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Dreamcatcher by Stephen King (2001)

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0100

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King (2001)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: February 20, 2001
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.

A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999)

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0100

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: April 6, 1999
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 6/10

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On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King (1998)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Bag of Bones by Stephen King (1998)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 22, 1998
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write, and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs, Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn into Mattie and Kyra’s struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors. What are the forces that have been unleashed here — and what do they want of Mike Noonan?

Desperation by Stephen King (1996)

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100

Desperation by Stephen King (1996)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1996
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Something is terribly wrong in Desperation, Nevada – a small mining town just off Route 50 with a played out open pit copper mine. The streets are wind swept and deserted; animals have the run of the town and something horrific is brewing in the now abandoned mine pit. You won’t have a good day in Desperation.

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King (1983)

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 1, 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Terror began in January—by the light of the full moon…

The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf’s fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked in her cozy bedroom. Now scenes of unbelievable horror unfold each time the full moon shines on the isolated Maine town of Tarker’s Mills. No one knows who will be attacked next. But one thing is sure. When the full moon rises, a paralyzing fear sweeps through Tarker’s Mills. For snarls that sound like human words can be heard whining through the wind. And all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated…

The Green Mile by Stephen King (1996)

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

The Green Mile by Stephen King (1996)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1996
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 10/10

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Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with “Old Sparky,” Cold Mountain’s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he’s never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefes… and yours.

The Regulators by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1996)

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0000

The Regulators by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1996)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: January 1, 1996
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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The battle against evil has begun in this “devishly entertaining” (Publishers Weekly) story of a suburban neighborhood in the grip of surreal terror - a number-one national best seller from Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman.

Peaceful suburbia on Poplar Street in Wentworth, Ohio, takes a turn for the ugly when four vans containing armed “regulators” terrorize the street’s residents, cold-bloodedly killing anyone foolish enough to step outside their homes. Houses mysteriously transform into log cabins, and the street now ends in what looks like a child’s hand-drawn Western landscape. Masterminding this sudden onslaught is the evil creature Tak, who has taken over the body of an autistic eight-year-old boy, Seth Garin.

Rose Madder by Stephen King (1995)

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Rose Madder by Stephen King (1995)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1995
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Roused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes up to the chilling realisation that her husband is going to kill her. And she takes flight – with his credit card.

Alone in a strange city, Rosie begins to build a new life: she meets Bill Steiner and she finds an old junk shop painting, “Rose Madder,” which strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it.

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (1999)

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0100

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (1999)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 14, 1999
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.

Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war – and the protests against it – had flooded America’s living rooms for a decade. Hearts in Atlantis, King’s newest fiction, is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.

Insomnia by Stephen King (1994)

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0100

Insomnia by Stephen King (1994)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1994
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he’s barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange things going on in Derry, Maine. He sees colored ribbons streaming from people’s heads, two strange little men wandering around town after dark, and more. He begins to suspect that these visions are something more than hallucinations brought on by lack of sleep.

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (1992)

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0100

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (1992)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 1, 1992
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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For thirty years, folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day Dolores Claiborne’s husband died — the day of the total eclipse. Now, the police want to know what happened yesterday when her rich, bedridden employer died suddenly in her care. With no choice but to talk, Dolores gives her compelling confession … of the strange and terrible links forged by hidden intimacies … of the fierceness of a mother’s love and its dreadful consequences … of the silent rage that can turn a woman’s heart to hate. When Dolores Claiborne is accused of murder, it’s only the beginning of the bad news. For what comes after that is something only Stephen King could imagine … as he rips open the darkest secrets and the most damning sins of men and women in an ingrown. Maine town and takes you on a trip below its straitlaced surface.

Gerald's Game by Stephen King (1992)

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Gerald’s Game by Stephen King (1992)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1992
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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A game. A husband-and-wife game. Gerald’s Game.

But this time Jessie didn’t want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he’d loomed and drooled over her, she’d felt angry and humiliated.

So she’d kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt.

And now he was dead - a coronary - on the floor.

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (1985)

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 19:40:00 +0000

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (1985)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 21, 1985
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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In a bumper collection of truly chilling tales, we meet Gramma - who only wanted to hug little George, even after she was dead; The Raft - a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite; The Monkey - an innocent-looking toy with sinister powers; the unspeakable horror of The Mist. And there is a gruesome host of other stories, each with the distinctive blend of unimaginable terror and realism that typifies King’s writing.

Needful Things by Stephen King (1991)

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Needful Things by Stephen King (1991)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: October 1, 1991
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little “deed”, usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. These practical jokes cascade out of control, and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population’s increasingly violent behavior.

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (1990)

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +0100

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (1990)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1990
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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One Past Midnight: “The Langoliers” takes a red-eye flight from LA to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn’t. Something’s waiting for them, you see.

Two Past Midnight: “Secret Window, Secret Garden” enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.

The Dark Half by Stephen King (1989)

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 17:35:00 +0100

The Dark Half by Stephen King (1989)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: October 20th 1989
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He’d like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home. But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it-and signs its crimes with Thad’s bloody fingerprints?

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (1987)

Thu, 05 May 2022 16:45:00 +0100

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (1987)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 10th 1987
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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The Tommyknockers is a 1987 horror novel by Stephen King. While maintaining a horror style, the novel is more of an excursion into the realm of science fiction, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods.

The Running Man by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1982)

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:00:00 +0000

The Running Man by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1982)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: May 1st 1982
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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The Running Man is set within a dystopian future in which the poor are seen more by the government as worrisome rodents than actual human beings. The protagonist of The Running Man, Ben Richards, is quick to realize this as he watches his daughter, Cathy, grow more sick by the day and tread closer and closer to death. Desperate for money to pay Cathy’s medical bills, Ben enlists himself in a true reality style game show where the objective is to merely stay alive.

