This thread lacks Homer. So... Homer.

R.A. Salvatore all the way

gonna have to agree here

Stephen Baxter
Jim Butcher
Frank Herbert

Jack Kerouac
Mark Twain
William S. Burroughs
William Faulkner

I like how everyone in this thread mentions classic authors like Hemingway, Dostojevskij and such, when every single thread (almost) in this forum is about shitty fantasy books and crime fiction. Something isn't right.

Oh and also: Javier Cercas. He's great for a modern writer

This post was edited by Perlee on Apr 24 2012 10:22am

Lovecraft -- Really haven't read much yet, but I have read was great.
Christopher Paolini -- He wrote his first book, which was great, when he was 16. That alone is commendable.
John Steinbeck -- Again, haven't read much but the few I've read were good.
Orwell

It's been a while since I've read a book that I actually enjoyed, so I'm having trouble coming up with a list.

I'm about 90 pages into 1984, and it's looking good so far (might have to add Orwell)

This post was edited by furbyjs on Apr 25 2012 03:06pm

Kurt Vonnegut
Charles Bukowski
Haruki Murakami
John Keroauc
Boris Vian
Philip K. Dick
Paul Auster
Fjodor Dostojewski

Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King.

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