Five Favorite Authors

[BDBoop]

Can you narrow it down to five? Or do you have trouble coming up with five.

Who are your favorite authors, and what genre do they write.

 

[Si modo]

Current and popular fictions favs:

Vince Flynn
Lee Child
Michael Connelly
Patricia Cornwell
Sara Paretsky
(tons more, but those are off the top of my head)


Beach reading season has started, too!

 

[Dr Grump]

George Martin - Fantasy
A Scott Berg - Biographies
Stephen King - Horror, fantasy
Michael Shaara - historical
David Wingrove - science fiction

 

[Si modo]

George Martin - Fantasy
A Scott Berg - Biographies
Stephen King - Horror, fantasy
Michael Shaara - historical
David Wingrove - science fiction

For fantasy, I can read Frank Herbert's Dune series over and over again.

Or, is that sci fi?



Damn, those were great reads.......

 

[Dr Grump]

Love the first three Dune books...I'd call 'em Sci Fi

Also really good is the Foundation series by Asimov..well thought out and great ending..

 

[del]

carlo d'este
robert heinlein
john steinbeck
james lee burke
john d. macdonald

 

[BDBoop]

George Martin - Fantasy
A Scott Berg - Biographies
Stephen King - Horror, fantasy
Michael Shaara - historical
David Wingrove - science fiction

For fantasy, I can read Frank Herbert's Dune series over and over again.

Or, is that sci fi?



Damn, those were great reads.......

Never read. How big of a series is it?

 

[Ragnar]

Near impossible task here but a good question non the less.

I can do top five current "fun" authors to read. (in no particular order)

- Jim Butcher

- Tom Robbins

- Terry Pratchett

- Jasper Fforde

- Neil Gaiman

 

[Si modo]

Love the first three Dune books...I'd call 'em Sci Fi

Also really good is the Foundation series by Asimov..well thought out and great ending..

Yes, I liked those very much.

And, I'm not too big into fantasy, but have you ever read Mary Stewart's books about Merlin?

Good stuff.

 

[BDBoop]

George R.R. Martin
Jodi Picoult
Anne Bishop <--- dark fantasy, great fun
Terry Pratchett
Janet Evanovich

 

[BDBoop]

Near impossible task here but a good question non the less.

I can do top five current "fun" authors to read. (in no particular order)

- Jim Butcher

- Tom Robbins

- Terry Pratchett

- Jasper Fforde

- Neil Gaiman

Oh, good. You can be my secondary list except I have never heard of Tom Robbins. But the other four are huge for me and I cannot believe I left off Jim Butcher!!

 

[BDBoop]

Does the Merlin series have a name, Si?

 

[Si modo]

George Martin - Fantasy
A Scott Berg - Biographies
Stephen King - Horror, fantasy
Michael Shaara - historical
David Wingrove - science fiction

For fantasy, I can read Frank Herbert's Dune series over and over again.

Or, is that sci fi?



Damn, those were great reads.......

Never read. How big of a series is it?

At least three. Some may have been written by others, though. I really can't recall.

But, yeah, at least three. Really worth it. I bet you would like them very much.

 

[Dr Grump]

Love the first three Dune books...I'd call 'em Sci Fi

Also really good is the Foundation series by Asimov..well thought out and great ending..

Yes, I liked those very much.

And, I'm not too big into fantasy, but have you ever read Mary Stewart's books about Merlin?

Good stuff.

No, haven't read Mary Stewart..what does she write - historical or fantasy merlin?

 

[Si modo]

Does the Merlin series have a name, Si?

*getting chills just thinking about it*

The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment

(and 2 more, but I forget their titles Wicked Day? I guess I could google it.....)

 

[Si modo]

Love the first three Dune books...I'd call 'em Sci Fi

Also really good is the Foundation series by Asimov..well thought out and great ending..

Yes, I liked those very much.

And, I'm not too big into fantasy, but have you ever read Mary Stewart's books about Merlin?

Good stuff.

No, haven't read Mary Stewart..what does she write - historical or fantasy merlin?

Fantasy.

Old books...maybe came out in the 60s or 70s?

And Merlin is the central character; Arthur is a secondary character.

 

[Ragnar]

Near impossible task here but a good question non the less.

I can do top five current "fun" authors to read. (in no particular order)

- Jim Butcher

- Tom Robbins

- Terry Pratchett

- Jasper Fforde

- Neil Gaiman

Oh, good. You can be my secondary list except I have never heard of Tom Robbins. But the other four are huge for me and I cannot believe I left off Jim Butcher!!

No shame really in not having heard of Robbins. Though he is pretty big he is also a bit dated compared to the rest of our list. I think you might like his stuff.

Tom Robbins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My top three Tom Robbins books:
Still Life with Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume and Skinny Legs and All

 

[BDBoop]

Does the Merlin series have a name, Si?

*getting chills just thinking about it*

The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment

(and 2 more, but I forget their titles Wicked Day? I guess I could google it.....)

Yes, it is The Wicked Day, and it seems it is a four-book trilogy (because they are all trilogies at some point).

 

[BDBoop]

By the way, Fantastic Fiction is my favorite research site. They list all the books in chronological order and within their respective series. Also, at the bottom of the author page are links to their chosen favorite author's book(s).

 

[eflatminor]

Fiction:
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
Robert Heinlein
Ray Bradbury
Edgar Allen Poe

Non-fiction:
Fredrick Hayek
Ludwig Von Mises
Murray N. Rothbard
Walter Williams
Thomas Sowell