2006-10-29 08:35:29 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Some of my favorite Authors are:
Linda Fairstein
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Perry O'Shaugnessy
Bill Pronzini
John Grisham
Stephen J. Cannell
2006-10-29 08:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Prayer for Owen Meany- John Irving.
A Gathering Light- Jennifer Donnelly.
The Lightning Thief- Rick Riodan.
The Rice Mother- Rani Manicka.
The Virgin Blue- Tracey Chevalier.
The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood.
Native Son- Richard Wright.
Nightwatch- Sergei Lukyanenko.
Sunshine- Robin McKinley.
The Assasins Quest Trilogy- Robin Hobb.
Wise Children/The Magic Toyshop- Angela Carter.
Sorry about the long list, I've tried to keep it short! My flatmate works for Waterstones, and I'm a book nut as well, so you can imagine what our house is like! I can't just recommend one!
I've just thought of some more.
Gone With The Wind- Margaret Mitchell.
Shadow of The Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
The Great Gatsby- Scott F. Fitzgerald.
2006-10-31 10:05:08 · answer #2 · answered by iwatchedthestarsfallsilently 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What can I say? I don't know your tastes or age which can all have a bearing on any recommendation. However, some favourites of mine:
All Jane Austen - witty, and superbly crafted
For Sci-fi, all Ray Bradbury - thought provoking
For crime, all Patricia Cornwell, but particularly her 'Scarpetta' books. She shows a masterly grasp of forensic science
Tolstoy's War and Peace - a long but very satisfying read
All Monica Dickens; my favourite is 'No More Meadows' (she was the great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. She married an American and moved to the USA with him; she ended her days in England, in a thatched cottage on the Berkshire Downs - her books reflect all the jobs she has done, the times she has lived through and the places where she has lived).
Whilst mentioning Dickens - anything by him; he was a popular author in his day and his work has stood the test of time
For the fifty somethings - any book by Anne Tyler
All books by Mary Wesley, especially The Camomile Lawn
For something really up to date - The Time Traveller's Wife (I forget the author's name, sorry)
I could go on forever but I won't - there is plenty here to get you started. Good reading!
2006-10-30 04:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by Lesley M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Million little Pieces - James Frey
All Fun and Games until Someone loses and eye- Christopher Brookmyer
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Any of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Any Gabriel Garcia Marquez esp, Love in the Time of Cholera
Any Bill Bryson
Any Terry Pratched Disc World
Really depends on your own tastes
2006-10-30 01:30:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jen S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're a teenager:
Any of the books by Sarah Dessen
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Anything by Nicholas Sparks
The Golden Compass, THe Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
If you're an adult:
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Anything by Mary Higgins Clark or Nora Roberts or Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks
The Firm by John Grisham
Personally, my favorite book of all time was Message in A Bottle by Nicholas Sparks.
2006-10-29 08:41:03 · answer #5 · answered by Kiara 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ienjoyed the Da Vinci code and Angels and Demons and Deception Point by Dan Brown. I also enjoy books by Andrew Greeley, James Patterson, Maeve Binchy, Nora Roberts/PD.Robb, John Grisham, Barbara Delinksy.
2006-10-29 08:45:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Female Authors. Jean M. Auel (The Earth Children Series). Crime, Minnette Walters, Patricia Cornwell, Janet Evanovich,
Male, Crime,James Patterson (Alex Cross Novels) R Wingfields (Frost Novels) Better to read than watching on TV. Adventure Bernard Cornwell (Sharpe Novels), Patrick O Brian (Aubrey/Maturn Novels) Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt Novels)
I could go on some are easier reading than others but if you do read any of these authors find out the start and read them in order.
2006-10-30 08:59:31 · answer #7 · answered by jaybee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like books based off the author...
Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins have a series of books about "end times" it is very scary and very fast paced
Dan Brown, all of his books are entertaining and very educational
Richard Wright- very known and respected author won pulitzer prize for the novel The Native Son...you may have read that already and Eric Jerome Dickey if your in to an intelligent, funny, book...
2006-10-30 08:31:27 · answer #8 · answered by keewesti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few fiction books I've read lately that I liked very much:
White Oleander
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Passion of Artemesia
The Corrections
The Kite Runner (Yes! Really, really good)
2006-10-29 08:40:49 · answer #9 · answered by Suzanne 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Collected Short Stories of Dylan Thomas
Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Oscar Wilde: BUY EVERYTHING!!!
2006-10-30 00:46:04 · answer #10 · answered by Stubby Dayglo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