Tier Ranking 59 Stephen King Books In Under 22 Minutes
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- It's been a long time coming, but here's my Tier Ranking Stephen King books! This edition is tier ranking 59 stephen king books I've read in under 22 minutes. I go over all of them very briefly and tier rank them! Stick around by subscribing, we'd love to have you join this community! Thanks for watching, Enjoy!
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I love to see some appreciation for Dead Zone! I adore that book. 11/22/63 is another god tier book I highly recommend!
Didn’t see it but I would definitely recommend reading 11/22/63. It is long but the characters and premise are great and I loved the story. Ending was a little meh, but overall it is one of my favorites.
That’s one I haven’t gotten to yet, but I plan to soon!
@@ZacksBooks agreed! I patiently await your thoughts on it :D
“Long” and “ending was meh” are Stephen king staple characteristics
Don’t agree on the ending, one of his best endings!
It's a great time travel book
I love that your tiers are so specific not just S,A,B,C
Firstly, I’m impressed how you got these all in in such a short amount of time. My ranking is going up next week! I got it under 30 min lol. We agree on some and others were totally different. I’ve got unpopular opinions I think lol
I'm excited to see it! I for sure had some unpopular opinions lol
Thanks for tier ranking them all! Some of my favorites aren't on there yet so I am looking forward to hearing your opinion after you have read them!
I struggled completing Through A Dragons Eyes this month so I am taking a short break from Stephen King for now. I want to be in a good head space before I start the next one.
For me Needful Things, Misery, The Tommyknockers, The Dead Zone, Christine, Thinner, The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, The Green Mile, Salem’s Lot, Carrie, Firestarter, Pet Sematary, The Shining, The Stand, and It are all GOD TIER for me. Some of the short stories would also be in my GOD TIER but I can’t really remember which short stories are in which book. This was a GREAT video, I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing! I agree with short stories, as a collection, it's hard to rank it as a whole book because it's hard to remember them all
Re-reading IT was so fun for me, you definitely need to soon!
I hope to! It just requires time lol and I need to have other videos planned ahead of time
Im late but same
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I really did not like Salem’s Lot very much. I though it was far fetched and forced and I just found Ben Mears to be very unlikeable which is unusual for a King book because he normally writes awesome characters
That's alright! Not every book is going to work out. I can see your point
We'll King wrote two of the main characters based on himself the first Ben Mears and a younger Stephen King based on Mark Petrie.
Hello from Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
An excellent book you could read is HEARTS IN ATLANTIS...
For me it's a masterpiece and have many social messages (thus the metaphysical parts are not so many). Until now no other Stephen King's book have ever made it to surpass it at my no1 tier list... Love from Greece...
That's one I've definitely been more interested in getting to, hopefully soon!
Woulf you look at that, I'm not the only greek Stephen King fan
It's a social commentary with supernatural mixed in.. Ie the glove!!! But is it?? Is it psychological?? But it is definitely clever and true of real life relationships
I gotta agree with you on Dreamcatcher, I loved it the first time I read it and love it more each time. The 4 main characters are some of my favorites he’s ever written and everything else about it is great too. Glad to see someone else who appreciates it
Ssdd
@@mandibartlett8455 no bounce no play
You really need to re-read The Stand but make sure it's the revised extended edition. Totally GOD TIER!
Finally!! Someone who gives Christine the credit it deserves. I love it. And I loved The Tommyknockers. It’s a weird subject so therefore it should be weird as hell
Damn, the Tommyknockers is so overhated it's not funny
Found Rose Madder terrifying myself. It’s a really believable abusive partner scenario and there’s only a tiny step between that and pure psychopath. The villains vindictive rage in chasing her down was so believable it terrified me so much I couldn’t keep reading and skipped to see the end (when I was nearly finished it). Will have to read it cover to cover one day.
Great! A love your Channel. My top 10 : Under The Dome
It
11-22-63
Salem
Dead Zone
Night Shift
Bag of Bones
Full dark no Stars
Schelleton crewn
Everything is Eventual
Good list! I still have to read 11-22-63 and everyone tells me that I need to. Lol, hopefully soon!
The Green Mile is definitely a god tier book of SK book fosho! Thanks for your posting on your channel
oh my gosh I need to read a stephen king and this was SO HELPFUL thank you
Great job. TY for doing this.
One recommendation on your second tier. The title just missed the mark sounds negative when it’s really positive overall. You gave some books on this level 5 stars.
Maybe go with above average or almost God level.
Great video! My favs are The Dead Zone, Pet Sematary, IT, Finders Keepers, and Doctor Sleep. I need to reread The Shining.
