Carnivalkilla44 said 

It may be cliche, but I highly recommend reading The Shining and it’s sequel Dr. Sleep (which I thought was even better than the first) if you haven’t. Honestly some of his best work even though it’s probably the most “mainstream”.  

My fiance bought me Doctor Sleep not knowing it was a sequel to The Shining. I own The Shining. That’ll probably be the next one I read. 

Thank for the advice!

I recommend reading The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
Stephen King’s endings usually suck but that one was awesome.

Leaving out Dark Tower and short stories, in no particular order:

1. Under The Dome. Ive never read a single book the has so many fleshed out characters. Plus the twist at the end blew my mind the first time around

2. The Dark Half. Stark has always been one of my favorite villians. Also, the first full length novel of his I read after cutting my teeth on Different Seasons and Skeleton Crew in fifth grade.

Wow this is harder than I thought.

3. The Stand. Probably the one ive went through the most. Its so fucking thick its impossibru to get it all in the first read.

4. Dolores Claiborne. It reminds me of John Grishams A Painted House because both are such a departure from the shit they normally write.  Painful to read at certain parts, but probably one of his most well written.

5. Geralds Game. The Phone Booth of novels. Takes place in one room. It is so fucking good I think i read it in 2 sit downs. Also very painful to read at certain parts. Cool thing is the tie in with Dolores Claiborne. They both have life altering experiences during the same eclipse. Another example of his expanded universe.

IT could also replace any one of these. It perfectly encapsulates what it means to be a kid, just like the short story The Body.

Noah Fence said
I don’t much like Stephen King’s novels but his memoir thing called On Writing is fantastic and I highly recommend it to anybody who is interested in looking at the craft of writing, the lives of authors, drug addiction, and / or stephen king in general.   

On Writing rocks. I remember that my dad’s fourth wife, who I hate and who hates me, got me that book for one Christmas, despite our mutual hate. I think that’s weird as hell.