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For our very first Top 10 list, why not start with the king of modern day horror? I’m talking, of course, about Stephen King, so let’s take a look at the Top 10 Stephen King novels ever written.
Top 10 Stephen King Novels
10. Pet Sematary – A Chicago doctor moves his family to a small town in Maine and runs afoul of an ancient Indian burial site. After reading this, you’ll never look at your cat (or child) the same way again.
9. The Shining – The novel which established King as the modern master of horror, it features an entirely different ending than the Stanley Kubrick movie adaptation.
8. It – The best-selling book of 1986, It tells the story of seven children being terrorized by a monster who usually manifests as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. A powerful look at how a childhood trauma can shape the rest of a person’s life.
7. Cell - A mysterious signal is broadcast across the world’s cell-phone networks, turning all those who hear it into bloodthirsty psychopaths. In the midst of the chaos, an artist from Maine must try to reunite with his family.
6. The Dead Zone – When Johnny Smith is inured in an accident, he falls into a coma for almost five years. Upon waking, he discovers that he can receive psychic glimpses of a person’s future by touching them.
5. Cujo – A gentle St. Bernard becomes a rabid killing machine after being bitten by a bat.
4. Misery – A successful writer is involved in a car crash and subsequently nursed back to health by a fan of his work. Unfortunately, his fan is a complete wacko, and she has no intentions of ever letting him leave.
3. Carrie – A sad teen is tormented by her peers and her fanatically religious mother. Since she possesses powers of telekinesis, you know a reckoning is due.
2. The Stand – An 823-page epic about the apocalypse and the redemption of the human race.
1. ‘Salem’s Lot – A writer returns to his sleepy hometown following the death of his wife. Coincidentally, an ancient vampire named Kurt Barlow is also about to arrive. This masterpiece was only King’s second published novel.
See also:
- Stephen King Short Stories
- HP Lovecraft Stories
- Anne Rice Novels
- Jack Ketchum Novels
- Bestselling Horror Books
- Ramsey Campbell Novels
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