kidsmoke Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 This one's a spin-off from the now reading thread. What authors have you read who are so important & enjoyable to you that you would read almost anything they wrote? Off the top of my head: T.C. Boyle, Louise Erdrich, and Alice Hoffman. John Irving too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Tim O'Brien and A.S. Byatt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Ooh. Good question. Off the top of my head my favorites (I am sure I will forget someone): David Foster WallaceTom RobbinsDouglas CouplandNeal StephensonJack Kerouac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 John IrvingHunter S ThompsonIan McEwanMartin AmisKurt Vonnegut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griddles Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Thomas Pynchon, Huruki Murakami and Philip Roth are the only three authors that I can say I have read everything they have published. But I have many other favorite authors the first that comes to mind is Joyce Carol Oates. Oh and JD Salinger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Also, George Saunders! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I haven't read everything that any of my favorite authors have written. But I'm a huge fan of Michael Chabon and Louis de Bernieres. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Richard RussoDennis LehaneMichael Malone And since she only wrote one novel and that one novel happens to be the absolute best, I'd read Harper Lee's grocery list and check register if she'd publish them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I've read almost everything by John Updike, but he was so prolific that I don't think anyone could have read everything. And Anne Tyler, except I still haven't gotten around to her two most recent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 David Mitchell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Richard RussoDennis LehaneMichael Malone And since she only wrote one novel and that one novel happens to be the absolute best, I'd read Harper Lee's grocery list and check register if she'd publish them.Oh, I forgot Richard Russo! I still have books of his to read, lucky me. Did Dennis Lehane ever find his missing doggie? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Oh, I forgot Richard Russo! I still have books of his to read, lucky me. Did Dennis Lehane ever find his missing doggie?I recently finished reading Nobody's Fool for the second time. No, there's been a several sightings that have proven fruitless. Either that dog is getting around or Massachusetts is teeming with stray beagles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Damn. I hope she makes it home. I've read nothing of Lehane's, where should I begin? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ripthisjoint908 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Jack KerouacHenry David Thoreau Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Damn. I hope she makes it home. I've read nothing of Lehane's, where should I begin?The Given Day is good literature. Mystic River is both good literature and top-notch mystery. His detective series has six books, four are really good for that genre, starting with A Drink Before the War. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 I'm scribbling these down on my Want-to-Read list, thank you! And this thread is reminding me of several other authors of whose writing I want to read, or read more. We have a pretty well-read community here on VC! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Updike was the man. Haven't found a poem, short story, or novel of his that I did not like. I realize that not all of his writing is great, but I cop to being way biased on this. Another vote for TC Boyle and John Irving here, too. Many juniors at the high school where I teach have to read Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, and all of our seniors read Boyle's short story Greasy Lake. Love that story. Oh, and Annie Proulx. Loved The Shipping News, and Brokeback Mountain is my favorite short story by anyone, ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Frank Herbert.I have read/listened-to the original Dune novels several times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Frank Herbert.I have read/listened-to the original Dune novels several times. those are good reads. i also enjoyed the hell out of The Foundation Trilogy but haven't read any other Asimov. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Stephen KingPaul AusterTom Perrotta Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Honore de BalzacDickensWilliam StyronJohn Fowles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 John SteinbeckHSTLarry BrownHemingwayBukowskiEdgar Allan PoeFlannery O'ConnorMartin ClarkLeif Enger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Kilgore Trout Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Flannery O'ConnerJohn UpdikeJack KerouacCormac McCarthyJame Lee Burke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 So many to choose from Of course Kerouac and Burroughs.I used to read alot of Emile ZolaTolstoy and DosteyevskyDos Passos, Steinbeck, Frank NorrisThomas Wolfe Will think of some others. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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