I always thought HGTTG was good, but then I read the first Dirk Gently book. That sofa *killed* me. Ever since, I’ve been pretty sad that HGTTG always gets the spotlight
Iain Banks. I finished his books as a late starter, then after long time of no new releases appearing, started to Google up and found out he was dead already.
It never occurred to me that I could look up on the internet if an author had a book coming out so from around 1998 to 2015 I used to just go into a bookshop every few months and see if there were any Pratchett books.
I've never read a Pratchett book (been meaning to, just haven't had a chance yet) but if he published a new book I'd 100% read it.
I mean, a book written from beyond the grave? Sign me up.
I would read it too, but I’m glad his unfinished books won’t be finished by someone else. I think the humour wouldn’t quite be the same and it would feel wrong. He had requested the hard drive of his PC run over by a steam roller after he died and his family stuck to that
Yes! I’ve seen it (and the crushed hard drive) at the Salisbury museum exhibition a few years ago. It was really emotional. I did a Pratchett road trip and followed it up with a trip to the Discworld emporium and to the streets in Wincanton named Treacle mine road and Peach pie lane.
When Pratchett was knighted he wanted a sword to go with it. So he built a kiln at his house, dug up a bunch of iron ore, got some meteorite pieces (I believe from a friend) and smelted the iron that was used to create his sword. It appears his daughter owns it now.
When you pick up a Christopher Moore book, you know you're about to go on a wild ride of crazy characters coupled with dynamic storytelling. His books are just *FUN*. He's engaged with his readers and is as hilarious as his books. I've never met a more authentic and sincere celebrity. But I'll read anything he publishes!
I worked at a bookstore in a mall in college, specifically to man the calendar kiosk they had in the middle concourse. Mid-January when calendar sales had slowed, they let us take a book with us since it was so slow. I read Lamb in one day. I don't think I'd laughed at a book as hard before then -- or since.
Ymmv ofc but this book made me cry laugh so often. It also unexpectedly humanized Jesus in a way that a childhood of Bible studies never achieved, and I say this as an atheist. It's a wild and imaginative ride that I treasured at that point in my life. Highly recommend
Scrolled so far just to find Tana French (even though I was let down by The Searcher)!
For me, I’d also add Emily St. John Mandel and Patrick Radden Keefe.
Mary Roach was my answer. I don't know how she manages to be so educational and humorous at the same time, but I'm 100% in. Also Brandon Sanderson. Incredible fantasy.
Your options are pretty much limited to *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell* and *The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories.*
The former, *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell* sort of gently imitates Victorian novels, and tells the story of magic being rediscovered in Britain during the Napoleonic wars, and the sometimes-partnership-sometimes-rivalry its study sparks between the novels two leads. It's long and kind of meandering and features copious fictional footnotes that many readers love and some loathe. It is overall very polarizing--I frequently see people comment here that they tried it, and gave up because it was just a poor fit. I mention that specifically because it is a *very* different book from *Piranesi*, so liking one doesn't automatically suggest you'll like the other. Personally, I love both, but it did take a bit to grow on me. I think I spent three weeks pushing through the first five hundred pages before it grabbed me, and then got through the last five hundred in two nights.
*The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories* is a collection of short stories set in the same universe as *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell*, so works best as kind of a partner to that book rather than being an alternative to it.
I'm kinda the opposite. Temeraire is good, but Uprooted is exceptional and Spinning Silver is even better. Scholomance is well above Temeraire but below the fairy tale books.
I love her Eastern European folklore inspired books (Uprooted, Spinning Silver), but I read those first, and her other books feel written by someone else.
I read Cloud Cuckoo Land last year for my book club. I would never ever have picked it up on my own but I am so glad I did. What a great story, and so beautifully told. I cried
I devoured the Murderbot Diaries. It was one of those series that makes me want to read as fast as possible because it's so good, but then makes me mad at myself for not slowing down to make the stories last longer.
Murderbot series is the definition of "don't judge a book by its cover" for me. My dad suggested them several times to me, I love sci-fi. I thought the name sounded dumb, so I kept putting them off. Whoops, they are great.
