96 books by Stephen King recommends that aspiring writers

In the epilogue to his autobiography, "On Writing. Memoirs about the craft, "King has compiled a list of recommendations, which includes artistic and journalistic works. They have had an effect on himself and his work.

These are the books that have helped me, that's all. But reading them is not harmful, and many of them can show you a new direction in your work. Even if this does not happen, you will not get bored reading them. I was not.

Stephen King

1. Peter Abrahams, "The lights went out."

2. Peter Abrahams, "Pressure Drop".

3. Peter Abrahams, "Revolution number 9".

4. Peter Abrahams, "perfect crime".

5. Christopher Buckley, "Thank You for Smoking."

6. Pat Barker, "The Eye in the Door."

7. Pat Barker, "The road of ghosts."

8. Pat Barker's "Regeneration".

9. Blonter Peter, "Intruder".

10. Boyle T. Koragessan "Leposhechny curtain."

11. Bouels Paul, "The canopy of the sky."

12. Bosch Richard, "In the night season."

13. Bill Bryson, "Forest Walk" (buy Litres.ru →).

14. Beykis Kirsten, "Life-dog monsters."

15. In Evelyn "Brideshead Revisited" (buy Litres.ru →).

16. Kurt Vonnegut, "hocus pocus."

17. Alex Garland, "The Beach" (buy Litres.ru →).

18. Thomas Harris, "Hannibal" (buy Litres.ru →).

19. Gerritsen Tese, "Gravity."

20. William Golding, "Lord of the Flies" (buy Litres.ru →).

21. Muriel Gray, "furnace".

22. Graham Greene, "Our Man in Havana."

23. Graham Greene, "assassins."

24. Don de Lillo, "Underground".

25. Nelson DeMille, "Gold Coast".

26. Nelson DeMille, "Cathedral" (buy Litres.ru →).

27. Alan Judd, "handwritten work of the devil."

28. Graham Joyce, "Tooth Fairy."

29. Elizabeth George, "Delusions of his mind."

30. Charles Dickens, "Oliver Twist" (buy Litres.ru →).

31. Stephen Dobyns, "Plain massacre".

32. Stephen Dobyns, "The Church of Dead Girls."

33. Roddy Doyle, "The woman who walks in the door."

34. David Ignatius, "Flaming insult".

35. John Irving, "Men are not her life" (buy Litres.ru →).

36. Roger Kahn, "Good enough for a dream."

37. Raymond Carver, "Where I'm calling."

38. Mary Carr, "Liars Club" (buy Litres.ru →).

39. Anna Quindlen, "One thing is true."

40. Jack Ketch, "The right to life."

41. Tabitha King, "Survivor."

42. Tabitha King, "The sky in the water" (unpublished).

43. Barbara Kingsolver, "the Bible of the poisonous tree."

44. Michael Kennedy, "The Poet".

45. Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness" (buy Litres.ru →).

46. Constantine K. K., "Family Values".

47. John Krakauer, "Into Thin Air" (buy Litres.ru →).

48. Leykovits Bernard, "our guys".

49. Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird" (buy Litres.ru →).

50. Little Bentley, "Invisible" (buy Litres.ru →).

51. Jack McDevitt Jack, "Star Portal".

52. Alice McDermott, "Ocharovashka Billy."

53. Cormac McCarthy, "Cities of the plain."

54. Cormac McCarthy, "Crossroads."

55. McCarthy, Larry and Diane Ossanna, "Zeke and Ned."

56. Larry McCarthy, "Dead Man's Pass".

57. Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes."

58. Norman Maclean, "A River Runs Through It" and other stories.

59. Ian McEwan, "Enduring Love" (buy Litres.ru →).

60. Ian McEwan, "The Cement Garden".

61. Walter Miller, "A Canticle for Leibowitz".

62. Somerset Maugham "The Moon and Sixpence" (buy Litres.ru →).

63. Tim O'Brien, "In a forest lake."

64. Michael Ondaatje, "The English Patient" (buy Litres.ru →).

65. O'Nan Stewart, "Speed ​​Queen".

66. Oates, Joyce Carol, "Zombie".

67. Patterson, Richard North, "There is no safe place."

68. Richard Price, "The Land of Freedom."

69. Prul Annie, "close range: Wyoming stories."

70. Prul Annie, "The Shipping News."

71. J. Rowling. K., "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (buy Litres.ru →).

72. J. Rowling. K., "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (buy Litres.ru →).

73. J. Rowling. K., "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (buy Litres.ru →).

74. Ruth Rendell, "The person behind the veil" (buy Litres.ru →).

75. Frank Robinson, "Waiting".

76. Richard Russo, "Mohawk".

77. Vikram Seth, "suitable bride."

78. Slotkin Richard, "Crater".

79. Dinitiya Smith, "The Illusionist".

80. Spencer Scott, "Men in Black".

81. Stener Wallace, "Joe Hill".

82. Anne Tyler, "The coil of blue thread" (buy Litres.ru →).

83. Donna Donna Tartt, "Secret History" (buy Litres.ru →).

84. Donald Westlake, "Ax".

85. William Faulkner, "As I Lay Dying."

86. David Halberstam, "Fifties".

87. Stephen Hunter, "Dirty white guys."

88. Kent Haruf, "simple melodies."

89. Peter Høgh, "Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow".

90. Horlton Windsor, "Latitude Zero".

91. Pete Hamill, "Why is Sinatra."

92. Michael Chabon, "Werewolves in his youth."

93. John Burnham Schwartz, "The road to the reservation."

94. Irwin Shaw, "The Young Lions" (buy Litres.ru →).

95. James Agee, "Death in the Family."

96. Stanley Elkin, "Dick Gibson Show."