Roadwork by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1981)

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Roadwork by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1981)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: March 1981
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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In this gritty narrative, a lone man takes on the wheels of progress in a showdown of cataclysmic proportions. When a highway project puts him out of work and threatens to destroy his home, he has more than enough time on his hands to plot his revenge. Driving his wife and friends away with his obstinate refusal to give in, he pushes the powers-that-be to the limit, taking a stand against what he sees as a criminal act in progress. Building to a shattering climax, ROADWORK is a suspenseful tale you won’t soon forget!

The Long Walk by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1979)

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 22:00:00 +0000

The Long Walk by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1979)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: July 1979
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 5/10

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On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for a race known as “The Long Walk.” If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying.

Misery by Stephen King (1987)

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Misery by Stephen King (1987)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 8th 1987
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Paul Sheldon is a best-selling novelist who has finally met his number-one fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul’s nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.

Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1984)

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1984)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: November 19th 1984
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweight Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, “Thinner.” Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.

Night Shift by Stephen King (1978)

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Night Shift by Stephen King (1978)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: February 1978
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Never trust your heart to the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King. Especially with an anthology that features the classic stories “Children of the Corn,” “The Lawnmower Man,” “Graveyard Shift,” “The Mangler,” and “Sometimes They Come Back”-which were all made into hit horror films.

From the depths of darkness, where hideous rats defend their empire, to dizzying heights, where a beautiful girl hangs by a hair above a hellish fate, this chilling collection of twenty short stories will plunge readers into the subterranean labyrinth of the most spine-tingling, eerie imagination of our time.

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (1987)

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0100

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (1987)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: February 2nd 1987
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 5/10

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A kingdom is in turmoil after old King Roland dies and his worthy successor, Prince Peter, is imprisoned by the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. But Flagg’s evil plot is not perfect, for he knows naught of Thomas’s terrible secret - or Prince Peter’s daring plan to escape to claim what is rightfully his. A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards, here is epic fantasy as only Stephen King could envision it. Stephen King has taken the classic fairy tale and transformed it into a masterpiece of fiction for the ages.

Different Seasons by Stephen King (1982)

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Different Seasons by Stephen King (1982)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: August 27th 1982
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.

It by Stephen King (1986)

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:51:00 +0000

It by Stephen King (1986)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 15th 1986
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 10/10

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It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real…

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (1984)

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 22:36:00 +0100

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (1984)

Author: Stephen King and Peter Straub
First Published: 1984
Series: The Talisman Book 1 and a Stephen King Novels
Score: 9/10

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On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America–and into another realm.

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1983)

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:59:00 +0000

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 14th 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 9/10

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Never before available on unabridged audio! Dexter’s Michael C. Hall reads this classic horror story described by Publishers Weekly as the “most frightening novel Stephen King has ever written”.

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow’s tranquility, there’s an undercurrent of danger that lingers…like the graveyard in the woods near the Creeds’ home, where generations of children have buried their beloved pets.

Christine by Stephen King (1983)

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:40:00 +0000

Christine by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: April 29th 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Evil is alive in Libertyville. It inhabits a custom-painted red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury and the teenage boy, Arnold Cunningham, who buys it from the strange Roland LeBay.

Helped by Arnold’s girlfriend Leigh Cabot, Dennis Guilder embarks to find out the real truth behind Christine and finds more than he bargained for: from murder, to suicide, and a strange feeling that surrounds Christine – she gets even with anyone that crosses her! Can Dennis save Arnold from the evil that is Christine?

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (1982)

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:38:00 +0100

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (1982)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 1st 1982
Series: The Dark Tower #1), Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King’s epic work of fantasy – what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus – has spanned a quarter of a century.

The Dead Zone by Stephen King (1979)

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:31:00 +0000

The Dead Zone by Stephen King (1979)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: August 30th 1979
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Never before on audio! A number-one national best seller about a man who wakes up from a five-year coma able to see people’s futures and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in The Dead Zone - a “compulsive page-turner”.

Johnny Smith awakens from a five-year coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see people’s futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancée married another man during his coma, and people clamor for him to solve their problems.

Cujo by Stephen King (1981)

Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:55:00 +0100

Cujo by Stephen King (1981)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 8th 1981
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Left to fend for herself by her workaholic husband, Donna Trenton takes her ailing Pinto to Joe Cambers’s garage for repairs-only to be trapped with her son, Tad, in the sweltering car by the Cambers’s once-friendly Saint Bernard, Cujo, now a monstrous and rabid killer.

Firestarter by Stephen King (1980)

Sun, 04 Oct 2015 22:46:00 +0100

Firestarter by Stephen King (1980)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 29th 1980
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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First, a man and a woman are subjects of a top-secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers.

Then, they are married and have a child. A daughter.

Early on the daughter shows signs of a wild and horrifying force growing within her. Desperately, her parents try to train her to keep that force in check, to “act normal.”

The Stand by Stephen King (1978)

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:23:00 +0100

The Stand by Stephen King (1978)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: October 3rd 1978
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 9/10

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This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides – or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail – and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.

The Shining (The Shining #1) by Stephen King (1977)

Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:31:00 +0000

The Shining (The Shining #1) by Stephen King (1977)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 28th 1977
Series: The Shining Book 1, Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.

Carrie by Stephen King (1974)

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:09:00 +0100

Carrie by Stephen King (1974)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: April 5th 1974
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction – Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.

Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is…Carrie.