Good picks! I still need to read Finders Keepers
I'm sorry the one major disagreement I have is the stand God tier absolute god tier totally and absolutely in every way shape or form God tier. You mentioned the library policemen I honestly wonder whether or not that might be something generational because as a person who spent a great deal of time in libraries when I was younger I'm in my 50s that story scared the piss out of me and always was kind of a reality type tail but now that people don't really go to the libraries in the same way Maybe it's generational.
For such a famous author, it's kind of insane how many of his stories are tolerable or hot garbage. King is definitely talented, but here are a few flaws I've noticed with his work.
1. He's overly verbose. While I'm a fan of King's work obviously, he has a major issue with rambling on. Like my God, I'm reading The Dark Half right now, and he spent probably 5-7 pages at least saying there was a hole in the graveyard, it looked like someone was buried alive, pawed their way out, and walked away angrily.
I read Joyland, which is apparently one of his better works. It's not even that long by his standards, about 250 pages. Holy hell, of those 250 pages, maybe 50 are relevant to the central story.
He spends more time describing the entire process, in detail, of acting as the theme parks dog mascot dancing for kids, trying to win over this kid's mom, and how to operate the park's rides than he does about the mystery surrounding the park.
2. Pacing issues, ties into point #1. He tends to either reveal things too early, or too late, usually too early. This sucks all the mystery out of the story. You know what's happening, you know why.
Coming back to The Dark Half, it would have been so much better if you didn't know who was committing the murders for a while. A crazed fan upset that he stopped writing as George Stark, so he's trying to act like George, and frame him for the murders. Or as he's dealing with a lot of stress, you see him snapping, making you wonder if it's him.
He basically gets to the meat of the tale too quickly or slowly.
3. Great concepts, questionable execution. This one is pretty self explanatory.
Yes I’m reading dream catcher and honesty this is the second book ever that I can actually pick up and am addicted to reading it and cannot STOP!!! It’s so good! I’m new to Steven king in general and I’m hooked I’m almost a half way through in 2 days
I love duddits. In the film they made it all about aliens. Stick to the book x
@@mandibartlett8455 yes duddits sounds like a cool dude and his scooby doo lunchbox!
Man, I think misery would be my favorite if it weren't for those misery chapters that just drag on.
I understand why King pulled Rage. But I dislike why Rage is rated based on geographical accidents. I read Rage in 1992, here in Ireland, and loved it.. The tension, and honesty, and the theatrical setting, was incredible.
I reread it about 10 years ago, and loved it even more so then.
The issues elsewhere regarding the themes should be addressed outside of imaginary scenarios in books.
You lost me when you put Wizard & Glass in Hot Garbage. Most DT fans will say this is one of the strongest in the series. Elevation is a fantastic story, but gets shat upon due to its short length and cost at time of release. Totally agree on The Dead Zone. I tell people to go there first if they've never read King before.
As I said before, I am going to be rereading the dark tower series, going into it with a better King knowledge. I shot myself in the foot with reading the series too early, I believe, in my King journey and was someone who didn’t appreciate the writing, and just wanted the action. I feel going into the reread, Wizard and Glass will be out of hot garbage once it’s over. Elevation is another I feel needs to be readdressed for me, the length just wasn’t good enough I thought and it seemed to leave me with more questions than answers.
Dead zone, perfect book to me. It was great.
Thanks for the feedback!
@@ZacksBooks The action in wizard and glass during the backstory is absolutely incredible! In fact that backstory is probably my favourite piece of writing king has done. Wizard and glass is my favourite book of all time to this day
Wizard and Glass was amazing
It takes me a month to read a book. 22 minutes is pretty fast to read “The Stand”
They have a special edition of The Stand in Barnes Noble stores as exclusive edutions with amazing cover art.
I love how you love Christine! I think that book is way underrated and no one talks about it. Also, another one that I think is underrated is Firestarter. I really like this book, and I think it has the most Stranger Things vibes of all King’s books.😀
I agree! I would love a sequel to Firestarter actually, because I want to follow her journey more
But stranger things follows stephen king vibes of it and stand by me!! Not the other way round
You won me back with dream catcher, loved that one
LOL Swap Dreamcatcher and Wizard and Glass and you have a great list good sir!
Im so autistic I actually thought the title of this video meant you read 59 Stephen King books in 22 minutes JAJAJAJA
Everyone i know has dead zone as their favorite i got to check it out
The stand in average , wtf 🙈🙈
Totally agree about wind through the keyhole and the girl who loved tom Gordon
Hey brow, Wizard and Glass is the best SK book. Give it another try!
