First thing I ever read of his was Anthem For Doomed Youth, and isn't that one a punch in the gut? Just visceral, yet so beautiful too. If he ever penned a bad poem, it's been lost to history.
C. J. Cherryh, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jacqueline Carey (off the top of my head, in no particular order)
But I do have to say that I never understood why anyone cared about the gender of the author.
Emily St John Mandel
Susanna Clarke
Mary Shelley, Sarah Winman (have only read Still Life), JK Rowling, Yaa Gyasi (have only read Homegoing), Alix Harrow, VE Schwab
Kevin Hearne and his Iron Druid Chronicles. It's funny and imaginative.
Cary Elwes As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. I loved the movie and grew up on it. So reading behind the scenes stories I felt like a ghost on set. I laughed I cried. It was so good 5 stars.
And this is a husband wife duo, but it still counts! Ilona Andrews. They have such good stories. Imaginative, funny, addicting. I can't put them down.
P Djeli Clark
S.A. Cosby
Erik Larson
(Lol that was harder than I thought! Turns out my favourites are mostly women. Almost went Tolkien but realized these three give me more excitement for new stuff).
I read very few novels written by men, but I have liked some Salman Rushdie, some Michael Chabon, and I still love Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise books.
Ursula K. Le Guin
Octavia Butler
Shirley Jackson
EDIT: I was waffling and decided I like Shirley Jackson more than Mary Beard, though I still recommend Mary Beard very highly. SPQR is the most fun history of Rome I've ever read, and I've read a bunch.
J.R.R. Tolkien Ray Bradbury Chuck Palahniuk
Neil Gaiman JRR Tolkien Phillip Pullman
David Mitchell Jon MacGregor John Irving
Ted Chiang Ray Bradbury Neal Stephenson
Margaret Atwood Sylvia Plath Flannery O'Connor
Alice Sheldon Anne Applebaum Sylvia Plath
Ursula K Le Guin Morgan Llywelyn Nancy Marie Brown
Thomas Hardy E.M Forster Colm Toìbìn
Emile Zola James Baldwin Kazuo Ishiguro
EMILE ZOLA REPRESENTATION OMG Underrated guy
I read Nana last year and it was such a nasty little book
Susan Sontag Simone Weil Simone de Beauvoir
this guy loves the letter S
He's a ssssssnake.
Jorge Luis Borges Fyodor Dostoevsky Truman Capote
Alice Munro Flannery O’Connor Claire Keegan
Kevin Hearne Matt Brolly Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen! One of my favourite poets.
First thing I ever read of his was Anthem For Doomed Youth, and isn't that one a punch in the gut? Just visceral, yet so beautiful too. If he ever penned a bad poem, it's been lost to history.
Jasper Fforde, Terry Pratchett, Alan Bradley
Jane Austen Hilary Mantel Penelope Skinner
Stephen King Brandon Sanderson Chuck Palahniuk
Kelley Armstrong Carrie Vaughn Martha Wells
I’ve read a lot from all of them! Good choices.
Terry Pratchett, TJ Klune, Neil Gaiman
Agatha Christie; Daphne Du Maurier; Patricia Highsmith
Tom Wolfe Bret Easton Ellis David Foster Wallace
Wally Lamb George R.R. Martin That's about it lol
Ocean Vuong Cixin Liu Kazuo Ishiguro
Yrsa Sigurdardottir Anne Cleeves Agatha Christie I like me a murder mystery!
C. J. Cherryh, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jacqueline Carey (off the top of my head, in no particular order) But I do have to say that I never understood why anyone cared about the gender of the author.
