 | Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $13.99 An epic event, this is rumored to be King's best novel in years.
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 | Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired by Stephen King by George Beahm
Buy new: $185.85 / Used from: $391.28 Over four hundred pages of Stephen King-related artwork, book covers, film stills, limited editions, and more. Absolutely essential reading.
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 | Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.56 King's most expansive tableau of characters. Brilliantly drawn characters and tons of memorable scenes.
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 | The Shining by Stephen King
Buy new: $12.48 / Used from: $3.69 King's most literary work, with superb characterization and insights married with the most tight plotting. They will be studying this one in college courses 20 years from now.
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 | The Dead Zone (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 King's take on the cult of celebrity and moral and political responsibility is nothing less than a profound and moving American tragedy.
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 | Night Shift by Stephen King
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $6.44 King's first collection of stories is a bewildering mixture of styles, motifs, and genres. "The Last Rung on the Ladder" is probably the finest story in here.
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 | Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 King's maturation in the short form is clearly evident here, but the gem of this collection is "The Mist," which King revised -- subtly yet powerfully -- from its original publication in Dark Forces.
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 | The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.84 The Stand was modeled, to some degree, on The Lord of the Rings, and this novel of redemption and courage is probably King's most ambitious effort.
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 | Salem's Lot
Buy used from: $19.52 The second of the King adaptation is one of the best, with scenes and some line-for-line dialogue lifted straight out of the novel.
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 | The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $9.87 Kubrick has a different perspective than King, and it shows, but this is -- until the climax -- one of the most faithful of all King adaptations, especially in light of recent films.
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 | Firestarter by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 From the first page, this is one of King's most taut stories, full of suspense and memorable characters.
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 | Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $4.16 Underneath the gore, this haunting novel deals with issues of grief, guilt, and loss and is one of King's most unpleasant, but necessary, to read books.
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 | Carrie (Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.96 Brian DePalma's Carrie explores the lonliness and anguish of teenage life in a way that film teen films ever accomplish. Plus it has haunting music and photography.
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 | The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King
Buy new: $11.02 / Used from: $4.00 The best of all the Dark Tower novels, a novel drenched in mystery and philosophical meanderings.
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 | Christine (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is one of King's best novels, mostly for its finely drawn teenage characters and excellent family drama scenes.
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 | Different Seasons (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 The best novel in here is Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and had he written in this vein only he would now be considered a major American author with literary credibility from every University in America.
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