My Favourite Authors and Books
Aside from English-translated Japanese manga, I have long had a love affair with the written word. I still love authors from my childhood, such as Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables) and Agatha Christie, but over the years I have added more and more "favourite" authors. Not all authors that I read become favourites, but many do. {Just because I was interested, I went through the books I presently have in my collection (I know my list of favourite authors below is long, so I wanted to see if it made sense). After I wrote down all the authors of the books I have (and not my husband's books/authors) I came to the startling conclusion that I really DO like the following authors a lot! I know for a fact that I missed a couple or ten authors {and this doesn't count the manga I have either}, but my listing counts over 80 different authors - not to mention books... *sigh* - it's worse than I thought - and I don't have enough book shelves, so I've got boxes of books in various places as well as double stacking on the shelves I do have... is it too late??}
Today, my list comprises authors from many different types of writing: Mysteries, Suspense, Historical Fiction, etcetera. Following is the list of my current favourites!
A
Andersen, Susan
Archer, Jeffrey
Asimov, Isaac
Austen, Jane
B
Baldacci, David
Bond, Stephanie
Brockmann, Suzanne
Brontė, Charlotte {Jane Eyre has ALWAYS been a favourite!}
Brookmyre, Christopher
Brooks, Terry {The 'Shannara' series}
C
Child, Lee {Jack Reacher}
Christie, Agatha
Clancy, Tom
Connelly, Michael
Costain, Thomas B.
Crais, Robert {Elvis Cole}
Crusie, Jennifer
D
DeMille, Nelson
E
Eddings, David and Leigh {I LOVE! The Redemption of Althalus}
Eisler, Barry {John Rain}
Enoch, Suzanne
Evanovich, Janet
F
Follett, Ken
Foster, Lori
G
Gaskin, Catherine
Gilman, Dorothy {Mrs. Pollifax and others}
H
Hiaasen, Carl
Higgins, Jack
Holm, Stef Ann
Hooper, Kay
K
Krentz, Jayne Ann
L
Lewis, C.S. {The Narnia series is the BEST!}
Long, Julie Anne
Ludlum, Robert
M
MacLean, Alistair
Michaels, Kasey
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Morrell, David
Morsi, Pamela
N
Neville, Katherine
Niffenegger, Audrey {The Time Traveller's Wife; awesome story!}
P
Parker, Robert B. {All Our Yesterdays}
Q
Quick, Amanda {See Jayne Ann Krentz}
Quinn, Julia
S
Sala, Sharon
Stewart, Mary
Stuart, Anne
T
Tolkien, J.R.R. {The Hobbit; Lord of the Rings trilogy - of course!!}
V
Voth, Al
W
West, Morris
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Updated March 4, 2006
- A great website for book lists, etc is Fantastic Fiction; it's a wonderful repository of authors, books and other information. Check it out!
- One of my favourite online book stores is Indigo / Chapters. Great selection and reasonable shipping costs - perfect!
- Another excellent website is A Mystical Unicorn: Online Used Bookstore. This site is WAY more than just an online bookstore. There are thousands of Bibliographies and although they now charge members a yearly fee for access to the in-depth bibliographies, it is a very comprehensive site. Check it out, it may be something that you've been looking for.
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