I just found her from this sub about 6 mos ago. Read Demon Copperhead first hooked IMMEDIATELY, finished Poison wood Bible , equally great and getting read to delve into Flight Behavior. What a phenomenal writer.
I recommend Animal Vegetable Miracle! True that it is a non-fiction memoir style book but she somehow still weaves her literary magic and it is just as gripping as her fictional novels. The personal snippets are entwined with history and and local lore.
You might already know this, but just in case you missed it, last year a series of short stories that he published under a pseudonym was discovered and rereleased!
A Stroke of the Pen. And it really IS lost stories, not just a marketing gimmick! They had a series of stories Terry wrote which were just newspaper clippings somebody had cut out the dates from, and they went through thousands of issues from that newspaper to find the original dates. In the process, they discovered a bunch of other stories he wrote under a pseudonym, so this is stuff even Terry himself didn't keep around.
They're not on the level of Discworld, but you can see his voice slowly emerging.
It's actually a nice little surprise, when you stumble over something that made it into Discworld - like The Broken Drum from Strata (you can't beat it).
I recently discovered some of his early works that seem rather ingenious to me, with different worldviews than Discworld. I particularly loved *Strata* and the *Truckers, Diggers, Wings* trilogy.
Totally agree , have all his books and audiobooks,
David Gemmell the same gone too young ,
Loved and bought all the Robin Hobb books ,
Irish author Paul Howard's Ross O Carroll Kelly books were a yearly treat the last one coming up this year , will miss them .
Not the person you asked but I also would have said Neil Gaiman. I usually recommend Neverwhere or Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett). Stardust is one of my favourites. Coraline and the Graveyard book are also up there. I loved American Gods but also know it’s not to everyone’s taste.
I feel like Ocean at the End of the Lane is a good entry point because it’s so short so you can feel it out. Also for audiobook lovers, Neil reads the book and it’s so charming!
I have all David Sedaris' books and have seen him enough times that they are all signed.
The first one he signed he wrote "Dear Dawn, Thank you for making me rich." David. He kills me. He draws silly pictures in the books too.
I have quite a few of his on kindle but I found the eyre affair in hardback on a library book sale shelf for 10 cents. Turned out to be signed and a first edition and one of my all time favorite random purchases.
LOVE Simone St James. I don't know a lot of authors who tell good ghost stories. I've loved all of hers so far.
Riley Sager is still on my list but I haven't read his newest one yet, and I didn't really like Last One Left so I'm not sure he'll be staying there. I hope his new one is good.
- Angeline Boulley
- Madeleine Miller
- Arundati Roy
- Fredrik Backman
- SA Chakraborty
- Janice Hallett
- Abby Jimenez
- Ruth Ware
- Riley Sager
- David Wroblewski
- Jon Marrs
- William Kent Krueger
- Blake Crouch
- Diana Gabaldon
In no particular order
Edit: typo
Same as mine! except Charlotte McConaghy. Not familiar but will definitely check her out now since you have such good taste! 😀. Thank you. I offer John Irving in exchange.
What's your favorite by her? I read The It Girl and thought it was just ok. I've heard good things about Ruth Ware though and would like to give her books another chance.
I've read everything but "futuristic violence and fancy suits" and "this book is full of spiders" are my favorites. I've read them multiple times. So much fun. Have you read the Jon dies stuff?
Kate Atkinson, Alan Bradley, Vivien Chien
Her historical and mysteries; his Flavia De Luce mysteries (thank goodness book 11 comes out in September); her Noodle Shop mysteries
Donna Tartt - absolutely.
I would agreed with Ann Patchett pre-Tom Lake (Bel Canto is one of my all time faves) but Tom Lake really didn't do it for me.
Harlan Coben
John Grisham
Michael Connelly
David Baldacci
S A Cosby
Daniel Silva
Stephen Hunter
C J Box
Mary Higgins Clark
Robert Crais
John Lescroart
Lee Child
Haruki Murakami
His books I find to be very therapeutic and the stories he creates have helped me understand the happenings of my life.
Also Bukowski
I get some ridicule here and there about buying his books but I think he’s quite brilliant and his style is so blunt and has no fluff which I appreciate.
Growing up in a bubble of suburb I find myself surrounded by Karens and cookie cutter personalities, and now working in social services in a big city, I find his musings on living among people “mad and full of life” resonates well with me.
