Thanks for all of that detail. I'm definitely going to go check them out on Amazon after your thorough recommendation. I will probably go ahead and order one with as affordable as they are. I appreciate it!

I'd definitely recommend the Bachman Books, especially if you can find the original including Rage.

Like Wolfpack said, The Shining is a great book. I really enjoyed the book It too. I'm currently on book two of the Dark Tower series. Book one was okay, book 2 has been great so far. Pet Cemetery was probably the scariest of the books I've read from him. I also enjoyed the Dream Catcher, although it's been over 15 years I think since I read that one.

Harris county Public Library has a ton of Bernard Cornwell books "available now" on Libby

The only King book I've read, other than the Gunslinger series, is The Tommyknockers, I liked both it and the series, but never really got into any other King books. Tommyknockers is more sci-fi than horror, which is probably why I haven't read any of his horror books. I'm not a fan of that genre.

As to the Kindle, I use my I-Pad Pro to read e-books. I have a Kindle that I almost never pick up any more. You can get the Kindle app on any device and I hardly ever read printed books any more. I can't recommend it enough.

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I'm on a Stephen King fix for whatever reason. Read 11/22/1963 and Misery. Currently reading Salem's Lot. Any "must read" books from him you recommend I go to next?

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The Shining
The Stand

Just completed Chapterhouse: Dune.

I never thought I would read all of these books after hating Dune Messiah way back when I first read it. It was the coming third movie being based on that book that prompted me to re-read Dune Messiah, and it was my newfound appreciation for that book that spurred me to read the rest of Frank Herbert's saga. I am so glad I did this. While I always loved the first book, had I not finished all of them I would not now have a third favorite sci-fi series behind Star Wars and Star Trek.

I have the two sequels for Herbert's final work, written by his son allegedly based on notes left behind after Herbert's passing. I do not expect those to be in the same quality ballpark, but will read just to see where they take this story. But those - Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune - will be all I will ever read from the son.

Next up, a first reading of The Martian.

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Like Wolfpack said, The Shining is a great book. I really enjoyed the book It too. I'm currently on book two of the Dark Tower series. Book one was okay, book 2 has been great so far. Pet Cemetery was probably the scariest of the books I've read from him. I also enjoyed the Dream Catcher, although it's been over 15 years I think since I read that one.

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I'll second this post. I don't scare easily and really enjoyed The Shining and Pet Sematary by King. And I also second that Pet Sematary was the scarier of the two books. I think it's this one that King said scared him (as he wrote it) the most and he almost didn't publish it as a result. I have not read a lot of his works, but you really have to read both of these (The Shining and Pet Sematary) if you want some of his scariest stuff, in my opinion. I also read Salem's Lot not too long ago and really loved it as a great vampire story (but I didn't find it as scary as The Shining and Pet Sematary).

Thanks for the Stephen king recs all!

SpreadsheetAg said:

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Harris county Public Library has a ton of Bernard Cornwell books "available now" on Libby

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This is what I need - mine does not have many by Cornwell available on Libby or even by hardback or paperback. I'll have to go see if I can join that library even though I don't live in Harris County. Thanks for mentioning this!

JDUB08AG said:

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I'm on a Stephen King fix for whatever reason. Read 11/22/1963 and Misery. Currently reading Salem's Lot. Any "must read" books from him you recommend I go to next?

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I read one Stephen King book per year, and I've read maybe 8-10 total. I think the short ones (The Mist, The Body, and anything written as Richard Bachman) are as good as the long ones.

My favorite, and the only one I read twice, was "Eyes of the Dragon". Its basically a medeival sword and sorcery in the castle type story.

I'd like to read Pet Cemetary, but I'll admit I'm just too chicken.

For SK recommendations I would definitely add The Dead Zone. One of his older novels and a really cool concept and execution. One of the better endings for his novels as well as I recall, although it's been 20 years since I read it. Also one of the better film adaptations with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Tom Skerritt.

The Talisman is still in my top 5 SK books, co-written with Peter Straub.



