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 :-)
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 :-),) 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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:-):-):-)
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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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