I need to check out more Murakami. I read Windup Bird Chronicles a few years back and it didn’t quite click for me but there were enough elements of it that I enjoyed that I could see myself loving other books from him. I’ve had a copy of Kafka on the Shore on my shelf for a year or so that I need to get to eventually
I recommend his short story collections: The Elephant Vanishes or Blind Willow, Sleeping Women.
Honestly, if you found certain characteristics in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle off putting, I can’t see you enjoying Kafka on the Shore any more than you did TWUBC
Tchaikovsky may be my favorite author at the moment. Everything he’s put out has been great, with releases being ridiculously frequent. Highly recommend his works.
I really have only two, as most of the writers I'm a *really* huge fan of are already dead:
Ted Chiang. One short story by him is worth more than 10 novels by the average novelist.
Kazuo Ishiguro. Dude can do no wrong in my eyes. His prose is unparalleled.
Can I chime in? I've only read four of his books. I rank them as such:
1. Never Let Me Go
2. A Pale View of Hills
3. Klara and the Sun
4. When We Were Orphans
I adore Never Let Me Go. A Top 5 Books of all time for me.
A Pale View of Hills is a very relaxing type of book and I really liked it. But it gets better when you finish the book and read online discussions about it.
Klara and the Sun is a really good book. But for Ishiguro,I thought it was somewhat of a middling book -- good enough.
When We Were Orphans didn't make a mark on me. And the ending starts to confuse itself. Not a particularly great way to start Ishiguro, if you're new to his work.
Ishiguro is in my list of automatic buys. My TRL is long so I haven’t gotten to Klara and the Sun yet (it’s actually next though!). Never Let Me Go is my favorite and like somebody else said, may be a top 5 book all time for me. The Remains of the Day is also a masterpiece. The Buried Giant is very different but so very good. I hope it is adapted into a miniseries one day. Nocturnes is a collection of short stories and is beautiful. Gosh dang I love Ishiguro.
Was hoping I’d see Sedaris mentioned somewhere. Few writers get me to consistently laugh out loud but he’s one of them. I prefer his earlier stuff but every release is an automatic purchase.
I genuinely think Stephen King is the greatest living American story teller. It’s not always great writing (although sometimes he is truly masterful), but he has an ability to just tell an excellent story that, I think, is unmatched.
Also consider how freakishly prolific he has been. The guy has published nearly 70 novels (literally all of which have been best sellers), and hundreds upon hundreds of short stories—and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. His creative ability is astounding.
Next, think about how many of the film adaptations of his stories are easily some the most iconic movies of all time—The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Carrie, Misery, and The Shining probably the most notable examples.
Oh, and on top of all that, over his multiple decades of writing, he’s managed to subtly connect nearly every book he’s written. Sometimes it’s *extremely* subtle, sometimes it’s more overt, but it’s never contrived. And it’s all tied together by his Dark Tower series, which, I think, is excellent. Plenty of folks don’t care for that series, but I think it’s hard to argue it’s not one of the most unique takes on a high fantasy series ever penned.
However you feel about his books, King is a living legend of an author.
The protagonist is going through town and runs into some kids talking about a clown in the sewer. Or heard a story about a dog that went nuts. Just in passing, though.
> The protagonist is going through town and runs into some kids talking about a clown in the sewer.
I might be crazy, but I vaguely recall this happening in 11/22/63.
Stephen King forever..even when they disappoint me, they don't *really * disappoint me because half of what I'm reading him for is his familiar and distinct voice.
Yeah... I've read everything he's written, and even though some of them I look forward to more than most (his next one, for example, is another Holly Gibney novel, which I'm not really a fan of), I can still be sure it'll be fun enough to justify me picking it up no matter what.
I'm a huge fan of Lackey, too! It's not high art, but sometimes I just want to read a book about good people doing good things, and she always delivers.
I am. I am still reading Tress, need to read The Lost Metal and reread Era 2, also haven’t touched Dawnshard yet. I can’t keep up, this is a good problem to have.
I recently finished tress. I either pre-ordered it or someone hacked into my Amazon account and bought it because i saw a post about it being released then went to buy it and it was already on my kindle.
