I need a new favorite author

[Kassaundra]

Anne McCaffrey, and now her son Todd McCaffrey as Anne is very sick w/ cancer. She has several small series < 5 books that are well written and interesting good story lines. Her biggest by far series of > 20 books is her "Dragon riders" or "Pern" series, and it is awesome, well written great character developement, interesting story lines characters you care about. Mercedes Lackey co writes w/ her some.

 

[CupOJoe42]

Tony Hillerman
Francine Rivers
Tess Gerritson
Erica Spindler - Great mystery/suspense with twists!

The City of Bones, The City of Ashes, etc. (Can't think of the author at the moment!)

 

[AnaD]

I don't care if people have already mentioned these!

Jonathan Kellerman
Patricia Cornwell
George R R Martin
Jaqueline Carey
Sara Donati
James Rollins
Jean M. Auel
Tess Gerritson

Boo. That is all I can think of right now. Now I'm going to go and read MY book

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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No. Don;t think he ever teamed with anyone, although now that he passed on with The Wheel of Time not quite finished (he did completely outline it, though) another author, Brandon Sanderson, was selected to finish the last book; which have turned into three books, the first two written, but I don;t think he can possibly tie up all the loose ends in a single volume unless it is about double the length of any of the previous ones (most are 850 to 950 pages).

Anyways, the series is VERY, VERY good, but I would not compare it to Tolkein.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

mom'sfolly :

...If you like Alcott, you should read Jane Austin. Mostly romances, they are set in middle class England and are about middle class character, values and life. My favorite is Sense and Sensibility.

Along these lines (Regency & Georgian Romance), try anything by Georgette Heyer. She also wrote several historical novels and some crime/mysteries set in the 1920s/30s.​

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Also Pierce's Circle of Magic books.

 

[hmponies]

Have you tired any of the James Patterson stuff? I'm not that into the Alex Cross series, but love the Women's Murder Club books.
I also just read Dean Koontz "False Memory" it was pretty good, crazy but good!

 

[Mattemma]

I just read Deeper than the Dead and Secrets to the grave by Tammi Hoag.Murder Mystery.

Today I finished Two Old Women by Velma Wallis. It was a nice Alaskan story.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Some authors not yet mentioned: Sharon Shinn, Madeleine L'Engle (whe wrote a LOT of stuff--not just A Wrinkle in Time, David Eddings, Katherine Kurtz, Marion Zimmer Bradley (may have been mentioned?), LE Modesitt, Jr, Christopher Stasheff, Garrison Keillor, Diane DUane, JV Jones, Ellis Peters, H. Beam Piper, Alan Dean Foster, James Herriott, Roger Zelazny, Barbra Hambley. Lots more, but I need to go finish painting my pantry.

 

[gritsar]

Oh and "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen was excellent, IMO.