The Next Best Book Club discussion

I'm not sure where everyone is from, but I think it would be fun to recommend 3 authors with the same nationality as yourself.

I am Canadian (from Vancouver) and my three favourite Canadian authors are

Michael Ondaatje
Margaret Atwood
Ann-Marie MacDonald

I didn't know Atwood was Canadian. I thought English or Irish...

I'm not Italian, but live in Italy, and recommend:

Andrea Camilleri who writes, among other things, a series of mysteries which take place in Sicily.
The Rai (Italian State TV) has made a series of really good films based on the books.

If I think of another two, I'll put them in... or Jeanne and Elena can help me!!

I am from Belgium but will just mention Dutch writing authors (probably not many Dutch people around here)


Renate Dorrestein
Jos Vandeloo

Bob Mendes
fiction based on non-fiction, very good


Hayes, will have to think a bit more, but the first book of an italian writer that I really loved was Paolo Giordano- La solitudine dei numeri primi

non-fiction italian writer (he died some years ago)
Tiziano Terzani
My favourite book by him and one of myfavourite books in general is A Fortune-teller Told Me Earthbound Travels in the Far East

Fiction
Federico Moccia

Paolo Giordano - The Solitude of Prime Numbers is how it was translated in English. Don't know this one, but I think they made a film of it recently. I nerver get to the cinema anymore, so haven't seen it.

Don't know about the movie. I got it is a present for my birtday, the Italian version. It was really good.

My favourite australian author is Bryce courtenay, writes very australian history themed novels...

Well I live in America, so my three favorite American authors are:
1.) Stephen King
2.) Michael Crichton
3.) James Patterson

Kandice, any favourites of the State you live in?

By state, I'd say my favorite MN authors are:

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gary Paulsen
Laura Ingalls Wilder


I haven't read, but look forward to reading:

Neil Gaiman
Tim O'Brien
Sinclair Lewis

This is becoming very interesting!!!

I am from beautiful Asian Country Philippines =)

My favorite author is Jessica Zafra. She's a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former tv and radio show host. Beat that. I love most of her works because it tackles about what goes on in our society.

I am also looking forward into reading Bob Ong's Books.

^_^

Jeane, I LOVE Steinbeck. I can't believe I forgot to list him. He lived in Monterey and Salinas, and I actually lived in both those cities for a few years. It was so interesting to see everything he was describing. His writing is so sparse that any detail he gives is right on.

My favorite author from here in South Carolina is probably Pat Conroy.

I'm American, from California.

Three favorite US Authors:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Walt Whitman
Louisa May Alcott

It might also be fun to mention which books you think present a good/interesting view of one's country or state--historical or contemporary. For example, I love John Steinbeck's
Cannery Row which focuses on Monterey, CA--a place I have visited often her in Northern California--back in the early 1920s, I believe.

Favourite Australian authors:

Tim Winton
Tom Keneally (I've met him and he originally lived where I work)
John Marsden (I've met him too, he writes for young adults)

My favourite german authors are:

Philipp Vandenberg
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Daniel Kehlmann

I'm American from NY but my mom is Portuguese and my dad is Portuguese/Brazilian. I also lived in Portugal for a few years and visit very often.

Portuguese authors: Luis Camoes & Fernando Pessoa
Brazilian author: Paulo Coelho

Tango, I loved "Dirt Music" by Tim Winton.

I'm Canadian and must recommend Guy Gavriel Kay. His character development is amazing!

Laurel wrote: "Tango, I loved "Dirt Music" by Tim Winton.

I'm Canadian and must recommend Guy Gavriel Kay. His character development is amazing!"

What genre of books does he write?

Laurel, I love Guy Gavriel Kay too! In fact, I was just going through my books and realized that some of my all-time-favorite authors (Charles de Lint and L.M. Montgomery) are Canadian also, so I started a Canada shelf just to watch that trend in my reading.

Laurel wrote: "Tango, I loved "Dirt Music" by Tim Winton.

I'm Canadian and must recommend Guy Gavriel Kay. His character development is amazing!"

I need to check out Kay. I am Canadian and tend to really like Canadian authors. I am embarrassed to say that I have never heard of him...

JG wrote: "Laurel, I love Guy Gavriel Kay too! In fact, I was just going through my books and realized that some of my all-time-favorite authors (Charles de Lint and L.M. Montgomery) are Canadian also, so I ..."

