Books Recommended by Stephen King
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Cemetery Road
A Novel
Greg Iles
Source: "Pure reading pleasure. This guy knows the deep south as well or better than any other novelist." - Stephen King
1 recommenderFlight or Fright
Bev Vincent
Source: "The best short story I read in 2018? Easy. ['You Are Released']. You can find it in [this book]." - Stephen King
1 recommenderGrowing Things and Other Stories
Paul Tremblay
Source: "9 creepy classics that will turn your favorite easy chair into an uneasy chair." - Stephen King
1 recommenderNecessary People
Anna Pitoniak
Source: "I literally couldn't stop reading. Murder, ambition, toxic friendship. What's not to like?" - Stephen King
1 recommenderCold Storage
David Koepp
Source: "Gruesome, terrifying, pulse-pounding, and also pretty goddam funny in places." - Stephen King
1 recommenderThe Border
Power of the Dog, Book 3
Don Winslow
Source: "Everyone in America--left, right, and center--should read this book." - Stephen King
1 recommenderThe Chill
Scott Carson
Source: "Characters you root for and a story that grips from the first page." - Stephen King
1 recommenderAnd Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
Source: "Lots of murders, but relatively bloodless. And a great mystery." - Stephen King
1 recommenderFive Decembers
James Kestrel
Source: "One of the best hardboiled noirs I’ve read in years." - Stephen King
1 recommenderCari Mora
A Novel
Thomas Harris
Source: "Reading his prose is like running a slow hand down cold silk." - Stephen King
1 recommenderKoko
Peter Straub
Source: "One of the great novels of the 20th century’s second half." - Stephen King
1 recommenderCharlesgate Confidential
Scott Von Doviak
Source: "If you haven’t read [this book], you’re missing a tall cool one." - Stephen King
1 recommenderThe Dutch House
A Novel
Ann Patchett
Source: "At first you turn the pages; then you slip into that world." - Stephen King
3 recommendersThe Unwilling
The Barrier Lands, Book 1
Kelly Braffet
Source: "Absolutely couldn’t put it down. Didn’t want it to end." - Stephen King
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