It is the first time I see Insomnia on a list and I super agree with that! It is the most gory experience I've ever had reading a Stephen's King book! Awesome ranking! Thank you ;)
I will choose only one book for each category(F,C,S)because I have read few king's books so far. S misery C carrie F the stand Alternative pick for high position 11/22/63 Thank you so much for this amazing video! Your channel is the best on youtube hands down!
So it was an opportunity to quickly put together a Tier Ranking of all the King I read so far. With the each ranking having at least 3 books in some I did enjoy more that it looks like. Anyway here it is: - [ ] S: Gearald’s Game, The Green Mile, Pet Sematary - [ ] A: The Shining, Needful Things, Night Shift - [ ] B: Billy Summers, Doctor Sleep, Skeleton Crew, Different Seasons - [ ] C: Charlie, Joyland, Carrie - [ ] D: Cujo, Nightmare and Dreamscapes, The Long Walk - [ ] E: Roadwork, The Dark Half, Four Past Midnight - [ ] F: Desperation, The Gunslinger, The Tommyknockers
@@victorpavymusic Don't ask me for sorry, ask its fans cause you rated it F 😅 I'm joking of course, I like Desperation a lot I would placed it between B and C ... Tommyknockers, Cujo, The Long Walk and Carrie also higher. Gerald's Game lower, haven't read the rest, cheers!
@ being atheist I was quite put off by the heavy religious tone of Desperation. On the other hands being brought up by women with a natural feminist incline I thought Jessie’s struggle to overcome her inner wounds and her will for survival was peak King.
Back when I still had some spare time earlier this year, I took a little literary walk that included, back to back to back, (Sinclair Lewis's) It Can't Happen Here (for the obvious political reason you're thinking of), followed by The Dead Zone, followed by 11/22/63. Quite a walk, but a very fulfilling one. Thank you for being the spark behind taking that journey (your Twinners video is what did it).
Doing a chronological read through (midway through 90s thus far). I listed below a couple of my more hot-takey choices - though there’s only one book in each of my D and F tiers so far: S+ (top 5): The Waste Lands S (5/5): The Dark Half A (4.5/5): Eyes of the Dragon B (4/5): Pet Sematary C (3.5/5): Carrie D (3/5): Rage F(
All 9 Stephen King books I've read, ranked 1. The Stand (S+) 2. IT (S+) 3. The Long Walk (S) 4. The Shining (S) 5. On Writing (S) 6. Needful Things (A) 7. Doctor Sleep (C) 8. 11/22/63 (C) 9. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (E)
Dark Tower in the middle makes total sense to me. Rating each book for itself, I have some in the S/S+ tiers (like The Waste Lands) and one in F (Song of Susannah). Another S/S+ is Revival. In C tier would maybe put Holly as well.
Dreamcatcher is a novel that was at the bottom of my pile when I first read it to shoot to my Top 10 in my reread. Couldn’t believe a book I hated I would end up loving.
I feel like I am the only person on earth who loves black house. I loved the notion that a particular serial killer was possessed by a demon. I also loved the bikers kicking ass!
@@jetm7698 I loved it. I know it's not one of his highest rated, but for me, I loved the story. I was just as surprised when I was reading that i liked it so much
If I had picked more than three per tier I would have definitely included them…Night Shift and Full Dark would be A, Skeleton Crew would be B or C - the highs are great but the lows are pretty awful, at least imo
I am just going give my S teir, The Stand, Needful Things, and Dolores Claiborne (DC I read at work in two days between calls I was taking. I was so pissed people were bothering me with billing questions when I had this great book I wanted finish.)
I just bought DC yesterday and I'm so excited to read it. I feel like I'm going into it not knowing much about it but still excited to give it a try after watching this video!
My S tier has: Cujo, The Shining and The Stand. A Tier has: Later, Duma Key and You Like It Darker My B-tier has: Rose Madder, IT, Finders Keepers. C-tier has: Gerald’s Game, Mr Mercedes and Bazaar of Bad Dreams. In my D-tier, we have: The Talisman, Cycle of the Werewolf and The Eyes of the Dragon. E tier has: Insomnia, End of Watch and The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon. F tier has: Rage, Wind Through The Keyhole and The Colorado Kid Great video as usual and happy birthday to the King of horror!
