Best Books by Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is a well-known American author of many horror, supernatural, science fiction and crime books, known as the "King of Horror". A renowned author of many best-selling novels and a large number of short stories, King is a recipient of the Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards.The National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2013.

His first published short story is "The Glass Floor" in 1967.

Carrie

In 1973, King's novel Carrie was accepted by publishing house Doubleday. It was his fourth novel, the other three being Rage, The Long Walk, and Blaze, and King himself discarded the story initially and threw the story in a garbage bin. His wife encouraged him to complete "Carrie". It is the story of Carrie White, a high-school student who develops telekinetic powers. The story was rejected by many publishers and was finally Doubleday Publishing agreed to publish the hardback. Carrie only sold 13, 000 copies as a hardback. When it was published as a paperback by  Signet Books, it became a best seller and it was sold over a million copies in the first year. 

Salem's Lot 

King's Salem's Lot was published in 1975. Salem's Lot is a vampire story that is thrilling and full of horror. The book is amongst the bestsellers series by the author. The story revolves around a small town in Maine, England that is infested by a Dracula-like vampire. A high school teacher and his young girlfriend begin fighting back and free the town. It is adventurous and spine-chilling till the end.

The Stand

The Stand was first published in 1978 by Doubleday. Set in a virus-decimated US, The Stand is a masterpiece is an interesting read. 

A man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps. Unaware that he has the flu like virus, infecting everyone he comes into contact to. 

The Stand was highly appreciated by reviewers and is considered one of King's best novels.

IT

First published in 1986, IT won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. 

It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes is appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing . . 

IT is an amazing masterpiece by Stephen King.

The Dead Zone

Johnny Smith awakens from a coma with the ability to read people’s past, present, and futures through touch. His mind has a Dead Zone, a microscopic part of his brain that has been damaged. This Dead Zone causes him not to be able to imagine certain things and is perhaps also causing his new found ability to see people’s past and future by touching them.

The Dead Zone is one of the best books written by Stephen King

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