New Authors To Recommend

United States
May 27, 2007 2:20pm CST
I love to read. I love to almost any type of fiction except horror and just about anything non-fiction. I am looking for recommendations from folks on some new authors to check out. Lately, I have found myself going back to my old stand-by authors, and I would like to read something different. Please give me a recommendation on a particular author or book that you like. Tell me a little bit about the book or the author's genre and why you personally liked it.
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
27 May 07
James Patterson - suspense, mystery - He wrote 'Kiss the girls' and 'Along came a spider'. The books are wonderful, great story line always a new twist. There is the Alex Cross series, which I have read all of but one and now I just started the Women's Murder Club. He also has others.
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• United States
28 May 07
James Patterson is one of my favorites. I love the Alex Cross series.
• United States
27 May 07
A couple favorites of mine include: Jean M Auel~ she writes the Earth's Children Series that is The Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, Plains of Passage, and SHelters of Stone. They follow a girl, Ayla, from the time she is about 3 and loses her family in an earthquake. She is then found and raised by Neandrethals. The story follows her as she meets her own kind of people again and has to relearn their way of communication, and it's also a love story. Jean Aeul incorporates a lot of real findings into her fiction, and it really is interesting. I also enjoy John Saul, Dean Koontz, and Jackie Collins, among others. If you read Jackie Collins, try the Lucky Santangelo series, starting with Chances.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
28 May 07
Dan Brown and John Grisham are my all time favorites in recent times. i like Vikram Chanda and Jhumpa Lahiri aswell. however, recently, i am reading a non-fiction of Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION. it is a wonderful, gripping read and only giving reasons to the unanswered stuffs!!
@brimia (6581)
• United States
28 May 07
I recommend Alice Hoffman. All of her books are magical. Some have been made into movies, including Practical Magic with Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock...however, the books are much better of course.
• United States
31 May 07
Hey Budgeting Diva. If you like non-fiction, do you like historical non-fiction? Within the next month, I will be posting my book for sale at my website: http://davebrown64.info. It is called Newsletter at War. Also, you might want to take a look at Oliver North's books based on War Stories. This is not to say that you like war stories, but some are more than just blood and guts and gore. Some of them really have human interest stories. Have a great read!
@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
28 May 07
I am currently reading "From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain" by Minister Faust. It is sci-fi. It is set in a world where superpowers are real, and the evil-doers for the most part have been defeated. I am only a quarter of the way though the book. It is extremely interesting in my opinion. Basically, the core of the story is that superheroes have some serious mental problems. Or at least, that is what it appears to be on the surface. Under that surface, I find myself wondering what celebrities and politicians he is modeling his characters on. Anyway, I am finding it an enjoyable read.
@soulist (2985)
• United States
27 May 07
I just finished a book that I really enjoyed it was called "The Dante Club" and it's a murder mystery that was based on the images in Dante Aligheri's Inferno. It was really good and had me wanting to keep reading. I forget the authors name though.
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
27 May 07
I'm currently reading my first Christopher Moore book (A Dirty Job) and I'm LOVING IT...it is so funny and i'm not even 1/2 through it yet..but already I'm enjoying it and planning on getting some of his other works.....
@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
27 May 07
I love Siri Hustvedt. I like the way she writes - she wrote about a child dying, and I felt the grief of the mother in my stomach. I would also recomend the books by Lars Saabye Christensen. He writes a lot about growing up, about family relations and about friendships.
• India
28 May 07
hai , i am reading one bool called ,the afgan , by federik forsit, this a wonderful book, a grt thriller, i m sure u wll enjoy it, and u can tyr jeffrey archer books , he is wondrful story teller. i am sure you will enjoy it , the cane and abel, the 11 th commandment , wha what a grt collection