With around 75 titles to his name, Stephen King is mainly associated with the horror genre, but he’s written on plenty of other subjects, as well. Newbies to the world of King may struggle with deciding where to start.

Swipe through to see a list of Stephen King novels you shouldn’t miss.

Carrie still remains on every must-read list of King novels, 50 years after its release. After she's a victim of a mean prank at prom, a bullied high school girl uses her telekinetic powers to take revenge on her cruel classmates. She further takes revenge on the whole town, which had treated her and her mother as outcasts.

In The Shining, a struggling writer becomes the caretaker of a historic Colorado hotel. His family joins him, including his son who has special abilities and can “see” the hotel’s horrific nature before anyone else. A snowstorm traps the family, the writer slips into madness, and chaos ensures.

Children are tormented by an evil being who poses as a clown in It, King’s 22nd book. At 1,138 pages, It, like many of King’s tomes, requires a serious reading or listening commitment.

In a departure from the horror genre, 11/22/63 centers around a man who finds out he can time travel. Jake Epping decides he wants to go back in time to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which occurred on 11/22/63. The historical novel reveals Epping’s numerous attempts to figure out the mechanics behind the murder and how to prevent it.

The Stand envisions a post-apocalyptic time after a weaponized influenza epidemic that forces surviving humans to band together to survive, while battling others. Highly acclaimed by critics, The Stand is widely considered one of King’s best novels.

In a theme common to King’s work, King's second novel Salem’s Lot,^ centers around a writer living in Maine. Ben Mears returns to the Pine Tree State town he lived in as a child, and vampires soon follow him. As we would expect, murders and mayhem ensue after their arrival.

Another writer, Paul Sheldon, is the protagonist of Misery. He’s kidnapped by a deranged, obsessed fan who wants him to write a new book under her guidelines. The demented kidnapper tortures Sheldon with extreme cruelty and regularity.