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Recommended Reading, Abby Style
With links to author's sites. Click the names!
. . . and here's the latest books I'm reading.
Favorite Contemporary Authors:
I own multiple books by these authors, because I think they're cool. If you agree,
then you may enjoy my book reviews, and perhaps my
writing.
- Stephen King (I'm a #1 fan, but luckily for him, I'm not
a psychotic nurse)
aka Richard Bachman (even crazier than King, but it's the same guy we know and love)
- George R.R. Martin (prose as engaging as Stephen King's; need I say more?)
- Robert Jordan
(I'm addicted to his Wheel of Time series)
aka Reagan O'Neal (competent
writing, but the characters of the Fallon historical fiction series lack charisma)
- Diana Gabaldon (historical adventure, time travel, romance, beautifully written)
- Scott Sigler (latest wave in horror and science fiction)
- Dan Simmons (I imagine that his books will be considered timeless classics someday)
- Neal Stephenson (fresh style)
- Richard Preston & Lincoln Child (they pull you along)
- Richard Adams (If you even remotely enjoy fantasy, try Shardik and Watership Down)
- Lois McMaster Bujold (I really love what I've read from her so far)
- Anne Rice (always disturbing, and usually riveting)
- Greg Egan (hard science fiction with awesome characters and page-turning plots)
- Tad Williams (I am awed by his Otherland series)
- Octavia Butler (avante garde style, and strong characters)
- Jean Auel (her series was awe-inspiring when it began, but has lost momentum)
- Margaret Atwood (beautiful wordsmith)
- Jonathan Kellerman (I don't usually enjoy the thriller/mystery genre, but he's worth it)
- Brian Lumley (the Necroscope series is highly entertaining, but avoid his attempts at science fiction)
- Dean Koontz (fun for airplane reading)
- Thomas Harris (he's good with suspense)
- Robert R. McCammon (When he's good, he's good)
- Daniel Keyes (Flowers For Algernon)
- Michael Crichton (he made science fiction popular in the 80s)
Favorite Young Adult and Children's Authors:
- Steven Gould (you can't beat his fun, adventure and superhero stories)
- Mark Jeffrey (and they're available for free on audio!)
- Nancy Farmer (heavy issues, makes you think)
- Philip Pullman (dark fantasy)
- John Bellairs (dark magic realism)
- L. Frank Baum (dark fantasy)
Here are some short stories by L. Frank Baum.
- Christopher Pike (a "Dean Koontz" for young adults)
- J.K. Rowling (fantasy)
- Roald Dahl (even his few adult books, such as The Story of Henry Sugar, are great)
- Lois Duncan (my first taste of good, worthwhile horror)
- William Sleator (my first taste of good, worthwhile science fiction)
- Judy Blume (I believe she's already Scholastic reading for most kids)
- Ellen Conford (what a great sense of humor, and lots of fun to read)
- E.B. White (gotta love Trumpet of the Swan and Stuart Little)
Favorite Classics:
- Alexandre Dumas (fast paced and suspenseful, like contemporary best-sellers)
- H.G. Wells (fun, fast-paced, with twisted characters)
- J.R.R. Tolkien (father of modern fantasy)
- Edgar Allan Poe (master of atmosphere)
- Mary Shelley (the fact that Frankenstein was written by an 18th century teenager is impressive)
- William Golding (Lord of the Flies, you know?)
- Herman Hesse (engaging prose)
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