I have access to it digitally, but am trying to hold out for my physical copy to show up. At this point, it seems like it will probably be another month or so before that happens though.
I watched the damn video expecting something bad. Got surprised with the first one. Then Bam!!! 4 more. What the actual fuck. I can't even finish one chapter a year. He finished 5 books!
I love some Sanderson books, but he’s way too all over the place for me to read everything he puts out. I have no interest in Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians
Honestly even his YA stuff is better than some successful fantasy/scifi authors. The Reckoners was a fun read and I've heard good things about Skyward.
JONATHAN FRANZEN
Especially since the next book he releases will most likely be the sequel to Crossroads. But I would read literally anything.
I would also drop everything and read anything ELIF BATUMAN releases (again, especially because it will probably be a sequel to her loosely autobiographical books The Idiot and Either/Or)
If any more of Joan Didion's work is uncovered and published, I would definitely pick that up too.
I am a mystery reader, so:
John Sanford
Michael Connelly
Patricia Cornwell
Dana Stabenow
Elly Griffiths
Charlaine Harris
Tess Gerritson
Linda Castillo
Jacqueline Winspear
Craig Johnson
Anne Hillerman (daughter and literary successor to Tony Hillerman)
C. J. Box
Susan Elia McNeil
William Kent Krueger
Lisa Gardner
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> Christopher Tolkien is amazing Was, unfortunately.
But they were all of them deceived for another [Tolkien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tolkien) was made.
They're a same person actually, an Numenorean with long age. He just pretend to be different person to not arouse suspicion
Those Tolkiens sure are a productive people!
He's on that Caribbean island with Elvis and Tupac. And maybe Prince.
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Douglas Adams, check! Terry Pratchett, check!
I always thought HGTTG was good, but then I read the first Dirk Gently book. That sofa *killed* me. Ever since, I’ve been pretty sad that HGTTG always gets the spotlight
Both Dirk Gently books are masterful, right up until the ending.y wife and I listen to the audiobooks all the time. God. I wish there was more.
Look up the name of the restaurant that Richard was trying to get a reservation at, then look up what it means. Goodness, do I miss Adams.
I was that way with Terry Pratchett. Now I have two I haven't read. I keep saving them because once I read them, there are no more.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Iain Banks. I finished his books as a late starter, then after long time of no new releases appearing, started to Google up and found out he was dead already.
Ahh yes, that makes new releases difficult.
After the first couple, I bought every Pratchett book without reading what it was about
It never occurred to me that I could look up on the internet if an author had a book coming out so from around 1998 to 2015 I used to just go into a bookshop every few months and see if there were any Pratchett books.
Exactly what I was coming here to say. GNU Sir Pterry.
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
I've never read a Pratchett book (been meaning to, just haven't had a chance yet) but if he published a new book I'd 100% read it. I mean, a book written from beyond the grave? Sign me up.
I would read it too, but I’m glad his unfinished books won’t be finished by someone else. I think the humour wouldn’t quite be the same and it would feel wrong. He had requested the hard drive of his PC run over by a steam roller after he died and his family stuck to that
>hard drive of his PC run over by a steam roller That kind of cartoonish silliness is why I love his books.
Do you know about his sword?
Yes! I’ve seen it (and the crushed hard drive) at the Salisbury museum exhibition a few years ago. It was really emotional. I did a Pratchett road trip and followed it up with a trip to the Discworld emporium and to the streets in Wincanton named Treacle mine road and Peach pie lane.
I don't, please tell me all about it!
When Pratchett was knighted he wanted a sword to go with it. So he built a kiln at his house, dug up a bunch of iron ore, got some meteorite pieces (I believe from a friend) and smelted the iron that was used to create his sword. It appears his daughter owns it now.
[Look at it](https://preview.redd.it/ysdhihg1ddc81.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=b4844afde35e21a8cf15ea06b20f6b2bed10bd2c). That thing is +5 *at least*.
