r/AskReddit 17h ago

What's the best book you've ever read?

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u/b0wie88 17h ago

The Shining

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u/Clavis_Apocalypticae 14h ago edited 11h ago

I read it in a single day while serving in-school suspension in like 7th or 8th grade. That was just a few years after it was first published.

A fantastic book and a fantastic movie, though I understand why SK King didn't like the film.

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u/Adventurous-Cook5717 11h ago

Did you see the miniseries of Stephen King’s The Shining? I just love how Rebecca DeMornay played the Mom as a stronger character, and it was truer to the book.