2007-01-02 09:36:20 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
There are many - typically they are author's who are able to create great well developed characters.
Currently I am reading Slaughter House Five by the best American author ever:
It is a 1969 novel by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut. One of his most popular works and widely regarded as a classic; it combines science fiction elements with an analysis of the human condition from an uncommon perspective, using time travel as a plot device and the bombing of Dresden in World War II, the aftermath of which Vonnegut witnessed, as a starting point.
When the book was released, the bombing of Dresden was not widely known and was rarely discussed by veterans and historians. The book led to an increased awareness of the bombings and a reevaluation of the justifications given for aerial bombing of cities by the Allies during the war.
Here are some others:
1. The Wold According to Garp by John Irving
2. Fire Starter by Stephen King
3. Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
4.The Stand by Stephen King
5. Jurassic Park by Michael Cricton
6. The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
7. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
8. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
9. Blue Beard by Kurt Vonnegut
10. Sideways by Rex Pickett
11. A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
12. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
13. Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries by Laurance Linford and Tony Hillerman
2007-01-02 09:58:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Iris Murdoch. Brilliant novelist, brilliant philosopher, brilliant conversationalist. Died of Alzheimers. She knew so much about human nature and about the wide, wide range of human beings. I have read all 26 novels plus her philosophy. The best ones are The Bell, The Black Prince, A Word Child, Henry and Cato, and The Message to the Planet. Please read them.
Otherwise, Dickens. (But not The Old Curiosity Shop - terrible).
2007-01-06 09:09:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's different for every person. For me it's Shannon Hale. Her writing makes you leave this world and enter into another. Her wonderful use of metaphors and similes are just fantastic!
Tamora Peirce is also very good she had deep intruige and suspense in her books along with a lot of romance.
2007-01-02 09:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Gemmel or Bernard Cornwell
2007-01-02 12:23:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jostein Gaarder. Norwegian bloke.
2007-01-02 09:49:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely... in case you watch the BryanStarzzz interviews on YouTube you will locate (or a minimum of i did) that Andy Biersack is truthfully extremely humorous and witty on a similar time :/ i don't comprehend in case you will think of he's humorous yet I somewhat do :3
2016-10-19 09:16:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it strange that no-one has mentioned dear old Bill Shakespeare? Is it because his work is full of quotations, or just that everyone is too lazy to try to understand his wisdom and the beauty of his language? He knew how to spell author, too.
2007-01-04 08:07:19 · answer #7 · answered by artleyb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koontz.
2007-01-02 10:08:00 · answer #8 · answered by ana_is_a_cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terry Pratchet - The Discworld books.
2007-01-02 09:39:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ooh - Toughie! For all sorts of different reasons - Pratchett, King, and Blyton. Excellent all of them!
2007-01-02 10:40:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