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[darchildre]

So I'm over halfway through The Shining and, much like every other time I've read a single Stephen King novel, I now want to read about 5 more. (And, because it's me, that desire is mostly leaning towards Dark Tower novels.) Help me decide what to read next.

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Dark Tower or not Dark Tower?

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Follow the path of the Beam, obvs
8 (66.7%)

Maybe...not, this time?
4 (33.3%)

Okay, which Dark Tower novel?

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The Gunslinger (because it's first)
3 (37.5%)

The Wastelands (because it's my favorite)
3 (37.5%)

Wolves of the Calla (because that's where I left off in the last reread)
2 (25.0%)

The Wind Through the Keyhole (because I haven't actually read that yet)
0 (0.0%)

If not Dark Tower, then what?

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Doctor Sleep (because it's the sequel to The Shining and I haven't read it)
5 (55.6%)

The Stand (because I haven't caught a cold yet this winter and it's probably time)
1 (11.1%)

Didn't he just come out with a new book? Maybe I should read that?
2 (22.2%)

Something else that you can put in the comments
1 (11.1%)

Thanks!

Comments

[raveninthewind]

This Dead Zone story that somehow uses quotes from many of King's works and makes a better, happy ending for canon:

God Spelled Backwards by OldToadWoman
https://archiveofourown.org/works/249637