I share the love for Montgomery. Anne is probably my favourite heroine of all time.

Megan, I just recently joined this group here on GR: Kindred Spirits. It's for L.M. Montgomery fans, if you're interested.

My favorite Filipino author is JESSICA ZAFRA. She's hilarious. You can check out her site at: www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com

I´m from Brazil.

My favorite authors from here are:
Luis Fernando Veríssimo
Mario Prata

I'm Irish. Julian Gough, and Yeats.

I rarely know what country is the author's native country. Living in the US, you don't notice nativity so much.

I lived in New Zealand for a little while. My favorite author from over there is Maurice Gee. I grew up in Kentucky, though, so my favorite authors from the Bluegrass are Barbara Kingsolver and Janice Holt Giles.

Anyone know of any good authors from North Dakota?

Liz wrote: "Anyone know of any good authors from North Dakota?"

Louise Erdrich is one of the best novelists ever, and she happens to have grown up in North Dakota. Mosca has written recommendations for her, and you might want to check that post. I stumbled upon her by reading The Master Butchers Singing Club. Apparently, however, characters from her books repeat, so, though she doesn't write a series, it might be better to read her books in order. Love Medicine A Novel was her first novel.

Thanks Elizabeth! I appreciate it!

Megha wrote: "I am from India and my favorite Indian author is Salman Rushdie. If any of you are interested in Indian writing, I highly recommend [b:Midnight's Children|14836|Midnight's Children|Salman Rushdie|h..."

I'll have to look into Midnight's Children. I tend to really like novels that are set in India. I find they are written very poetically and have interesting characters.

I am from Pakistan and my favorite Pakistani authors are:
Mumtaz Mufti
Ashfaque Ahmed
Bapsi Sidhwa

Bapsi Sidhwa is an internationally acclaimed author from Pakistan. i havent read Cracking India A Novel but i have read American Brat. it was a good read. I too have heard many good things about Cracking India so i think you should go for it. this novel is also made into a film called "earth".

I'm from Australia!

Matthew Reilly
Melina Marchetta

I'm from Finland. I haven't read many Finnish authors until recently but I have to say that Väinö Linna is IMHO definitely one of the best.

Wales. The immortal Dylan Thomas. Under Milk Wood is just one of the funniest things I've ever read.

J.G.Ballard
George Orwell
Oscar Wilde
Alan Moore
H. G. Wells
Britain's OK but america has definitely produced more great writers.

Okay ...

Dean Koontz ...Stephen King ... Anne Rice

Edith Wharton is a favorite American author of mine.
Pearl S. Buck

For specifically Pennsylvania:
Michael Chabon
Stewart O'Nan
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Two Filipino-American authors whose work I've enjoyed:


Jessica Hagedorn
Tess Uriza Holthe

country: SERBIA ( it used to be republic of former Yugoslavia)

Ivo Andrić published The Bridge on the Drina in 1945, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.
The Bridge on the Drina

Danilo Kiš
Miloš Crnjanski
Meša Selimović
Borislav Pekić
Milorad Pavić
Dobrica Ćosić
Goran Petrović
Igor Marojević
Zoran Živković

Jelena Dimitrijevic and Isidora Sekulić are two early twentieth century women writers.

Svetlana Velmar-Jankovic is the best known female author in Serbia today.

Milorad Pavić - Dictionary of the Khazars

California USA

From CA
John Steinbeck

USA general
Louisa May Alcott
Mark Twain
Jim Butcher
Mary Higgins Clarke

Okay I'm British. My favourite british author is J.K. Rowling.

I am Canadian and would love to recommend these contemporary authors to you, with, what I feel, are their strongest work:

Miriam Toews - Summer of My Amazing Luck A Novel
Frances Itani -Deafening
Lisa Moore - Alligator
Joan Clark - An Audience of Chairs
Michael Redhill- Consolation a Novel
Lori Lansens - The Girls
Camilla Gibb - Sweetness in the Belly
Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
Joan Barfoot - Luck
Mary Lawson - Crow Lake
Guy Vanderhaeghe - The Englishman's Boy A Novel
Elizabeth Hay - A Student of Weather
Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan
Michael Ondaatje - In the Skin of a Lion
Ami McKay - The Birth House