5 best and 5 worst King book

[IBuriedPaul90]

Best:

1. It
2. The Stand
3. The Dead Zone
4. Salem's Lot
5. The Shining

Not Best:

1. The Regulators
2. Desperation
3. Insomnia
4. The Talisman
5. Carrie

[LittleLune]

It's so interesting reading through all of your lists and how we all differ (many of you put Tommyknockers on your least favorite list - I loved it - although it isn't on my top 5 either).

Top 6 favorite books/stories:
The Stand
The Dark Tower(I haven't gotten through the whole series yet, I'm about 2/3 through The Wastelands and completely addicted!)
The Shining
Apt Pupil
The Man in the Black Suit
1408

Least favorite:
Gerald's Game - I just couldn't get into it and I never finished it.

[TheHardcase]

O.K. I no particular order. . .

1. The Stand -- by a large margin. Indescribably outstanding.
2. 11/22/63 -- the only other book I regretted getting to the end of as much as The Stand.
3. 'Salem's Lot -- best vampire story since the original (Dracula, not Twilight, ugh!)
4. Bag of Bones -- There's so much there there, I don't know where to begin.
5. Wizard and Glass -- The one book that finally hooked me into the blasted lands of the Gunslinger.
Honorable mention -- There are many others crowding the top 5. It's a shame I had to make a choice.

I can't say I didn't like the books listed below, but they lacked a certain something SK's best work had.

1. The Tommyknockers -- It just didn't work for me.
2. From a Buick 8 -- Ditto.
3. Under The Dome -- Hate to break it to anyone, but not all conservative Christians are a bunch of jack-booted Nazi thugs.

I really can't go beyond these three. Everything else was wonderfully entertaining, sometimes bordering on absolutely profound. Either way, the body of work SK has produced makes for an incredible contribution to American fiction.

[TheLobsterBoy]

Best:

The Dead Zone
The Stand
Under The Dome
Night Shift
It

Worst
Gerald's Game
Rose Madder
The Shinning (sorry...just didn't like it)

That's about it.

[RichardX]

Best:
1) The Shining
2) Salem's Lot
3) The Stand
4) It
5) The Dead Zone

Worst:
1) Dreamcatcher
2) Gerald's Game
3) Cell
4) Insomnia
5) Dark Half

[Philthy]

Best
1. Pet Sematary
2. The Regulators
3. Dark Tower III The Wastelands
4. The Langoliers / The Long Walk
5. Duma Key

Worst
1. From A Buick 8
2. TommyKnockers
3. Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
4. Dark Half
5. Bag Of Bones

[Provectus Fidelis]

Best:
1. The Shining
2. The Stand
3. The Green Mile
4. The Dark Half
5. The Dark Tower generally

Worst:
1. Gerald's Game
2. Dolores Claiborne
3. Roadwork
4. Blaze
5. Rage

[Mr. Palmer]

5 Best:

Christine
Salem's Lot
The Tommyknockers
Thinner
Under The Dome

As for five... ahem, worst? I honestly don't think the man has written anything that bad. I'll give it some thought, though. Maybe I can conjure something...

[samhain]

Best
The Shining
'Salem's Lot
IT
Pet Semetary
Misery

Worst
The Tommyknockers
Insomnia
Lisey's Story
Roadwork

After looking at this again, I'd like to change the word Worst to Least-Favorite. These books are in no way bad, just not my favorites.

[King fan from trinidad]

This is my updated list!

BEST
1. IT
2. The green mile
3. Needful Things
4. The stand
5. Carrie

Worst
1. Cujo
2. Cycle of the werewolf
3. From a buick 8
4. Roadwork
5. Insomnia

I enjoyed all the books of his so far!