Do you have a favorite author?

@JABeau59 (446)
United States
April 3, 2009 5:36pm CST
I love anything by Dean Koontz. I have read all of his books. If I can't buy it right away I go to the library to check it out to read. What about you? Any favorites that I might get interested in?
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@valpopa (154)
• Italy
3 Apr 09
stephen king is what I like. is in the edgar alan poe kind but more modern world of course. Horror thrill is the genre.
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
4 Apr 09
My sister has all his books. I like him too, so I can just borrow from her. Thanks.
@meandmy3 (2227)
• United States
27 May 09
I have always been a huge fan of Stephen King and likewise I have every book in hardback.. My favorites are of Course The Stand (which I have read many times) and Shawshank Redemption
• United States
2 May 09
Im not sure that you would be interested in the books/authors that i like but.... One author that i really like is Tamara Pierce However i am terrible with author names so some of my favorite books are: 1. The Rhapsody trilogy 2. All of the dragon lance series 3. The Inkheart trilogy
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
3 Jun 09
I will have to look for some of those. I am interested in most books.
@rainie30 (146)
• United States
23 Apr 09
Three of my absolute favorites are: 1. Mary Higgins Clark 2. Jonathon Kellerman 3. VC Andrews and beyond those, I am a sucker for romance books. So depending on my mood, im either reading about a murder or a happily ever after. lol
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
23 Apr 09
Yes, I have read some of those. Do you like Lavyrle Spencer? She has some good romance books. I don't think she is still writing though. I haven't seen a new one for several years.
@Desmont (80)
• United States
23 Apr 09
I like Stephen King, Ann Rice, Terry Brooks, and Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman....
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
23 Apr 09
All great choices. I think I have read something from each of these. My son is a big Terry Brooks fan.
@mom341 (64)
• United States
23 Apr 09
I love dean koontz also. Some others i like that right around the same type of thing is James Rollins and Micheal Crichton. There books are usually fast paced and I can hardly put them down lol. You should try them they are great!!
@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
23 Apr 09
Yes, I would agree with you there. I have read several of Michael Crichton's books. He is a very good writer. I think Timeline is my favorite of his. Thanks:)
@tosha33 (265)
• United States
1 May 09
definitely Stephen King
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
3 Jun 09
He is definitely a favorite of many. I love his stuff, especially the Stand.
@soulist (2985)
• United States
6 Apr 09
I don't really have one favorite author. It is hard for me to like pick just one author that I love over the rest. I enjoy Sherrilyn Kenyon who writes paranormal romances which I have gotten into lately because of her. I also like Ted Dekker who writes spiritual thrillers as does Frank Peretti.
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
9 Apr 09
Thanks! I will add those to my list to check out. :)
@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
3 Apr 09
Dean Koontz is my favorite author too. I love to read all of his books. I wrote to him, and he was kind enough to send me a personally autographed picture of himself and his dog Trixie. I have the picture framed. We need more authors like Dean Koontz to write good exciting books.
@thyst07 (2079)
• United States
4 Apr 09
I'm a fan of Terry Goodkind. I wish he would write more books, because I've read them all.
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
4 Apr 09
I think my son has read all his stuff too. He owns quite a few. I have read some of his books and also enjoyed them. Thanks for your input.
• United States
3 Apr 09
I'm a big fan of Mitch Albom. I've read all his books and Tuesdays with Morrie is his book that made me cry. I even attended his book launching One More Day here in San Francisco, I was really happy to meet him. =)
@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
4 Apr 09
Yes, Tuesdays is a great book. I loved his relationship with the older man. It was quite endearing. I will have to look for more of his stuff. Thanks!
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
4 Apr 09
my favorite is robert ludlum. he's the author of my favorite movie sequel as well -- the bourne movies.. i also like ken follett. ive read so many books of these two authors. they are spy novelist by the way..
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@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
4 Apr 09
Thanks, I will look for more of their stuff. I loved the Bourne movies too.
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
4 Apr 09
Hi JABeau, I have a number of favorites like Jeffrey Deaver, Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, Ed McBain, Colin Dexter and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes). When I go to a bookstore or sale, I would hunt for their books first, before looking through others.
@JABeau59 (446)
• United States
4 Apr 09
I am going to write out an author list from this discussion because I got so many good suggestions! I have heard of some of these but not all. WOW, now I have some good authors to check out. THANKS!
@Ritchelle (3790)
• Philippines
1 May 09
robert ludlum is my favorite author. he knows fbi, cia, police tricks and he delivers them in a very engaging way. not to mention that he can also give life to his characters.
• Ireland
2 Jul 12
Oooh I am quite a fan of Dean Koontz, I have not read many of his books lately but I absolutely loved the Odd Thomas series :) I love too many authors to really pick a favourite, but up there would probably be Kelley Armstrong, Emily Bronte, J.K Rowling, Jonathan Kellerman, Trudi Canavan and so many others to be honest.. None of those are quite like Koontz admittedly, but even still they are good authors..
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
30 Dec 11
I have several authors that I really like, but I think that my favorite would have to be Adriana Trigiani. She wrote a book called " Big Stone Gap" and I could relate to it as it was written about an area where my dad lived. It was a good story and she is a good author.
@cybersoft01 (1284)
• India
28 Jun 09
Well, I have two favorite authors, Sidney Sheldon and Isaac Asimov. Both of them write wonderfully. You must read "If tomorrow comes" by Sidney Sheldon. You would simply become a fan of him. Isaac Asimov writes on science fiction and I love his novels specially the robot series. Unfortunately, I have read only a few of them.
@cybersoft01 (1284)
• India
28 Jun 09
Yes, I do have favorite authors both in Hindi and English language. In English novels, my favorites are Sidney Sheldon and Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimove writes wonderfully on science fiction. He is a maestro of science fiction. I love his wrting style because it is simple and easy to understand.
• Philippines
28 Jun 09
i love paulo coehlo - The Alchemist and By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. i also love Stephanie Meyer because of her Twilight Saga Collection.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
16 Jun 09
i remember that i got onto dean koontz because i had run out of stephen kings to read as i had read all of them that was well over 10 years ago i love all his books, and the odd thomas trilogy is pretty great, i hope that he writes another one. i will miss elvis though. and also he only ever wrote 2 books in the frankenstein trilogy, i am still waiting with baited breath for the next one.
• United States
12 Jun 09
Dean Koontz is a great author, but my favorite would have to be James Patterson. I've read every one of his books and can't get enough. If you want to get into a great series, read the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. If you have ever seen the movies Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls, those movies are based on his first two books of the series (the movies do no justice to the books, I urge you not to see them lol) He is a fabulous author and really keeps you interested in the books. :)