Favourite Authors

[Sierra01]

I have been looking through the book threads here and seen a few authors/books ilike to read

But i have seen no mention of other authors like Terry Brooks, Brian Lumley, David and Leigh Eddings,Tom Holt

Anyone else like anything by these authors ?

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

I enjoyed the Necroscope series by Lumley.

I also like many other authors like R.A. Salvatore, David Farland (Runelords), Dean Koontz, and John Saul.

[smallvilleobsessor17]

I like Sue Monk Kidd.

[vouge09]

Nicolas Sparks , read every book.

[SenWinchesterKent]

Love Sir Ian Fleming (007), Kathy Reichs (Bones), R.L. Stine (Fear Street) and Gaston Leroux (The Phantom of the Opera). In the future I'm hoping to buy more. :)

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

More good authors,

George RR Martin
Song of Ice and Fire series

Stephen Donaldson
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Eric Van Lustbader
The Ninja series

[Shadow116]

I like Christopher Paolini,Terry Brooks,J.K. Rowling, and of course my favorite author ever J.R.R. Tolkien :D

also I love books by Peter David and more :).

[wilder]

Salvatore
Pratchett
Goodkind
Jordan

[Angellegna]

I like Scott Westerfield and Anne Bryant.

[Queenrocks77]

I like Stuart Woods ("anything)
Robert Crais (Elvis Cole novels)
Ed McBain (87th precinct novels)
James Patterson (Alex Cross)
Stuart M. Kaminsky (Toby Peters)
John Sanford ( Prey novels)
And many more...

[MidgardDragon]

Chuck Palahniuk
Stephen King
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
J.K. Rowling
Douglas Adams
Neil Gaiman
Alan Moore
Frank Miller

And I hesitate to say this because everyone will think I'm a pretentious b*stard, but:

William Shakespeare


R.L. Stine (Fear Street)

What what what? Isn't he better known for Goosebumps? Or were you just saying you like his Fear Street books? I remember growing out of R.L. Stine by the time I had finished reading all the Goosebumps books that were out at the time, and I never read his Fear Street stuff.

[crzyeyez1345]

Orson Scott Card is good, he took a character and not only put the whole world on his shoulder but showed the guilt of xenocide (alien genocide)

[nogravity]

I'm simply going to put JK Rowling, because I have never found anything that I have enjoyed reading more than the Harry Potter series:

Harry Potter and the Philosppher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

haha

[slayer]

when i was a kid i loved reading all the Gary Paulsen books.

now i love everything. so i couldn't really say i have a particular favorite author. a lot of the material i read come from different sources. it's not often that i can read a lot of texts by the same author.

i like jim cullen though. he writes a lot of books in my field of interest :lol:

but i have started to read Philippa Gregory books recently and i like them.

[Humdinger]

Harlan Ellison for out-there sci-fi; Thomas Cook, James Burke, Stephen King, and a lot of the ones already named here.

[smallvilleobsessor17]

Dean Koontz is pretty good.

[slayer]

Originally posted by smallvilleobsessor17
Dean Koontz is pretty good.

surprisingly, i have never read a dean koontz book. any strong recommendations?

[smallvilleobsessor17]

Hmm...I like the odd thomas trilogy....

[slayer]

odd thomas, alright i'll have to look into it. thx!

[WickedJenn]

I've mixed classic authors in here as well:

Jane Austen
The Bronte sisters
Alice Sebold
Wendy Corsi Staub
Stephen King
Laurie Rigler
Diane Setterfield
Stephanie Meyer
Mary Higgins Clark
Elie Wiesel

[Acejournalist82]

My absolute favorite author has to be Ernest Hemmingway. I finished a collection of his most famous short stories the other day and it was really impressive.

Screen plays by Eugene O' Neil are all fabulous so he's pretty close to Hemmingway when it comes to favorite authors.

[Theshadow129x]

yeah i agree i love Ernest Hemmingway

[Acejournalist82]

The Old Man & The Sea is my favorite of his.

[pacofajita]

Chuck Palahniuk, Augsten Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gore Vidal, John Irving, Elie Wiesel, Ray Bradbury, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner.

I don't like too many female writers. Just a few. I'd rather stick my head in an oven than read a Bronte sister or Jane Austen book.

[Acejournalist82]

Ugh...It's pretty bad when I've spelled my choice for favorite author's name wrong. Please forgive me.

Ernest Hemingway...There we go.

[Einhauen]

Robert Greene his...

1) 48 Laws of Power
2) Art of Seduction
3) 33 Strategies of War

Awesome books. They made me see the world and relationships a whole lot differently and for the better when I read them.

Ayn Rand...

1) The Fountainhead

Max Gunther

1) Zurich Axioms

[Showmaster]

My top.. something:

1) Stieg Larsson - swedish, awesome author.
2) J.K. Rowling
3) Dan Brown
4) J.R.R. Tolkien

And alot more that I can't think of.:)

[yoxodo]

H.P.Lovecraft
Robert E.Howard
Clark Ashton Smith

The masters.

