who is YOUR favorite Author?
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Dean Koontz (especially the Odd Thomas series)
Piers Anthony (especially the Incarnations of Immortality series)
I don't know if I've ever met another person that loves Piers. I haven't read any of that series, but I've read all except the newest of the Xanth series (and most of the others at least twice).
I also like Trudy Canavan, JRR Tolken, and Christopher Paolini.
LOVE Piers Anthony - the absolute, uncontested King of Puns!! (Obviously, Xanth series is my fave.) The non-fiction book he did about editors cracked me up - can't think of the title right now. I adored "Letters to Jenny" too.
I've been on a Dean Koontz binge for some time now, just going through one after another. The Odd Thomas series is one of the best series I've ever read, of any fictional genre. I also loved how he wove so many different genres into "Tick Tock" - that was awesome!!
I LOVE Odd Thomas too- ooohmygosh! Don't get me started!
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i love jim butcher. his "dresden files" series is my favorite ever!0
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lol lol lol.
We said thee exact same thing! 0 -
Chuck Palahniuk and Dean Koontz
opps. Meant to quote this...
lol lol lol
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My current favorite is Christopher Moore. Man is a GENIUS. I actually got to meet him, too. He's as funny in person as he is on paper.
My absolute favorite is Ray Bradbury. He's been a strong influence in my own writing over the years.0 -
My current favorite is Christopher Moore. Man is a GENIUS. I actually got to meet him, too. He's as funny in person as he is on paper.
My absolute favorite is Ray Bradbury. He's been a strong influence in my own writing over the years.
gonna have to friend you. Chris is a genius, "Lamb" is in my top 5, and I met Mr Bradbury,
Oh, and Zafron " Shadow of the Wind". John Kennedy Toole "A Confederacy of Dunces". Steinbeck's "East of Eden". Fitzgerald. Cather. Katherine Anne Porter. Oh, my, too many to list.
Nonfiction? Try John Krakauer, anything. Sebastian Junger. I actually read more non-fiction than novels...message me if anyone one needs a recommendation....
How could I forget Philip K ****... brilliant, absolutely brilliant mind, that man.0 -
gonna have to friend you. Chris is a genius, "Lamb" is in my top 5, and I met Mr Bradbury,
Lamb is my FAVORITE. That books is hilarious.0 -
George RR Martin,pleased as to see his books made into series Game of Thrones.0
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i like p.c and kristen cast they write vampire novels called the house of night Xxx0
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Charlaine Harris
Read all up to date? Do you find they are quite **** as of late? Like after book 7/8 it got really crap?0 -
JAMES PATTERSON, NORA ROBERTS,AND PATRICIA CORNWELL.0
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**** Francis and Tony Hillerman for mysteries
Brandon Sanderson
Clive Cussler0 -
I have quite a few favorites, so I will write the one who is most influential to me-Kate Bornstein. Her book literally saved my life.0
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Right now it's S.C. Stephens.0
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Elizabeth Berg and Wally Lamb for sure0
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jules Verne, Mark Twain0
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I love Ted Dekker, especially the Circle Trilogy series. I also love James Patterson.0
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Oy, I love so many! Karen Marie Moning, Catherine Coulter, Elizabeth Boyle, Francine Rivers, Candace Camp, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Julia Quinn...I love, love romance. Historical and sci fi romances are my fave 0
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It's like choosing a favorite music group - too many ...
Ken Kesey
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac (I'm very into the Beat generation writers)
Chuck Palanuick
Kurt Vonnegut
Gore Vidal
Hunter S Thompson
and the girl in me - Nicholas Sparks0 -
Flannery O'Connor0
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Amy Bloom, Alice Hoffman, Fitzgerald, David Sedaris, Tom Robbins, Steinbeck, Lewis Carroll, Michael Chabon, John O'Hara, Alice Munro, Amy Hempel, Tolstoy, Zola, Anais Nin, Lorrie Moore, Mary Gaitskill, Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann......I'll stop now, there's just so many!0
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I love JRR Tolkein. I re-read LOTR every summer...probably makes me a bit of a geek, but I can't get enough of that story!
I re-read LOTR every winter. I take pride in my nerd/geek-ness.
I love Anne Bronte. Tennant of Wildfellhall is my favorite. I also like Grisham for 'junk reading' and I re-read King Lear every summer to 'cleanse' after reading a shelf of Grisham...0 -
My short list right now includes;
David Eddings
George RR Martin
JRR Tolkien
Kim Harrison (The Hollows series)
Weis & Hickman (Dragonlance series)
I'll also read just about anything related to the US Civil War (our youngest daughter was named after historian Shelby Foote) and The Tudor's.
Oh...I also have a thing for graphic novels, or as some would call them "comic books". LOL0 -
James Fenimore Cooper, Stephen Ambrose, G.K. Chesterton, Ayn Rand0
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LM Montgomery. I first read Anne of Green Gables when I was 8 or 9 and have gone through I don't know how many copies of that and several of her other books. I'm reading the Anne series from the beginning again now. They're just beautifully written, full of wholesomeness and love. Sounds pretty cheesy, but read them. They're transportive.
JK Rowling. I held out for a bit - didn't want to become part of the herd. My college roommate convinced me to read the first one and that was it.
Stephen King. I don't like everything he's done but am pretty passionate about the stuff I do like. IT - genius. Bag of Bones - ditto. Of the ones I've read, I like those two the best. The Long Walk, written as Richard Bachman, is right up there as well. On Writing is a nice piece of nonfiction.
David Eddings - so glad to see him get a nod here! I've only read the Belgariad/Mallorean, but they're great.
Shakespeare. Hamlet gives me chills every time.0 -
LM Montgomery. I first read Anne of Green Gables when I was 8 or 9 and have gone through I don't know how many copies of that and several of her other books. I'm reading the Anne series from the beginning again now. They're just beautifully written, full of wholesomeness and love. Sounds pretty cheesy, but read them. They're transportive.
JK Rowling. I held out for a bit - didn't want to become part of the herd. My college roommate convinced me to read the first one and that was it.
Stephen King. I don't like everything he's done but am pretty passionate about the stuff I do like. IT - genius. Bag of Bones - ditto. Of the ones I've read, I like those two the best. The Long Walk, written as Richard Bachman, is right up there as well. On Writing is a nice piece of nonfiction.
David Eddings - so glad to see him get a nod here! I've only read the Belgariad/Mallorean, but they're great.
Shakespeare. Hamlet gives me chills every time.
If you get a chance pick up David Eddings "Belgarath the Sorcerer" and "Polgara the Sorceress". They both sum up most of the other books and are great reads.0 -
It’s so hard to pick just one!:happy:
Dean Koontz: Odd Thomas Series
Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series0 -
ive never met so many Dean Koontz fans in my life! I have like every book now, happy to see others like him!0
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Elie Wiesel
George R. R. Martin
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My current favorite is Christopher Moore. Man is a GENIUS. I actually got to meet him, too. He's as funny in person as he is on paper.
I agree. At Comic Con last month, I went to the Books vs. Graphic Novels and Comics panel. Christopher Moore, Jim Butcher, Amber Benson and a couple other people were on it. Moore was so funny, I decided to go to his spotlight panel a couple days later. I went to the signings after both panels. He got to the signings early and just stood around talking to the people in line.0
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