“The Shining” by Stephen King
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This is the book that I most want to read again for the first time. I read it when I was way too young for the material, and it was the first (and last) book to scare the living bejeezus out of me, which I really enjoyed.
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This is the book that made me want to write. Reading this as a teenager, I was astounded by King’s ability to create the Overlook Hotel and the Torrance family out of mere words. The suspense mounted as the deadly nature of the Overlook and the unusual nature of the Torrance family became apparent, and King’s depiction of the hotel’s supernatural tenants was downright terrifying. One of the best horror novels ever written.
Stephen King’s The Shining is still one of the top haunted place tales ever written — up there with The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and Richard Matheson’s Hell House. I love it.
