Knight Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 J. R. R. Tolkien, Anthony Horowitz, Neil Gaiman, Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne and hopefully me when I can earn the title. There are plenty of books I read in elementary and early high school that I can't remember the authors of offhand, but have really fond memories of reading them, so props to them as well. I honestly wish I had read much more when I was younger, because being an adult now I barely have the time to read books outside of the ones I read for university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I know I said Jasper Fforde (seriously people, check him out), but I do quite enjoy Rick Riordan's writing. The feels get me every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locust Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Dostoevsky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment is great, Anna Karenina is great, The Brother Karamazov is great, Tycho is great... Marry me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Maybe Gene Wolf or CJ Cherryh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locust Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Crime and Punishment is great, Anna Karenina is great, The Brother Karamazov is great, Tycho is great... Marry me. You're making me blush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I admit I checked to make sure, but Anna Karenina is Tolstoy. I've never read it. Only War and Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Brandon Sanderson is pretty epic. This. (hp lovecraft gets cllose, but i have to ding points for massive racism) My favorate nonfiction author is probably Barbera Tuchman, mostly for "the guns of august", (although her other books like "the zimerman telegram" and "the proud tower" are also good) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotari Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I admit I checked to make sure, but Anna Karenina is Tolstoy. I've never read it. Only War and Peace. I had this exact same reaction. As for me it'd have to be George RR Martin. He's probably a little to mainstream now a days in many people's eyes but for me he's number one. And unlike most I got into his other works before A Song of Ice and Fire so I have some perspective on how he is outside of his big seller. Some of his stories can be major misses but when he's good he's pretty darn good. Pratchet does have to get a mention from me though I admire his brain more than his writing style, which is admittedly great, it's just his perspective and imagination where his real genius lies. You feel less like you're reading something and more like your experiencing someone else's mind. Has anyone read any Wally Lamb? I read I Know This Much Is True about eight or nine years ago and absolutely loved it. I've also recently been hearing some pretty mixed to good things about the Moment I First Believed which has made me want to get into his works proper but dang there are just so many books and so little time (though it would help if I spent a little less time browsing internet forums >.>) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral "Bull" Halsey Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) Niall Ferguson's The War of the World. Edited December 26, 2015 by Formerly Colm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renne Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I used to love Stephen King but then I started reading Hercule Poirot so Agatha Christie replaces him. And I also love Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories/books too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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