Is it healthy to only want to read Stephen King?

[King fan from trinidad]

For over a year it was only stephen king books! Now i've read about 20 of them and i finally took a little 2 day break to read intensity by dean koontz.

[Evil Queen]

No, you're not weird & no, there's no one better, just different...

[Cthulhu]

Reading nothing but King would be like eating the same food for every meal your entire life. No doubt he is good but you should read other stuff as well.

[Sigmund]

Hi!

I don't know about weird or healthy but, around here it's perfectly normal.

I await each new SK book with bated breath. I do tend to re-read the books almost immediately after I have read them the first time.

I read other fiction and I do enjoy them but, they just are not the same. I read thrillers, mystery, psychological suspense, crime, pathology, humor, contemporary and everyday family/drama. When I pick-up and read a book I know I will get one, two maybe three aspects of the above and yay! I will enjoy the read. But, with Stephen King it seems like I get all the above and more.

Don't question it. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

(You still have a lot of SK books to read and enjoy. Get to it! )

Peace.

[bryantburnette]

Stephen King is far and away my favorite author, but if he's the only author you read, then you are doing yourself a truly horrible disservice -- and I am 100% certain Stephen King would agree with me on that.

[MyLife4YouSK]

yes it's healthy and no there is no one better. but I'm obsessed, so might not want to listen to my opinion on other authors....BUT I do love Robert McCammon(always have) and Dean Koontz(though not as much as I used to).

I'm working on re reading all of King's stuff. Just finished Lisey's Story, man... what a smucking great bool! um, book. To those that said they don't like Lisey's Story., re read it!

Next up Cell and I'm hoping I like it more the 2nd time around. There's just too much I miss or don't understand the first time so that's why I re read books., though usually only King or McCammon do I do this with.

Don't forget to come check out Stephen King Trivia here in the social groups! It's Wednesday today, Have a Wicked Easy Day!

[samhain]

I prefer SK's novels over everything else I read, but I still enjoy other books and authors. Also, SK is the only author with whom I re-read the books on a regular basis (with the exception of the Harry Potter series).

When a new SK hardcover is released, I purchase it, read it, and place it on my bookcase along with all my other SK hardcovers. I usually scout used bookstores for the paperback versions as those are the ones I use for re-reading (it's easier taking the paperback along with me on the train to work...plus, the book is already "worn" so I don't have to worry about keeping it neat).

[blunthead]

Is it healthy to only want to read Stephen King?

Depends on how much sleep you need.

[JordyVerrill]

Stephen King is by far my favorite author, and not just because his stories are good, but no other author that I've read has been able to get me as emotionally attached to fictional characters as King does. I've only been reading his work (other than Skeleton Crew and Night Shift, both of which I read as a kid) for the past couple of years, so I still have a lot of his books to read, but I do find that after reading two or three of them in a row I like to switch it up and read a book by someone else. I don't really have a second favorite author, but my favorite non-King (and non-Harry Potter... those books helped me re-discover the joy of reading I had as a kid and somehow lost as an adult, so they will always have a special place in my heart) book is probably Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.

[Todash]

Stephen King is far and away my favorite author, but if he's the only author you read, then you are doing yourself a truly horrible disservice -- and I am 100% certain Stephen King would agree with me on that.

I'm going to have to agree with this one. On all counts.