In his book "
On Writing - A Memoir of the Craft" the popular author
Stephen King has some advice for aspiring young writers. One of it is to read as much as you can. As a help to get started and find interesting and well-written books there is a list of recommendations at the end of the book. These are not his all-time favorite books, but books that he has read over the period of four years before publishing "On Writing". The books influenced his writing on the stories "
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", "
Hearts in Atlantis", "
From a Buick Eight" and "On Writing" itself. They can work as inspiration for young writers or as pure entertainment.
These are the books that Stephen King personally recommends.