I've long championed Buick 8 and Insomnia, great to see them on the list. But I'm 53 , I'm not having S tier!!! A. Or 1. Or best to worst. S+.....🤯Not having it!!!! (Great work)
@DaveReadsKing every review or list I've seen for Stephen King no one had a bad word to say about Salems Lot. I have only read it once so maybe I need to give it another go.
I'm still new to revisiting SK. I read a few books when younger, and he just didn't get with me. Read 'Salem's Lot for the first time in Oct and OH MY CATS! I am officially a fan girl now. 😂 Of the books I have read thus far: 11/22/63 is my top of the tier and The Gunslinger at the bottom.
Well This was a great list. I was so glad to see IT and Pet Sematary on here and I don't care if that's cheating. I'm sorry, but on the X for me would be the Tommy knockers. I tried to read it.... I really did but I couldn't even finish it that's how bored I got with it. Maybe it deserves a reread. It started out pretty good and I do think there's a book in there somewhere. Next would be desperation. I thought it started out really good but it kind of lost me near to the end. The C tear, I think I'd have to put the Stand. I thought it was a great book but it did get draggy at the part where theyr' rebuilding and I thought the ending could have been way better. I know most say it's his masterpiece but i dont' know if I agree with that. I did enjoy the book and i'd probably read it again. I think I have way more on the S list for the top. I have to put Christine for all of the reasons u mentioned and there are some really great kills in it. I often reread this one. Carrie of course, The shining I think is one of the scariests books I've ever read. I have to talk about Cujo because I've only read it once and it bothered me so much but that's what horror's all about. Pet Sematary I think is some of his best work and I agree with you on his writing about grief. I think he has written it so acurately especially for such a horrific loss. And i agree with you on reading this book as you get older. I actually think it's scarier because we understand grief and death more as an adult than we did as children. And of course IT is way up there too! I love hoe he writes for the losers club and Pennywise was really scary. I may have more to add to this list especially for the top. Awesome video!
Glad you made a tier list- i just can't- I like them all (well almost all) too much. My question is: who is more trumpy- Stillson from Dead Zone or Big Jim from Under The Dome?
Oooooffff that is a big question! It’s a pretty even split really, because Trump is close to having power again and that could be catastrophic - and I can totally picture him kicking a dog to death too - but he’s also a petty, fat loser like Big Jim. Trump is like the bastard love child of both those characters!
Some people have wondered if King was compromised along the way, with an underage girl or even a child (people remark on the child abuse in some of his books). Older folks like me remember Howard Hunt of a certain 3-letter agency who was a writer. Did King get rich & famous on his own, or was he touted and Made famous? Where is all the money really going? Who is this prolific? Is he really writing it all, does some else write part of it? Is he being used as a front for the money for someone else? Some of his stuff is 1,000 pages of stuff with no ending, it’s just spewing. Did he become Richard Bachman to write his own Real books? The circumstances surrounding the car accident were always questionable-some think somebody wanted him dead already. He may have agreed to something in order to take care of his daughter, who has severe health problems. Watch some of his old tv interviews & he looks like someone putting on a really good Show. And his marxist social media posts are so over the top they almost look like a cry for help. I hope the truth about King will be known one day. I read everything he wrote in the 70s & early 80s & loved it, until the first thousand page tome that went nowhere.
You’re obviously entitled to your opinion, but this is nonsense. You could do with stepping away from the computer and getting outside a bit more, stay in touch with real life
Love this! Would be very interested in a longer episode of tier ranking ALL of his book. Love your videos Dave, keep it up!
Thank you! I’ll bear the idea of an entire tier ranking in mind for sure!
Lovely ranking! 11.22.63 is on my top as well. In my opinion it's a modern classic everyone should read!
