My first was *Needful Things*. Not exactly short, 700ish pages, but I loved it. Maybe *Misery*?
jaw1992 on
The Mist is short and absolutely excellent. And The Running Man, which was probably my first, though he wrote it under a pseudonym.
Delroc on
Depending how short you mean, he has a lot of short stories, which are usually collected into novel-length books that can contain 15+ stories. Skeleton Crew is the only one I’ve read of these, but there’s others such as Everything’s Eventual or Night Shift.
Carrie is both his first novel and quite a short one, so it isn’t a bad one to start with. His novels published under the name Richard Bachman also tend to be shorter. Misery and Pet Sematary are both on the shorter side for his books under his own name, and The Gunslinger (the first Dark Tower book) also is, though that one is obviously part of a series where the books can get quite long.
Hope that might help
thekingdtom on
Stephen King has a lot of options.
If you want to start with a classic, *Misery* or *The Shining* are good choices. *Carrie* is also pretty short and was his first book, so it’s a good choice.
*Different Seasons* is a collection of novellas. Three of the four became movies (Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and Apt Pupil). They’re all short. There’s also *Skeleton Crew,* which includes *The Mist.*
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Jokes, I liked “Under The Dome.”
My first was *Needful Things*. Not exactly short, 700ish pages, but I loved it. Maybe *Misery*?
The Mist is short and absolutely excellent. And The Running Man, which was probably my first, though he wrote it under a pseudonym.
Depending how short you mean, he has a lot of short stories, which are usually collected into novel-length books that can contain 15+ stories. Skeleton Crew is the only one I’ve read of these, but there’s others such as Everything’s Eventual or Night Shift.
Carrie is both his first novel and quite a short one, so it isn’t a bad one to start with. His novels published under the name Richard Bachman also tend to be shorter. Misery and Pet Sematary are both on the shorter side for his books under his own name, and The Gunslinger (the first Dark Tower book) also is, though that one is obviously part of a series where the books can get quite long.
Hope that might help
Stephen King has a lot of options.
If you want to start with a classic, *Misery* or *The Shining* are good choices. *Carrie* is also pretty short and was his first book, so it’s a good choice.
*Different Seasons* is a collection of novellas. Three of the four became movies (Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and Apt Pupil). They’re all short. There’s also *Skeleton Crew,* which includes *The Mist.*