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A jolly good read?

I might try Wheel of Time again soon but I have my Le Carre to read when it arrives and I am only midway through the first book of Saga of the Exiles by Julian May (about fifth read through of that series).
 
My mate at school was into Wheel of Time, that was in the early 90's. Just had a quick google and seen how big a series it turned into, blimey!
 
Currently about half way through Billy Summers, the new Stephen King. It’s great. I always think he’s at his best when he’s not writing horror, and this is (so far) thoroughly worth reading.
 
I’m looking forward to reading it once I’ve cleared my birthday book backlog. I thought The Institute was his best book for years.
 
I was looking at some King books the other day. Was it the Stand that someone recommended on here?

It's been a very long time since I read Christine, for some reason I never really read any other of his novels
 
I was looking at some King books the other day. Was it the Stand that someone recommended on here?

It's been a very long time since I read Christine, for some reason I never really read any other of his novels
Different Seasons, a collection of 4 short novels is excellent. It includes The Body which was made into Stand By Me and Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption. Worth it for those stories alone. Absolutely brilliant.
 
Has anyone read the (or part of the) Ben Aaronovitch Rivers of London Series?

I am hoping for a couple of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series for my birthday, as I acquired a few individual (as yet unread) parts, but need books 1 & 3 to enable me to start on the series proper.
 
I was looking at some King books the other day. Was it the Stand that someone recommended on here?

It's been a very long time since I read Christine, for some reason I never really read any other of his novels
His On Writing is a really good book to read. The Dark Half is good, as is The Green Mile. I enjoyed from a Buick 8, and also seem to recall Needful Things was good, but that was read a long time ago! Recently read Finders Keepers that was enjoyable. 11/22/63 is a really good novel.
Avoid insomnia. I am still angry at what a terrible ending it has.
 
The only Steven King book I've read (well, Richard Bachman...) is The Running Man. I went through a bit of reading books that had been turned into films I'd seen. Loved the film, the book is very different, more like the Channel 4 show Hunted but actually the better for it.
 
If you want to read the horror Stephen King I would argue that the best ones in rough order are

The Stand
It
The Shining
Salem’s Lot
Carrie
Christine
 
It's been between 10 and 20 years since I read most King books and I have only read a couple more than once so my memory may be letting me down, but the ones that stand out in my mind are (in chronological order):

Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Stand
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Pet Sematary
It
The Green Mile
Bag of Bones
Lisey's Story
11/22/63
Joyland
The Institute

There are probably others I really enjoyed that I have forgotten how good they were. There are also some, like Dolores Claiborne and Rose Madder that I couldn't tell you a single thing about them despite having read them. All I remember about Dreamcatcher is that it had farting aliens in it!

Pretty much anything he wrote up to and including Misery is worth reading and then he goes a bit hit and miss. I personally think that Joyland and The Institute are the pick of his recent offerings. Both are superb.
 
Thanks for the replies, the above has given me a good ideas of what to target once I come out of the GoT marathon I'm on, ta.
 
Finished Billy Summers last night. Really enjoyed it. A criticism of many King books is that the endings can be weak, I certainly didn’t feel that way about this. The bad guy who is a good guy/good guy who is a bad guy trope is a familiar one but it’s done with warmth and heart and the surrounding characters add meat to the bones. Definitely worth a read.
 
not long finished One Day by David Nicholls. I'd really recommend it. Bits of the story floating around in my head a lot. Possible spoiler warning!

have to say though, absolutely brutal way to end the book. Found the last few chapters to be quite emotional tbh. Got caught out in a way, realising there was going to be a death in the story, turned the page and saw the death outlined, and realised it was 1am and I was knackered. So got left on a proper cliffhanger for 2 days before I was able to finish it.
 
Surprised to see today that Bernard Cornwell is releasing a new Sharpe book later this month. I suppose Uthred is knocking on a bit these days, if he's still going (only halfway through the series) so be interesting to see what Sharpe is up too some 15 years since his last appearance.
 
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