I love Stephen King's books that have a large assortment of characters. Examples of what I mean include: 'Salem's Lot, Dreamcatcher, and Cell.
I tend to despise the ones with limited diversity in point of view, such as Gerald's Game.
What are some other SK books that have lots of characters like the books I named above?
2007-08-16 12:28:42 · 10 answers · asked by Fibonacci01123 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I read dolores claiborne, it was better than Gerald's Game but still lacked
2007-08-16 12:36:25 · update #1
The Stand - a veritable plethora of characters
Needful Things
The Dark Tower Series
Hearts in Atlantis
IT
Rose Madder
2007-08-16 13:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stand has lots of different characters that you'd find interesting.
The Dark Tower incorporated several characters from Kings books. Salem's Lot, Hearts in Atlantis and The Stand characters were woven into the Dark Tower. He made references to the Tower in those books and the characters make an apperance in the Dark Tower in various points.
2007-08-17 07:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Needful Things has a lot of different characters and this is definitely a story where it's more interesting to know what everyone is thinking. Also, the Dark Tower series has a lot of different characters, though most of the time it is told from Rolands point of view or the view of the group, but definitely a great read.
2007-08-16 20:02:27 · answer #3 · answered by softballchickie87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read alot of Stephen King: here are my favs in no particular order: It, Salems Lot, The Talisman, The Stand, The Shining, The Tommyknockers, Delores Claireborne, Misery, Firestarter, The Dead Zone.
Favorite short story: The Body
Good language. Good characterization. Good plots.
2007-08-16 20:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are quite a few characters in "IT".
Also in The Talisman.
The Dark Tower series has many diverse and interesting characters
2007-08-16 19:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by winetaster24 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm, have you tried the Richard Bachman books?
There are lots with all kinds of characters in them.
The Regulators
Desperation
just to name a few.
Go to amazon.com and type in "Richard Bachman" in the book search and you can read the synopsis of them and figure out which one sounds better to you.
by the way, Richard Bachman is Stephen King... if you didn't know that already.
2007-08-16 19:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gerald's game had a connection with Dolores Clayborne. In my opinion, his best characters appeared in IT, which showed them as childrn and adults.
2007-08-16 19:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by related ego 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the stand
the eyes of the dragon
the green mile
insomnia
black house (written with Peter Straub)
the tailsman (written with Peter Straub)
All these have large assortment of characters, and of course all are worth reading...Happy reading.
2007-08-16 20:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by carmeliasue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His novel The Stand has quite a few characters, all well defind and different.
Great book too.
2007-08-16 19:39:07 · answer #9 · answered by Timoc 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Stand, it was one of his best!
2007-08-16 19:47:01 · answer #10 · answered by bigsis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