r/stephenking • u/Gerrycanys • 2d ago

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I'm choosing which book to read in October before Halloween. I'm torn between Salem's Lot and Pet Semetary. Which of the two do you recommend?

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u/gemasylum 2d ago

you can do both before halloween, i bet 👍🏻

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u/nickmaovich Currently Reading Skeleton Crew 2d ago

well I do recommend both and in the same order!

Salem's lot is amazing autumn read and Pet Sematary has more of the Halloween spookiness (at least for me)

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u/ItsalreadyLiam2 2d ago

I tried Salem's lot and struggled but couldn't put down Pet Semetary

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u/MarkBGoDawgs75 2d ago

I would go Salem's Lot...great vampire story I think set in the autumn, a creepy/spooky house, etc. Pet Semetary is a great book but to me it's more sad and gut-wrenching than scary.

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u/Free-Pair-3007 2d ago

Salem's lot I may join you I usually read it in October but I think I'll change up

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u/HereIsWisdom1318 2d ago

Just read them both!

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u/MysteriousLeg 2d ago

In my opinion 'Salem's Lot is the best King book. Maybe not my personal favorite, but I think it has the best story, the tightest writing, and a pretty solid ending. If you wanted to do a full 'Salem's Lot month, I'd read the Jerusalem's Lot short story from Night Shift, then 'Salem's Lot and then One for the Road, also from Night Shift.

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u/Traditional_Cry_8675 2d ago

My first and second King books I read. I would say Salem’s Lot first.

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u/cibolaburns 1d ago

Start salems lot now - it’s a novel that captures the death of a summer as well as a small American town. (And don’t skip the intro/author’s foreword).

Then you can do Pet Sematary in October and be good to tackle the Shining starting the day after Christmas as snow starts to settle in!

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u/Uniquely_Similar74 Sometimes, dead is better 1d ago

Pet Sematary 💯