Favorite authors, and book recommendations...

[Matrinka]

Oh I have quite a few to recommend:

ANYTHING by LJ Smith if you can get your hands on them. Yeah, they're YA supernatural romance, but so well written that they rock. I just wish they'd publish the last title in her Nightworld series. We got all the way up to the apocalypse when the author fell ill and stopped writing. Now, she's having trouble getting the last title published. Sucks, but at least she's working on it now.

The Dark Jewels by Anne Bishop. I love these books. Actually, I've read the trilogy about 1000 times now. Very dark and twisted. Not for the weak stomached - plenty of horrible moments, but so well written that its worth the disgust. The story is very epic, but its the characterization that makes these books top notch.

Lamb by Christopher Moore. As an agnostic Jew, I think its funny that one of my favorite books is about the life of Jesus Christ. But this book is hilarious. While its based on a religious figure, its more about the friendship between Joshua (aka, Jesus) and his best friend, Biff as they travel the world doing all sorts of bizarre stuff (like learning Kung Fu and meeting the Abominable Snowman). Excellent stuff.

I'm sure I'll think of more later.

[fujifox]

I seriously LOVED Tamora Pierce a while back. (There's no BI~G libraries filled with English books here )
Terry Prattchet is all I read since it's all I'm sent. (I love them though)
Some books in the Redwall series
Oh and the Artemis Fowl series even though I didn't like the ending very much.(there's only three right)
I'll stop now since my list'll go on forever.....

there's 4 artemis fowl ones and a 5th one is coming out. i can't wait! i love tamora pierce too! i have to read the redwall series yet. i also love many of corneilia(sp?) Funke and garth nix books. my list could go on forever too, so to sum it all up, i like many fiction/fantasty books, but i don't mind reading realistic books either, such as katie.com, a child named it (and the other 2 books in that series) and after.

[Albadror]

OOH. I got another book. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies. I loved it. It's a VERY quick read.

I loooved that one! And true, it is a very quick read. I'd reccomend This Is All by Aidan Chambers, aawesome book!

[ochazuke=yummy]

Ooh, I thought of another one! Gerald Morris does the most hilarious versions of the King Arthur stories. I love the way he portrays the characters and adds his own to put a spin on familiar stories. There's also just the right amount of seriousness to keep it from being too light. Soooo much better than The Once and Future King. If I could somehow kill that book and eradicate all existing copies of it, I would. My favorite of Gerald Morris is The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf and The Princess, the crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight.

[Gideon Brown]

I would always recommend Stephen King, as he's my favourite author. I was caught up in the Dark Tower series last year. I started in May and finished in August, and when I was finished, I felt something was missing.

I also love Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. She's has the most amazing way of writing that leaves the reader feeling more educated.

When I'm in a romancy mood, and want a book that doesn't require a lot of thinking, I'm more apt to read Luanne Rice. She's a fresh voice, after growing up reading V. C. Andrews books. Which makes me ask this question... if the woman is dead, how can she still be writing?

Stephen Baxter's Manifold trilogy is a definite must for any Scifi fan. Which I'm not, lol.

The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende is probably the best Fantasy book I've ever read. The movies that I watched as a child could not hold a candle to the book itself, which in all reality never really ends. How I wish all of the Fantasia books were written in English. But that is another story for another day.

If you like a good laugh, pick up a book by Christopher Moore. He has written Fluke, or I Know Why The Winged Whale Sings, which I randomly picked up while putting books away at the library (worked there during high school). All of his books have left me laughing, and probably waking up my parents in the middle of the night, because I read to all hours of the morning.

Richard (because his real name turns into a smurf on here) Francis is a great mystery writer, although an unofficial biography claims that he doesn't write his novels, that his wife does. However, with his vast knowledge of horses, from his past career as a jockey, he has left me reading as many of his mysteries as I can. I love horses.

[halfbakedbliss]

Wilde, but definitely not books about him.

[Lisolette]

Sherryl Jordan. I read her Winter of Fire and it's my favorite book to this day. Also Dean Koontz, he scares the crap out of me.

[Rachel]

three authors off the top of my head that are really good are Jane Green, Marian Keyes and Cecelia Ahern.

[xerashigreens]

what about mists of avalon? ^^ its one of those king arthur based stories that is cut into three sections from three womens point of view and living. i think it was pretty good and nice and long especially. its by marion zimmer bradley his dark materials series is also good, but i think its for more youngerish peoples. ^^ (by philip pullman if you wanna know)...hmm. there's also stephen king books. my favorite series last year was REDWALL. by Brian Jacques its about animals who live in an abbey and evil creatures who always 'go for the gold'. each book is a new generation of characters, and they always have puzzles and poems in them
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[Kittygirl123]

I reccently read a good book called Elsewhere. My family read and liked it too.

[Uncle Xyzzy]

Orson freakin' Scott Card. And everything he's ever written: Ender's Game, it's sequels, his fantasy, everything.

Srsly.

[KAMiNix2]

Mitch Albom books are great!
I also recommend "The Face on the Milk Carton" and the books that follow it. They're addicting.
So are the Series of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

[DM was on fire!]

I'm a personal fan of Sue Grafton. She's got an alphabet mystery series that is really good. Unfortunetly, she's almost done with the alphabet. Hope she moves on to numbers next.

Also, for any writer, I definetly suggest No Plot, No Problem, by Chris Baty. I've only read about one-fourth of it, but I love it. I even had to post about it on the NaNoWriMo forums. XD

[Susannahmio]

I have to agree with those that like Stephen King. He is my fav. I have all his books and my favourite is The Dark Half. I do love The Dark Tower though, I am halfway through my 3rd reading of the series and I still love it. I had to put it down to read Lisey's Story that came out last year. I was a little disappointed at first but it's growing on me.

I also enjoy Dean Koontz, though I've only read half of his. John Saul is also pretty good but not on par with King.

I'm a horror junkie!

[halfbakedbliss]

Ethan Frome!