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It is the first time I see Insomnia on a list and I super agree with that! It is the most gory experience I've ever had reading a Stephen's King book! Awesome ranking! Thank you ;)
You’re welcome!
For my tier rating I’d put the Wizard and Glass in F tier, I’d put Needful Things in C Tier, and I’d put Salem’s lot in my S tier.
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S+: The Shining
S: Duma Key
A: Joyland
B: Cujo
C: The Regulators
F: Roadwork
Nice!
Duma key over cujo, ok...🙄
The Stand D! Utter madness hahah Dave I am loving this video despite my disagreement with some rankings lol
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Well done Dave. You tricked me. I was all set to write a comment mentioning The Dead Zone and then your broke out the S+ tier.
That’s how I roll 😂
I will choose only one book for each category(F,C,S)because I have read few king's books so far.
S misery
C carrie
F the stand
Alternative pick for high position 11/22/63
Thank you so much for this amazing video! Your channel is the best on youtube hands down!
Thanks so much!
So it was an opportunity to quickly put together a Tier Ranking of all the King I read so far. With the each ranking having at least 3 books in some I did enjoy more that it looks like. Anyway here it is:
- [ ] S: Gearald’s Game, The Green Mile, Pet Sematary
- [ ] A: The Shining, Needful Things, Night Shift
- [ ] B: Billy Summers, Doctor Sleep, Skeleton Crew, Different Seasons
- [ ] C: Charlie, Joyland, Carrie
- [ ] D: Cujo, Nightmare and Dreamscapes, The Long Walk
- [ ] E: Roadwork, The Dark Half, Four Past Midnight
- [ ] F: Desperation, The Gunslinger, The Tommyknockers
Your top two tiers are 👌👌
Desperation?
@@slowswimmer9169 yes sorry Desperation. Desolation is the French title of the same book and the version I read.
@@victorpavymusic Don't ask me for sorry, ask its fans cause you rated it F 😅 I'm joking of course, I like Desperation a lot I would placed it between B and C ... Tommyknockers, Cujo, The Long Walk and Carrie also higher. Gerald's Game lower, haven't read the rest, cheers!
@ being atheist I was quite put off by the heavy religious tone of Desperation. On the other hands being brought up by women with a natural feminist incline I thought Jessie’s struggle to overcome her inner wounds and her will for survival was peak King.
S+: The Stand; Night Shift
S: Salem's Lot; The Long Walk
A: Carrie
B: The Shining
C: The Dead Zone; Firestarter
F: Rage
Thanks for sharing!
Back when I still had some spare time earlier this year, I took a little literary walk that included, back to back to back, (Sinclair Lewis's) It Can't Happen Here (for the obvious political reason you're thinking of), followed by The Dead Zone, followed by 11/22/63. Quite a walk, but a very fulfilling one. Thank you for being the spark behind taking that journey (your Twinners video is what did it).
Oh nice! Thank you so much and happy to help!
Doing a chronological read through (midway through 90s thus far). I listed below a couple of my more hot-takey choices - though there’s only one book in each of my D and F tiers so far:
S+ (top 5): The Waste Lands
S (5/5): The Dark Half
A (4.5/5): Eyes of the Dragon
B (4/5): Pet Sematary
C (3.5/5): Carrie
D (3/5): Rage
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Nice! Thanks for sharing - I love his 90s output so much, enjoy going back to them!
All 9 Stephen King books I've read, ranked
1. The Stand (S+)
2. IT (S+)
3. The Long Walk (S)
4. The Shining (S)
5. On Writing (S)
6. Needful Things (A)
7. Doctor Sleep (C)
8. 11/22/63 (C)
9. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (E)
Thanks for sharing!
Dark Tower in the middle makes total sense to me. Rating each book for itself, I have some in the S/S+ tiers (like The Waste Lands) and one in F (Song of Susannah).
Another S/S+ is Revival.
In C tier would maybe put Holly as well.
Nice, thanks for sharing these 😊
Dreamcatcher is a novel that was at the bottom of my pile when I first read it to shoot to my Top 10 in my reread. Couldn’t believe a book I hated I would end up loving.