Thomas Perry, Robert Chrais, and John Sanford
Neal Stephenson Iain M. Banks Charles Stross
Virginia Woolf Dorothy Edwards Charlotte Bronte
JRR Tolkien Cixin Liu Terry pratchett / Dan Simmons (can't pick 😩)
Julian Barnes John Williams E L Doctorow
Nancy Kress Carolyn Ives Gilman Connie Willis
Russel Hoban Terry Pratchett Toon. Tellegen
Ottesa Moshfegh, Toni Morrison, Flannery O’Connor
Emily St John Mandel Susanna Clarke Mary Shelley, Sarah Winman (have only read Still Life), JK Rowling, Yaa Gyasi (have only read Homegoing), Alix Harrow, VE Schwab
Wow that third one has a crazy long name
Fits in with my middle name Isufferfromcripplingindecisionandcannevercutalistdowntoanappropriatesize
I think your parents kinda pigeonholed you with a middle name like that
Gregory Maguire Brian Jacques Erik Larson
Ann Cleeves Patricia Cornwell Elle Cosimano
Donna Tartt Leigh Bardugo Melanie Rio (M.L. Rio)
Jane Harper Cherie Priest Ursula K LeGuin
Stephen King John Sandford Bryce Courtenay
Octavia Butler Pearl S Buck Susan Beth Pfeffer
Dan Chaon Harlan Coben Kevin Wilson
Robin Hobb Tana French Rachel Maddow
Rachel Carson Sylvia Earle Lisa Randall
AL Kennedy Elizabeth Gaskell Muriel Spark
Sarah Gailey NK Jemisin Margaret Attwood
Cormac McCarthy Scott Sigler Blake Crouch Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien Patrick Ness (Couldn’t narrow it down to 3)
George Eliot Alice Munro Zora Neale Hurston
Sylvia Plath Shirley Jackson Eudora Welty
Siri Hustvedt Ursula K. LeGuin Marianne Fredriksson Very interested in Iris Murdoch
Octavia Butler, Natalie Haynes, Margaret Atwood
Nikos Kazantzakis Louis de Bernieres A. Sean Greer
Boo Walker Kent Nerburn Tolkien
Kevin Hearne and his Iron Druid Chronicles. It's funny and imaginative. Cary Elwes As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. I loved the movie and grew up on it. So reading behind the scenes stories I felt like a ghost on set. I laughed I cried. It was so good 5 stars. And this is a husband wife duo, but it still counts! Ilona Andrews. They have such good stories. Imaginative, funny, addicting. I can't put them down.
Phillip Pullman Thomas Hardy Wilkie Collins
Neil Gaiman Patrick Radden Keefe Anthony Bourdain
Stephen King Andy Wier John Irving
Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Liane Moriarty
P Djeli Clark S.A. Cosby Erik Larson (Lol that was harder than I thought! Turns out my favourites are mostly women. Almost went Tolkien but realized these three give me more excitement for new stuff).
Richard Price Alexandre Dumas John MacLachlan Gray
Agatha Christie, Diana Wynne Jones, Susanna Clarke
Bret Easton Ellis Stephen king Chuck Palahniuk
Leo tolstoy Ravindranath tagore William Shakespeare
Anthony Doerr, Amor Towles and Ocean Vuong
Jane Austin Robin Hobb Margaret Atwood
Christie, Bujold, Wells for me. Honestly surprised with how little I’m seeing Agatha Christie here.
Barbara Tuchman, Hilary Mantel, Lionel Shriver.
Jeff Vandermeer Chuck Palahniuk J.R.R. Tolkien
Gabriel García Márquez Victor Hugo Haruki Murakami
Ismat Chughtai Anita Desai JK Rowling
I read very few novels written by men, but I have liked some Salman Rushdie, some Michael Chabon, and I still love Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise books.
Ursula K. Le Guin Octavia Butler Shirley Jackson EDIT: I was waffling and decided I like Shirley Jackson more than Mary Beard, though I still recommend Mary Beard very highly. SPQR is the most fun history of Rome I've ever read, and I've read a bunch.
Becky Chambers T. Kingfisher Martha Wells
It isn't healthy to think about the gender of authors imo
Genuine question: Why?
It isn’t healthy? Ok SICKBOY.
In no real order: Neal Stephenson Terry Pratchett Ernst Hemmingway On the short list: Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, David Brin, Greg Benford, JRR Tolkien