Wednesday, August 22, 2007

One of the Greatest Contemporary Novelists

Stephen King: "The King of Horror"

The greatest modern novelist. He has been writing since the early nineteen-seventies. He found success with "Carrie" and followed it up with "Salem's Lot", "The Shining", and "The Dead Zone". All of these eventually became Motion Pictures. "The Dead Zone" also became a hit Cable TV series starring Anthony Michael Hall. King also has written many novels under the pseudonym 'Richard Bachman'. Some of which include: "Rage", "The Long Walk", and "The Running Man."wrote many books that became motion pictures and also many became made for TV movies. "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile" were very successful films still shown on TV to this day. King has also written many short stories and non-fiction, and screenplays.
Some movies were good and some weren't so good, but nothing compares to reading one of his books.
So here it is:

The Top 20 Stephen King Novels


1. The Shining
2. It
3. Cujo
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. The Stand
6. Misery
7. Firestarter
8. The Dead Zone
9. The Dark Tower Boxed Set
10. Christine
11. The Green Mile
12. The Long Walk
13. Desperation
14. Salem's Lot
15. Dreamcatcher
16. The Running Man
17. Night Shift
18. Pet Sematary
19. The Dark Half
20. Insomnia