"The End of the Whole Mess" has a very *Flowers for Algernon* quality, showcasing strikingly similar depiction of cognitive degeneration, which makes it seem somewhat weightier than the average creature feature.
Different Seasons, definitely.
I actually think The Shining is intensely literary. There's a lot going on in that one.
Short story wise, I think Last Rung on the Ladder and The Woman in the Room from Night Shift leap immediately to mind.
Of the books I’ve read and recall: Lisey’s Story, Duma Key, The Outsider, Holly, “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream” from You Like It Darker, “The Life of Chuck,” “If It Bleeds,” & “Rat” from If It Bleeds
Edit: Forgot about Different Seasons, most of the novellas there are literary, especially “Apt Pupil”
Novels/Books
The Shining,
The Stand,
The Gunslinger,
Different Seasons (all 4),
The Eyes of the Dragon,
IT,
Misery,
Dolores Claiborne,
Insomnia,
The Green Mile,
Desperation,
Bag of Bones,
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon,
Hearts in Atlantis (all stories),
Under the Dome,
Full Dark, No Stars,
11/22/63
Short Stories
Jerusalem's Lot,
Children of the Corn,
Sometimes They Come Back,
Here There Be Tygers,
Cain Rose Up,
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut,
The Jaunt,
Word Processor of the Gods,
Survivor Type,
Gramma,
The Langoliers,
Secret Window, Secret Garden,
Dolan's Cadillac,
The End of the Whole Mess,
Suffer the Little Children,
Crouch End,
The Doctor's Case,
Umney's Last Case,
The Beggar and the Diamond,
The Man In the Black Suit,
1408,
Luckey Quarter,
The Gingerbread Girl,
Graduation Afternoon,
N.,
Morality,
UR
Different Seasons are basically literary fiction. The Green Mile, despite some magic realism, is also very literary
When Bag of Bones came out King said it was his most “big boy” novel.
"The End of the Whole Mess" has a very *Flowers for Algernon* quality, showcasing strikingly similar depiction of cognitive degeneration, which makes it seem somewhat weightier than the average creature feature.
Duma Key and Bag of Bones are literary horror
2 of my absolute favourites and most reread
Do you know of any other novels which have similar vibes?
Don’t forget Misery!
I’ll second both titles and add Lisey’s Story.
I hear that the narrative structure in Lisey's Stpry is all over the place? Because if not, I'd like to read it maybe...
The Thunder 5 in Black House are 'literary'.
Different Seasons, definitely. I actually think The Shining is intensely literary. There's a lot going on in that one. Short story wise, I think Last Rung on the Ladder and The Woman in the Room from Night Shift leap immediately to mind.
Last Rung on the Ladder is my absolute favourite SK short story of all time
A person of refined taste I see.
Loved Mile 81 and Dolans Cadillac, don’t know about ‘literary’ but they are good!
Of the books I’ve read and recall: Lisey’s Story, Duma Key, The Outsider, Holly, “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream” from You Like It Darker, “The Life of Chuck,” “If It Bleeds,” & “Rat” from If It Bleeds Edit: Forgot about Different Seasons, most of the novellas there are literary, especially “Apt Pupil”
Came here to say Apt Pupil!
Some good answers already but nobody has said The Dead Zone yet so definitely that
Under the Weather is literary gold.
Shawshank
The Gunslinger.
Novels/Books The Shining, The Stand, The Gunslinger, Different Seasons (all 4), The Eyes of the Dragon, IT, Misery, Dolores Claiborne, Insomnia, The Green Mile, Desperation, Bag of Bones, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Hearts in Atlantis (all stories), Under the Dome, Full Dark, No Stars, 11/22/63 Short Stories Jerusalem's Lot, Children of the Corn, Sometimes They Come Back, Here There Be Tygers, Cain Rose Up, Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, The Jaunt, Word Processor of the Gods, Survivor Type, Gramma, The Langoliers, Secret Window, Secret Garden, Dolan's Cadillac, The End of the Whole Mess, Suffer the Little Children, Crouch End, The Doctor's Case, Umney's Last Case, The Beggar and the Diamond, The Man In the Black Suit, 1408, Luckey Quarter, The Gingerbread Girl, Graduation Afternoon, N., Morality, UR
Lawnmower man. lol yeah ok no. Green mile I guess?
The Talisman, perhaps?
Delores Claiborne. The Life of Chuck. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. The Body.