Whenever I talk to someone about Stephen King, especially someone who never read any of his books, the one book I always recommend they try in The Green Mile. I don't know why, but it's the one I feel would most likely show a new reader King in his best light. It's not a horror novel, though grisly things happen; it's not a supernatural novel, though weird things happen. I think it's just a great novel. If in response I get "I saw the movie and it was kinda blah", I always reply that I didn't like the filmed version much at all, and that's true. I didn't feel Darabont really conveyed the feeling of the novel as I read it. It's a personal thing, I guess, but that's how I felt. I was bored by the movie, but I loved the book.

So, what are your books that you would recommend? It has to be only one, the one you're most confident in recommending. I suppose you can't name The Stand or It, as they're probably too daunting for newbies.