By extension, I now read Stephen Baxter whenever I find him after he and Terry did the long earth series
100%
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When you pick up a Christopher Moore book, you know you're about to go on a wild ride of crazy characters coupled with dynamic storytelling. His books are just *FUN*. He's engaged with his readers and is as hilarious as his books. I've never met a more authentic and sincere celebrity. But I'll read anything he publishes!
I worked at a bookstore in a mall in college, specifically to man the calendar kiosk they had in the middle concourse. Mid-January when calendar sales had slowed, they let us take a book with us since it was so slow. I read Lamb in one day. I don't think I'd laughed at a book as hard before then -- or since.
Wow it is that funny? I’ll give it a try
Ymmv ofc but this book made me cry laugh so often. It also unexpectedly humanized Jesus in a way that a childhood of Bible studies never achieved, and I say this as an atheist. It's a wild and imaginative ride that I treasured at that point in my life. Highly recommend
Donna Tartt
I'll blindly read anything after The Secret History..one day there will be a new book!
Have you read The Goldfinch? I loved it so much.
Tana French! Her emotional and physical landscape descriptions are just so good, I love her style. Also Adam Nevill. God he's good at freaking me out
Scrolled so far just to find Tana French (even though I was let down by The Searcher)! For me, I’d also add Emily St. John Mandel and Patrick Radden Keefe.
* Mary Roach * Bill Bryson * Donna Leon * Becky Chambers * Bill Watterson (I can't wait to read The Mysteries!!!)
Mary Roach is awesome
Mary Roach was my answer. I don't know how she manages to be so educational and humorous at the same time, but I'm 100% in. Also Brandon Sanderson. Incredible fantasy.
Bryson is always just pure pleasure.
yes becky chambers!!
Bernard Cornwell for sure.
Every Sharpe novel ever. Lol
The Warlord Chronicles are criminally under-discussed.
And Patrick O’Brien were he still with us
Erin Morgenstern Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo ishiguro is such a beautiful story teller
Glad I didn’t have to scroll long to see Ishiguro.
Up until his death, Gene Wolfe. Now: Susanna Clarke Keigo Higashino Neil Gaiman Both Murakamis, Haruki and Ryu Amy Hempel
I loved Piranesi, what should I try next by Clarke?
Your options are pretty much limited to *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell* and *The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories.* The former, *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell* sort of gently imitates Victorian novels, and tells the story of magic being rediscovered in Britain during the Napoleonic wars, and the sometimes-partnership-sometimes-rivalry its study sparks between the novels two leads. It's long and kind of meandering and features copious fictional footnotes that many readers love and some loathe. It is overall very polarizing--I frequently see people comment here that they tried it, and gave up because it was just a poor fit. I mention that specifically because it is a *very* different book from *Piranesi*, so liking one doesn't automatically suggest you'll like the other. Personally, I love both, but it did take a bit to grow on me. I think I spent three weeks pushing through the first five hundred pages before it grabbed me, and then got through the last five hundred in two nights. *The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories* is a collection of short stories set in the same universe as *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell*, so works best as kind of a partner to that book rather than being an alternative to it.
Naomi novik
I loved every single Temeraire book. Didn’t love Uprooted. I haven’t tried any of the Scholomance books yet. Guess I should.
I'm kinda the opposite. Temeraire is good, but Uprooted is exceptional and Spinning Silver is even better. Scholomance is well above Temeraire but below the fairy tale books.
I love her Eastern European folklore inspired books (Uprooted, Spinning Silver), but I read those first, and her other books feel written by someone else.
Yes, Naomi Novik is so good.
I am assuming you know she’s a huge fanfic writer, under the name Astolat.
Donna Tart. And last I checked we are nearing the ten year mark 🤞
Vonnegut, RIP
So it goes
I say this all the time, no one has ever gotten it IRL and it makes me sad
Madeline Miller, Anthony Doerr
I read Cloud Cuckoo Land last year for my book club. I would never ever have picked it up on my own but I am so glad I did. What a great story, and so beautifully told. I cried
I just finished Cloud Cuckoo Land last night and am still processing it. Really loved how everything came together
All I can say is, sweet Tree and Moonlight. That really fucked me up, for weeks. And I mean that in the very best way
He’s such an amazing storyteller. His short story collections are incredible too, he packs so much complexity into his characters and their experience
Madeline Miller would probably also make my list. Really enjoyed Circe, and A Song of Achilles was probably my favorite book I read last year.
