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Who, according to you, are top 5 five best authors ever??

Here's my list, in no particular order - (may change)

1) Nicholas Sparks
2) Jefferey Archer
3) Khaled Hosseini
4) Sidney Sheldon
5) Amish Tripathi

Ayn rand
homer
mario pujo
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Amish tripathi

Hajarath Prasad wrote: "Ayn rand
homer
mario pujo
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Amish tripathi"

Read all the authors except Ayn Rand. Thanks for sharing!

Its hard to pick just five, but these authors I love!What can I say I am a sucker for a happy endings:)
in no particular order:
Jane porter
Judy Blume
Nicholas Sparks
Kristan Higgins
Eloisa James

Nila wrote: "Its hard to pick just five, but these authors I love!What can I say I am a sucker for a happy endings:)
in no particular order:
Jane porter
Judy Blume
Nicholas Sparks
Kristan Higgins
Eloisa James"

Thanks for sharing !! Love N. Sparks:)

Stephen King
Chuck Palahniuk
Richard Laymon
Patrick Senécal
Agatha Christie

Cath wrote: "Stephen King
Chuck Palahniuk
Richard Laymon
Patrick Senécal
Agatha Christie"

Why am I not surprised by your first two choices....?? :D :D :D

Anyway, great authors! Especially love Agatha Christie.

Jodi Picoult
Kristisn Hannah
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Diane Chamberlain

Thanks for sharing Crystal!!

Stephen Chbosky
Dan Brown
J.K. Rowling
Sidney Sheldon
Amish Tripathi

Love ALL the authors you mentioned.....in fact, I think each of them are among my favorites!!

Ruchi wrote: "Love ALL the authors you mentioned.....in fact, I think each of them are among my favorites!!"

yeah I've seen ur list .. haven't read any of Nicholas Sparks Jefferey Archer Khaled Hosseini

wanna try them...

1) Salman Rushdie
2) Frederick Forsyth
3) Roberto Bolano
4) Ken Follett
5) J R R Tolkein

1)Jane Austin
2)Agatha Christie
3)Charles Dickens
4)Paulo Coelho
5)Khalled Husssani and Harper Lee.

Well for me the list is never ending.

Akhil teja wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Love ALL the authors you mentioned.....in fact, I think each of them are among my favorites!!"

yeah I've seen ur list .. haven't read any of Nicholas Sparks Jefferey Archer Khaled ..."

U have to read them....though N. Sparks is only for romance....do you like love stories?

Stephen King
Pat Conroy
Wally Lamb
Joy Fielding
Jeffery Deaver

No particular order. . . .

Angela Carter
Joanne Harris
Sarah Addison Allen
John pilger
Emily Bronte

Lots more though. . . Karen Maitland, James Herbert, Sarah Rayne, Shakespeare, Carson McCullers . . . .

Enid Blyton
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Nicholas Sparks
Khaled Hosseini

Jane Austen
Sidney Sheldon
Julia Quinn
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Munshi Premchand
R.K. Narayan
Terry Pratchett
David Foster Wallace
Marcel Proust

@Karen

I love all the authors you mentioned in your list!!

In alphabetical order by last name:

1. T. E. D. Klein
2. Armistead Maupin
3. Tom Robbins
4. Jane Smiley
5. Amy Tan

Ruchi wrote: "Akhil teja wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Love ALL the authors you mentioned.....in fact, I think each of them are among my favorites!!"

yeah I've seen ur list .. haven't read any of Nicholas Sparks Jeffe..."

yeah .. want to try that genre ..

Umm.. My favorites will be:
a. Dan Brown
b. Nora Roberts
c. J.K. Rowling
d. J.R.R. Tolkien
e. Arthur Conan Doyle (because i love sherlock holmes ^_^)

N yeah, of course, Sidney Sheldon! How could i miss him out!
That makes it six.. :p can't help..!

Poulomi wrote: "N yeah, of course, Sidney Sheldon! How could i miss him out!
That makes it six.. :p can't help..!"

