Who are your favorite authors? Which of their books did you love best?

Answer 1

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Another good series is the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.The books provide an alternate take on vampires.People who are unjustly murdered call upon Artemis(Greek goddess) and she grants them a day to avenge themselves.After that they are recruited to her army to fight against evil.This series is romance based.Best of the series are 'Dance with the devil' and 'Seize the night'.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.The hero is Edmond Dantés, a young French sailor who, falsely accused of treason, is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of Château d'If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo and catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantés, believing himself to be an `Angel of Providence', pursuing his vengeance
to the bitter end before realizing that he himself is a victim of fate.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.For God's sake don't see any of the movies based on the book.They don't do justice to the book.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Dragonjousters series(joust,alta,sanctuary) by Mercedes Lackey.The setting is ancient Egypt.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people?

Answer 2

I love Orson Scott Card. I love almost everything he's ever written. He has a way of creating memorable, realistic characters that you care about and know. I love the Ender/Shadow series. I guess Ender's Game might have to be my favorite, but it is really hard to choose. I also love Enchantment. And Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is a great book. I loved it.

I love Tolkien. I've read the hobbit, lord of the rings, and the silmarillion. I guess my favorite would be the silmarillion because it's style and language is so beautiful. Plus, it's not everyone that can create their own mythology...at least not and do it well.

I love Stephenie Meyer. She's written Twilight and New Moon. Twilight was released in 2005. And New Moon will be released in September or October 2006. Her work is special because she just has a way of capturing the magic of human emotion. Her works are set in an ordinary high school, but some of the characters are vampires...but she makes it all feel realistic and true to human nature.

Answer 3

Some favorites...

Lorrie Moore - Birds of America (short stories)
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Nick Hornby - High Fidelity
Melissa Bank - Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet (Fingersmith is a close 2nd)
Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
Jhumpa Lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies (short stories)
Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections
Francine Prose - Blue Angel
Margaret Atwood - Wilderness Tips (short stories)

I could go on and on and on...!

Answer 4

The Complete Claudine by Collette, The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Kafka by the Shore by Haruki Murakami, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

Answer 5

JM Barrie- Peter And Wendy
Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid's Tale/Cat's Eye
Chaim Potok- The Chosen
Betty Smith- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

I could keep going, but there are just so many...

Answer 6

J D Robb, Laurell K. Hamilton, Christine Feehan, Kay Hooper

I enjoy a specific series for each author.

Answer 7

Greg Iles, The Quiet Game
Mark Billingham, all his books in the Tom Thorne Series

Answer 8

Laurel k Hamilton the author of the Anita Blake vampire hunter novels. i loved incubus dreams

Answer 9

Rudyard Kipling, Kim

Answer 10

I like anne rice and stephen king. The best from anne rice is Blackwood Farm. And the best from stephen king is It. Another good book is Memoirs of a Geisha.