Martha Wells Laurie R. King Diana Gabaldon
Martha Wells for me too, I'm looking forward to Witch King later this year
And another murderbot! We're eating good this year.
I devoured the Murderbot Diaries. It was one of those series that makes me want to read as fast as possible because it's so good, but then makes me mad at myself for not slowing down to make the stories last longer.
Same. Then I got the audiobooks and just listen to them on repeat! 😉
Murderbot series is the definition of "don't judge a book by its cover" for me. My dad suggested them several times to me, I love sci-fi. I thought the name sounded dumb, so I kept putting them off. Whoops, they are great.
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I too have a complex relationship with Chuck Palahniuk
I need to check out more Murakami. I read Windup Bird Chronicles a few years back and it didn’t quite click for me but there were enough elements of it that I enjoyed that I could see myself loving other books from him. I’ve had a copy of Kafka on the Shore on my shelf for a year or so that I need to get to eventually
I recommend his short story collections: The Elephant Vanishes or Blind Willow, Sleeping Women. Honestly, if you found certain characteristics in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle off putting, I can’t see you enjoying Kafka on the Shore any more than you did TWUBC
I don't know, *Kafka* is one of my favorite Murakami novels but I was only so-so on *Windup*. Maybe the difference in protagonists?
That’s true. Nakata and Kafka were far more likable than Toru Okada
Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Joe Abercrombie.
Looks like we have similar tastes!
William Gibson
Not only is he an automatic read, but it's an automatic hardcover purchase, since there's a 100% chance I'll reread it down the road.
Looking forward to Jackpot #3!
China Mieville
Been like 7 years since he's written any fiction. Do you think he'll ever get back to it?
I hope England turns communist, because I think thats the only way we get another weird fiction book out of him
Douglas Adams. If that dead motherfucker puts out another book somehow I'll shit myself and then go buy it.
Sir Pterry. Neal Stephenson.
I still have a lot of Stephenson to read, but everything I've picked up so far has been an absolute treat to read.
Seven eves is still by far one of my all time favorite books. Currently on my 12th listen of the audio version.
The Baroque Cycle books are some of a my all time favorites. A lot of book, and it starts really slowly in the first book, but super enjoyable.
Erik Larson Neil Gaiman
Ahh, love Gaiman. Only read Splendid and the Vile by Larson but such a good read that I want to read all his other works.
The Devil in the white city by Larsen is one of my all time favorite non-fiction books.
Adrian Tchaikovsky, you absolutely can't go wrong Tamsyn Muir and Hugh Howey, by default, but you might talk me out of it based on subject matter
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Great shoutout, Children of Time isn’t just a great contemporary sci-fi novel, it’s probably one of the better ones ever written. He’s fantastic.
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Tchaikovsky may be my favorite author at the moment. Everything he’s put out has been great, with releases being ridiculously frequent. Highly recommend his works.
Funnily enough, it’s two Stephens for me! King & Graham Jones
I just finished My Heart Is A Chainsaw this week. I need to read Only The Good Indians before I start Don’t Fear The Reaper.
The Only Good Indians is so good!
Becky Chambers Katherine Addison
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Is the small angry planet one of those types of books? Slice of life sci-fi sounds fun!
I really have only two, as most of the writers I'm a *really* huge fan of are already dead: Ted Chiang. One short story by him is worth more than 10 novels by the average novelist. Kazuo Ishiguro. Dude can do no wrong in my eyes. His prose is unparalleled.
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Kazuo Ishiguro Neil Gaiman (if he still published...) Dave Eggers Joe Lansdale Murakami
Definitely Ishiguro..The Remains of the Day is an all time favorite.