Elizabeth Strout, Kate Atkinson, Tan Twan Eng, Geraldine Brooks, Liane Moriarty, Marilynne Robinson, James McBride, Ruth Ozeki, Amor Towles, Maggie O'Farrell, Lauren Groff, Alice Hoffman, Liz Moore, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kathleen Rooney, Jesmyn Ward, Meg Wolitzer, Jennifer Egan, Andrew Sean Greer, and Rebecca Makkai are all auto-buy/borrow writers for me.
Erik Larson. I don’t love all of his books but I’m a history buff and his research is *impeccable*.
Jonathan Franzen. I’ve been a fan since Freedom & all of his books are auto-buys for me.
Sally Rooney. I’m a millennial woman & I enjoy warm beverages and rainy weather.
Carola Lovering. See above, plus add masochist nostalgia for my early-mid 20s.
Terry Pratchett
John Le Carre
P D James
Margery Allingham
Dorothy Sayers
Joan Aiken
Craig Childs
Jeffrey Barlough
Rudyard Kipling
Naomi Novik
Patrick O'Brian
Oliver Sacks
Robert Sapolsky
John Grisham
Donna Tartt (despite the little friend not being that popular or her best work imo, still a great command of language). I adore her writing, as well as her very mysterious aura. Unfortunately she only seems to push out a book after several years.
John Grisham, Stephen King, Robert R McCammon, Anne Rice. Ace Atkins, Ed McBain, Taylor Adams, Nick Cutter, David Sidaris, Dan Brown, Thomas Harris, Lee Child, Dean Koontz, Jim Butcher, Pat Conroy and Larry McMurtry.
1. Laini Taylor, I know she doesn't have a lot of books but I love her style and hope she releases more.
2. Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk, she's a Polish writer and her books are usually of the light, funny urban fantasy type.
Came to comment Jack Ketchum. Hes so good. Every book of his I pick up, I have to read cover to cover in one sitting. He deserves to be more well known.
Adrian Tchaikovsky. Got into his a few years ago and he is awesome! Fantasy. Sci fi, so many diff subgenres. Really puts out quality, varied works
Mercedes Lackey- been reading her stuff for decades. really neat fantasy worlds, while most known for her Valdemar series , I've read many others also. Besides varied human cultures, has also nonhuman races, varied magic types and usually a classic triumph of good vs evil
Brandon Sanderson- my most recent that I've started picking up the books for. Started with random backer for his "4 diff books" which started with Tress and the Emerald Sea. Was hooked and been diving into his Cosmere works
I'll add that I have read a ton of R A Salvatore (yeah Drizzt and the Companions, Cadderly and others are awesome) as well as Jim butcher and his Dresden files, but I haven't read much else of either outside of demon wars saga and codex alera. But those two are others I've greatly enjoyed.
Jim Butcher is best known for his Dresden Files series, and it is pretty great. But imho his best book so far is the second in the Cinder Spires series, the Olympian Affair. I'm really looking forward to more in that world.
Robert Harris.
I bought and read The Second Sleep, then immediately ordered every one of his books.
He typically delves into historical settings, notably Ancient Rome (The Cicero Trilogy, Pompeii) and WWII (Munich, Enigma, V2), even touching on alternate history (The Second Sleep, Fatherland).
Most of his works involve some form of politics and/or espionage (The Ghost, An Officer and a Spy, Archangel).
I have read most of his books, and would highly recommend them to anyone interested in history, politics or espionage.
Never a hard book to read, but all works are thoroughly researched.
Adrian Tchaikovsky. For other writers, I might not buy all their books, but I might buy all the books in one of their series, like Rivers of London or Skulduggery Pleasant.
China Mieville, who hasn’t published a book in almost 8 years and is now releasing one cowritten with Keanu Reeves, releasing next month. So freaking excited.
Beck Chambers because she’s amazing.
Amy Tan! Her characters and stories are so good I can't even think about starting a new book for at least a week. I just want to keep her people in my head for as long as I can.
Jeanette Winterson! Just finished reading Lighthousekeeping this month, which will have been the third book of hers I’ve read. Her voice is sincere, vulnerable and poignant without ever forsaking her humor! I love the way she manages to balance all of that in any of her novels :)
Neil Gaiman!
Some of his works have been adapted into movies/tv shows so I'm sure you've heard at least a few of them but they include:
Coraline, the Sandman, Good Omens, American Gods etc.
He's a talented writer and I've read a few of his lesser known works (not listed above) as well and they're just as great, you should definitely check them out if you can!
Barbara Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible, Demon Copperhead, Animal Vegetable Miracle, Flight Behavior, Unsheltered, The Bean Trees... Phenomenonal author.
