Favorite authors

[Deerfly]

I too enjoy Vince Flynn books and always look forward to new releases. The son of a woman that lives in The Villages attended college with Flynn in Minnesota and is a friend of his.
Another Minnesota author whose books I enoy is John Sanford. I remember him as a reporter for the St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press writing under his given name, John Camp. I have read all of his books most of which have the work Prey in the title and usually involve a seriel killer and a main character, Lucas Davenport. His other books are great as well, the Jason Kidd series and the Virgil Flowers series.
A third author whose new books I look forward to is Lee Child. His Jack Reacher novels are very good entertainment.

[Taltarzac725]

I too enjoy Vince Flynn books and always look forward to new releases. The son of a woman that lives in The Villages attended college with Flynn in Minnesota and is a friend of his.
Another Minnesota author whose books I enoy is John Sanford. I remember him as a reporter for the St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press writing under his given name, John Camp. I have read all of his books most of which have the work Prey in the title and usually involve a seriel killer and a main character, Lucas Davenport. His other books are great as well, the Jason Kidd series and the Virgil Flowers series.
A third author whose new books I look forward to is Lee Child. His Jack Reacher novels are very good entertainment.

I have a lot of the Prey novels and look forward to when a new one arrives. Also really like the Virgil Flowers books by John Sandford.

Have not read any of the Vince Flynn books though.

[redwitch]

Jeffrey Deaver, James Patterson, John Sandford for mystery. I have yet to guess whodunit correctly on Deaver. I used to love the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald.

Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, John Ringo for sci-fi. Not a big fantasy fan.

Definitely not a fan of most "female" books but I thoroughly enjoyed Water for Elephants and The Help.

Books I reread: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Taming of the Shrew; Watson's Play of the Hand (my bridge bible); Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.

There are other authors that I will automatically get their books when they come out but those are my favorite authors. I'm still looking for a new sci-fi author of the Heinlein, Asimov, Clark caliber (hint, hint for you sci-fi fans).

[l2ridehd]

Also like and have read all the John Sanford books. Others I like are David Balducci, James Clavell, Nelson Demille, Wilbur Smith (probably my favorite author), James Rollins, Carl Hiason, Phillip Margollian, Ken Follet, Steve Martainni, Clive Cussler, Pat Conroy, James Patterson and lots of the classics. Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Steinbeck, Tolkein and others. I am sure I murdered the spelling on most of these.

[SteveG]

Lee Child!
Jack Reacher!

[another Linda]

Just went to the Syracuse Author Lecture series tonight and heard Abraham Verghese. Wonderful!!!! If you haven't read Cutting for Stone I highly recommend it. He also wrote My Own Country and The Tennis Partner.

[Barefoot]

Michael Connelly. Jodi Picoult.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.

I grok you

[salpal]

Tom Robbins

According to the LA Times: "Trying to describe a Tom Robbins novel by summarizing its plot is like pointing to a snowflake and asking someone to grasp the concept of downhill skiing."

[Ohiogirl]

by Hilma Wolitzer was a great read - written by a woman from the man's point of view - a recent widower. I think she got it right, but then, I'm a woman.

At any rate, really enjoyed this one, and will be seeking out any others by this novelist.

Currently reading "Heartstopper" by Joy Fielding - set in southern Florida in a town on the Tamiami Trail. A serial killer thriller. Pretty good so far. Not a new book (2007), but one of hers I had missed.

I tend to find a new author I like, read all or most of their books and then move on to another, forgetting that they may still be writing new ones. It's like meeting up with an old friend.

[greenhillsgirl]

My favorite is Richard North Patterson. He writes his own, albeit infrequently, but I have purchased and read every book that he has written. Baldachi is also on my top lister, and I too have just discovered Vince Flynn after asking at Barnes & Noble "who writes like R N Patterson?". No disappointment there. Allison Brennen too.

[tainsley]

Carla Neggers (thrillers...FBI agents, police).
Recently I have been reading books on the history of Florida. "Last Train to Paradise" written by Les Standiford is about the railroad Henry Flagler built from Miami to Key West and it 's destruction in 1935 by one of the worst hurricanes to crash the Florida Keys. Very interesting!

[bubblehead1026]

Yep! Love me some John Sandford. I agree, I like the Flowers books too. I have all the "prey" series, if you have an Ipad, the Kindle app will let you read any book in Mobi format that is sent as an e-mail attachment. You need an Amazon account to open the Kindle app the first time (no cost) after that, it's automatic. I have a tremendous nu,mber of thios sort of stuff in mobi. Tell me what you like, I can e-mail them. IO do it with my wife and daughter's Ipads all the time. It sure beats paying Amazon

[Barefoot]

I recommend "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova.

[Deerfly]

Found a bunch of books by James Lee Burke. Mystery, crime, police procedural, etc
Very talented writer. Many of his books are about situations in and around New Orleans.