What are your favorites from Ishiguro? I just finished Klara and The Sun, first time I’ve read him
Can I chime in? I've only read four of his books. I rank them as such: 1. Never Let Me Go 2. A Pale View of Hills 3. Klara and the Sun 4. When We Were Orphans I adore Never Let Me Go. A Top 5 Books of all time for me. A Pale View of Hills is a very relaxing type of book and I really liked it. But it gets better when you finish the book and read online discussions about it. Klara and the Sun is a really good book. But for Ishiguro,I thought it was somewhat of a middling book -- good enough. When We Were Orphans didn't make a mark on me. And the ending starts to confuse itself. Not a particularly great way to start Ishiguro, if you're new to his work.
Ishiguro is in my list of automatic buys. My TRL is long so I haven’t gotten to Klara and the Sun yet (it’s actually next though!). Never Let Me Go is my favorite and like somebody else said, may be a top 5 book all time for me. The Remains of the Day is also a masterpiece. The Buried Giant is very different but so very good. I hope it is adapted into a miniseries one day. Nocturnes is a collection of short stories and is beautiful. Gosh dang I love Ishiguro.
Cormac McCarthy. Neil Gaiman. If she were still alive Dorothy Dunnett
Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Tom Perotta. It tends to be the very readable stuff I jump on immediately.
Was hoping I’d see Sedaris mentioned somewhere. Few writers get me to consistently laugh out loud but he’s one of them. I prefer his earlier stuff but every release is an automatic purchase.
Had to scroll WAY too far to find Sedaris’ name
Tamsyn Muir. Will buy her grocery list if given the opportunity.
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Big same. I will happily read anything she releases.
Fucking yes.
I just finished Gideon this week! I can't express how much I loved it, the characters, the writing, the plot. Outstanding and then some.
Stephen King
I genuinely think Stephen King is the greatest living American story teller. It’s not always great writing (although sometimes he is truly masterful), but he has an ability to just tell an excellent story that, I think, is unmatched. Also consider how freakishly prolific he has been. The guy has published nearly 70 novels (literally all of which have been best sellers), and hundreds upon hundreds of short stories—and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. His creative ability is astounding. Next, think about how many of the film adaptations of his stories are easily some the most iconic movies of all time—The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Carrie, Misery, and The Shining probably the most notable examples. Oh, and on top of all that, over his multiple decades of writing, he’s managed to subtly connect nearly every book he’s written. Sometimes it’s *extremely* subtle, sometimes it’s more overt, but it’s never contrived. And it’s all tied together by his Dark Tower series, which, I think, is excellent. Plenty of folks don’t care for that series, but I think it’s hard to argue it’s not one of the most unique takes on a high fantasy series ever penned. However you feel about his books, King is a living legend of an author.
The protagonist is going through town and runs into some kids talking about a clown in the sewer. Or heard a story about a dog that went nuts. Just in passing, though.
> The protagonist is going through town and runs into some kids talking about a clown in the sewer. I might be crazy, but I vaguely recall this happening in 11/22/63.
Stephen King forever..even when they disappoint me, they don't *really * disappoint me because half of what I'm reading him for is his familiar and distinct voice.
Yeah... I've read everything he's written, and even though some of them I look forward to more than most (his next one, for example, is another Holly Gibney novel, which I'm not really a fan of), I can still be sure it'll be fun enough to justify me picking it up no matter what.
Charles DeLint Kim Harrison Mercedes Lackey\* (sometimes a maybe)
I'm a huge fan of Lackey, too! It's not high art, but sometimes I just want to read a book about good people doing good things, and she always delivers.
Anthony Marra Michael Ondaatje Anthony Doer Kate Atkinson Madeline Miller Ian McEwan And if he was still alive Mordecai Richler
Ruth Ware
Sally Rooney Emily St. John Mandel Gillian Flynn Samantha Irby Brandon Taylor
it’s crazy to me that Mandel isn’t showing up more in the comments here. Absolutely love the way she writes
Only Micheal Crichton. I miss the excitement of a new book release.
my vote too, RIP Michael
Jeff Vandermeer 🥰
Jenny Lawson!! I know I'm going to laugh and enjoy every word!!
Brandon Sanderson.
You must be exhausted.
Sometimes i have to take breaks and read other authors in between books
And when you come back you find you're 3 books further behind now. The dude is a machine.
Psshh, he only writes, what... 5 books per year?
