead is better."
    -stephen king

  • @brianmcmanus4690
    @brianmcmanus4690 3 года назад +2

    MY MAN! The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe got me into reading, first one I remember reading.

  • @Diarmuhnd
    @Diarmuhnd 3 года назад +11

    *Dune by Frank Herbert. Then the entire Dune series.*
    "“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”"
    Thanks for sharing, have fun & stay safe everyone.

  • @eleanormay729
    @eleanormay729 3 года назад +78

    The book I can't wait to read is the next book Stephen King writes! I just love him.

    • @IMSiegfried
      @IMSiegfried 3 года назад

      He has a new book coming out this month. :)

    • @niveknanorc7316
      @niveknanorc7316 3 года назад

      Billy Summer, cannot wait to find it in the Library, i know, but i can;t afford them any more : (

  • @ЮлияЮхлю
    @ЮлияЮхлю Месяц назад

    I read and reread the Tommyknockers. This book somehow resonates with me. Every time I read it, I have a feeling that it might have a different ending. It leaves a certain aftertaste you don't always get with other books. Even though I'm not a native English speaker, I read the books of Stephen King only in the original language. Thank you, Stephen! I grew up with your stories, and I hope to read more! Keep up!

  • @davidperez5089
    @davidperez5089 3 года назад +10

    Fav SK book- fire starter, twas me first book i finished in highschool.

  • @MegaYoyo911
    @MegaYoyo911 3 года назад +2

    I'm really starting to read again and have written down all these books! 🙏🏼 Nearly halfway through The Dark Tower Wastelands! Not only is his imagination incredible, the dude's pacing of this story is just phenomenal. Literally, it feels like you're reading "one story, spread over several books".

    • @spoolie345
      @spoolie345 2 года назад

      That is probably my favorite story of his! Hope I'll get the series reread some year.

  • @chipblock2854
    @chipblock2854 3 года назад

    Two come to mind, "November 22, 1963" and "On Writing". The former is very close to a short story I wrote in the 1990s about stopping Kennedy getting shot and the latter got my juices flowing into writing.

  • @aic53
    @aic53 3 года назад +1

    Favourite book: Lonesome Dove - Larry Mcrurty
    Favourite line: Shoot - Douglas Fairbairn
    Favourite horror: Ghost story - Peter Stroud
    Cryer: The World According to Garp - John Irving
    Fall in Love with reading: The land that time forgot - Edgar Rice Burrows
    Favourite in high school: In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck
    Favourite to reread: Whipple's Castle - Thomas Williams
    Happy book (current): Billy Summers - Stephen King
    Can't wait to read: The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly
    Not read: Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pincheon

  • @sharonnelson1392
    @sharonnelson1392 3 года назад +4

    My favorite book to re-read is The Stand. I've read it 3 times and only once was the shortened version.

    • @TheChiefsfan88
      @TheChiefsfan88 3 года назад

      I’ve only read the longer uncut version. Is the shorter version worth the read?

    • @sharonnelson1392
      @sharonnelson1392 3 года назад +1

      @@TheChiefsfan88 not really. I only read the short one cuz it came out first. They cut something like 500 pages out of the long one for the shorter one but it didn't change the story line.

    • @IMSiegfried
      @IMSiegfried 3 года назад +1

      Same here. Just finished rereading it.

    • @IMSiegfried
      @IMSiegfried 3 года назад +1

      @@TheChiefsfan88 I think it is. I've read both and I first fell in love with the shorter version which made me want to read the long version.

    • @TheChiefsfan88
      @TheChiefsfan88 3 года назад +1

      @@sharonnelson1392 Thank you good to know. I might still buy a copy just to have for my collection lol

  • @zoltore23
    @zoltore23 3 года назад +6

    Carrie. Misery. Christine. Pet Sematary. It.
    King is a TRUE GENIUS!

    • @Smoove_J
      @Smoove_J 3 года назад

      You just named 4 of my 5 favorite King books. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

    • @ironinthesoul9680
      @ironinthesoul9680 3 года назад

      @@Smoove_J what's the other one?

  • @susanlueem8267
    @susanlueem8267 3 года назад +11

    So refreshing he actually listed books I have heard of (and read) and not tried to impress
    With obscure, intellectual works no one understands!

  • @shepinchains1
    @shepinchains1 3 года назад +2

    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
    'I understood about half of it' 😂
    Truth!

  • @akadjadikt
    @akadjadikt Год назад

    Wow I think the world according to garp was the first novel I ever read and it made me cry too. Love this man.

  • @TDiggz
    @TDiggz 3 года назад +50

    Stephen King the only dude on the planet that has a mustache but doesn't have a mustache at the same time

    • @em83bass
      @em83bass 3 года назад

      Do you mean in a Magnum P. I. sort of way?

    • @eddsheene
      @eddsheene 3 года назад

      I don't know what he meant but I do see one string of mustache hanging

  • @highstax_xylophones
    @highstax_xylophones 3 года назад +2

    The King. Man I don't care bout lots of people but this guy is special. Hope he lasts forever.

  • @novafamily8430
    @novafamily8430 3 года назад +1

    My favorite non-fiction book: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
    - Paulo Freire
    Fiction: The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons

  • @markbirchall8225
    @markbirchall8225 3 года назад

    When you read enough Stephen King, you feel like he understands you better than your family. I started reading It at 14 yrs old, then Rose Madder, Insomnia, Salems Lot, Carrie and a dozen more followed in the next couple of years. This man understands how to take you on a journey & becomes a great friend and the most evil enemy through his characters. Long may he continue to write these brilliant stories.