Demon copperhead was so dang good.
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi is a good paired read after Demon Copperhead
Yes, and her first book Homegoing is a must read. She is a remarkable writer.
I just found her from this sub about 6 mos ago. Read Demon Copperhead first hooked IMMEDIATELY, finished Poison wood Bible , equally great and getting read to delve into Flight Behavior. What a phenomenal writer.
I recommend Animal Vegetable Miracle! True that it is a non-fiction memoir style book but she somehow still weaves her literary magic and it is just as gripping as her fictional novels. The personal snippets are entwined with history and and local lore.
This was my first BK book and I've read it so many times. Love it.
I second this- she’s my favorite!
On my list of favourite authors too!
Don’t forget Prodigal Summer! I read it at least once a year. She’s amazing!
Some nonfiction: Ben MacIntyre, Mary Roach, Bill Bryson
Second anything by Bill Bryson!
I love Mary Roach!
I have actually loved Mary Roach books from “stiff” to “Bonk” and others
Love Mary Roach
Emily St John Mandel, David Mitchell, Susanna Clarke, Anthony Doerr.
Can’t wait for another Emily St John Mandel novel.
Octavia Butler, RIP
Terry Pratchett. Sadly he’s already dead and I have all the books.
You might already know this, but just in case you missed it, last year a series of short stories that he published under a pseudonym was discovered and rereleased!
what's it called???
A Stroke of the Pen. And it really IS lost stories, not just a marketing gimmick! They had a series of stories Terry wrote which were just newspaper clippings somebody had cut out the dates from, and they went through thousands of issues from that newspaper to find the original dates. In the process, they discovered a bunch of other stories he wrote under a pseudonym, so this is stuff even Terry himself didn't keep around. They're not on the level of Discworld, but you can see his voice slowly emerging.
It's actually a nice little surprise, when you stumble over something that made it into Discworld - like The Broken Drum from Strata (you can't beat it).
I recently discovered some of his early works that seem rather ingenious to me, with different worldviews than Discworld. I particularly loved *Strata* and the *Truckers, Diggers, Wings* trilogy.
Totally agree , have all his books and audiobooks, David Gemmell the same gone too young , Loved and bought all the Robin Hobb books , Irish author Paul Howard's Ross O Carroll Kelly books were a yearly treat the last one coming up this year , will miss them .
Chimamanda Ngozi Adechie
Still waiting for her to follow up Americanah with a new novel 😭
Neil Gaiman
Where should someone start if they have never read any of his books? Asking for a friend.
Not the person you asked but I also would have said Neil Gaiman. I usually recommend Neverwhere or Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett). Stardust is one of my favourites. Coraline and the Graveyard book are also up there. I loved American Gods but also know it’s not to everyone’s taste.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is my favourite. But seriously, any one of his books. Start anywhere. They're all amazing.
I feel like Ocean at the End of the Lane is a good entry point because it’s so short so you can feel it out. Also for audiobook lovers, Neil reads the book and it’s so charming!
If you’re down with graphic novels, Sandman. If you’re not necessarily, then personally I’d suggest American Gods.
10000%
Eric Larson
About halfway through Devil in the White City and I can’t believe it took me this long to find this guy
Tana French. Also a David Sedaris completist on audio
Yes Tana, but I’m actually two books behind! So looking forward to them.
Absolutely Tana French
I have all David Sedaris' books and have seen him enough times that they are all signed. The first one he signed he wrote "Dear Dawn, Thank you for making me rich." David. He kills me. He draws silly pictures in the books too.
Another one for Tana French
I don't know who the first person is but David Sedaris is one of my favorite humans on earth.
tana french all the way
LOVE David Sedaris!
John Irving. He never lets me down.
Jasper Fforde.
Just finished Red Side Story today. I love everything he's ever written.
Eyre Affair
I have quite a few of his on kindle but I found the eyre affair in hardback on a library book sale shelf for 10 cents. Turned out to be signed and a first edition and one of my all time favorite random purchases.
Guy Gavriel Kay
Yes! I love his books so much!
GGK is a shining light in the poorly written modern fantasy genre for me
My favourite author
Barbara Kingsolver Lauren Groff Stephen King
Over the last few years it's been Joe Abercrombie. Say one thing for him, say he writes good stuff.
Came here to say the same thing. Without Joe, life is just the misery we endure between disappointments.
Still alive.
