I read a ton of Stephen King as a kid and I think my kid will be into it, but I'm not sure which book would be a good entry point. He has so many different types of story from weird to horror to mind bending. What would you use as a good entry for his horror? For an 11 year old.

Update... Thank you so much everyone! This thread is making me want to reread the books myself too 😄

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[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Where are you from OP? this can influence what you deem acceptable for an 11 yo. E. g. americans seem ok with gruesome murder while puritanical towards any sex or nudity whatsoever.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Europe, but I'm not ok with sex stuff yet, not for an 11 year old. Wouldn't go for too gruesome either.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

so from the top recommendations, Gunslinger contains a weird ghost sex scene, IT has a child ogry, The Stand has quite a bit of sex