New King readers: don't start with these books

[moonbeam66]

I would recommend starting with a few recent novels (UTD, Cell, 11/22/63) followed by The Stand and then the Castle Rock books and stories (including Bag of bones). By the time they are done with that, they should be hooked! I mean, those novels were written in four different decades, which I think would not fail to impress anyone!)

SK has a pretty bad reputation among some people thanks to some of the movies, so it would be most important I think, to show them he is so much better than those movies.

I would not recommend starting with Dolores Claiborne or the older novels.

[Tiny]

I have recommend that newbies start with the Tete books (small-tiny)
Mist, Carrie, Gunslinger 1, Cujo, Firestarter ,

Then they can move on to the S books as Tabby King calls them.
The Shinning, Salem's Lot, and the Stand .

If Sci-Fi is better for you then:
Cell, TommyKnocker, Under the Dome, Fire starter (many others)

[charlotte98]

I'd say stay the hell away from "pet sematary", if someone read that, having never read king before, they'd be scared stiff and never wanna pick up another of his books again.
Don't get me wrong, I love that book, but it was bone-chilling.