Wow, that’s quite the turnaround!
I feel like I am the only person on earth who loves black house. I loved the notion that a particular serial killer was possessed by a demon. I also loved the bikers kicking ass!
I know of a few other Constant Readers who love it, you’re definitely not alone!
Tommyknockers is my absolute favourite King book. It’s got the perfect ending.
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S+: 11/22/63
S: Bag of Bones
A: Revival
B: Finders Keepers
C: Eyes of the Dragon
F: Gwendy's Final Task
Bag of bones, S tier? How come?
@@jetm7698 I loved it. I know it's not one of his highest rated, but for me, I loved the story. I was just as surprised when I was reading that i liked it so much
Nice choices!
Bag of Bones is a banger!
You forgot Night Shift! I assume that would be A or S tier. Also Skeleton Crew and Full Dark, No Stars.
If I had picked more than three per tier I would have definitely included them…Night Shift and Full Dark would be A, Skeleton Crew would be B or C - the highs are great but the lows are pretty awful, at least imo
I am just going give my S teir, The Stand, Needful Things, and Dolores Claiborne (DC I read at work in two days between calls I was taking. I was so pissed people were bothering me with billing questions when I had this great book I wanted finish.)
That’s a solid top tier!
I just bought DC yesterday and I'm so excited to read it. I feel like I'm going into it not knowing much about it but still excited to give it a try after watching this video!
My S tier has:
Cujo, The Shining and The Stand.
A Tier has:
Later, Duma Key and You Like It Darker
My B-tier has:
Rose Madder, IT, Finders Keepers.
C-tier has:
Gerald’s Game, Mr Mercedes and Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
In my D-tier, we have:
The Talisman, Cycle of the Werewolf and The Eyes of the Dragon.
E tier has:
Insomnia, End of Watch and The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon.
F tier has:
Rage, Wind Through The Keyhole and The Colorado Kid
Great video as usual and happy birthday to the King of horror!
Thanks for sharing such a thorough list!
Just started this and I know I’ll disagree soon enough but wholeheartedly agree with your Talisman rating.
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Dave if you have Shudder this coming week Horror's Greatest are doing a special on King adaptations :)
Oh nice! I don’t have Shudder but really should sort it sometime
I've long championed Buick 8 and Insomnia, great to see them on the list. But I'm 53 , I'm not having S tier!!! A. Or 1. Or best to worst.
S+.....🤯Not having it!!!! (Great work)
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The stand/ wizard and glass
It/ under the dome
11/23/1963
Song of Susannah
Talisman
Pet semetery
Thanks! Is this S tier and the top and F at the bottom?
@@DaveReadsKing it is top to bottom, but they’re all S and A’s in my opinion
Don’t know how I forgot drawing of the three I love that book.
@jamesobanion5559 👍👍👍
It gets too weird with all the 11-year-old sex and stuff. but that’s only a couple pages and otherwise immaculate book
The man is perverse.
It’s a cracker!
He’s really not. Have you actually read all of It or have you just read about that one scene?
My s tier short story collection is nightmares and dreamscapes and for his other work it’s Salem’s lot, rose madder and fire starter
Love that you have Rose Madder so high! It would be A tier for me I think, but close to an S
@@DaveReadsKing I’m happy, it’s so underrated honestly even though I think it’s better then a lot of his very popular works
ok
F - geralds game or fairy tale
C - the shining
S - dolores claiborne
S+ - salems lot
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Teh shining C 😂😂😂
So my F tier is Salems Lot!
My C Tier is Mr Mercedes entire series and I'll include Holly with that.
My S tier is Needful Things.
Thanks for sharing! Shocked at your F tier but appreciate hearing it all the same 😊😊
@DaveReadsKing every review or list I've seen for Stephen King no one had a bad word to say about Salems Lot. I have only read it once so maybe I need to give it another go.
@jenniferfair280 don’t let popular sway you - if you’re not a fan that’s fine! I don’t like The Stand or Wizard and Glass and won’t be budged on that!
