When I was a young teen one of my favorite authors was Stephen King. I believe the first book I read was Firestarter. After that I went back and read his earlier works and was a very devoted fan. I read everything I could find for a number of years. I started to become a little disturbed when reading Pet Sematary, it seemed that King was leaving the arena of psychological suspense that I so loved, and starting to head to pure gross out mode.
And for most of the 80's right through last year I pretty much ignored Stephen King's work, with a few exceptions. I read IT, although I didn't really enjoy it much. I read Eye of the Dragon, that one I did really enjoy, a totally non-King-like book. But aside from that I avoided King. But when I started putting Audiobooks on my iPod, I began getting into King again. I put The Shining on, it had been a favorite. Then I put on the Just After Sunset collection, a few gross ones, but mostly good stories. I added a few more of his shorter novels and really enjoyed listening to them. I am currently listening to 11/22/63 which has had some absolutely amazing moments in it, and overall I'm really loving it. So I welcome Stephen King back into my literary life. If any of you have King books you can recommend, let me know. I'm looking for more psychological thrillers than the really gross and graphically violent stuff. Thanks for your help.
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