Attention readers: I'm looking for some good authors

[ChisJo]

I'm wondering if anybody would like to recommend some good authors for reading. I love to read, but feel like I've come to the end of my favourite authors. I love getting recommendations from others because that is what opens my eyes to some great authors. I'm not really picky....I'll read anything. I just finished reading all of Janet Evanovich's Plum series, and I've exhausted all of my other authors that are my usual go-to people.

Any suggestions? I read both fiction and non-fiction.

 

[Nancy F]

Start with Naked In Death. It's a great read. JD Robb is better known as Nora Roberts. Another great read is Midnight Bayou buy her.
Nancy

 

[canadaman]

John J Nance! excellent!!!

 

[magickingdommommy]

My faves right now are:

Jonathan Kellerman, Marianne Keys, Luanne Rice and James Patterson

 

[coastgirl]

I have really enjoyed Edward Rutherfurd's historical fiction--"Sarum" and "London". Biiiiig books, interesting characters and great context. ("Sarum" covers the building of Stonehenge and the subsequent community, "London" starts I believe in Roman London, goes through the building of the Tower, and on...) I also read "The Princes of Ireland" but lost interest in the sequel "Rebels of Ireland".

In a similar vein "Pillars of the Earth" was a best seller a few years ago, different author...can't recall.

 

[Ken_Breadbox]

My DW is a huge Evanovitch fan. Some of her other favourites:
--Tamar Myers
--Dianne Mott Davidson
--Kelley Armstrong
--Lora Leigh (racy stuff)
--and especially Maryjanice Davidson

If you're looking to get away from fluff--not that there's anything wrong with fluff--and if you're at all interested in historical fiction, I'd HIGHLY recommend Gary Jennings. AZTEC, THE JOURNEYER, SPANGLE...all wonderful.
Pat Conroy is another favourite of mine. You may have seen THE PRINCE OF TIDES? The book's a hundred times better.
If scifi doesn't scare you--and the good sf shouldn't--try Robert J. Sawyer. His Neanderthal Parallax trilogy is especially good.

 

[damo]

I just read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. I couldn't put it down.

Pat Conroy's (see post above) South of Broad is very good too.

 

[ChisJo]

Johnathan Kellerman....awesome! One of my go to authors.
James Patterson....great!

Read the Art of Racing in the Rain not that long ago and agree...couldn't put it down. There aren't that many books that make me cry, but that was one of them.

Another great book is called "gargoyle" by Andrew Davidson. Don't let the title fool you. That book was great. I really couldn't put it down. I was so into it, that I read it until 4 in the morning, and slept through my alarm for work...oops!

Some of my favorites include Tess Gerritsen (she can be pretty graphic!), Sue Grafton, Lisa Lutz (very funny!), Patricia Cornwell (although her newest stuff is disappointing!), Kathy Reichs (although again, at times, her stuff is disappointing!), Laura Lippman (just started her series), Lisa Gardner. Those are mostly mystery novels, but I read everything. Most of the other fictional books I read come from my book club, and I have enjoyed all of them. I just read "water for elephants" and also cried in that book.

I now work only night shifts and sometimes I can read a whole book in a shift if its quiet, so I can go through quite a bit of books.

Thanks so much for the recommendations!

 

[Chickkypoo]

I also highly recommend James Patterson.

I've also picked up a couple of Stephen White books and have really enjoyed those.

 

[tink1969]

I too, really enjoy James Patterson. I like the "Alex Cross" series of books he has written. Good reading!

 

[Northern_Julie]

Kelley Armstong...and she is Canadian. I am hooked on the Women of the Otherworld series.

 

[cpbjgc]

If you like Fantasy novels that are not all sunshine and roses:

• Steven Erickson - Malazan Empire series (and a Winnipeger to boot!)
• Joe Abercombie - First Law Trilogy
• R Scott Bakker - The Prince of Nothing Saga, or for a scary crime story his Neuropath scared the bejeepers out of me (Also a Canadian authour)
• Scott Lynch - Gentlemen Thieves series
• Neal Stephenson - The Baroque Cycle - a fiction based around the history of science. He also wrote one of my all time favourite science fiction novels The Diamond Age
• Patrick Rothfuss - Kingkiller Chronicle

If you are interested in Historical Fiction:

• David Liss - his stories are mostly detective type novels set in the past.
• Caleb Carr - The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness - detective novels of the procedural variety when they were still figuring out procedures.

That should get you through the week .

 

[endy]

Another one for James Patterson. I have a hard time putting any of his books down.

 

[Susan R]

I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series...for the longest time I refused to read it because I thought it was just a historical romance and most of those have no plot but a friend kept pushing me and now I am hooked!

I have also just finished Steig Larson's Mellinum series "The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo", "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest". The first one takes a bit to get into but you get hooked if you give it a chance.

There is a really cool book called "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova (I think that's her name). Very suspenseful novel about "Daracula" written from a historical perspective. Her new one called "The Swan Theif" was very dissapointing.

If you want a fun read try Charlaine Harris' "Southern Vampire Series" aka "Sookie Stackhouse novels" aka the books that True Blood is based on. I haven't read any of her other books but the Sookie ones yet but I hear they are good as well.

That's my suggestions for now. At the moment I'm trying to make my way through "Interview With the Vampire" for the third time. I just can't get into it! I think part of it is the narritive but part is just that I keep saying to myself, "Poor you, you're a vampire, suck it up already!"

Susan

 

[2forMe]

I have been reading alot of action/adventure lately. I like Preston and Child, James Rollins, Steve Berry. I have almost read all of their books.. not sure what I will read next.
There is also the The Brotherhood of the Black Dagger... I think that is it.. sort of vampire sexish too!

 

[ont/ohana]

I am a huge fan of Diania Gabaldon- Outlander series,

I also like Laurie R King- Her Mary Russel and Sherlock Holmes series

Mauve Binchy is also a good read

Good Luck

 

[alohamom]

I LOVE Michael Connolly and James Sandford-both mystery but very well written with layered stories and characters

 

[magickingdommommy]

I just finished one by Faye Kellerman - and I really enjoyed it.

And if you are looking for historical romance with very funny characters, try the Bride series by Catherine Coulture.

 

[Mickey1Fan]

Philippa Gregory for historical fiction. In historical order:

The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover and The Other Queen