Stephen King : what do you think are his overlooked books?

what do you think are his overlooked books?

The ones nobody ever really talks about, on here or elsewhere? I never hear anyone discuss Firestarter, the book or the movie. Are there any fans of it? Also, my second favorite King book is The Eyes of the Dragon. I hardly ever see anything about this one either.





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Re: what do you think are his overlooked books?

Eyes of the Dragon is a popular book, but it does get overlooked when compared to his other books. Particularly with regards to The Stand and The Dark Tower series. Another overlooked one is Thinner. That was the last TRUE Bachmann novel (meaning no one knew who Bachmann really was). Hearts in Atlantis is another, but I think people tend to forget it, again, unless it's in connection to The Dark Tower.

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Re: what do you think are his overlooked books?

Firestarter is great, really good book. but I don't think its overlooked its somewhat of a classic. The Eyes of the Dragon is also good.

as far as most underrated/overlooked, I would go with these:

The Tommyknockers
The Dark Half
Needful Things
Gerald's Game

+ The Bachman Books - The Running Man is amazing, sh-t movie though. The Long Walk and Roadwork are both awesome, insane that there haven't been film adaptions to either one. Thinner is also pretty good, haven't seen the movie though.

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My favorite work of his, Hearts in Atlantis, doesn't get talked about nearly enough.

The Long Walk and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon are both excellent and underrated.

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Loved HiA. Haven't read The Long Walk. And TGWLTG, I found boring.

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Hearts in Atlantis is one of my favorite books by him.

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IT and The Shining. And the Dark Tower series.

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IT and The Shining

I'm sorry, but in what world are those two overlooked?! Both are considered to be classics in King's body of work.

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Re: what do you think are his overlooked books?

The Long Walk, rage and roadwork

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Most of the Bachmans are probably overlooked, but "Roadwork" is the best of the Bachmans and, in my opinion, a Top 10 book from King's entire opus. I think if it had been published under the King name, it would be considered a literary classic today.

What else? Hmmmm. I think while "Cujo" is famous, it is often overlooked or dismissed. It has a lot of stuff to say about the disintegration of the ideal American nuclear family, and Donna Trenton is one of the most complex characters in King's work.

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great post, Roadwork and Cujo are two of my favorites so I totally agree.

From a Buick 8 is also a very underrated novel.

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I don't hear people talk about Roadwork or The Running Man much.



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Re: what do you think are his overlooked books?

Yeah, Firestarter was pretty cool.

My pick is Insomnia.

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Dolores Claiborne. It also has an excellent film adaptation with Kathy Bates.


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Needful Things

Cujo seems to be overlooked these days

Firestarter

Bachman books

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The Long Walk

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'The Dark Half', just a really good book and 'Secret Window, Secret Garden', similar and just as good, and another like themed story that has been overlooked in my opinion, is 'The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet'.

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Thinner. Well crafted story and a page turner. Loved the ending too.

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Roadwork is the first that came to mind. A fascinating study of an imploding life.

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Bag of Bones and Christine are both great! I had no interest in reading Christine because I knew what it was about, I'm so glad I did pick it up.
Bag of Bones, I don't hear alot of people talk about that, but it's one of his very best.


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Gerald's Game
The girl who loved Tom Gordon

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the Eyes of the dragon is very under-rated. I agree with you The Eyes of the Dragon is my favorite Stephen king books and one of my favorites overall. I really want him to write a sequel to the eyes of the dragon.

Re: what do you think are his overlooked books?

Overlooked? I can't think of any.

Plenty that should never have been written.

I would rather have quality than quantity.
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