All the Stephen King Books I Want To Read

Hey guys, this is Abi here,

And I'm currently in the middle of working through Under the Dome, by Stephen King. That book has kind of been the inspiration for this post really.

Over the last couple of years I've read maybe 1 Stephen King book a year. First IT, then Pet Sematary, and now Under the Dome.

Now, I've accumulated a list of Stephen King books that I would like to pick up, sometime in the future.

Here's the list.

1. The Institute

When I heard about this book, the first thing I thought was: it sounds like Stranger Things. I have yet to watch Stranger Things, so I might watch that after I read this. It also sounds kind of like the This Mortal Coil and the Dark Matter trilogies by Emily Suvada and Teri Terry. (They both have kids with powers, though they're not placed in a place quite like the kids are in this.) From the blurb, the gifted children are kept in a room exactly like their own, but without a window. It's a two minute process for the children to be moved, but once you're in, there's no coming out. From that premise, I've got chills. No author can put goose-bumps on my arms like Stephen King can and this sounds like an intriguing read.

2. Sleeping Beauties

I love the premise of this one. When women go to sleep, they're covered in a cocoon-like gauze. When the gauze is disturbed or violated, or the sleeper is awaken, the women becomes violent. Only women are affected, the men are left to the world, and their increasingly primal devises. They cannot go to where the women are, and they cannot come out. Except for one. Evie is seemingly immune to such a state. When she awakens, day after day, one question arises: Is Evie someone to be studied, so there can be an end to this turmoil, or is she to be slain? Sleeping Beauties sounds so cool, I'm curious as for why it's just the women that remain unconscious, and where it is that they go. This is probably the one I'm most excited to read about out of all of these.

3. Carrie

Carrie, Stephen King's debut novel. I've watched both the original film, and the 2013 version, but I've always wondered about how the book compares to the films. I consider this to be one of the book releases that changed the face of books. I feel like without Carrie, we wouldn't have had books like The Darkest Minds, like the Percy Jackson series. And I want to read the book that made it possible for those books to be made.

4. Misery

The premise: a bestselling author is kidnapped by his number one fan, because of how he ended the series. When will this end? When he rewrites the ending of his final Misery book. Interesting to say the least. This is the book that I know the least about because I haven't seen anybody else on Booktube pick this one up. From the reviews on Goodreads it seems like a decent book because all the reviews are at least 4 star.  

5. The Mist

The Mist was the first horror film I saw as a kid. It's still one of my favourite horror films to date. In short, it's basically about a mysterious town that covers the city. I don't know if its the same in the book, but it leaves a dad and his son stuck in a supermarket when his wife is at home. They cannot get out, for the reason that when they try, an unspeakable horror appears. Nobody has made it out alive. This might not be the first book on this list that I pick up, but I will get to it at some point soon.

Okay! That's going to do it for today! I hope you enjoyed it, and let me know in the comments if there are any authors that you want to read more of their work.
I hope you have a wonderful day, and I'll see you all soon with my monthly wrap up.
Byeee!

-Abi xxxx