Stephen Edwin King, known by the nickname "King of Horrors", is one of the most popular American writers of our time. Based on his works, a huge number of films were shot, which were positively received. On the account of the master of the pen are more than 60 novels and about 200 stories. He is read and loved all over the world.
To the attention of readers is presented the rating of books by Stephen King .The list includes the best works of an American writer.
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11 /22/ 63
"11 /22/ 63" opens the top ten books of Stephen King. A science fiction novel will tell you about a time travel when an attempt was made to prevent the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. .. In 2016, the premiere of a mini-series based on this novel was held. The film, like the book itself, was a tremendous success.
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Four seasons
"Four seasons" presents a collection of stories by Stephen King, which includes four parts. Each of the parts has a title according to one of the seasons. The novels included in the collection contain practically no elements of mysticism and are not similar in style to other works of the master of horrors. Four seasons - and each of them, as a terrible dream, has become a reality. Spring - and an innocent man is sentenced to life imprisonment in prison hell, where there is no hope, there is no way out. .. Summer - and somewhere in a small town a quiet honors pupil, who became an apprentice pupil of a Nazi criminal. .. Autumn - and four weary of boredomteenagers wander through the dark, endless forest to look at the corpse. .. Winter - and in a strange club a strange woman tells how she gave life to something that was hard to call a child. ..
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Hearts in Atlantis
"Hearts in Atlantis" - book Steveon King, repeatedly nominated for numerous literary prizes. The work includes five parts, which are separate stories, but they are all related by the same characters. All parts describe sequentially occurring events. The collection tells an interconnected history of time and space, passed through the prism of perception of a small American town.
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Dead Zone
"Dead Zone" - another filmized novel by Stephen King, which is included in the list of the best books of American science fiction. After a serious head injury, John Smith finds super-abilities and is haunted by terrible visions. He becomes able to disclose any crime, and he willingly helps people who are in trouble. Smith learns that a terrible person is breaking into power, capable of plunging the whole world into chaos, and only he can stop the villain. ..
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The Dark Tower
The "Dark Tower" is the cycle of Stephen King's best novels of the Western genre. The cycle includes the following books: "Shooter", "Extraction of the Three", "Badlands", "Sorcerer and Crystal", "Wolves of Kali", "Song of Suzanne", "Dark Tower", "Wind through the keyhole".The novels were written between 1982 and 2012.The main character of the series of books is Roland - the last member of the ancient knightly Order of the Riflemen. At first, alone, and then with a group of faithful friends, he makes a long trip around the post-apocalyptic world, reminiscent of the America of the old West, in which magic is present. The adventures of Roland and his companions will include visits to other worlds and time periods, including New York of the 20th century and the world of "Confrontation" devastated by the influenza pandemic. Roland is confident that if he reaches the center of all the worlds, up to the Dark Tower, he will be able to rise to its upper level to see who controls the entire Universe and, possibly, restore the order of the world.
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It is
"It" - one of the best novels of Stephen King's genre horrors. The work touches on the important for King themes: the power of memory, the strength of the united group, the impact of childhood traumas on adulthood. According to the storyline, seven friends from the fictional city of Derry in Maine are fighting a monster that kills children and is able to take any physical form. The narrative is conducted in parallel in different time intervals, one of which corresponds to the childhood of the main characters, and the other to their adult life.
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Langoliers
Fantastic story "Langoliers" genre psychological horror is on the list of the best books by Stephen King. According to the storyline, several people wake up during the flight on an airplane and realize that the remaining passengers, including pilots and crew members, have disappeared, and the aircraft is controlled by an autopilot. The group of survivors need not only to understand what is happening, but also to escape from the langoliers - nightmarish toothy creatures that consume space. The work evolved from a central image - a woman covering her hand with a crack in a passenger airliner. The story was nominated for the Bram Stoker prize. In 1995, based on the work was removed the eponymous mini-series.
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Pet Cemetery
"Pet Cemetery" reveals the top three of Stephen King's best books. In 1989 the novel was filmed. The work was positively received, both by the reader's audience and by critics, and received the literary prize "Locus".The idea of writing this novel was visited by the author after the death of his cat Smaka. But after finishing the work on the book, King refused to publish it for a long time, since he himself recognized his creation as very creepy. The main character of the mystical novel, Dr. Louis Creed, moves with his family and cat to a small town, where he settles on the outskirts, next to the forest. There is a small, old Indian animal cemetery. Soon a tragedy happens: the doctor's cat gets under the wheels of a truck. Despite all the legends about the pet cemetery, Luis decides to bury the cat in this place. But the laws of the other world do not tolerate disobedience, which is cruelly punished. ..
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Green Mile
The "green mile" takes the second place in the ranking of the best books by Stephen King. In 1999, the novel was filmed and nominated for an Oscar. In the Cold Mountain prison, a new prisoner, John Coffey, is on death row to await the moment when the verdict will be carried out. Arrived is a Negro who is accused of a terrible and cruel crime - the murder of two girls. Overseer Paul Edgecom and other inmates of the prison find that the huge size of the Moors is rather strange. John has an amazing gift of clairvoyance and knows absolutely everything about every person. He sees how Paul suffers from his illness, which he can not get rid of. The Negro frees the overseer from an ailment that accidentally becomes a witness to his gift. Semi is to learn the true story of John, sentenced to death, and make sure that people outside are much more dangerous than those who are behind bars. ..
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Escape from Shawshank
"Escape from Shawshank" tops the rating of the best books by Stephen King. Based on the work on the screen came the same artistic picture, which was an incredible success and received many positive reviews and film awards. Shoushenk is one of the most famous and cruel prisons, from which no one managed to escape. The main character Andy, a former vice president of a major bank, is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of murdering the spouse and her lover. He has to go through all the circles of hell, hitting the walls of Shawshank. But Andy is not going to put up with injustice and remain rotting to the end of his days in this macabre place. He is developing an ingenious plan that should help break out of the infernal walls. ..
