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Start reading Stephen King | A Beginner's Reading Guide

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A beginner's guide/crash course on where you should start reading Stephen King's books. I break down a handful of different categories from "Never read King" to "Coming of age" and let you know what books I think would be good starting places on your King journey.

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0:00 Intro
1:09 Never Read King
5:09 Scariest Books
10:00 Non-Scary Books
11:57 Non-Supernatural Books
14:34 Fantastical Books
20:23 Coming of Age Books
23:20 The Short Stuff
26:24 Bonus
30:53 Outro

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16 Comments

@VintageThumbs 1 year ago (edited)

your filing system behind you is impeccable.

@brian-d6z 1 year ago

Awesome recommendation. King has so much more to offer than just horror. He does such a great job at crafting a story, my only complaint is his endings.

@leezirkle7840 1 year ago

11/22/63 is my favorite book of all time. You need to make it a priority. You won't regret it.

@LadyJaneBooks 1 year ago

Wonderful breakdown and advice! I really enjoyed this!

@JessieDrew7 1 year ago

Great video! My son and I listened to it as we drove. 👍🏽

@JuliaSapphire 1 year ago

This was great Brad! My first Stephen King book was Carrie, which I read when I was around 11 I believe.

@susanburgess820 1 year ago

Brad still sick, but check out horror hands. Love this guy. He does movies. Love your channel btw❤😂🎉

@CliffsDarkGems 1 year ago

An excellent video Brad! I agree with starting with his short story collections, Skeleton Crew is my personal favorite. Revival is one of his books I still need to read. The Green Mile is a magnificent novel, as is 11/22/63. I would add Joyland to the mix. The Dark Tower is also my favorite series, starting a re-read soon. Full Dark, No Stars is perhaps my favorite King novella collection. On Writing and Danse Macabre are both excellent recommendations.

@fiberartsyreads 1 year ago

This is great! I gotta get back to reading Dark Tower.

@BookBlather 1 year ago

Relative King neophyte here. Historically what kept me away was that so many of his books are long. Currently reading Salem’s Lot. I have the first two Dark Tower books and am really looking forward to that series. Great video, Brad!

@angelwalker979 1 year ago

Heyy Brad! Stopping by to say hi, loved Revival, and Salem's Lot is my favorite! 📚🤓 i subbed (yet AGAIN!) yt keeps unsubbing me.🤬 good to see you, happy reading!📚🤓✌️

@Alexwat2003 1 year ago

Wow! Awesome video. I just discovered your channel. Keep up the good work. Did you ever read Doctor Sleep? If so, how did you like it?

@BookBaggedReads 3 months ago

Publication order is best in my opinion.

@brandonthetford452 4 months ago

Great video. I've decided I want to re-buy alot of Stephen King books that I got rid of years ago. Where do you find those classic hardcover editions?

@raerae-y2k 1 year ago

I’ll never understand why people classify Pet Sematary as a scary book. I was so disappointed at how not scary it actually was. It was just depressing. Plus all of the characters are unlikable so I wasn’t even rooting for them. Obviously, that’s just my opinion.

I always recommend The Shining to new SK readers. As well as the audiobook of IT because the performance is incredible.