I get this comment a lot, and I am currently in my Dark Tower rereads and will be starting The Drawing of the Three soon. I intend to do it properly this time around as compared to my first go around, and giving every book a fair chance and a more in depth thought to the bigger impacts of the story.
Thank you for the recommendation! I hear a lot of people do enjoy Wizard and Glass. I hope this time around, I will too
I've only read Later but I agree with where you put it. 😊
And I knew Long Walk would be in God Tier! I got one right! 🙌🏾
I'll definitely have to refer back to this whenever I decide to tackle some more Stephen King books in the future.
Please do! Danielle has been wanting to read Later soon!
What about the shawshank redemption?!!!!!
One of my top right now is revival. I’d recommend
My first king book was It and that was an absolute mistake. I get the appeal but wasn’t for me. I think I need to reread it now that I’ve got a better taste for his writing. The shining is my absolute fav though. Also, no 11/22/63??? It’s fantastic!!
The shining is my favorite book ever! I am yet to read 11-22-63, that’s why it’s not here. Lol
This was a great video but Alexa talking to you really made it 😂
She's been off her rocker lately thinking we're talking to her
Disagree strongly on Tommyknockers and Wizard and Glass. W&G is magical and my third favorite King after IT and Stand. TK stinks. The Long Walk is also fantastic, I wish the movie they keep hyping would finally materialize.
Tommyknockers is a masterpiece, what you're talkin
Great video! I've never read a Stephen King book, but have seen most of the movies 🙈 I think I'm gonna pick up a few from your God Tier list and give them a try. Books are always better than the movies, right?? 😀
Alexa: "Blah, blah, blah"
Zack: "... No"
🤣🤣🤣
I hope you do pick some up, they're awesome! Usually I agree with that, yes
The Stand is not average...
Just curious, is there a King book you loved originally, but over time your opinion lessened and thought it maybe didn't age well??
I’m going to be honest, I’ve been pondering this question since I read it 8 hours ago and nothing truly comes to mind. The closest I can think of is either The Gunslinger or The Stand. I think I rated them high cause “everyone else did” but the more I sat on it, I realized I need to reread them both.
Thank you for posting on your channel
To put Wizard and Glass as hot garbage is nonsense of the highest order.
It is tho
My God tier are
Dolores Claiborne the long walk
Billy summers wizard and glass
The wastelands needful things
Insomnia the gunslinger the talisman rose madder
Wizard and Glass - hot garbage?!?!and goodbye
Where is The Stand ?
15:40
Lost me after the second book, lol.
lol Wizard and Glass hot garbage? Taste is subjective, subjectively (adverb), your taste is bad.
did you read Apt Pupil?
I thought it was a masterpiece. Need to reread tho
You don't have Duma Key or Revival. Or 11/22/63. Or Hearts in Atlantis. Or Dark Half. Or Everything's Eventual, Bazaar of Bad Dreams, or Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Or... OK I'll stop now.
I didn’t have the ones I didn’t read on the list, cause I’ve only read 59 of them, as it says. But thanks for reminding me what still needs to be read!
read Duma Key
Very bad prose and dialogues on that. Cool story and imaginery, tho
You don't understand stephen king as a writer
He is character and situation driven rather than story driven. If you want a complete story then read Agatha christie or Tolkien. King focuses on characters and wierd.. Or ordinary situations. His short stories are amazing. Have you seen mercedes? Please watch this. It's acted amazingly and is so true to the source material. It will show you what king is about. And you may change your mind about his books. They are not horror. Look at the shaw shank redemption, the green mile, joyland... BTW... Amazing return to his earlier self!!
I am in awe of his imagination for character creation snd back story. People say he's bad at endings but that's because he, himself doesn't know the endings. He wrote that in bazaar of bad dreams 😊. He just goes with the story... But his characters and the cross world's they exhibit are so rounded and believable and so real
His multiverse is immense.. And I guess what lead to his dark tower that controls everything from ur local to low men in yellow coats to it!!! What I will say is that there is one book that completely terrified me... Pet semetary!! But that's the only one I see of his works as horror. The rest are science or alien or prediction or real life things x
Disagree on dreamcatcher, it was it and tommyknocks combined. Charming but not god tier
Stephen King books are huge...how in the hell are you reading any of them in under 22 minutes😅
Bruh, the Stand is average? Yes, one man’s opinion, but cmon
Library Policeman is meh? lol What ever but you also said Wizard and Glass and Wind Through the Keyhole low so no accounting for taste.
Too much of a jump from God Tier and Just Missed the Mark.