What I love about Stephen Kings Books is how they mostly fit within a shared universe of sorts revolving around the Dark Tower.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Couldn’t agree more!

@turtleanton6539

Жыл бұрын

They do. But I would say multiverse

Great list! I find that where people slot "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is how I relate with them concerning Stephen King fandom. That book is the ultimate "under the radar" book. Thematic and character-centric to the max. Obviously with so many books, opinions vary. While Firestarter, The Stand, The Dead Zone, and Needful Things are Brilliant for me, different books just hit differently for other people. I love that you have books like Dolores Claiborne, Hearts In Atlantis, and The Institute so high. While I wouldn't have put them that high, the fact that you did means you had quite an experience reading them. And I think that's awesome!

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your input! I absolutely agree with you. I think I mentioned it in my video too that my likes may not be “likes” to others. That’s why this tier list is so flexible because my top tier books could be someone’s bottom tier. Which is okay because everyone has their own opinion!

Thanks again for that shout out! I love how passionate you are about Stephen King!!

@covertocovercal1038

2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome! King is the best!

Finally a tier list that goes into some detail of each book. Great tier list!

@covertocovercal1038

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Your feedback is much appreciated and I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it. 😁

Some of the books that fall into the brilliant category are my favorites, Salem lot, Carry, It. Definitely, I will read the shining, Night Shift, misery and Pet sematary this year, great tier list.

@covertocovercal1038

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! All of those books you mentioned are great novels. I loved talking about each novel I read by King.

It, 11/22/63, The Stand, The Shining and The Green Mile are my favorites. Salem's Lot is my next read! You should do a tier list of Stephen King film adaptations next. There are some interesting ones to say the least...

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Those are all great choices! ‘Salem’s Lot is my all-time favorite SK novel. You won’t be disappointed! Thank you for the suggestion. I definitely have seen tons of adaptations to create a tier list. ☺️

A good comprehensive list. May I suggest the chaptering of similar list videos to find a particular book easier? There was a few of these later books I didn't know about, now out for delivery! His crime novels I don't find appealing as it is not a genre that holds my attention. Funnily enough, the books in your hard to finish section are some of the books I found page turners and enjoyable, especially Insomnia and its connections to the dark tower! Each to their own!

@covertocovercal1038

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome feedback! Yeah, I did like that Insomnia related to the Dark Tower, but it was a hard book to keep up with. Just my opinion though, still enjoyed reading all of SK books and the journey they took me on!

Carrie, Wastelands and The Long Walk on the “brilliant” tier? A man after my own heart. :) My only hard disagree was Insomnia - it _is_ a bit too long but so worth it - a great one for me.

@covertocovercal1038

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the feedback! I am glad we agreed on those three. Yes, it is long and when I do another SK read through, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it more than the first time.

really helpful, man, thank you.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Thank you for your support!

This is such an excellent list the best I've seen as far as going with my taste. The fact that you put hearts in Atlantis and he's really intend knew everything else was going to go into place after that. That is by far the most underrated Stephen King novel in my opinion.

@covertocovercal1038

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback and response! I’m glad you enjoyed my tier list and I agree, Hearts in Atlantis is very underrated and more King fans should really see how amazing a book is truly is.

I’d put The Long Walk in the great category and The Stand in brilliant. Other than that, this is my very same ranking. Great video

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Appreciate the feedback and your input on my list!

I’m reading King chronologically. When I got to the tommyknockers, I got about half way through, and didn’t return to it for almost a year. Took me another half year to finish. It really screwed with my reading cycle

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I can imagine! I enjoyed it until things started to get odd. I persevered and pushed forward through that and Insomnia.

@turtleanton6539

Жыл бұрын

Shpuld just skippade it😊

My favorite King so far is Bag of Bones. I've just started Needful Things. Thanks so much for this tier list! I think I'll also put the Bill Hodges trilogy on my TBR.

@covertocovercal1038

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment! I loved the Bill Hodges series and I just got done reading his newest novel, Holly! 😍📚

Great video. Most people who do these ranking videos don’t actually explain what the plot is about.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your support! Yeah, I wanted to make sure I have a small explanation of the book for each one. It was a lot to do but worth it!

Hey man, I loved list. I’ve been wondering which to read next. Do you read fantasy?

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

I do read fantasy! I’m currently reading Empire of the Vampire!

Great video, very fun to watch and great pace too ! Just one thing I don't understand, maybe a mistake, but you put Needful things in Great and say it's on your top 10 ?

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is on My Top 10 because the overall story is what I love about it and even though certain parts seemed odd at times, I still loved the novel overall.

Hello, I'm new to stephen king and your vid helped a lot. Thanks. Can you recommend me some warm and light books by him? I've read joyland first and then went to It, salem's lot, misery and cell till now and I'm getting a little tired of horror books now.😢 Maybe any books more like Joyland?

@covertocovercal1038

3 ай бұрын

Welcome and thank you for the support! I recommend Heart’s in Atlantis to start if you want warm and not as “horror” like.

Have you read billy summers yet? i just picked it up but haven’t looked at reviews much

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

I have read Billy Summers. I give a review for it in this video. I can’t remember where I ranked it.

Hahaha the exact different order for me, Desperation I found okay (I read Regulators first) and the Regulators was great for me. Seems like most people love the one they read first and dislike or find okay the second one they read.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah that’s a good point. Everyone has a different opinion, but I plan on rereading all of King again sometime in the future!

