Your favorite Author

[angnshaun]

who is your fav? who will you drop any other book to read if they have a new release?

For me its Nelson DeMille... From the first time i read Plum Island, i was hooked... His new book The Panther is coming out in October and im beyond pysched...

I actually started his FB page, but i made a mistake and mentioned that at the time i was selling Avon and they deleted my account... oh well lol

[ThirdandLong]

It used to be Michael Crichton - I'd drop everything to read his most recent release, but now he's gone. I guess now... I've read the most recent GRRM novel, and I'm anxious to see what happens next, so I'll drop everything when Winds of Winter is released.

My favorite authors in general, though, are Austen, Dumas, and Tolkien. Obviously, they won't be having any new releases.

[mdgirl]

He doesn't have a ton of books out there, but Tony Horwitz. He's a former war correspondent for the WSJ, so his books are very well researched and well written, and he has a great voice. My favorite is Blue Latitudes, but Confederates in the Attic was also very good.

[PinkSquirrel]

I'm not sure I have one. I'm terrible with picking favorites, it's something I need to work on

[SallyJ]

Octavia Butler. Unfortunately she has passed, but I absolutely love all of her sci-fi dystopias. I have even purchased all of her rare books on E-bay and spent $50+ for a paperback.

[charlatti]

I really love Ann Patchett and Jasper Fforde. Weirdly, I don't count their books among my all-time favorites, but I thoroughly enjoy them and look forward to new releases.

[shananagins]

May 17, 2012 9:00:55 GMT -5 angnshaun said:

who is your fav? who will you drop any other book to read if they have a new release?

For me its Nelson DeMille... From the first time i read Plum Island, i was hooked... His new book The Panther is coming out in October and im beyond pysched...

I actually started his FB page, but i made a mistake and mentioned that at the time i was selling Avon and they deleted my account... oh well lol

I'm listening to Plum Island on audio now, I'm really enjoying it!

Authors that I will pay full price for a new book:
John Sandford
Dennis Lehane
Robert Crais
I will buy the next GRRM book when it is realeased, but I will gripe about it because i really didn't like the last 2.

[chicacocodrilo]

Lauren Groff and Allegra Goodman, definitely. And I just discovered Luis Alberto Urrea and Dagoberto Gilb--they've zoomed up my list of favorite authors.

[imoan]

It's a toss up between Stephen King and John Irving.

[BlackCanary]

Jim Butcher and Alexandra Robbins.

[nova726]

May 17, 2012 10:41:45 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

I don't have a favorite author, I just read.

This.

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[bookwormjen]

Brandon Sanderson and Jasper Fforde. I don't think Fforde has published anything in a while, so i'm anxiously awaiting new stuff from him.

[chicacocodrilo]

May 17, 2012 13:14:55 GMT -5 bookwormjen said:

Brandon Sanderson and Jasper Fforde. I don't think Fforde has published anything in a while, so i'm anxiously awaiting new stuff from him.

New Thursday Next comes in September!

[charlatti]

May 17, 2012 13:14:55 GMT -5 bookwormjen said:

I don't think Fforde has published anything in a while, so i'm anxiously awaiting new stuff from him.

Two coming in October! The Last Dragonslayer, which has been available in the UK for quite a while, and the next Thursday Next book.

[BravoBravo]

James Rollins. Especially the Sigma Force series.

www.goodreads.com/author/show/38809.James_Rollins

[duckduck]

Mark Twain.

I buy Lauren Winner's books as soon as they're published. She's the only author I can remember buying a new-release hardcover from since Deathly Hallows came out.

[lemondrop]

Isabel Allende is my favorite but there are a couple close seconds.

[sporklemotion]

So many I can't count! But these are the authors I'd buy in hardcover/full price on Kindle:
Jonathan Safran Foer
T.C. Boyle
Charles Dickens
Margaret Atwood

and for humor, A. J. Jacobs

[anglashly]

I don't have a favorite, but I do enjoy authors that I watch to see when they have things come out.

That being said Stephen King is quickly becoming a favorite.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I love Southern lit. I pay full price for every new Mary Kay Andrews.

[MrsAxilla]

May 17, 2012 11:46:54 GMT -5 imoan said:

It's a toss up between Stephen King and John Irving.

Ditto. I'll drop everything and stay home from work to read SK.

[martinigirl]

Stephen King. I have only read 9 or 10 of his books but I have loved every one of them.

[imoan]

Yeah, I think the sign of your favorite author is whose books you would read without any idea of what they'e about. The instant SK comes out with a new book, I know I'll be buying it... no details needed.

[mayflowers22]

Marie Lu.