Hard to pick just one…I love IT a lot. It’s cool how many of the characters in that book is somebody I know, haha. Plus the whole mythology around Pennywise is really interesting. (there’s more than one of those things? Man…) Like most SK books, it also has an underlying theme, this one about how growing up sucks. I love this one because I got attached to all the Loser’s Club characters, and enjoyed seeing them go through their life and putting up with IT…then you see everything decline as they grow up and are forced to tackle IT again. King sure knows how to smack you around with dread.
Plus, the Henry Bowers from the movie is a sweetheart compared to the book version. O_o
Pet Sematary and Misery are two other favorites. PS is great for exploring the concept of death while using some cheesy idea to go with it. So it’s got everything you need; some deep thoughts, and some undead animals/folks, running around, causing shit. Incidentally I always wondered what would happen if you buried a fly in the Micmac burial ground. Would some nasty zombie fly come buzzing back to you lol?
And Misery is great, because it’s one of the few SK books that isn’t about anything supernatural, yet I believe it’s one of the scariest ones. It’s got real edge of your seat tension haha, I couldn’t put it down. Even if I had seen the movie before, the book was really gripping. The Dragonlady is freakin nuts bro.