That's all right:D:P I love Sidney Sheldon too!!

Yeah, i love him too.. The first that i read of all Sidney's works, was "The sands of time".. I loved it immensely! And sparks was once my favorite.. i read almost all of him..
"A walk to remember" and "The Notebook" would top my Sparks list! 8-)

1. Julie Kagawa
2. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
3. R. L. Stine
4. Terry Deary
5. Darren Shan

Glad to see Sidney Sheldon getting some love.

My top 10 most FAVORITE(which is what you guys have been posting:-)
01. J.K Rowling - best books I've ever read!
02. Enid Blyon - The Faraway Tree trilogy
03. Chris Cavender/Jessica Beck - Rated the first 5 books, 5 stars.
04. Agatha Christie - need I say more?
05. Kate Collins - Very resilient, very consistent, rarely loses her mojo.
06. Jim Butcher - Writes the best Urban Fantasy
07. J.A. Konrath - For now he's the flavor of the month; he's very funny and his books contain cruelty and violence I've not seen elsewhere.
08. David Baldacci - The Camel Club books are special.
09.C.S Lewis - Loved his books when I didn't have Amazon as my bookstore.
10.David Thorne - His first book, The Internet is a Playground, is funnier than any other book, any movie or tv series, or comedian. Hats off.

Luffy wrote: "Glad to see Sidney Sheldon getting some love.

My top 10 most FAVORITE(which is what you guys have been posting:-)
01. J.K Rowling - best books I've ever read!
02. Enid Blyon - The Faraway Tree tri..."

whoa.. That is a lot of thriller :P :D

Is it?:) Been reading them lately. Not a dyed in the wool fan.:)

Revised list :

Jodi Picoult
Khaled Hosseini
Jeffrey Archer
George R R Martin
Nicholas Sparks

Sarah Dessen - love the universe she creates in her books
Jane Austin - do i really have to explain my self? I mean JANE AUSTIN.
Sarah Mlynowski - I read her books when
I was younger but its definetly her who got me into loving reading books
(Okay i know their name sarah, my name sarah, but its absolutly not like that)
Rainbow Rowell - I loved 4 of her books (5 stars)
Anna-Marie Desplats-Duc - i think i have at least 20 of her books soooo..

Nicholas Sparks
Khaled Hosseini
Erich segal
Sidney Sheldon
Charlotte Bronte

Annette wrote: "Nicholas Sparks
Khaled Hosseini
Erich segal
Sidney Sheldon
Charlotte Bronte"

I absolutely adore all the authors you mentioned :))

The no. of books I have read is too low and having said that, in no particular order:

Carl Sagan,
Khaled Hosseini,
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de,
George Orwell,
Richard Feynmann

1. lesley pearse
2. Annie Groves
3. Nicholas Sparks
4. J K Rowling
5. Cecelia Ahern

STEPHEN KING
JEFFREY ARCHER
KHALED HOSSEINI
SATYAJIT RAY
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

Debodyuti wrote: "STEPHEN KING
JEFFREY ARCHER
KHALED HOSSEINI
SATYAJIT RAY
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE"

Amazing authors...all of them!

In no particular order,

1. Veronica Blade
2. Jennifer L. Armentrout
3. R.L. Mathewson
4. Quinn Loftis
5. Kristen Ashley

j.k rowling
veronica roth
suzzane collins
rick riordan
john green

*special*{ laura avery}

Agatha Christie
Dan Brown
P.G.Wodehouse
J.K. Rowling
Rick Riordan

deleted user wrote: "Stephen King
Pat Conroy
Wally Lamb
Joy Fielding
Jeffery Deaver"

Love Joy Feilding!

1) Karen Kingsbury
2) Janette Oke
3) Debbie Macomber
4) Jude Deveraux
5) Lori Wick

honorable mentions

Susan Wiggs
Joy feilding
Barbara Delinsky