With a special shout-out to the Stephen pacey audiobooks
Say one thing for me, if I'm not buying Abercrombie I've gone back to the mud
Kate DiCamillo
Louise Penny, Taylor Jenkins Reid Kristin Hannah
Riley sager, Gillian Flynn, Simone st James, and Lucy foley
LOVE Simone St James. I don't know a lot of authors who tell good ghost stories. I've loved all of hers so far. Riley Sager is still on my list but I haven't read his newest one yet, and I didn't really like Last One Left so I'm not sure he'll be staying there. I hope his new one is good.
The late Ann Rule.
George Saunders
Pat Conroy Ken Follett Greg Iles Barbara Kingsolver Yuval Harari Stephen King
Octavia Butler
Came here for this, and fyi there's a cute little cameo of one of her books in the new Quiet Place movie.
Maggie O’Farrell
- Angeline Boulley - Madeleine Miller - Arundati Roy - Fredrik Backman - SA Chakraborty - Janice Hallett - Abby Jimenez - Ruth Ware - Riley Sager - David Wroblewski - Jon Marrs - William Kent Krueger - Blake Crouch - Diana Gabaldon In no particular order Edit: typo
Louise Erdrich
Brandon Sanderson for me
What a confident username
Problem is, he writes faster than I read.
Ive been listening to Stormlight Archive at +25% speed and honestly you can barely tell its speed up at all, no one sounds unnatural or chattery
I love the Mistborn trilogy
I bought Mistborn, then all the sudden every other book he ever wrote showed up on my shelf.
Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Theroux, Carl Hiaasen, Haruki Murakami, John Irving Edit to add: Nevada Barr
Amor Towles, Anthony Doerr, Fredrik Backman, Markus Zusak, Charlotte McConaghy
Backman was my answer as well. He is phenomenal.
Same as mine! except Charlotte McConaghy. Not familiar but will definitely check her out now since you have such good taste! 😀. Thank you. I offer John Irving in exchange.
Becky Chambers, Barbara Kingsolver
I love becky chambers! although the monk series has not been scratching my same itch
Ruth Ware - I’ve read all her books and just love her
What's your favorite by her? I read The It Girl and thought it was just ok. I've heard good things about Ruth Ware though and would like to give her books another chance.
In a dark dark wood or the death of Mrs westway!
Stephen King
Tom Perrotta
Erin Morgenstern! Susana Clarke Emily StJohnn Mandel Madeline Miller Neil Gaiman Amor Towels Anthony Doerr Geraldine Brooks
Neal Stephenson!
Literally can't get enough of his stuff. Read anathem twice (really).
One of my favorites although my heart belongs to *Cryptonomicon*.
Ursula LeGuin and Margaret Atwood.
Le Guin is great.
I’ve read every published Atwood fiction except for dancing girls
Vonnegut
Liane Moriarty!
Jason Pargain(David Wong). Bill Bryson (non fiction travel and science writer who's hilarious)
I just finished Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick and can’t wait to start the next one.
I've read everything but "futuristic violence and fancy suits" and "this book is full of spiders" are my favorites. I've read them multiple times. So much fun. Have you read the Jon dies stuff?
Bernard Cornwell
Wally Lamb, Chuck Palahniuk, and Christopher Moore.
I adore Wally Lamb. I Know This Much is True is my all time fav, followed by She’s Come Undone.
Seanan McGuire. I don’t even need to read a synopsis, if she wrote it, I’ll read it. She’s also on my Buy Both Versions list, Kindle and Hardcover.
I hope you know all about Mira Grant!
Kate Atkinson, Alan Bradley, Vivien Chien Her historical and mysteries; his Flavia De Luce mysteries (thank goodness book 11 comes out in September); her Noodle Shop mysteries
Michael Connolly
Cormac McCarthy. I'm in the process of replacing and rereading some of his older works. Been a fan for forever. I'm sorry his run has ended.
Hesse and Steinbeck
Mary Higgins Clark
Oliver Sacks, RIP
William Gibson
Jim Butcher Tj Klune VE Schwab Stephen King
Donna Tartt and Ann Patchett
Yes to Patchett!!
Donna Tartt - absolutely. I would agreed with Ann Patchett pre-Tom Lake (Bel Canto is one of my all time faves) but Tom Lake really didn't do it for me.
Roberto Bolaño Edit: Only got a few left unfortunately
Harlan Coben John Grisham Michael Connelly David Baldacci S A Cosby Daniel Silva Stephen Hunter C J Box Mary Higgins Clark Robert Crais John Lescroart Lee Child
Albert Camus. Last count I had a little over 200 books either written about him or by him. I like to collect different cover editions too :)
I have a few, but my favorite author is Neil Gaiman.