I'm still new to revisiting SK. I read a few books when younger, and he just didn't get with me. Read 'Salem's Lot for the first time in Oct and OH MY CATS! I am officially a fan girl now. 😂 Of the books I have read thus far: 11/22/63 is my top of the tier and The Gunslinger at the bottom.
Nice! Welcome to the world of Stephen King!
I hit subscribe as soon as you compared trump to the politician in the dead zone.
Well, thanks!
I was going to subscribe but now... 🖕🖕🖕
@bernabefernandeztouceda7315 ok, see ya! 👋
Haha, you got me with the S+ category 😂
Sike!
ha ha, yeah, you got me, that was pretty funny... nice one!
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Well This was a great list. I was so glad to see IT and Pet Sematary on here and I don't care if that's cheating. I'm sorry, but on the X for me would be the Tommy knockers. I tried to read it.... I really did but I couldn't even finish it that's how bored I got with it. Maybe it deserves a reread. It started out pretty good and I do think there's a book in there somewhere. Next would be desperation. I thought it started out really good but it kind of lost me near to the end. The C tear, I think I'd have to put the Stand. I thought it was a great book but it did get draggy at the part where theyr' rebuilding and I thought the ending could have been way better. I know most say it's his masterpiece but i dont' know if I agree with that. I did enjoy the book and i'd probably read it again. I think I have way more on the S list for the top. I have to put Christine for all of the reasons u mentioned and there are some really great kills in it. I often reread this one. Carrie of course, The shining I think is one of the scariests books I've ever read. I have to talk about Cujo because I've only read it once and it bothered me so much but that's what horror's all about. Pet Sematary I think is some of his best work and I agree with you on his writing about grief. I think he has written it so acurately especially for such a horrific loss. And i agree with you on reading this book as you get older. I actually think it's scarier because we understand grief and death more as an adult than we did as children. And of course IT is way up there too! I love hoe he writes for the losers club and Pennywise was really scary. I may have more to add to this list especially for the top. Awesome video!
Some excellent choices here, thank you!
Glad you made a tier list- i just can't- I like them all (well almost all) too much. My question is: who is more trumpy- Stillson from Dead Zone or Big Jim from Under The Dome?
Oooooffff that is a big question! It’s a pretty even split really, because Trump is close to having power again and that could be catastrophic - and I can totally picture him kicking a dog to death too - but he’s also a petty, fat loser like Big Jim. Trump is like the bastard love child of both those characters!
@DaveReadsKing Bastard love child of both those characters is eerily accurate, and I wish I had thought of it!
Trump kicking a dog to death 😂😂😂 you need to go out, my dude
Your S+ tier is spot on if obviously add The Stand as that’s my all time favourite but all of yours are absolutely stunning books.
Thanks! 😊
@@DaveReadsKing you’re most welcome.
Hi Dave, I like your bracelet. Free Palestine!
Thank you! 💜🇵🇸💜🇵🇸💜🇵🇸
Some people have wondered if King was compromised along the way, with an underage girl or even a child (people remark on the child abuse in some of his books). Older folks like me remember Howard Hunt of a certain 3-letter agency who was a writer. Did King get rich & famous on his own, or was he touted and Made famous? Where is all the money really going? Who is this prolific? Is he really writing it all, does some else write part of it? Is he being used as a front for the money for someone else? Some of his stuff is 1,000 pages of stuff with no ending, it’s just spewing. Did he become Richard Bachman to write his own Real books? The circumstances surrounding the car accident were always questionable-some think somebody wanted him dead already. He may have agreed to something in order to take care of his daughter, who has severe health problems. Watch some of his old tv interviews & he looks like someone putting on a really good Show. And his marxist social media posts are so over the top they almost look like a cry for help. I hope the truth about King will be known one day. I read everything he wrote in the 70s & early 80s & loved it, until the first thousand page tome that went nowhere.
You’re obviously entitled to your opinion, but this is nonsense. You could do with stepping away from the computer and getting outside a bit more, stay in touch with real life