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To all newcomers to literature, Stephen King gives the main advice: if you want to write well, read everything that your hands can reach. Lifehacker publishes a list of books that helped the writer himself.
In the afterword to his autobiography How to Write Books. Memoirs of a Craft”King has compiled a list of recommendations, which includes fiction and non-fiction works. They influenced both him and his work.
These are the books that helped me, that's all. But reading them is not harmful, and many of them can show you new directions in your work. Even if it doesn't, you won't get bored reading them. I was not.
Stephen King
1. Abrahams Peter, "The Lights Are Out."
2. Abrahams Peter, Pressure Drop.
3. Abrahams Peter, Revolution # 9.
4. Abrahams Peter, Crime Perfect.
5. Buckley Christopher, They Smoke Here.
6. Barker Pat, "Eye in the Door".
7. Pat Barker, Ghost Road.
8. Barker Pat, Regeneration.
9. Blonter Peter, The Intruder.
10. Boyle T. Coraghessan, "The Cuddly Curtain."
11. Bowels Paul, The Canopy of the Sky.
12. Bosch Richard, Night Season.
13. Bryson Bill, "A Walk in the Woods" (buy at Litres.ru →).
14. Bakis Kirsten, The Life of Monster Dogs.
15. In Evelyn, “Return to Brideshead” (buy at Litres.ru →).
16. Vonnegut Kurt, Hocus Pocus.
17. Garland Alex, "The Beach" (buy on Litres.ru →).
18. Harris Thomas, "Hannibal" (buy on Litres.ru →).
19. Gerritsen Tese, Gravity.
20. Golding William, Lord of the Flies (buy at Litres.ru →).
21. Gray Muriel, Stove.
22. Green Graham, Our Man in Havana.
23. Green Graham, Hired Assassin.
24. De Lillo Don, Underground.
25. DeMille Nelson, Gold Coast.
26. DeMille Nelson, "Cathedral" (buy at Litres.ru →).
27. Judd Alan, The Devil's Handwritten Work.
28. Joyce Graham, The Tooth Fairy.
29. George Elizabeth, The Delusions of His Mind.
30. Dickens Charles, "The Adventures of Oliver Twist" (buy at Litres.ru →).
31. Dobins Stephen, The Plain Massacre.
32. Dobins Stephen, Church of the Dead Girls.
33 … Milking Roddy, The Woman Who Walked Through the Door.
34. Ignatius David, Burning Insult.
35. Irving John, "Men are not her life" (buy at Litres.ru →).
36. Kang Roger, "Good Enough for a Dream."
37. Carver Raymond, "Where I'm Calling From."
38. Carr Mary, "The Liars' Club" (buy on Litres.ru →).
39. Quindlen Anna, One True Thing.
40. Ketchum Jack, Right to Life.
41. King Tabitha, The Survivor.
42. King Tabitha, "Sky in the Water" (unpublished).
43. Kingsolver Barbara, The Poison Tree Bible.
44. Kennedy Michael, The Poet.
45. Conrad Joseph, "Heart of Darkness" (buy at Litres.ru →).
46. K. K. Constantine, Family Values.
47. Krakauer John, "Into Thin Air" (buy on Litres.ru →).
48. Bernard Leikowitz, Our Guys.
49. Lee Harper, To Kill a Mockingbird (buy at Litres.ru →).
50. Little Bentley, "Invisible" (buy at Litres.ru →).
51. McDevith Jack, Star Portal.
52. McDermott Alice, "Charming Billy."
53. McCarthy Cormack, Cities of the Plain.
54. McCarthy Cormack, Crossroads.
55. McCarthy Larry and Ossanna Diana, Zeke and Ned.
56. McCarthy Larry, Dead Man's Pass.
57. McCourt Frank, Angela's Ashes.
58. Maclean Norman, “Where the River Runs,” and other stories.
59. McEwen Ian, "Unbearable Love" (buy at Litres.ru →).
60. McEwen Ian, The Cement Garden.
61. Miller Walter, "Hymn to Leibowitz".
62. Maugham Somerset, "The Moon and the Penny" (buy on Litres.ru →).
63. O'Brien Tim, In the Forest Lake.
64. Ondaatje Michael, "The English Patient" (buy at Litres.ru →).
65. O'Nan Stewart, Speed Queen.
66. Oates Joyce Carol, Zombie.
67. Patterson Richard North, "There is no safe place."
68. Price Richard, The Land of Freedom.
69. Prul Annie, Close Range: Wyoming Tales.
70. Prul Annie, Ship News.
71. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (buy at Litres.ru →).
72. J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (buy at Litres.ru →).
73. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (buy at Litres.ru →).
74. Rendell Ruth, "The Veiled Face" (buy at Litres.ru →).
75. Robinson Frank, The Expectation.
76. Russo Richard, Mohawk.
77. Seth Vikram, "The Suitable Bridegroom."
78. Slotkin Richard, Crater.
79. Dinitia Smith, The Illusionist.
80. Spencer Scott, Men in Black.
81. Stenier Wallace, Joe Hill.
82. Tyler Ann, Spool of Blue Thread (buy at Litres.ru →).
83. Donna Tartt, "The Secret History" (buy at Litres.ru →).
84. Westlake Donald, The Poleaxe.
85. Faulkner William, "When I Was Dying."
86. Halberstam David, The Fifties.
87. Hunter Stephen, Dirty White Boys.
88. Haruf Kent, A Simple Melody.
89. Hög Peter, Smilla and Her Sense of Snow.
90. Horlton Windsor, Latitude Zero.
91 … Hamill Peet, Why Sinatra Matters.
92. Chabon Michael, Young Werewolves.
93. Schwartz John Burnham, "The Road to Reservation."
94. Show Irwin, "Young Lions" (buy at Litres.ru →).
95. Agee James, Death in the Family.
96. Elkin Stanley, The Dick Gibson Show.
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