5 best and 5 worst King book

[micronesian]

I did not read all 9 pages of this, but for the pages I read I cannot believe that nobody mentioned last rung on the ladder as a top 5 and very few mentioned hearts in atlantis for a bottom 5. That is not only the worst King book I have ever read, it may very well be the worst book I have ever read. I still can't believe I made it through it. So here are my lists:

Top 5:
1. Last Rung on the Ladder (I just read this for like the 5th time and I still want to cry when I read it).
2. Dark Tower Series in general, Wizard and Glass in particular.
3. Talisman
4. The Stand
5. Eyes of the Dragon (I was only around 14 when I read that so it might change if I re-read it).

Bottom 5:
1. Hearts in Atlantis - worst book ever.
2. Roadwork
3. The regulators (somehow it was worse than Desperation).
4. Black House (Doesn't hold a candle to Talisman)
5. Hearts in Atlantis, it makes the list twice. I really hated it.

[king family fan]

I have read alot and I like some more than others. But I guess I like alot because I read Sk and anything to do with him.

[Hartley]

Guess for me it's a case of most preferred and least preferred.Not sure there are any I outright hate.

Most Preferred :

Bag of Bones
Talisman
Any of the collections particularly Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Needful Things
The Stand

Least Preferred :

Hearts in Atlantis
Tom Gordon
The Regulators
Rose Madder (Although must try this again,just in case)
Blaze

Hell ! To each their own. The world would be mighty boring if we all agreed with each other wouldn't it?

[Anna Rose]

i dont have any least favorites, but here are the best!
1. Misery
2. Pet Sematary
3. The Green Mile
4. Desperation
5. Cell

[Silhouette86]

Top five favs:
1. IT
2. Pet Sematary
3. Under The Dome
4. The Stand
5. Desperation

Least fav five:
1. Lisey's Story
2. Rose Madder

That's all the least favorites I can think of.

[Dana Jean]

I haven't read all of Stephen's books, so I can only make a list from what I have.

Top 5:
Salem's Lot
The Talisman
Eyes of the Dragon
On Writing
Duma Key
And since The Talisman was written with Straub, I'm going to add one more Stephen standalone --
Wizard and Glass; Danse Macabre; All the short story collections; Under The Dome; The Long Walk and, and, and....

Bottom 5:
From a Buick 8
Tommyknockers
The GWLTG
Roadwork
CELL

[Lily Sawyer]

I'm gonna copycat Dana Jean and give the same disclaimer and the same kinds of lists. I haven't read all of Mr. King's works, and there are no "bad" or "worst" lists I could compile. I'm like DJ: a Most Preferred and Least Preferred girl.

Most:
The Talisman
The Stand
'salem's Lot
The Breathing Method
It

Least:
Gerald's Game
Eyes of the Dragon
Dolores Claiborne
Lisey's Story
The Body

[Razeus]

Excluding his collections and novellas:

1) The Stand
2) Misery
3) The Shining
4) It
5) Pet Semetary

[muskrat]

May as well throw in my two cents:

Top Five:
1) The Stand
2) Dark Tower series
3) It
4) Salems Lot
5) Under The Dome

Worst Five:
1) Insomnia
2) Tommyknockers
3) Gerald's Game
4) Tom Gordon
5) Doloris Clayborne

There. I trust the world is now a better place...

[towerchilde78]

Best:
The Stand
Duma Key
Cell
I'm counting all of the Dark Tower books as one
Eyes of the Dragon

these I didn't care for:
Children of the Corn
The Mangler
Graveyard Shift
My Pretty Pony
The Fifth Quarter