I’ve always appreciated how imaginative and inventive he is and his skill at setting up a compelling scenario, but I’ve always noticed that he has trouble getting his characters to plausibly learn the crucial facts about the plot that they need to save the day (or whatever the ending is). Often they will just kind of intuit exactly what the villains are up to because, I suspect, he has trouble depicting the learning/deduction process of the heroes without just reiterating all the plot details that the reader already knows. I have a hunch that this often happens about 3/4 in to the book and the manuscript is already getting pretty thick and he has new story ideas that excite him for the next project so he just kind of ‘fudges’ the epistemic details towards the end (often literally employing some kind of supernatural clairvoyance power) and steams ahead towards the (usually) satisfying climax or showdown between the heroes and villains. This quirk can be annoying to detective story purists but if it’s the price we pay for getting all these King stories I can accept it. He has the ability to conjure nightmare imagery that feels both ancient and novel which is his true gift and almost always makes his work worth reading.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree and thank you for the great comment. I’m interested in seeing what Holly is going to bring in September!

The shinning is a masterpiece, I'm ''team'' book always

@covertocovercal1038

9 ай бұрын

Old King is definitely my favorite! So many classics, The Shining being one of them!

I have just started reading Stephen King and I chose Under the Dome so I could see his character building but I’m going to read Carrie next

@covertocovercal1038

8 ай бұрын

Very good choice! I started right with Carrie and read on so I could see the similarities between books. 👍🏻

@natereadsbooks

8 ай бұрын

@@covertocovercal1038 that’s what I’m doing after I finish Under the Dome

I definitely would put these books in the brilliant section Insomnia the gunslinger wizard and glass the long walk the wastelands Dolores Claiborne Billy summers

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting selections, but again love the different opinions on the rankings.

@youtubeaddict487

Жыл бұрын

gunslinger is not brilliant

Im in the minority but Salem’s Lot and The Shining would go into Hard To Finish for me. Struggled with them more than any other King book.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I’ve never heard of anyone having trouble with them. No judgement, everyone has there own opinion.

@lucascrane164

Жыл бұрын

I happen to love Salems Lot, but I will say the ending didn't knock my sock off. I just really enjoyed the world-building in the book, especially The Lot chapters. I agree with you on The Shining though, the movie is way better

@johnnyb6512

11 ай бұрын

I agree with Salem's Lot. I felt like the final 25% just dragged on forever.

How would you rate Holly ?

@covertocovercal1038

8 ай бұрын

Great question! Check my out my Holly Book Review video on here and I explain how I felt, plus more! 😊📚

That's the plot of The Running Man movie..... not the book.... the plots are completely different....

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

The Running Man was an okay novel by RB. Still had a good overall plot to the story. Fast pace.

The great section for me Under the dome needful things Song of susannah 11/22/63 Sleeping beauties rose madder Salem's lot the talisman The storm of the century The stand

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback! Spread the word of my channel if you have any friends that love SK! Those are great choices.

I would put these books in the hard to finish section The regulators The drawing of three From a Buick 8 Gerald's game The girl who loved tom Gordon Duma key

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

I respect your opinion. Everyone’s list is different, which I love seeing the different opinions.

dude you look JUST LIKE boom goes the dynamite announcer hahahhaah nice tier list btw! I'm trying to do one myself but I, for the life of me, cannot figure out how to make one... all the tier websites are super buggy. annoying EDIT: I just watched it again. I'm about 99.9% certain it's actually you. Small world

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

I’ll have to check it out! Lol. Thank you for the support and I agree that certain cites a have glitches or bugs when doing the tier list.

@DaveShaves44

Жыл бұрын

@@covertocovercal1038 dude please look! Looks just like you hahahahaha and it’s a hilarious video. I’m halfway done with his books I wana make my own tier list

Cycle of the Werewolf is an illustrated novella not a graphic novel. American Vampire is a graphic novel King co-wrote l.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the correction.

The only thing I can't agree with is Insomnia in Hard to Finish. I just finished the book. It took me 2 days, and I thought it was amazing. It is actually in my top ten. But then again, people have their own thoughts and opinions.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

I definitely owe Insomnia a reread and I do like the connection is has to the Dark Tower series!

@joaquinriquelme5639

Жыл бұрын

@@covertocovercal1038 I just started Wolves of the Calla today, and I am waiting for the Insomnia stuff to tie in. I mean, the Tower and Roland are obvious, but I don't know about that Patrick kid

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

@@joaquinriquelme5639 Yeah I honestly can’t recall when Insomnia plays in during the series but I don’t want to give away what happens.

@angelaholmes8888

Жыл бұрын

@@joaquinriquelme5639 insomnia is in my top ten I really got hooked into the book definitely underrated

Tommyknockers is my favourite. 11/22/63 is my least favourite.

@covertocovercal1038

Ай бұрын

Interesting! Nothing against you like the TommyKnockers. It amazes me to see the different viewpoints others have of King’s work. I’m almost finished with his new one.

I personally enjoyed Dr. Sleep more than the shining but both were great. But my God, Cell was awful. Writing was great as always, but holy hell.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Haha yes! Cell had great characters but yeah the ending went south 😂

DEDICATION. Dang.

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

What can I say? I’m a huge King fan! Lol

I think you missed skeleton crew

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

No, it’s on there. It’s after Thinner and before IT, I just forgot to time stamp it. Thank you.

@qwgaming5822

Жыл бұрын

My bad, thanks

The first two seasons of under the dome are great but the final season is hot garbage

@covertocovercal1038

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I didn’t finish the series but I did enjoy the first season for sure.

Billy Summers was a big disappointment.

@covertocovercal1038

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it was different from what he normally does and wasn’t one of my favorite, but still glad to have it to my collection!