book Who Are Your Favorite Authors? Favorite Books?

[friedkamote]

During my highschool and college days i was a voracious reader of books written by Tom Clancy, John Grisham, and Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickmann. Some of my favorites books where; The Hunt For Red October, A Time To k*ll, and the Dragonlance Chronicles.

[skykaLabaw]

I will forever be a fan of Anne Rice.

 

Hearts for Mitch Albom, Neil Gaiman, and Jostein Gaarder.

[TracerOne]

I liked the books of Erich Von Daniken. His books are non-fiction. Some of the books that I read by him was Gold of the Gods and Chariots of the Gods Was God an Astronaut?

 

Ei don't get me wrong I do believe that there is God and definitely he's not an astronaut. It's just that when I was younger I liked to read these kinds of books. So there it goes... 

 

 

[miyong76]

Dan Brown, Michael Crichton & Anne Rice

 

Dan Brown, Michael Crichton & Anne Rice

[Gunnerside]

Steven Pinker

[dungeonbaby]

Thank you to the poster who said it took him 2 months to get to page 12 of Foucault's Pendulum. That was completely funny and totally relatable. I once tried to read that alongside Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and a concise history of the crusades which was by no means concise.

 

Though I do like reading Umberto Eco, if I had to name just one author it would have to be Tolkien.

[TheSmilingBandit]

W.E.B. Griffin, Eric Flint, David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Moon, David Drake

[CerebralScorpion]

I started reading Anne Rice - the first five books of her vampire articles is such a sensual read. Unfortunately, it started going down hill from there. Went on to read Clancy, then Tolkien and Robert Jordan. Tried reading the blockbusters of the last couple of years (Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer, and Rowling), and unfortunately, found them far behind the talent of those earlier authors - except for Rowling who I must admit wasn't that completely bad.

 

Looking forward to read a work by a new writer who can hold a candle to the oldies when it comes to story-telling.

[rebeck]

favorite fiction author: jrr tolkien!

 

favorite non-fiction authors: david chandler (expert on the napoleonic wars), adrian goldsworthy (expert on rome) and john keegan (all-around military historian)

[erato]

So many. But now Erich Segal and his work The Class comes to mind.

[Guest Riveria]

My fave is Danielle Steel

[Labuyo]

Gaiman is an easy pick just because he does good work in so many genres. graphic novels, kids/young adult as well as the usual sci-fi/fantasy.

Ludlum, Clancy, Crichton(+RIP) got me through highschool and college.

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are nerd-boy standards.

 

Jim Butcher is a current fave due to his Dresden Files series.

[buwitre1781]

umberto eco.. pablo neruda.. lately i have been fascinated by carlos ruiz zafon..

[buwitre1781]

I will forever be a fan of Anne Rice.

 

Hearts for Mitch Albom, Neil Gaiman, and Jostein Gaarder.

 

Nice book selections..

[GetBack]

Hamlet. Shakespeare. What. WHAT. Why yes, I adore that play you despised in high school.