I've only read one book by Stephen King and it was The Institute. It was really great, I couldn't put it down.
At some point I'd like to try The Stand and 11/22/63 which I've heard are both excellent :)
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The Stand was amazing! I love post apocalyptic stuff and I was GRIPPED. It's really long though
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They just turned that into a TV show, but I hear it's not as good as the book. :(
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I really like pretty much all of his books.
Some of my favourites are:
Desperation
The Regulators
Black House
The Talisman
The Shining
Needful Things
IT
11/22/63
I haven't read as much of his more recent stuff post 2010 and what I have was OK.
If I have to recommend one book (which is really fucking hard) I would say probably The Talisman. I think...... Hahaha
cheeky edit I just remembered Under The Dome, fucking loved that, we'll ignore the TV shoe however.....
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Insomnia is pretty good. It also ties in with the Dark Tower saga, which is another recommendation, but you said nothing too long and heavy, and that series is exactly that. On the other hand, if post-apocalyptic is your cup of tea, Dark Tower's got that covered in droves.
Different Seasons. It's a collection of four novellas: The Body (which became Stand By Me), Apt Pupil (which is a much better story than it was a movie), Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (which obviously was made into The Shawshank Redemption), and The Breathing Method (which is a weird rich people telling each other ghost stories type of story). For my money it's some of his best work.