Who is your favorite author?

Question

Why? What would you recommend to someone who had never read them before?

I am a huge fan of Dawn Powell. A lot of people compare her to Dorothy Parker, but she had her own witty, incisive voice. I'd recommend everyone read "A Time to Be Born."

Answer 1

I have two, really. Unfortunately both have passed away. Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert. If you've never read the Dune series and you like Sci Fi, please do. From Isaac Asimov, His Foundation series is compelling and I really like the nonfiction books he wrote, especially about space and the Universe.

Answer 2

Stephen King
Robert E. Howard
Andre Norton
Louis Lamour
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Mercedes Lackey
Sara Douglass

Answer 3

Try reading Paolo Coelho's The Alchemist, its a good book, very inspiring
I also love reading Sidney Sheldon, Zady Smith, Stephen King, JK Rowling, John Grisham, Jude Deveraux and Anne Rice

Answer 4

Tolkien- LOTR, Hobbit Terry Goodkind- Sword of certainty sequence JK Rowling- Harry Potter (of path) Chris Paolini- Inheritance Cycle Cormac McCarthy- the line Garth Nix- Aborhorsen Trilogy

Answer 5

I am an avid reader, so I like to read different types of books, and like to try different authors writing style. I have many favorites. A few are:
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Bently Little
Sandra Brown
Mitch Albom
Fay and Jonathon Kellerman
Harlan Coben
I like Fiction the best, especially horror, but also mystery. I don't care for science fiction or fantasy.I also like autobiography, some non-fiction, I just like a variety of all kinds of books!!!!

Answer 6

John Irving; his books are real. Like they could really happen to regular people. I would recommend A Widow For One Year and The Hotel New Hampshire. He also wrote The Cider House Rules (the book was way better than the movie.)

Answer 7

I have no intention of picking one.
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Bernard Cornwell - "Sharpe" series.
Raymond Chandler - Marlowe is all.
Ann Coulter - a truth wrapped in a simile couched in sarcasm and floated on a gossamer cloud of respite from typical California lunacy.
Gerald Lund - excellent historical fiction.
JRR Tolkien. Nuff said.
Robert Heinlein - sci fi with brains.
Jane Austen - Georgian wit and innocence.
Robert Crais - smirking inheritor to Philip Marlowe.
Michael Connelly - h.a.r.d.b.o.i.l.e.d.
Alexandre Dumas - amazing fiction. Fantastic still.
WEB Griffin - worth a salute.
Richard Marcinko - just kidding. Still a fun read for pulp.

I've still left out just about everyone, but that does it for now.

Answer 8

JK Rowling and Edgar Alan Poe.

I've just always loved the Harry Potter series... not really any reason why. It's good stuff. It has everything you could want in a book. Humor, romance, mystery, suspense, drama... but I recommend it for teens....

Edgar Alan Poe is a lot more mature. I love his poems and stories. They are on the more gloomy side... But there's something that just draws me to them. Annabel Lee is one of my favorite poems of all time and Tell-Tale Heart I have to admit is a classic.

Hope this helped.

Answer 9

Ann Rice - some creepy stuff but very cool
Nora Roberts - Not just the romance stuff, but the futurist too
Piers Anthony - His books helped me through a very bad time in my life. I love the fantasy and magic of it all
Stephen King - He's just too awesome for words though sometimes I wonder what goes through his head. i love that in every book there's a struggle good vs evil
Michael Crichton- I love that his books make you think and wonder. There's a message in them about technology and what could happen if it got out of control

Answer 10

Harry Turtledove