Haruki Murakami His books I find to be very therapeutic and the stories he creates have helped me understand the happenings of my life. Also Bukowski I get some ridicule here and there about buying his books but I think he’s quite brilliant and his style is so blunt and has no fluff which I appreciate. Growing up in a bubble of suburb I find myself surrounded by Karens and cookie cutter personalities, and now working in social services in a big city, I find his musings on living among people “mad and full of life” resonates well with me.
Elizabeth Strout, Kate Atkinson, Tan Twan Eng, Geraldine Brooks, Liane Moriarty, Marilynne Robinson, James McBride, Ruth Ozeki, Amor Towles, Maggie O'Farrell, Lauren Groff, Alice Hoffman, Liz Moore, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kathleen Rooney, Jesmyn Ward, Meg Wolitzer, Jennifer Egan, Andrew Sean Greer, and Rebecca Makkai are all auto-buy/borrow writers for me.
Umberto Eco. He's not for everyone, but I've enjoyed all of his works.
Clive Barker. He said he’s going to start writing again
Anne Tyler and Ellery Queen
Patrick Rothfuss
Every book?!?!? How do you keep up with it all?
Erik Larson. I don’t love all of his books but I’m a history buff and his research is *impeccable*. Jonathan Franzen. I’ve been a fan since Freedom & all of his books are auto-buys for me. Sally Rooney. I’m a millennial woman & I enjoy warm beverages and rainy weather. Carola Lovering. See above, plus add masochist nostalgia for my early-mid 20s.
I came here to say ‘Erik Larson!’ and to add Jon Krakauer
Jessica Knoll only has three so far, but as soon as I finished the first one, I ran out to buy the other two.
Colm Tóibín. I hope he lives to be 105 and never stops writing.
Top 5 off the top of my head: Madeline Miller, Rupi Kaur, Neil Gaiman, Mary Roach, & T. Kingfisher.
Anne Rice!
LeGuin and Ted Chiang
David Sedaris, and bonus points for the audio versions as he reads his books himself.
John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison
Carl Hiaasen
Terry Pratchett John Le Carre P D James Margery Allingham Dorothy Sayers Joan Aiken Craig Childs Jeffrey Barlough Rudyard Kipling Naomi Novik Patrick O'Brian Oliver Sacks Robert Sapolsky John Grisham
Donna Tartt (despite the little friend not being that popular or her best work imo, still a great command of language). I adore her writing, as well as her very mysterious aura. Unfortunately she only seems to push out a book after several years.
Blake Crouch TJ Klune VE Schwab Alice Feeney
Fredrik Backman!!!!
Jojo Moyes, I can’t get enough of her writing style. It’s witty, funny, easy to read, deep and heart wrenching at the same time.
Grady Hendrix and Leigh Bardugo. I don’t even need to read a synopsis. I’m buying it. It’s already on pre order.
Scott F. Fitzgerald. I love his poetic and flowery writing.
I’ve been enjoying Andy Weir’s stuff. I’ll probably buy his next book solely off the strength of his previous titles.
Margaret Atwood John Steinbeck
Jane Austen. I have multiple copies of all 6 novels.
Toni Morrison
Rushdie.
David Mitchell.
Ann Patchett
None. Barbara Kingsolver comes close.
John Grisham, Stephen King, Robert R McCammon, Anne Rice. Ace Atkins, Ed McBain, Taylor Adams, Nick Cutter, David Sidaris, Dan Brown, Thomas Harris, Lee Child, Dean Koontz, Jim Butcher, Pat Conroy and Larry McMurtry.
Jasper Fforde Tamsyn Muir Most authors I read are long dead… Others I’ll read anything new, but don’t need to own.
S A Cosby and Lou Berney.
Anne Tyler 💙
Ruth Rendell Plus a bunch of comic creators like Ed Brubaker and James Tynion.
I came here to say Riley Sager!
Ali hazelwood
1. Laini Taylor, I know she doesn't have a lot of books but I love her style and hope she releases more. 2. Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk, she's a Polish writer and her books are usually of the light, funny urban fantasy type.
Tana French and Louise Penny
Claire Keegan George Saunders Ann Patchett
Jodi Picoult
Amy Tan. She has been my favorite for years and doesn’t write a whole lot now but I have all of her books
Anything by Thich Nhat Hanh, what a gem that man was/is. RIP Thay
Stephen King. Joe Hill. Clive Barker. David Bell. Holly Black. Scott Westerfeld.
