Different Seasons is one of my favourites simply because it contains Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,also Nightmares and Dreamscapes is a solid collection of Kings short stories,The End of the Whole Mess being the best of these imo.

Stephen King books that I liked:

Carrie
It
Misery
Needful Things
Night Shift
Pet Sematary
The Talisman
The Tommyknockers
Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
Dark Tower III: The Wastelands
Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla

books that I disliked:
Gerald's Game
Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
The Shinning

The Stand and The Dark Tower series are books everyone should give a try. They are fabulous books.

If you are the type of person that doesn not like VERY long, somewhat complicated plots, then giv ethese King books a go:

The Long Walk - One of the most disturbing things you'll ever read...will have you thinking about this book WEEKS after finishing it.

Rose Madder- Psycho cop husband beats his wife until she finally decides to run away...psycho cop hunts her down. Great read!

Most of his books are crap, but I liked Carrie best from what i've read of his work. Don't get me wrong, he has good storys or ideas, but I don't think he is a great writer.

Mothman, how did the assignment go? What did you choose? Next time you get an assignment like that I recommend choosing a classic horror writer like M.R. James. He was about 100 times better than King in my opinion...

Read Christine or Gerald's Game!

I think my vote goes to "Misery" as the most realistic novel he has ever written. "It" was great and suspenseful too... "Pet Sematary" wasn't bad...
But I think "Misery" still takes the cake for me.

I have not read all that many Stephen King books so this is a great thread to get me started. Reading Firestarter atm for the simple reason that I bought it from a charity shop for £2. However I am enjoying it. Good story and a nice read in my opinion.

I like carrie and misery .

I loved IT because I'm not a clown person so it got me scared and on edge. Funny thing is, I was reading it one night and the phone rang. Made me jump but I answered it and I hear "Hello this is Pennywise." so I hung up! Turns out it was a lady named Penny Wise, who works with my Mom.

I am also enjoying Four Past Midnight.