New to the SK world

[BleakMid]

Welcome from another newbie. There's still a lot of SK books which I have yet to read but as of yesterday, I'm 100 pages into "IT" and it's great - very creepy and utterly engrossing. Keep having to remind myself to put it down and eat! Whatever you choose, enjoy....

[Michael Wilson]

lol yes grown up books. i'm 26 almost 27, but i haven't really read anything since HP. I read about 70% of The Godfather, but just couldn't make myself finish it because I've watched the movie roughly 6000 times in my life (best movie ever) and the differences between the book and movie were non existent, to the point of the movie being a line for line copy of the book. everything i've read since has either been a biography, or some sort of non fiction book. i just needed some new adult fiction in my life.

[jimson]

The Stand is pretty lengthy to start a new reader on. If you were a young adult not far removed from HS, I might recommend Christine.

If you were older, I might recommend The Shining or The Dead Zone.

Get em hooked before sending them headlong into the brick sized novel that is The Stand.

[blunthead]

I always recommend The Dead Zone as the starter sK. It's excellently written and isn't "horror", which means it shows sK telling a great story without having to be what people insist he is.

[bryras]

I don't think that there is a wrong way to go. Well, I wouldn't read the DT books out of order.
Did you know that Stephen King is/was a pretty big fan of Harry Potter? Me too!
Have fun. King's stories are great. Enjoy the journey!

[AchtungBaby]

I'm gonna be different and say Under the Dome.

The Stand is my personal favorite, but UTD flows wicked good. And it's a better one for a new reader to start out with, IMO.