♥ Nothing Better Than Reading!! ♥ discussion

Mine is Jefferey Archer, Nicholas Sparks, Judith McNaught and, more recently - Amish Tripathi. Who is your favorite author ?

Stephen King and Richard Laymon ♥

Stephen King is my all time favourite. I'm loving Under the Dome TV series too! I have never heard of Richard Laymon,. I will look him up.

Another of my favourites is Roald Dahl. That man had a wicked sense of humour.

Natalie wrote: "Stephen King is my all time favourite. I'm loving Under the Dome TV series too! I have never heard of Richard Laymon,. I will look him up.

Another of my favourites is Roald Dahl. That man had a w..."

I love Roald Dahl!!

Nathalie is you wanna look for Laymon, go on my profile on the ''Want to Read'' list, there are a lot of them listed and it's his best ones! (Yes it's in my to-read list... I already red most of them I just want to read them again!)

Salman Rushdie, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Isaac Asimov and George R R Martin :D

Well it used to be J.K. Rowling....but now that the series got over long back....Khaled Hosseini and Dan Brown

My first favorite author has to be J.K Rowling. Now, it's Nicholas Sparks, Khaled Husseini,Jane Austen and Cecelia Ahern.

Saima wrote: "My first favorite author has to be J.K Rowling. Now, it's Nicholas Sparks, Khaled Husseini,Jane Austen and Cecelia Ahern."

Love all the authors you mentioned!!

Frederick Forsyth followed by Salman Rushdie!

paulo coelho

Ayn Rand,Amish Tripathi and Paulo Coelho

Hajarath Prasad wrote: "Ayn Rand,Amish Tripathi and Paulo Coelho"

Even I LOVE Amish Tripathi!! Simply love his books.....:))

Stephen Chbosky

though u may think that He wrote single book ...

immediatly next, DAN BROWN

Karin Slaughter, Cassandra Clare

Author? Not Authors? That's tough!!!!!

Terry Pratchett then...

Som wrote: "Author? Not Authors? That's tough!!!!!

Terry Pratchett then..."

Well....you can write more than 1 author they just have to be favorites.

Angela Carter always, wept soooo much when she died.

Stephen King, Wally Lamb, Pat Conroy

Jane Smiley, Amy Tan, and Armistead Maupin for general fiction. In the horror genre, T. E. D. Klein and Peter Straub.

i think this question itself is not correct
because the ability of authors will varies by the genres they choose

(eg.a spiritual writter like deepak chopra can't handle a crime thriller .....in the same way others)

Sanjeev wrote: "i think this question itself is not correct
because the ability of authors will varies by the genres they choose

(eg.a spiritual writter like deepak chopra can't handle a crime thriller .....in th..."

Yeah well....I meant favorite author in general u know?? And if you different favorite authors for different genre....feel free to share.

I'll choose probably Dan Brown. Angels and demons, the da vinchy code, the lost symbol... Some awesome books!

Alan wrote: "I'll choose probably Dan Brown. Angels and demons, the da vinchy code, the lost symbol... Some awesome books!"

Yeah....Dan Brown's great:) But I hated his Lost Symbol.

I have fell in love with Cuck Palahniuk
He's the one who wrote Fight Club. Been through a lot of his books lately (and there's a bunch) and simply fell in love with his writting. You guys should check it out!

I'm a bit obsessed with Nora Roberts. I think I own nearly all her books. I just love her simple love stories. They always make me smile.
I also love George R.R. Martin at the moment and Karen Rose.

Catherine wrote: "I'm a bit obsessed with Nora Roberts. I think I own nearly all her books. I just love her simple love stories. They always make me smile.
I also love George R.R. Martin at the moment and Karen Rose."

I like Nora Roberts too!!

@Ruchi

I just think she is perfection.
I'm also addicted to her books under her other name J.D. Robb.

Oh! I didn't know about that...that she has another name with which she writes books.

Yeah it's a series based in the future.
A female cop.

Really good.

It's called In Death series.

New addition : P.G. Wodehouse

I love Veronica Blade and Jennifer L. Armentrout/J.Lynn. I've read and love all their books!

Herman Hess

My all time fav author-Arundhati Roy
2nd- Elizabeth Gilbert
3.Mia Sheridan
4.Khaled Hosseini

Jenny wrote: "My all time fav author-Arundhati Roy
2nd- Elizabeth Gilbert
3.Mia Sheridan
4.Khaled Hosseini"

Love Arundhati Roy and Khaled Hosseini is one of my favorites too!

Ruskin bond!

1- Agatha Christie and Charles Dickens
2- Meg Cabot
3- Veronica Roth
4- Nicholas Sparks
5- Jeffrey Archer

P.S- Rowling and C.S Lewis are amazing too.

@Sheetal and @Prashanth : I love ALL the authors u guys mentioned!~

I am all the way a John Saul fan

Dickens - 19th c English
Stendhal - 19th c European
Montaigne, Dante - pre-19th c European
Robert Burton - pre - 19th c English
Maugham, Waugh, - early 20th c English
Mann - early 20th c European
Le Carre - 20th c postwar, English, fiction
Didion - 20th c American, female, nonfiction
Wilson - 20th c American, male, nonfiction, (criticism)
Jackson - 20th c, fiction, female, best also in horror
Pynchon - 20th c fiction, male, American
Melville - pre 20th c American, fiction
Mencken - pre 20th c American, nonfiction, (criticism)

(deliberately omitting Russians)

J.K rowling

Goerge RR martin

John green

Cassandra clare and khaled hoseini

The names are not in chronicle orders.

For me it has to be Cecelia Aherne, Sophie Kinsella and Jojo Moyes

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Albert Camus
Harper Lee

See, I can't pick just one!

John Green
AS King
Laurie Halse Anderson
Robin Benway

Those are mine. If I HAD to pick one...oh jeez...I guess John Green. However, that's only 'cause I've known of his work longer than the others'. And also because I think if I ever met him, I might just hyperventilate and start babbling all kinds of random compliments to him.

Yeah, that would potentially be a dangerous situation.

I seriously do respect AS King though. Really and truly. Her work is awesome - I've read all her books to date!

John green and J.K Rowling.

I enjoy Stephen King, Maeve Binchy, Dean Koontz, Diana Gabaldon, Yann Martel, Khaled Hosseini, and recently discovered Danielle Steel.

I love books by Kathryn Lasky. Also some by Micelle, who wrote the book, Wolf brother. Kathryn Lasky is a great author!

R.L. Stine and Julie Kagawa

Karen Kingsbury
Janette Oke
Debbie Macomber
Lori Wick