5 best and 5 worst King book

[Sundrop]

5 best for me so far are

'Salem's Lot
Pet Sematary
The Shining
The DT Series (yes, I count it as one)
Needful Things

Kinda difficult to choose a bottom 5....so I'm not gonna

[Lisamull]

best:
1. The Stand
2. It
3. Geralds Game
4. Delores Claibourne
5. Misery

Worst (for me):
1. Gunslinger (all of them)
2. The girl who Loved Tom Gordon
3.The Regulators
4. Dreamcatcher
5. Tommyknockers

[CCAL]

5 best/5 worst---any way you can to look at it, they were all good enough to get published & get repeatedly purchased over the years! Theres not a 'worse' in the whole bunch imho. I may not like a particular one but thats merely my own hangup...anyone who gets the draw the way SK does hasnt got a worse story anywhere. I wouldnt be surprised if he managed to get a 'honey-do' or grocery list published if he so desired. Somewhere he probably has a notebook of thoughts and probably has notations up the margins with neat stuff "Trails End for YOU " " _ _ TRESPASSING ALLOWED on Crimsons Lane" or columns of numbers all totaling 19...& if he wanted it would probably fetch a high dollar there.
I had trouble reading Danse Macrebe (sp) but Gunslinger ,Duma Key & Liseys Story to me should definitely be on the best 5, if we must have a best 5, I just cant consider a 5 worst...

[prufrock21]

The best:
1. The Stand
2. DT 1-7
3. It
4. Pet Sematary
5. The Plant (though unfinished)

The worst:
There are no worst King books.

[bryantburnette]

The worst:
There are no worst King books.

I think what you mean to say is that there are no bad King books; technically speaking, something HAS to be the worst.

Here's my list:

5 Best
(1) Different Seasons
(2) It
(3) The Dead Zone
(4) The Green Mile
(5) On Writing

5 Worst
(1) Faithful (I love King's sections, but O'Nan's lost me entirely)
(2) Rose Madder
(3) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
(4) Lisey's Story
(5) Blockade Billy

Looking at that list from a remove, it appears that I've got a hate-on for King's baseball-themed writings. If so, it's a coincidence; I adore "Head Down," and "Fenway and the Great White Whale" is awfully good, too. No, I just don't care for the specific titles on my list all that much ... comparatively speaking, of course; none of them is what I'd call "bad."

[Manxkitti]

Best
TIE: The Stand & Pet Semetary
Rose Madder
Duma Key
The Shining
SalemsLot

Worst
Cell
From a Buick 8
Geralds Game
Tommyknockers
Roadwork

[furrawn]

Best:
1) The Stand
2) It
3) Lisey's Story
4) Bag of Bones
5) Insomnia
(I want to sneak and put UR as the sixth fav

Least Liked:
1) Gerald's Game
2) Roadwork
3) Dreamcatcher (I loved it when I read it, but it was so raw and tangible that I shiver when I think of re-reading it)

[19jen]

Best:
The Dark Tower Series
The Talisman, Black House
The Stand
Misery
Salem's Lot


Worst:
The Tommyknockers
Desperation

[AchtungBaby]

Best:
1. Misery
2. IT
3. 11/22/63 -TIE- Full Dark, No Stars
4. The DT series (what I've read of it so far, anyway)
5. Pet Semetary

Worst:
1. Insomnia
2. Dreamcatcher
3. The Running Man
4. Roadwork
5. Desperation

(Note: the only one of these I actually finished was Desperation, which isn't bad at all, it's just not as good as some of SKs other works. Maybe I should finally finish the other four, although I'm dreading it.)

[Krystal Pistol]

Best
1. Salems Lot
2. Pet Semetary
3. The shining
4. Misery
5. Full Dark, No Stars TIED with Bag
Of Bones

Worst
1. The dark half
2. Cell (only bc I was so disappointed in the ending)
3. Under the Dome ( the ending could have been much better)