A voracious reader since a young age, Cooz
considers himself lucky to experience what
some people call the golden age of content.
Although his preferred medium is still print and
digital books, he loves some of the most recent
film and series adoptions of novels and comics.
To date, Cooz has not found anyone that
is impressed by his proudest reading
accomplishment, but he shamelessly plugs
it with every opportunity he gets. He’s read
98% of novels, novellas, and short stories by
Stephen King and can confirm that no author
can draw you into a story and characters
the way King does within the first 10 pages.
Unfortunately, he also feels that the ending of
King’s stories most often leave something to be
desired, but hey, it’s the journey that counts.
So…keep reading for Cooz's Stephen King
favorites!
Salem's Lot
A small town may
have a vampire
problem. An intense
and anxiety-inducing
story, and the only book
that has ever made me hold
my breath while reading a
page. Fun fact: the recently
released Midnight Mass on
Netflix has been called “basically
Salem’s Lot”.
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A delightful novella
that ties obsessive
compulsive disorder
rituals to the possibility
of them doing more than providing
temporary relief to the
sufferer. The right number
of knocks on a door, or the
correct distance from a coffee
mug to breakfast plate—what
if these rituals do more than
just stave off the feeling of
inevitable doom, and instead
are the only things keeping
our world secure?
Pet Semetary
Not since has a book been
more aptly named. While
most people leave the
book wondering about
their pets, Cooz made an
oath to never let his kids
have access to a scalpel.
Needful Things
A common theme
in King’s stories
is that ordinary people can
turn into monsters under
the right circumstances. The
proprietor of the Needful
Things store in Castle Rock
can certainly make those
happen. An added bonus is a
slightly eerie feeling whenever
on vacation and you go
into a small shop.
The Running Man
Before Squid
Games and Hunger
Games, there was the Running
Man. First published
under King’s pseudonym
Richard Bachman, it tells the
story of a dystopian future,
where ordinary people can
sign up to a deranged game
show. One of the few times
where the movie was better
than the book (naturally,
because of Arnold).