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July 2024 Group Read Nominations
I nominate "Later " (Hard Case crime novella)
I am very behind on King, so I am game for anything! I'm so excited!
Seeing that there's a new series coming, The Institute.
I'm currently reading Duma Key :) It's not one of his famous ones but I'd like to discuss with others :)+1 Duma Key
I also nominate The Outsider.
It's a fabulous book that doesn't get enough love. One of his previous characters, Holly Gibney, has a small supporting role but you don't need to read other books with her to follow. I had never read anything with Holly before when I read The Outsider and I followed just fine.
+1 Duma Key sounds good to me. I've been on a roll the last couple years catching up on King's more recent works, so I've read most everything else nominated so far -- not that I wouldn't read them again! I especially liked Fairy Tale but didn't care much for The Outsider.
+1 Duma Key, I'd like to re-read that one.
if it helps in the slightest, I've read all except Duma Key and You Like it Darker
+1 The Outsider. I've been reading Mr. King's books in order of publication date. This is next on my list.
Needful Things or the Dark Half. I will also go out on a limb and say that Joyland is amazing!! So underrated!! I would through that in as well.
I’ve started Salem’s Lot so I’d like to nominate it
+ 1 for Duma Key, would also be great to check out The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Howdy folks! Sooo I just happened to pickup Bazaar of Bad Dreams short story collection recently at my local Goodwill (I don't think that goes against any of the rules posted, but let me know if so!).That is safely a favorite source of short stories.
I dabbled back in the day with the GUNSLINGER series, and back then wasn't ready for it. Will say, though, it freaked me the EFF out when I read my last name Castner.....mentioned as a side character. It's super rare, and that scared me LOL
Has anyone read the Gunslinger series? Worth it?
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I personally think most of the books in the series are among King's best writing.
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For all our fans of the biggest name in modern horror, July's group reads theme is "Stephen King has written books other than The Shining, It, The Stand, Pet Sematary, Carrie and Cujo."
While everyone knows most of his earlier and most famous titles, including short story collections, Uncle Stevie has published around 80 books. Thus, we're going to dip a little deeper into his catalog for this month's reads.
The following are NOT ELIGIBLE:
- As the title suggests, THE SHINING, IT, THE STAND, PET SEMATARY, CARRIE, and CUJO
- BAG OF BONES, DESPERATION, REVIVAL and FULL DARK, NO STARS (all were previous group reads)
- The SEQUELS in series,( i.e. Mr. Mercedes, The Dark Tower, Gwendy) as not everyone has read the first books
- Some short stories have been pulled from collections as singles (i.e. THE MIST, THE LANGOLIERS), but are pretty brief, so we'll stick with the full collection
That still leaves somewhere around 40-50 novels/collections from which to choose.
So gives us those Stephen King books you've been dying to read!