What book should I read?

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I'm a huge stephen king fan and I've read a lot of his work. However, there will come a day when I have finished reading all of his books and I want to make sure I have a backlog of other authors that I can enjoy reading as much as King.  I tried to read "Speaks the Nightbird" a high rated historical fiction mystery novel, I love history so I thought I would like it. However, I quit reading it early on when I started having second doubts about it being a mystery novel.  I like the idea of a Murder-mystery book however, I have found myself get bored with mystery movies/books/games that are long.

I need some good recommendations.
Why I like Stephen King;  I enjoy how during and after reading his works I am left feeling uneasy, I like the suspense, I like how during the build up and character development it is still interesting and adds to the story.

I finished reading 11/22/63 which was about 850 pages long, I don't have a problem reading a really long book however if a book is 500+ pages long I need to be drawn in immediately or have read other works by that author.

LilyRT · Accepted Answer

f. paul wilson is good.  but don't get bogged down in all the repairman jack novels.  the rest of his stuff is great.

tamara thorne and bentley little are a couple of other favorites of mine.

dean koontz is often compared with king because he's so prolific, but a lot of people don't like him so I'm hesitant to recommend him.  i like him, but some of his books get repetitive.  not all of them (despite what people say), but some of the serial killer stuff is the same thing over and over.

Anonymous · Answer

I like Peter Straub. He wrote a couple of books with King, so they're sort of similar. But honestly, I like Straub's work from the 70's, 80's, and 90's better than his more recent stuff.

I also liked Anne Rice's work up until the mid-90s'. Particularly the first four volumes of The Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witches series.

Spike · Answer

MAYBE these books for your future reading.

Most of the books by Tom Clancy

Most of the books by John Le Carre

Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising series by Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

The Lilies of the Field by William E Barrett

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul (originally published as A Cup of Friendship) by Deborah Rodriguez

The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz

Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson

Kingdom Keepers: The Return series by Ridley Pearson

Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas

Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empires by Bob Thomas

Remembering Roy E. Disney: Memories and Photos of a Storied Life by David A. Bossert

The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond by Christopher Finch andJohn Lasseter

Since the World Began: Walt Disney World - The First 25 Years by Jeff Kurtti

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Los Angeles by Peter Moore Smith

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream by Adam W. Shepard

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich

ajtheactress · Answer

If you like King you should enjoy the following authors
Justin Cronin 
Joe Hill [King's son]
Clive Barker
Dan Simmons

lacey · Answer

Try Ted Dekker. Specifically Adam, Kiss, and The Bride Collector

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