[bubblehead1026]

I too enjoy Vince Flynn books and always look forward to new releases. The son of a woman that lives in The Villages attended college with Flynn in Minnesota and is a friend of his.
Another Minnesota author whose books I enoy is John Sanford. I remember him as a reporter for the St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press writing under his given name, John Camp. I have read all of his books most of which have the work Prey in the title and usually involve a seriel killer and a main character, Lucas Davenport. His other books are great as well, the Jason Kidd series and the Virgil Flowers series.
A third author whose new books I look forward to is Lee Child. His Jack Reacher novels are very good entertainment.

Reacher is the original bad ass. About 20 years ago, Tom Selleck would have been perfect to play him!

[Suzi]

James Patterson, John Sanford, Lee Childs, Vince Flynn, Carl Hiasin and Janet Evanovich.(when I need a laugh, Evonavich is IT!! ABC mysteries too.
I love "Reacher" and I think the TV program "Person of Interest" is a take-off of him.

[Madelaine Amee]

Favorite authors for us would be Ruth Rendell, a British female crime writer who always has a psychotic twist woven into her stories. My other half puts Ken Follett at the top of his list, he has just received the Winter of the World, book two in the Trilogy series.

While I am at it, I would like to add that our libraries are excellent, they have always been able to get any books for us, and everyone is so helpful.

[Cedwards38]

Currently into Cormac McCarthy.

[Deerfly]

Reacher is the original bad ass. About 20 years ago, Tom Selleck would have been perfect to play him!

Guess who IS going to portray him. Tom Cruise! Just can't picture it.

[Taltarzac725]

Guess who IS going to portray him. Tom Cruise! Just can't picture it.

Cruise as Reacher. Going to suspend disbelief on this one until I see Reacher. They can work wonders with camera angles, special effects, and other cinematic tricks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher

[chachacha]

would have to say my favorite author is my daughter, Catherine Farnes, who writes books for Christian teens...of course i'm a bit partial :) she has written nine books published by Bob Jones University Press and one which she self-published for adults. most of her stories take place around her home state of montana in the great outdoors.

[Taltarzac725]

would have to say my favorite author is my daughter, Catherine Farnes, who writes books for Christian teens...of course i'm a bit partial :) she has written nine books published by Bob Jones University Press and one which she self-published for adults. most of her stories take place around her home state of montana in the great outdoors.

Christian Novels: Catherine Farnes (http://writingchristiannovels.blogspot.com/2004/07/catherine-farnes.html)

Hope some TOTVers check these out or at least have their grandkids do so.

[chachacha]

Tal, that was so nice of you to post that link, since i am totally inept in that area. yes, she has many loyal fans now and most of the books are going to kindle or ipad or whatever that little contraption is :)

[Taltarzac725]

Tal, that was so nice of you to post that link, since i am totally inept in that area. yes, she has many loyal fans now and most of the books are going to kindle or ipad or whatever that little contraption is :)

You are welcome. I hung out with a very nice Children's Librarian in training while getting my MA in Librarianship at the University of Denver. She almost crushed my hand while watching one of the Indiana Jones' movies in 1983 or 1984. :icon_wink:

Hope she and her friends discover your daughter's works.

[gatherer47]

A fellow Villager has turned me on to author Lawrence Block and his Mathew Scudder series.

[Polar Bear]

Books I reread: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged...

...I'm still looking for a new sci-fi author of the Heinlein, Asimov, Clark caliber (hint, hint for you sci-fi fans).

Asimov is my favorite. I'm on my third time through his entire Robot/Empire/Foundation series (14 books). It gets better each time. I too am looking for sci-fi of the caliber you refer to. I'll let you know if I come across any.

Also...convince me to read Atlas Shrugged! I've been thinking about but just haven't taken the plunge. :^)

[Deb01]

Don Bissett Death Comes In The Morning, The best book that I have read in a long time. So many unexpected twists.

[Geewiz]

Alan Furst - spy adventures in pre-WW2....it's Casablanca in print...start with Dark Star.

James Clavell - Shogun and Tai-Pan

Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera

Tom Wolfe - Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff

Nabokov's Candy - "Good Grief, it's Daddy!"

and Harry Potter

[Hancle704]

I have enjoyed many books by several of the authors mentioned, Baldacci, Flynn, DeMille,Connelly, but saw no mention of Daniel Silva. Great stories but I suggest you look for the Gabriel Allon series and read them in order. Also not mentioned is Wilbur Smith who writes some great epic adventures about the Courtney family in Africa. If interested , look for them in chronological order, they go from the first settlers in So. Africa to current days.

I also enjoyed the Ken Follett novel Fall of Giants and will look for his newest once it comes out in paperback.

[LatDoc]

Since I have gotten into reading E-books....I always try the sample first...every one has a sample....If I love it I buy it...if not I just move on....I seldom read paper books anymore.
I didn't see Robert Tanenbaum mentioned....I loved some of his but not all...Conroy is my favorite but he has a few stinkers (My Winning Season). I wish I had gotten to meet Verghese....loved Cutting for Stone.
Lots of sites to recommend books to read based on what you like...one is fantastic fiction.com....try it...there are many others.