Stephen King's Greatest Stand-Alone Novels (no real order)

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The Stand (King Classics)
1.  The Stand (King Classics) by Stephen King
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  "King's complete and uncut edition of his 1979 apocalyptic good-versus-evil saga is, simply put, the greatest fiction novel ever written. No, really."
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It
2.  It by Stephen King
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  "Disturbing, memorable, wonderfully written, this is King's ode to 50s horror, and maybe his definitive character study."
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'Salem's Lot
3.  'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
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  "Thirty years on, vampire tale 'Salem's Lot is perhaps King's most pure horror novel."
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The Shining (King Classics)
4.  The Shining (King Classics) by Stephen King
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  "King's shot at the ghost-story is one of the most genuinely frightenting books ever written. Still hard to get Jack Nicholson out of your head when you read it though."
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The Tommyknockers
5.  The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
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  "Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style sci-fi horror. This is one of King's most memorable 'small-town America gone bad' tales."
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Firestarter
6.  Firestarter by Stephen King
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  "Little-girl-with-a-gift-for-starting-fires-with-her-mind thiller. One of the first of King's 'disturbed children' novels."
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Christine (King Classics)
7.  Christine (King Classics) by Stephen King
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  "Christine is the devil. Oh yeah, and she's a car. This enjoyable high-school horror make for a wonderful companion-piece to Carrie"
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Carrie (King Classics)
8.  Carrie (King Classics) by Stephen King
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  "Thank God Tabitha King picked this debut-manuscript out of the bin and told the great man to finish it. The rest, as they say, is horrorstory (it had to be said)."
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The Dead Zone
9.  The Dead Zone by Stephen King
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  "Waking up from a coma four years after a car crash, Johnny can see the future. And as expected, there's a psycho-killer-maniac on the loose."
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Misery (King Classics)
10.  Misery (King Classics) by Stephen King
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  "Annie Wilkes is novelist Paul Sheldon's biggest fan. So after he crashes in the Rockies and she nurses him back to health, she finds out he has killed her favourite character off. Bad move Paul!"
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Bag of Bones
11.  Bag of Bones by Stephen King
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  "The culmination of King's 1990s psychological novels, this is a testament to his skills of character development and tone."
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Lisey's Story
12.  Lisey's Story by Stephen King
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  "A companion-piece to Bag of Bones perhaps, this is a challenging, disturbing thing of literary beauty."
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Cujo
13.  Cujo by Stephen King
The list author says:
  "Imagine Beethoven (the dog, not the guy) bitten by a rabid rabbit and going on a bit of a nasty spree. King once again proved he is the master of finding the horror in the everyday."
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Gerald's Game
14.  Gerald's Game by Stephen King
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  "One of his 'stuck in a scary, isolated place' narratives-meets hellish confront-your-own-past psychological horror. Nasty, but brilliant."
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Insomnia
15.  Insomnia by Stephen King
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  "A big twist towards the end that ties in with another set of King novels, this is an experiment in literary sleeplessness and old-everyman dilemma. Maybe a bit contrived, but still genius."
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (New English library)
16.  The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (New English library) by Stephen King
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  "A simple, effect tale of a girl lost in the woods. Echoes of fantasy, ghostliness and emotional alienation."
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Dolores Claiborne
17.  Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
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  "One of his most triumphant character-driven dramas, this will remain one of the underrated classics of the late twentieth-century."
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The Talisman
18.  The Talisman by Stephen King
The list author says:
  "King and Straub, two of the most popular fantasy-horror writers, teamed up in the early-80s for a world-bending journey across parallel-world America."
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Black House
19.  Black House by Stephen King
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  "Over twenty years later, the sequel to The Talisman does not let down, keeping with the atmosphere of the original whilst throwing in a bit of Gothic."
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From a Buick 8
20.  From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
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  "A rather silly companion-piece to Christine, this enjoyable alien-car novel is a bit of guilty pleasure."
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Cell
21.  Cell by Stephen King
The list author says:
  "Blockbuster post-9/11 thriller, King's ode to George Romero and all the other crazed-zombie films also takes a dig at the whole fascination with mobile phones."
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Cycle of the Werewolf
22.  Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
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  "Cliched but fun, this is King's redefining take on the werewolf story, with lots of gory pictures to boot."
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The Green Mile
23.  The Green Mile by Stephen King
The list author says:
  "An epic, nostalgic journey into Depression-era  America, this is one of the greatest novels of the last fifty years."
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The Eyes of the Dragon
24.  The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
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  "Magical, malevolent, quasi-dark ages fantasy-horror; criminally underrated."
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Needful Things
25.  Needful Things by Stephen King
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  "Another massive small-town-American-gone-bad novel, only this time the devil runs the local antique shop!"
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