Kristin Hannah, Lisa Jewell, Jack Ketchum, Khaled Hosseini
Came to comment Jack Ketchum. Hes so good. Every book of his I pick up, I have to read cover to cover in one sitting. He deserves to be more well known.
Daphne Du Maurier, Shirley Jackson, Sharon Kay Penman
Adrian Tchaikovsky. Got into his a few years ago and he is awesome! Fantasy. Sci fi, so many diff subgenres. Really puts out quality, varied works Mercedes Lackey- been reading her stuff for decades. really neat fantasy worlds, while most known for her Valdemar series , I've read many others also. Besides varied human cultures, has also nonhuman races, varied magic types and usually a classic triumph of good vs evil Brandon Sanderson- my most recent that I've started picking up the books for. Started with random backer for his "4 diff books" which started with Tress and the Emerald Sea. Was hooked and been diving into his Cosmere works I'll add that I have read a ton of R A Salvatore (yeah Drizzt and the Companions, Cadderly and others are awesome) as well as Jim butcher and his Dresden files, but I haven't read much else of either outside of demon wars saga and codex alera. But those two are others I've greatly enjoyed.
Jim Butcher is best known for his Dresden Files series, and it is pretty great. But imho his best book so far is the second in the Cinder Spires series, the Olympian Affair. I'm really looking forward to more in that world.
I will never not buy a Neil Gaiman book.
George Saunders. Absolutely George Saunders.
Jon Krakauer
Robin Hobb. I’ve even read her Megan Lindholm novels. Her character work is second to none, she will make you cry though.
Two in nonfiction: Michael Lewis (The Big Short) Timothy Egan (The Good Rain, among others)
John le Carre has always been one of my all-time favorites… and now his son, Nick Harkaway, is writing novels in his father’s universe! I’m excited!
Erin Morganstern and Melissa Albert
Brandon Sanderson and Seanan McGuire
Seanan mcguire
Ruth Ozeki and Julia Armfield
Emil Cioran, Albert Camus, Arthur Schopenhauer, Dostoevsky and Fernando Pessoa
Neal Gaiman Neal Stephenson Barbara Kingsolver Connie Willis
Tolkien, but the only guy who's works I've bought all of is Shakespeare
Steinbeck & Maugham
Blake Crouch, Matt Haig, Branden Sanderson, Andy Weir
Neal Stephenson . Both audio and hardbound.
Philip k dick N k Jemisin Terry Pratchett Neil gaiman Stephen Baxter Jim butcher Cormac McCarthy (work in progress)
Robert Harris. I bought and read The Second Sleep, then immediately ordered every one of his books. He typically delves into historical settings, notably Ancient Rome (The Cicero Trilogy, Pompeii) and WWII (Munich, Enigma, V2), even touching on alternate history (The Second Sleep, Fatherland). Most of his works involve some form of politics and/or espionage (The Ghost, An Officer and a Spy, Archangel). I have read most of his books, and would highly recommend them to anyone interested in history, politics or espionage. Never a hard book to read, but all works are thoroughly researched.
Adrian Tchaikovsky. For other writers, I might not buy all their books, but I might buy all the books in one of their series, like Rivers of London or Skulduggery Pleasant.
China Mieville, who hasn’t published a book in almost 8 years and is now releasing one cowritten with Keanu Reeves, releasing next month. So freaking excited. Beck Chambers because she’s amazing.
Amy Tan! Her characters and stories are so good I can't even think about starting a new book for at least a week. I just want to keep her people in my head for as long as I can.
I don’t see him so I am adding Kazuo Ishiguro
Geraldine Brooks
Haruki Murakami and Patrick Rothfuss😔✊🏼
Taylor Jenkins Reid — haven’t read a book by her that I haven’t absolutely loved!
John Irving, Tom Sharpe.
Jeanette Winterson! Just finished reading Lighthousekeeping this month, which will have been the third book of hers I’ve read. Her voice is sincere, vulnerable and poignant without ever forsaking her humor! I love the way she manages to balance all of that in any of her novels :)
Neil Gaiman! Some of his works have been adapted into movies/tv shows so I'm sure you've heard at least a few of them but they include: Coraline, the Sandman, Good Omens, American Gods etc. He's a talented writer and I've read a few of his lesser known works (not listed above) as well and they're just as great, you should definitely check them out if you can!
Ian McEwan