I don’t know about you, but my bookshelf is overflowing with wonderful authors and it’s been too long since I’ve read someone new, or old but new to me I’m feeling the need to read lately and would like to be exposed to different points of view. So,I’ve decided to include you in my search for new voices to read.here’s a short listof my preferredgenres and authors ..
Crime fiction JamesEllroy
Biographies, including autobiographies ,specificallyabout famous women
Political thrillers Gore Vidal
Anything funny Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins
Strong, sexy, independent women, Jackie Collins
Mysteries Agatha Christie
Classics like Rebecca, wuthering heights
Vampire fiction Ann Rice
Easy reads Dan Brown, JK Rowling
Anything gritty Truman Capote, Harold Robbins
Odd ducks Douglas Copeland, JG Ballard, Anthony Burgess
Don’t b afraid to challenge me or recommend outside my favourite genres
If you’re an author, feel free to plug your work, but you might have to sell me on it
I’m very much looking forward to seeing what recommendations come in. I like to read all of an authors work, so if they’re prolific, that works for me.
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Terry Pratchett. Humorous fantasy. If you are totally unaware of Pratchett’s work, I will be useless at selling it!
Set on the imaginary Discworld, which in not completely unlike our own Earth), There are 40 odd novels that should keep you busy! Magic and mirth abound, cynicism and and dry wit keep them grounded.
Brian Aldiss. Writes across several genres. Best known for his Science Fiction Work.
Try the Helliconia Trilogy…. if you can get it. A sweeping story set on the planet Helliconia that spans three seasons, Spring, Summer, Winter, across the several thousand years it takes for the planet to orbit its star Freyr, and all the generations of people this impacts.
Tom Sharpe. Humour/satire. Was chucked out of South Africa, not least because of his ”views” of the then political system. His rip roaring, side splitting book Riotous Assembly did not endear him to the authorities at the time either! ( it was banned) Wilt and The Great Pursuit are also classics.
Robert Reed. Marrow. Another work of sweeping Science Fiction. I recommended this to John Zande. He got a copy and reckons it is one of the best Sci Fi novels he has ever read.
A planet size starship of completely unknown origin enters the galaxy and humans build spacecraft and set out to intercept it … and so do quite a lot of other species!
I’ve heard of Pratchett, but haven’t read him … yet. I do appreciate the sci-fi tips,a genre I forgot to include
Agatha Christie’s work has stood the test of time. Stories like The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd are still among my favorites across all writers.