  • @Cincystone
    @Cincystone 3 года назад +2

    God bless this man

  • @annamariaavolio9208
    @annamariaavolio9208 3 года назад

    My Hero. Now and Forever.

  • @296jacqi
    @296jacqi 3 года назад +1

    Just finished Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series, just began Vernon Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep. Loved Stephen King’s Dr. Sleep.

    • @TheLottolandus
      @TheLottolandus 3 года назад

      Check out Peter Hamilton and Neil Asher.

  • @Paperbird76
    @Paperbird76 3 года назад +1

    When I saw this video I bought and read 'lonesome dove' and I fully agree!

  • @ILoveMyFamilyAndFriends88
    @ILoveMyFamilyAndFriends88 3 года назад +13

    "The man in black fled across the desert ...and the gunslinger followed"

    • @em83bass
      @em83bass 3 года назад +1

      The one good thing about my 2020

    • @deathwitheponine
      @deathwitheponine 3 года назад +1

      Yes! It's the only opening line (apart from the one for Pride and Prejudice because it's quoted so often) that I remember.

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 3 года назад +1

    My favorite book is A Prayer For Owen Meany and my favorite author is John Irving. Interesting that his The World According To Garp made him cry❤️

  • @gizemyenikler6595
    @gizemyenikler6595 3 года назад +1

    Love Stephen kıng

  • @casiragui52
    @casiragui52 3 года назад +1

    One of a kind ♥

  • @TyLarson
    @TyLarson 3 года назад +1

    Big fan of Robert Browning. Gordie Dickson's Childe Cycle was also inspired by the Childe Roland unto the Dark Tower Came.

  • @H1GHLANDER100
    @H1GHLANDER100 Год назад

    My mother introduce me to this man forty years ago, he scared the shit out of me then, and he scares the shit out of me now. I hope to meet him in person one day. "It," sold me.

  • @amazingsupergirl7125
    @amazingsupergirl7125 3 года назад +3

    “As I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind….Paul Newman and a ride home.” My favorite opening line of a book.

  • @marilynchallis5787
    @marilynchallis5787 3 года назад +3

    Love Stephen King👏 My fav. “fiction” book of all time is the “4.50 from Paddington”, by English writer Agatha Christie. Fav. children’s book, “Anne of Green Gables” by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery.

  • @ryanwalters8702
    @ryanwalters8702 3 года назад +2

    I like that he likes Ghost Story. I started reading it because he co-authored The Talisman with Peter Straub and that got me into Straub's books. I've read it about 3 times and love it. The movie is good as well. I've read the Talisman like 5 times too. That and Needful Things are probably my 2 favorite King books. I've read about 55 of his novels so I'm almost read them all

  • @mychellevanschaick4321
    @mychellevanschaick4321 3 года назад +1

    My fav is The Regulators… absolutely loved that book👍🏼

  • @leestringer
    @leestringer 3 года назад +2

    Stephen King is the reason I started reading again in my late teens, and eventually writing. I don't like everything he's written, and many of his later novels I find too bleak (like Revival - good lord), but he has undoubtedly written some horror masterpieces and there will always be a special place for him in my mental hall of heroes.

  • @jujuryan9632
    @jujuryan9632 3 года назад +1

    I love this segment

  • @lauramaue
    @lauramaue 3 года назад +1

    I feel ya, Stephen. I tried reading Gravity's Rainbow years ago and just couldn't get into it.
    Now I remember it as the confusing fever dream of a book that I never finished.

  • @dkropelnicki9819
    @dkropelnicki9819 3 года назад

    Lonesome Dove... So good!

  • @myaunteffy1440
    @myaunteffy1440 3 года назад

    I read The Land That Time Forgot many times growing up. What a great escape.

  • @davebartosh5
    @davebartosh5 3 года назад +2

    They assigned us the most horrible books to read in my High School. I barely read them...skipped around to pass the quiz afterward. Meahnwhile at home I was reading Larry Niven Sci-fi books. They were great!

    • @sharonnelson1392
      @sharonnelson1392 3 года назад

      Hated reading for the same reason, high school. Stephen King saved me.

  • @danihesslinger7968
    @danihesslinger7968 3 года назад +2

    I am saving this thread for suggestions from all of you. I am 72 and don't watch t.v., I read 😃
    My favorite these past five years or so still is "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell (him of "Cloud Atlas"). The most poetically written thriller I ever read so far.

    • @danihesslinger7968
      @danihesslinger7968 3 года назад

      P.S.: my favorite Stephen King (as a movie) was "Carrie", because it depicted so much of what I experienced as a German exchange student in the US for one year, in the 60s😃

  • @marciashiraishi5891
    @marciashiraishi5891 3 года назад +1

    Stephen King books and Led Zeppelin songs. Two things I love! 📚🎶❤️

  • @ziggy33399
    @ziggy33399 3 года назад +2

    Well thank you for that. I never heard of Whipple’s Castle. Entertaining & interesting to view this.

  • @sahej6939
    @sahej6939 3 года назад

    He’s such a likable fellow!

  • @JustineJustified
    @JustineJustified 3 года назад

    PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!!

  • @fredricclack7137
    @fredricclack7137 3 года назад +7

    "His fingernails ripped off like wet decals" the Stand SK 😵

  • @makokx7063
    @makokx7063 3 года назад +1

    I'm always in awe how people can remember not only titles but also authors. I read voraciously when I was young and still read at least 1 or 2 books a month now in my 30s and I can't remember even 2% of the titles and honestly could not tell you a single author aside from the classics and maybe R.L. Stine because his name was as prominent on the cover as the book titles were lol