Just finished reading Cold Zero by Brad Thor and Ward Larsen. B+
Really fast read and interesting setting in the Arctic Circle. Plot was fairly straight forward and not as complex as a Tom Clancy novel, but a good collaboration between the two authors. Will be interesting to see if it turns into a series or remains a standalone.

Staring Executive Power, another Tom Clancy Jack Ryan series novel by the latest writers to take up the series, Andrews and Wilson. The last one I read by them was excellent so hoping for more of the same here.

Finished: Slow Horses by Mick Herron

I would give this book an A+. Mr Herron has written a very funny and compelling story. My wife & myself watched the Apple + adaptation of the book first and loved the show. We listened to the audiobook on a recent trip and were very pleased to know the book & tv are very well aligned on characters & plot. Highly recommend this series.

Awesome! I'm jealous.

I see some old friends of mine from way back in the early 80s ... Salems Lot, The Shining, The Stand, Carrie, The Dead Zone - I had all of those printings. Carried them back and forth to school every day while reading, teachers started to hate me for that.

I'm in Lufkin and was able to join Harris county. Just need a local library card.

Just got my Dallas card to use Libby. First card since middle school I think. Used the heck out of that one!

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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I see some old friends of mine from way back in the early 80s ... Salems Lot, The Shining, The Stand, Carrie, The Dead Zone - I had all of those printings. Carried them back and forth to school every day while reading, teachers started to hate me for that.

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yeah that run of books at the front left top shelf is there for a reason - those are the first SK books I got more or less in order in about a 2 year period from 1980 to 1982 all in paperback. The first hardback I got was Pet Sematary in 1983.

1980 I was 14 and my mom wanted me to read in the summers and said I could read whatever I wanted. I had seen The Shining on HBO by then and started with Salem's Lot. These are what got me hooked.


Salem's Lot
Night Shift
The Stand
Carrie
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Cujo
Different Seasons
The Shining - i read this later as I had seen the movie

I picked up Cycle of the Werewolf and The Dark Tower later as I recall. And they are a different size/format then standard paperbacks so I have them elsewhere (Dark Tower books together the first 4 anyway) and Cycle of the Werewolf is a taller thin paperback format so it's next to Pet Sematary at the back of the top left shelf with hardbacks.

After that it was mostly hardbacks except the Dark Tower books and The Green Mile serial releases and The Bachman books for a long time. The paperbacks in the front are things I skipped on first release and went back and got later. then the most recent stuff is typically bottom left.

I'm running out of space now. Gonna start being a little too packed soon.

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Finished: Slow Horses by Mick Herron

I would give this book an A+. Mr Herron has written a very funny and compelling story. My wife & myself watched the Apple + adaptation of the book first and loved the show. We listened to the audiobook on a recent trip and were very pleased to know the book & tv are very well aligned on characters & plot. Highly recommend this series.

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Both the book series and the TV series are fantastic. My wife can't watch it because she can't bear to see Gary Oldman that way

These and Dresden Files are the two series that I pre order when they're inbound and read immediately

That's awesome! If we were neighbors, I'd be asking you all the time if I could borrow a book.

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KentK93 said:

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Finished: Slow Horses by Mick Herron

I would give this book an A+. Mr Herron has written a very funny and compelling story. My wife & myself watched the Apple + adaptation of the book first and loved the show. We listened to the audiobook on a recent trip and were very pleased to know the book & tv are very well aligned on characters & plot. Highly recommend this series.

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Both the book series and the TV series are fantastic. My wife can't watch it because she can't bear to see Gary Oldman that way

These and Dresden Files are the two series that I pre order when they're inbound and read immediately

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I will have to check out the Dresden files. We love Jack Carr. I got my wife hooked on Daniel Silva books.

i tend to read more nonfiction these days but more fiction or historical fiction as audiobooks when we travel.

Hey book readers - jump on my Texags Classic Lit thread - curious about feedback and others faves

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3600522/replies/72059381

I started reading Stephen King when I was 12, right after Pet Sematary came out. It was the first King book I read. I think everyone should read Firestarter/Carrie/Christine/The Dead Zone, it showed a specific mindset King had about the government at that time.

I read Christine in 7th grade in 1984/5. I had finished my math class and was reading a sex scene and grew wood. so yeah, he an i go way back.