Favorite authors

Who are your favorite authors in the fiction genre? Non-fiction?
The realm of this question includes the classics. Mine are:

James Patterson
John Grisham
Mary Higgins Clark
Tammy Bruce
Ann Coulter
Pat Buchanan
George Will
John Steinbeck
Bram Stoker
Mark Twain
George Orwell
Arthur C. Clarke

Mine are pretty frivolous actually because I read to escape and not for intellect (most of the time):

John Grisham
Nora Roberts
Sue Grafton
Laurie McBain

and I'm hooked on the Left Behind series

also like autobiographies: just finished "A Long Way from Home" by Tom Brokaw and have bought and not yet read "Lucky Man" by Michael J. Fox. Lauren McCall's "By Myself" was a really good autobiography about the love affair between her and Bogie. Candace Bergan's "Knock Wood" was cute too, about her growing up with Charley as her brother. :)

I have also bought and not had time to read "Leadership" by Rudi Guilliani.

"Leadership", by Rudy Guilliani is high on my purchase list right now, as is Bill O'Reilly's new book. I have also heard that "John Adams", by David McCullough is outstanding..:)

Bill O'Reilly's last book was good, didn't agree with everything he said, but for the most part good...I would like to have his second book too.

I like:

Dean Koontz: His newer novels, not the older ones.
John Grisham
Dr. James Dobson
Charles Dickens
Mary Higgins Clark, except I like hard mysteries to figure out , and hers can be too simple sometimes.
Anne Rule ( I got to meet her when she wrote about a serial killer in Seattle. The serial killer lived next door to my best FRIEND!!!)

anything true story or biographies I like, or religion, theology, medical. LOVE HISTORY

I also like Thornton Wilder..

Edgar Allan Poe
William Shakespeare
Oscar Wilde
Anne Rice
Arthur Conan Doyle

Not necessarily in order but those are a few of my favorite authors. I love to read. The classics are my favorites. I really like all of the Harry Potter books too. I can't wait to get the new book.

Oh King, Im glad you mentioned the Harry Potter books, I have not read them, but heard they are good. I loved J.R. Tolkien's, The Hobbit and the Trilogy of Lord of the Rings....I read them back in the 70s when they were popular and have read them to my son and he cried when I finished, he enjoyed them so much, wanted them to go on forever. LOVE King Arthur stories too.

I think we've covered this before in similar topic :)

I like Diana Gabledon
Ann Rule
Ann Rice
Stephen King (some of his stuff)
Frank McCourt
and A. A. Milne (can't forget the Pooh books, ya know, hehe)

Anne Rule is the master of the diabolical and grotesque, but Poe is still the master of the macabre.

RP

I bet you and I will be fine on this thread... right?

Dag Hammarskjold was Secretary General for the United Nations in the 1950's -1960's. He left behind the manuscript of this book to be published after his death. The title is 'Markings'. It is a diary of his life from when he was a very young man in the 1920's up to the time he died in an airplane crash IN 1961.

In the six years after his first major victory of reelection as Secretary General of the UN of 1954-1955, when he personally negotiated the release of American soldiers captured by the Chinese in the Korean War, he was involved in struggles on three of the world's continents. He approached them through what he liked to call "preventive diplomacy" and while doing so sought to establish more independence and effectiveness in the post of Secretary-General itself.

Hammarskjöld had to deal with almost insuperable difficulties in the Congo. A last crisis for him came in September, 1961, when, arriving in Leopoldville to discuss details of UN aid with the Congolese government, he learned that fighting had erupted between Katanga troops and the noncombatant forces of the UN. A few days later, in an effort to secure a cease-fire, he left by air for a personal conference with President Tshombe of Katanga. Sometime in the night of September 17-18, he and fifteen others aboard perished when their plane crashed near the border between Katanga and North Rhodesia.

I highly recommend "MARKINGS" to everyone and ESPECIALLY YOUNG MEN.

written when he was a young man:
Tomorrow we shall meet,
Death and I.
And he shall thrust his sword
Into one who is wide awake

I frequent both Barnes & Noble and Borders, so I will look for it. I am a fan of autobiographies..:) I also like baseball-themed literature. George Will's Men at Work is one of the best in the genre...

RP

I love to read. Mostly, I read health, history, theology and psychology articles and books. My favorite fictional authors are Anne Rice and Ken Follet. I have not read but two of his books, but I think he is an excellent writer. My favorite of his is Pillars of the Earth.

My favorite Anne Rice book is Queen of the Damned. And although they have done two of her books as movies, I never feel a movie does a book justice. What I enjoy about her books is the philosophical questions behind the storyline. It is much more than tales about vampires. I like the way that the impulsive Lestat in his own way is wondering about the nature of good and evil. He being a vampire wonders if he is supposed to be evil and while he gets in a good deal of trouble, he often does good.

In Queen of the Damned there is a lot of speculation about spirits and where they come from, and she uses her knowledge of history and theology to make interesting conclusions.

I've just completed reading a book by Algenon Sydney. He is one of the writers who the founding fathers of our country drew heavily upon. Most know that they quoted Locke and others famous for their views on republics and democracies. At one time, people were more familiar with Sydney. I learned that he is the one who said the famous, "God helps those who help themselves." He wrote his book in response to Robert Filmer's Patriarca (who argued that the best government is an absolute monarchy).

I would love to read the classics, now. When I was in school, I was not college bound and all my classes were devoted to typing, accounting and other business topics.

When I got my job at the hotel, everyone was reading the "Left Behind" series. I enjoyed them, especially since I left my religion (which some consider cult-like), and I was interested in knowing what other Christian religions taught in regard to Revelation.

Although I am not a fan of science-fiction as a whole, Michael Crichton is also a favorite. Jurassic Park is a must read if you have not seen the movie...:)

RP