fif1435 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 David McCulloughI'm a big history fan.Actually, I'm a fan of little history, too, if the story is well-written. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 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. Also Erik Larson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Raymond CarverCharles BukowskiHenry MillerJack KerouacKevin CantyJ.D. SalingerFrederick ExleyHunter S. ThompsonKnut HamsunJohn Updike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Philip RothJohn IrvingHaruki MurakamiJeffrey EugenidesMichael ChabonNorman MailerSaul BellowKurt VonnegutHubert Selby Jr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Kilgore TroutYep. Vonnegut, for sure. Also:J.D. SalingerHarlan EllisonSalman Rushdie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 And, maybe I need to clear my head and give him another fair shot, but I generally find Pynchon to be insufferably long-winded.(Although I do appreciate his sense of the absurd.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 And, maybe I need to clear my head and give him another fair shot, but I generally find Pynchon to be insufferably long-winded.(Although I do appreciate his sense of the absurd.)I have read only one Pynchon ("V") and found it a difficult yet satisfying read. I may have to try another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I have read only one Pynchon ("V") and found it a difficult yet satisfying read. I may have to try another. I apparently don't have the intelligence for Pynchon. Got about 20 pages into Gravity's rainbow and realized I had absolutely no idea what was going on in the slightest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I apparently don't have the intelligence for Pynchon. Got about 20 pages into Gravity's rainbow and realized I had absolutely no idea what was going on in the slightest. Me too. Screw Pynchon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 No mentions of Joyce here, either, largely regarded as one of the greatest authors ever. I've read several of his books and felt like taking a melon scooper to my eyeballs each time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 There should be a "Worst Books" thread. Years ago I had to read something called the sisterhood of traveling pants for a book club. The book club meeting itself consisted of everyone yelling at the host for picking that book. That was rewarding, the book sure wasnt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I am wondering why NOJ is in a book club for teenage girls. Probably better not knowing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Long story, but it has it's roots based in the whole tranny thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Free your mind and your ass will follow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Your ass-less chaps-wearing ass, eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I tend to like particular novels or nonfiction over having favorite authors, but here are a few I like a lot Bill BrysonF. Scott FitzgeraldCharles Dickens (really)Emily Dickinson (only poet I'd count as a favorite) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I know it always sounds bullshitty and pretentious or whatever but Mark Twain really is one of my favorites. If you have not read Huckleberry Finn since high school, give it another read. Truly the great American novel. Oh, and Stephen King. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Not mentioned so far: John FanteRaymond CarverThomas HardyJames Ellroy Already mentioned: John IrvingJack KerouacKurt VonnegutErnest HemingwayFlannery O'ConnorCharles Bukowski Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I tend to like particular novels or nonfiction over having favorite authors, but here are a few I like a lot Bill BrysonF. Scott FitzgeraldCharles Dickens (really)Emily Dickinson (only poet I'd count as a favorite)I love Dickens, I went through a phase were I read about 5 novels back to back. Great Expectations is in my top 10 all time fav list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 I know it always sounds bullshitty and pretentious or whatever but Mark Twain really is one of my favorites. If you have not read Huckleberry Finn since high school, give it another read. Truly the great American novel. Oh, and Stephen King. I love Mark Twain. Also Jane Austin. Both, in very different ways, are wickedly witty observers on the human condition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I love Dickens, I went through a phase were I read about 5 novels back to back. Great Expectations is in my top 10 all time fav list. Same here re: Great Expectations! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I love Mark Twain. Also Jane Austin. Both, in very different ways, are wickedly witty observers on the human condition. Twain is marvelous. He does get overlooked as a "children's" author in some ways, unfortunately, as though we outgrow Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. As an English major, I must confess my reading experience is pitifully lacking in Austin and--shame--Shakespeare! When I was in college, there was a move toward lesser-known authors or canonized authors' lesser-known works rather than classics, which was both good and bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 On Dickens, I've read Xmas Carol and Tale of 2 Cities. Loved Xmas Carol, didn't get into A Tale of 2 Cities until the final 1/3. Not exactly high literature, but I love Nick Hornby. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 On Dickens, I've read Xmas Carol and Tale of 2 Cities. Loved Xmas Carol, didn't get into A Tale of 2 Cities until the final 1/3. Not exactly high literature, but I love Nick Hornby.I read A Christmas Carol and it was a revelation being inside of Scrooge's head. Completely changed the story for me... for the better and destroyed any hyper-sentimentality that the movies displayed that was such a turn-off for me. Just a great, great book. Loved it. Right after I finished it, I started reading Oliver Twist and had a hard time getting through it. Only got about 1/3 through before I put it down with every intention of finishing it; but I never picked it up again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Bodnia Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Tim Judah, Milorad Pavic, Louis Hémon, Erik Orsenna, Borges, Orwell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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