I've read 3: Watership Down, Lord of the Flies, and Invisible Man.

Ive just read one of these books- 1984 and that is on my top 10 fav books too:) I do want to read Lord of the Flies at some point too

1984 and Lord of the Flies.

I did really enjoy Lord of the Flies, which I read last year.

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If you count the Lord of the Rings trilogy as 1 book, then I've read 7 out of 10, otherwise I've 9 out of 12.

Great list! But where is THE ABSOLUTE DARLING?

I have read Lord of the flies, Watership Down, 1884, Invisible Man, Ship of Fools, and The Orphan Master's Son. If you want to know more about North Korea, do you make it a point to read the orphan masters son. It's a great read because it is entertaining while delivering a good dose of history and a glimpse into day to day living under a totalitarian regime.

I've read all of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy & 1984-tried but jst couldn't get into The Invisible Man.

Lord of the Flies and 1984 read many years ago in high school. I should revisit. More recently I have read the Orphan Masters Son ( a good look though fictional inside North Korea) and American Pastoral (a daughter radicalized in the 60s into violent action). So both relevant to our times. I want to read Ship of Fools, as I know this was an allegory on the Nazi build up and the racism, nationalism and the treatment of refugees that went with it. Also unfortunately still a relevant read.

I have already read two and in the future I intend to read two more of the books mentioned in the list.

Read 7 of the 10

I've read 5 of these. Of all the authors, Mr. King's list most closely resembles my own reading tastes. Here's my "Top Ten":

1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
2) The Tortilla Curtain - T. Coraghessan Boyle
3) The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
4) My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George
5) The Lost Get Back Boogie - James Lee Burke
6) 1984 - George Orwell
7) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8) All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
9) Watership Down - Richard Adams
10) The Stand - Stephen King

I've read 3 -- Lord of the Flies, Orphan Master's son (which would definitely go on my top ten list), and 1984.

I have read 3. 1984, The Lord of the Flies and Watership Down. None of these would make my Top 10.

Only 1 am afraid.George Orwell's 1984.Very hard as Mr King says though to name only 10.I have so many favourites myself.

I've only read one, Lord of the Flies and it's a really good one but probably not in my top ten. I have Watership Down and 1984 on the TBR.

I've read six of the books on Stephen King's list: 1984, Invisible Man, Lord of the Flies, The Lord of the Rings, Ship of Fools and Watership Down.
I read them back in the 60's and 70's when I was in my impressionable teens and 20's. Stephen King and I are about the same age and probably "dig" books in similar genres.

I've read six of the books on Stephen King's List. I love these lists. I immediately set down one of my own. I have to agree with Mr. King. This list could change from day to day. This is the first ten that came to mind. All of them made a tremendous impression on me when I first read them. I'm sure that had a lot to do with time and place.
Anyway, in no particular order:

The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass
The Black Sheep, Balzac
From Here To Eternity, James Jones
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
A Wolf Among Wolves, Hans Fallada
Ulysses, James Joyce
Tess of the D'urberviles, Thomas Hardy
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky
Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens
The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy

I've read four of the books on Stephen Kin's List. Lord of the Flies, 1984, Watership Down, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. None of these make my top 10.

My top ten, in alphabetical order, by author.

Max Brooks - World War Z
Simon R Green - Something from the Nightside
Robert Heinlein - Job: A Comedy of Justice
Stephen King - The Stand
E. E. Knight - Way of the Wolf
Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora
A. Lee Martinez - Gil's All Fright Diner
L. E. Modesitt - The Magic of Recluse
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
S. M. Stirling - Dies the Fire

So hard to come up with a top ten list of books, kind of like trying to come up with list of top ten songs. Of King's current list I've read six: Lord of the Flies, Watership Down, Invisible Man, 1984, American Pastoral, The Lord of the Rings. Of these The Lord of the Rings is my favorite, followed by Watership Down. These two may be on my own top ten list, but I'm going to have to give it some thought.

Wow. That was unexpected. Lord of the Flies #1!!

Erika wrote: "Great list! But where is THE ABSOLUTE DARLING?"

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I've read 2 - Lord of the Flies - 1984.
The second is one of my favourites books! Beautiful

I was not surprised by the books on the list. I have read 5 of them.
I will have to mull over my list of ten. Stephen King's On Writing would be on my list.

I have read Golding, Ellison, and Orwell. The Stand by Stephen King and Manchild in the Promise Land would be on my top ten list.

I've read three:
Lord of the flies
Watership down
1984

I've read 2, comply with the Goodreads average :- Lord of the Ring Book #1 - 3 and 1984.

Three, no intention of reading Lord of the flies.

I have read 5 of them (numbers 1,3,6,8 and 10) but interestingly all of them a long time ago and I wouldn't class any of them that highly now. Other books have replaced them.
By the way, I have never read any of Stephen King's.

Well, nobody seems to like Shakespeare anymore.

Marilyn Berger wrote: "I have read Lord of the flies, Watership Down, 1884, Invisible Man, Ship of Fools, and The Orphan Master's Son. If you want to know more about North Korea, do you make it a point to read the orphan..."

I was just about to post a comment about The Orphan Master's Son. After reading this book a couple of years ago I never forgot it. Your comment about it is excellent and the timing is perfect for a inside look at the situation we see developing. Cheers.

Not even one book written in a lenguage different from English. It's like the rest of the world doesn't exist

I have read 2: Lord of the Flies and Ship of Fools.

I don't like most of Stephen's choices, especially Invisible Man lol But I am glad he's getting people to read.

Invisible Man is one of my favorite novels of all time.

I've read Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Flies, Watership Down, and 1984. Never even heard of the rest of them!

Diego wrote: "Not even one book written in a lenguage different from English. It's like the rest of the world doesn't exist"

It's natural that an American author would make a list of favorite books that originate in his native language. Unless you are fluent enough in another language to read a complex novel and understand it, often the cultural or linguistic subtleties are lost in translation. Don't you think? As for the rest of the world, do you mean outside of America because English is spoken and written in Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia as well. That's a big chunk of world.

I have only read Lord of the Flies

Diego wrote: "Not even one book written in a lenguage different from English. It's like the rest of the world doesn't exist"

The point of the list was to share the books he loves, not to be politically correct.

Watership Down is my #1 and I am 58. I read it every few years.