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I am a huge James Patterson fan.....suspense/murder novels are my favs.

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You mean you actually read?! :D

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The Catcher In The Rye -- Hunter S. Thompson

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I'm a Sci fi fan...It's more of an escape than other books...

My fave was the Mission Earth Series by L.Ron Hubbard...10 books long but a great read!

He wrote some pretty killer sci-fi

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Terry Pratchett with his Discworld Novels. Awesome writer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_novels

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Tom Clancys' Red Storm Rising

John Stienbeck
Ernest Hemmingway

Too many to list to be honest but some of my top choices.

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As am I.
When I get home, I will post a list of a bunch of authors I enjoy.

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Isn't Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger?

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The Catcher In The Rye -- Hunter S. Thompson

I'm gonna guess that the above is fav novel/author.

I don't read fiction. My favorite author is Steven Ambrose. The book that most shaped my world view is The Sum of Good Government by Phil Crane.

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Makes sense to me now.

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I tend to like the horror genre when I have time to read for pleasure.

Stephen King....love "Pet Semetary" and "Misery".
Dean Koontz....favorite is "Midnight".

Also dig Richard Preston. My favorite from him is "Demon in the Freezer". Truth can be scarier than fiction. ;)

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I read Demon In The Freezer. Spooked me good. :eek:

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Reading The Last Continent now. I love Pratchett.

I have to say that the only book I can go back and read cover to cover, I've done it many times, is Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game.

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Reading a lot of Nelson DeMille right now. Like Vince Flynn, and John Sanford. Brian Lumley did a series on vampires and such in the Necroscope series. Good stuff.
Also a big Stephen King fan. Loved The Stand and It.

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Yeah, it's some chilling chit, ain't it Peter?

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Gotta say that my favorite novel is 1984
Favorite author is probably Orwell, HST, or Tim Dorsey

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enything by peter f hamilton

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In no particular order:
Harlan Coben
Michael Connelly
Patricial Cornwell
Robert Crais
Philip Margolin
Ridley Pearson
John Sandford
Iris Johansen
Faye Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman
Jeffrey Deaver
Lisa Gardner

I also like the medical thrillers:
Robin Cook
Tess Gerritsen
Leonard Goldberg
Michael Palmer

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im mainly a fantasy buff.

- Robert Jordan
- George R Martin
- JR Tolkien
- Janny Wurtz
- Stephen Erikson
- David Windgrove
- Stephen Donaldson

Plus a whole boatload of others.

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Is it Lupus? ;)

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Maybe I will try this alphabetically

James Lee Burke(fav detective series)
Michael Chabon
Bernard Cornwell
Umberto Eco
Elizabeth George
Tess Gerritson
Tami Hoag
Robin Hobb
Khaled Hosseini
John Irving
P.D. James(fav British mystery writer)
George RR Martin
Alexander McCall Smith
Robert Parker
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
Ian Rankin
James Rollins
JK Rowling
CJ Sansom
Jeff Shaara
Wilbur Smith
JRR Tolkien


Now, favorite novels...hmmm Maybe I will list the top books for 2008(read 73 so far)

My all time favorite for 2008 was The Host, by Stephanie Meyer(her first adult fiction)

Second favorite was Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Third favorite is a tie- Edgar Sawtell or The Private Patient(PD JAMES)

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Dave Robicheaux rocks!

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1. William Faulkner
2. Hemmingway
3. Twain
4. Hunter S. Thompson
5. James Joyce

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Favorite book: "The Big Sky" by A. B. Guthrie
Authors: Old school, Hemingway
New school, Cormac McCarthy

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I don't think I could pick one favorite, but these are the novels I keep reading over and over again:

Ulysses - James Joyce
The Border Trilogy - Cormac McCarthy
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The short stories of Paul Bowles. Okay, they're stories, not novels, but I'm re-reading them now and damn are they good.

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Thanks for a new name. I've never read Windgrove. I need to get Wurts' newest one... or maybe not so new. I think it's called Traitor's Gate?

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volfan, you would probably really like Christopher Moore and Neil Gaiman as well.

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Although there are many good novels and authors my fav's are:

Writer: Leon Uris
Novel: Trinity (by Leon Uris)

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Dean Koontz - False Memory
Stephen King - Dark Tower Series (About to embark on my 4th read through)
Tom Clancy - Without Remorse
JK Rowling - Harry Potter series (Nice fun fluffy read)
Lost Souls - Poppy Z. Brite

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Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, Ken Follett, Gore Vidal, some Anne Rice, reading my first John Case

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Absolutely love "American Gods" and "Good Omens" with Terry Pratchett

Let someone I used to work with borrow "Gods" and never got it back :fl
I have been more cautious with my books since then

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I forgot about JK Rowling. I loved the HP series.

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Some of my favorite books:

Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Roberto Bolano - The Savage Detectives
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 years of solitude

Authors I keep going back to:

Hunter S. Thompson
Chuck Palahniuk

Favorite new (at least for me) author:

Anthony Bourdain

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My favorite book is Blue Like Jazz. I know it's not a novel, but it's really good.

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Stephen King
Robert Jordan
Fred Saberhagen
George R.R. Martin
David Eddings
Terry Brooks
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dave Duncan
Joel Rosenberg
Tad Williams
Clive Barker
David Gemmell
Steven R. Donaldson
Douglas Niles
Stephen R. Lawhead

and a few others that i cant remember right now

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I read a number of different genres, but as for favorite authors (my "go to" authors :D,) I'd have to say Robert Jordan (R.I.P.)--specifically the Wheel of Time series--in fantasy and Stephen Baxter in sci-fi. The wife & I both will read every John Sandford book as soon as it's released, although we prefer the audioversions read by Richard Ferrone. Good stuff.

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:tpd::tpd::tpd:

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Gotta vote for Stephen King, just about anything he writes.

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I agree 100%. My favorite from him is the Gunslinger series. I read them all back to back to back..... this past summer.

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Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
- ****o
- The Acid House (short stories)

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All time favourite novels?
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - Tolkein
American Gods, Anansi Boys, Stardust, Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Bill, The Galactic Hero - Harry Harrison
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
1984, Animal Farm - George Orwell
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman
Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett
Armageddon: The Musical, Armageddon: The B-Movie, Armageddon: The Remake - Robert Rankin (Elvis with a time traveling sprout in his head - check it out)
Before & After - Matthew Thomas ("A novel featuring exploding sheep, Nostradamus, and the end of the world" - what more could you want from a book? Apart from Elvis with a time traveling sprout in his head?)

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I love that series. The Shadow series is great too.

I'm a Sci-fi Fantasy fan when I get the chance to read. Some of my favorites are:

Isaac Asimov
Robert Heinlein
Orson Scott Card
Dan Simmons

My favorite book(s) would have to be the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons

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The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Trilogy - Douglas Adams.

I read it at least once a year and it never gets old.

I've got my towel ready,
Michael

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Stephen King "Bag of Bones"
Dan Brown "Angels & Demons"
Gossip Girl series...okay just kidding :)

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Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

Jack Kerouac - The Dharma Bums

William Gibson - Pattern Recognition

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Dooge I have loved every one of them I have read!

All time I would have to say that R.A. Salvatore is my favorite. Peter Hamilton is also a very good read for me.

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G.K. Chesterton - Manalive

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Author- Jame Patterson or early Dean Koontz

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Dennis Lehane,Boston guy lots of great stuff.:D

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I like Brad Meltzer, Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.