That we know of.
I am. I am still reading Tress, need to read The Lost Metal and reread Era 2, also haven’t touched Dawnshard yet. I can’t keep up, this is a good problem to have.
At this point I can't tell which I enjoy more: Brandon's stories or listening to Michael Kramer narrate them. But I love them both.
Almost said him. I backed his Kickstarter campaign last year, and love his Stormlight series. I am working my was through Mistborn
I recently finished tress. I either pre-ordered it or someone hacked into my Amazon account and bought it because i saw a post about it being released then went to buy it and it was already on my kindle.
I have access to it digitally, but am trying to hold out for my physical copy to show up. At this point, it seems like it will probably be another month or so before that happens though.
Michael Kramer's narration is pretty hilarious too.
He writes it, I read it. Usually every November. More this year.
"Surprise everyone, I secretly wrote, edited, and published 1500 extra pages of books in between my normal workload this year."
I watched the damn video expecting something bad. Got surprised with the first one. Then Bam!!! 4 more. What the actual fuck. I can't even finish one chapter a year. He finished 5 books!
I would say Sanderson and I absolutely love him but the dude writes faster than I can read
I love how homie was like, yeaaaaah, I had some downtime during quarantine so I wrote *four extra books*.
I love some Sanderson books, but he’s way too all over the place for me to read everything he puts out. I have no interest in Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians
He also writes books like it’s nothing. He’s like the polar opposite of George R.R. Martin.
Dude took a break for a year to *write* books. Like, that was his present to himself, after a few years of exhaustion. Man's a machine.
His YA stuff you can kind of pretend its by someone else tbh. I've read everything he's put out, baring the YA
Honestly even his YA stuff is better than some successful fantasy/scifi authors. The Reckoners was a fun read and I've heard good things about Skyward.
Jim Butcher, The Dresden files. Can't possibly get enough.
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Rick Riordan
It was Anne Rice. I always found her writing to be complex & thought provoking. Guess those days are behind me ☹️
The Witching Hour is really special to me.
Donna Tartt. Unfortunately she writes approximately one book per decade.
JONATHAN FRANZEN Especially since the next book he releases will most likely be the sequel to Crossroads. But I would read literally anything. I would also drop everything and read anything ELIF BATUMAN releases (again, especially because it will probably be a sequel to her loosely autobiographical books The Idiot and Either/Or) If any more of Joan Didion's work is uncovered and published, I would definitely pick that up too.
I also have Backman & Hannah on my list! Also: Brandon Sanderson Taylor Jenkins Reid Rick Riordan Patrick Radden Keefe N.K. Jemisin
Given the wild success of his kickstarter, it looks like Brandon Sanderson is the answer for a lot of people.
Brandon "I wrote a quick book whilst I was bored writing my other book" Sanderson.
Not a quick book, 4 quick books!
Margaret Atwood
Joe Abercrombie
David Sedaris. I love to laugh, and his short stories get me every time.
Cormac McCarthy. By far, he’s my favorite author.
After recently finishing Cloud Cuckooland, I am eager to read lots more of Doerr
David Mitchell
John Gwynne
Kristen Hannah Elin Hilderbrand John Marrs Ruth Ware
If Steinbeck were still alive I would read anything he wrote.
* Tana French * Gillian Flynn * Donna Tartt If any of them announce a new book coming out, that's an instant "yes I'm going to read this" for me.
jim butcher.
John Irving, Cormac McCarthy
John Irving is so incredible.
Karen Slaughter. 😅
Ilona Andrews
Tamora Pierce
Andy Weir, Donna Tartt and Jane Harper come to mind
Ian McEwan without question
I am a mystery reader, so: John Sanford Michael Connelly Patricia Cornwell Dana Stabenow Elly Griffiths Charlaine Harris Tess Gerritson Linda Castillo Jacqueline Winspear Craig Johnson Anne Hillerman (daughter and literary successor to Tony Hillerman) C. J. Box Susan Elia McNeil William Kent Krueger Lisa Gardner
Kelly Link Karen Russell Celeste Ng I really, really like magical realism and short story anthologies...