Also Brian Lumley's Necroscope series and Frank Herbert's Dune books.

[badwolf]

My favourite author is Harper Lee, even though she only wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, she is extremely talented in my eyes. I also love:

Stephen King
Max Brooks
Kathy Reichs
Chuck Palahniuk
C.S. Lewis
Stephen Chbosky
J.R.R. Tolkien
John Steinbeck
Christopher Golden

[SuperKyptonGirl13]

Meg Cabot is my favorite author ( she's the writer of the princess diaries)
I also like
J. K Rowling
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Erin Hunter
Jane Austen
Harper Lee
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare ( yes i'm weird like that)
Scott Westerfeld

[Supermania]

I like Terry Pratchett.

[Lex Dance]

Philip Pullman - the man's a genius and destined for legendary status. I honestly believe His Dark Materials is a modern classic.

I love a lot of authors who are marketed for children but their writing actually transcends that label. Pullman is an obvious example, but I think Betsy Byars and Louis Sachar are also right up there.

[enamored]

Stephen King, Diana Gabaldon, John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Sidney Sheldon, Jan Karon, Mary Stewart, John Jakes, J K Rowling, Nicholas Sparks. I read about a book a week so there are many other authors I've enjoyed but with the ones I've listed I read every one that comes out.

[rebecavaldez]

Terry Goodkind
Stephanie Meyer

[Iluvgreen]

Charles Dickens!!! (Great Expectations.. that's my favorite!)
J.K. Rowling. :) (All of them!!!!)
Megan Whalen Turner (Queen's Thief series... all three, and soon to be four!)
Elizabeth Gaskell (North and South)
William Shakespeare (my favorite one is probably Twelfth Night. That play will seriously make you laugh so hard, that you die!)

[I_AM_LEX_LUTHOR]

H.G Wells and George Orwell are my favourite authors

[Violet-Shadow]

Jane Austen

[Glove]

Piers Anthony

The Xanth Novels (There's probably over 20 by now)
It's been over a decade since I last read one and
there were 14 or 15 books in the series then.
Excellent overuse of puns. Out of the ones I've read,
I remember "Castle Roogna" the most. Dor could
speak with inanimate objects, was sent back in time
with this spider, and met some wonderfully crafted
creatures. The first book in the series was called
"A Spell for Chameleon" about Dor's father Bink
who was surrounded by a bubble that repelled
magic. He was sent on a mission to stop an evil
magician. The first four books were about Bink
and Dor, then each book became about random
characters in the land of Xanth. A Land filled with
Puns and enjoyable characters and their love
stories and adventures. Every person in Xanth
is gifted with one spell whether it be minor or major.
Xanth is a lot like Florida. I remember a story about
an Ogre who fell in love and this was well before
Shrek. I remember a dragon named Stanley Steamer
who patrolled the Gap Chasm. A wizard named
Humphrey who was the "Dungeon Master or Yoda"
of Xanth who took too much youth potion and
was transformed into a baby. A friendly moat
monster who guarded a castle. Fun stories for all.
I recommend these books.

[thehenry89]

Favorite authors:
J.K Rowling
Mark Twain
John Steinback
Thomas Harris

[LanasLilSis]

JK Rowling
JRR Tolkien
Stephanie Meyer
John Marsden!! =)

[LJ-90]

H.P.Lovecraft
Robert E.Howard
Clark Ashton Smith

The masters.

Also Brian Lumley's Necroscope series and Frank Herbert's Dune books.

YES! Finally someone mention them!

Those writers were awesome...specially Lovecraft with the Cthulhu mythos, the man was a genious.

There also Frank Belknap Long with his "Hounds of Tindalos" (That short story actually introduce me to the Lovecraft mythos)...anyway, imo, Lovecraft beats King any day of the week.

Brian Lumley is good too with his Titus Crow series, the character is like a science fiction Sherlock Holmes...and it's so much better than "Shadows over Baker Street" - a book that puts Holmes in the Cthulhu Mythos, aside from some short stories I didn't like the book.

[FanofTom]

Terry Goodkind
Robert Ludlum
Jane Austin
Jean Auel
Diana Gabaldon
JRR Tolkien

[Gotham Knight]

Tom Clancy
Robert Lingdrum
Clive Cussler

[Elacey]

James Patterson

[Sugar]

Robert Jordan
Jane Austen
J.D. Robb
Piers Anthony

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surprisingly, i have never read a dean koontz book. any strong recommendations?

WATCHERS was pretty good.

[LittleMonster]

K.W. Jeter
Kevin J Anderson
Raymond E Feist
Ian Rankin

[genvillewars92]

Jane Austen
Charlotte Bronte
J.K.Rowling

[Embraceurside]

Anthony Horowitz
J.K Rolling
Roger Stern (the man who makes the Smallville books)

[BohoRoohaha]

One of my new favorite authors is Douglas Adams. I want to hug that man. And Veronica Roth, author of Divergent who has an amazing writing style.

[Superboy-Prime]

Dude that does the Dresden files Jim butcher

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