Books Recommended by Stephen King

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    Watership Down
    by Richard Adams

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    Painted devils: Strange stories
    by Robert Aickman

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    Cold hand in mine: Eight strange stories
    by Robert Aickman

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    The Walker Through Walls
    by Marcel Ayme

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    Harriet said
    by Beryl Bainbridge

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    Concrete Island: A Novel
    by J. G. Ballard

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    High Rise
    by James G. Ballard

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    The Hunger, and Other Stories
    by Charles Beaumont

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    The Magic Man: And Othe Science-Fantasy Stories
    by Charles Beaumont

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    Pleasant Dreams
    by Robert Bloch

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    Psycho
    by Robert Bloch

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    Dandelion Wine
    by Ray Bradbury

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    Something Wicked This Way Comes
    by Ray Bradbury

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    The October Country
    by Ray Bradbury

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    The Shapes of Midnight
    by Joseph Payne Brennan

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    Nightmares and Geezenstacks
    by Fredric Brown

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    Among the Dead
    by Edward Bryant

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    The Loch
    by Janet Caird

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    Demons by Daylight
    by Ramsey Campbell

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    The Doll Who Ate His Mother
    by Ramsey Campbell

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    The Parasite
    by J. Ramsey Campbell

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    The Vampire Tapestry
    by Suzy McKee Charnas

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    End of the game, and other stories
    by Julio Cortázar

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    A Feast of Snakes: A Novel
    by Harry Crews

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    Kiss, Kiss
    by Roald Dahl

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    Someone Like You
    by Roald Dahl

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    The Black Castle
    by Les Daniels

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    The Thomas Covenant Trilogy
    by Stephen R. Donaldson

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    Don't Look Now and Other Stories
    by Daphne Du Maurier

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    Deathbird Stories (A Collier Nucleus Fantasy Classic)
    by Harlan Ellison

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    Strange Wine
    by Harlan Ellison

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    The Ghosts of Manacle
    by Charles G. Finney

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    The Body Snatchers
    by Jack Finney

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    I love Galesburg in the springtime
    by Jack Finney

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    The Third Level
    by Jack Finney

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    Time and Again
    by Jack Finney

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    Amphigorey
    by Edward Gorey

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    Amphigorey Too
    by Edward Gorey

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    The Hour of the Oxrun Dead
    by Charles L. Grant

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    Sound of Midnight
    by Charles L. Grant

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    Twelve Tales of Horror
    by Davis Grubb

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    Keeper of the Children
    by William H. Hallahan

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    The Search for Joseph Tully
    by William H Hallahan

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    The Fog
    by James Herbert

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    The Spear
    by James Herbert

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    The Survivor
    by James Herbert

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    Falling Angel
    by William Hjortsberg

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    The Haunting of Hill House
    by Shirley Jackson

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    The Lottery: And Other Stories
    by Shirley Jackson

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Created by Shannon on Jun 23, 2007.
 

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Shannon
Hillsborough

Updated this list — 27 weeks ago

With Stephen’s best books of 2008.


mark
Randolph

added a few — 1 year ago

the books i added were found on fantastic fiction under stephen king recommends


Perlle
East Hampton

Lord of the Flies — 1 year ago

This book was on the list first at 39 and then at 143. I deleted the first one, but I’m wondering if you set the list up in any particular order?


goodwinmd13
Cincinnati

The Princess Bride — 1 year ago

This book should be added. If you read the book at the end the author says that Stephen King was/would be writing the sequel. Then if you hunt for it you can find Stephen Kings explanation for this


Shannon
Hillsborough

Finished Now — 2 years ago

I added the final 3 books and changed the link for Ghost Story from the audiobook. If people want to contribute and have other sources for books recommended by King, please add them. I know he posts books he’s reading on his website, for instance.


Shannon
Hillsborough

Help Appreciated — 2 years ago

Please do help. I also didn’t get finished. The site stopped responding near the end. I will try to add the final 3 books today.


Perlle
East Hampton

Untitled — 2 years ago

Great idea for this list, but a lot of the versions you chose don’t seem to be best choices…

As just one example…#95 you list the audiobook version. A better choice would be this link:

http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17959

I’d be happy to help with the list, but I thought I’d ask first before I made any changes…