favorite author
 

Does anyone know any good authors or reading material they would recommend?

ahhh, good question. I have many a favorite author.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Willa Cather
Sherman Alexie
James Baldwin
Ambrose Bierce
James Hall

there are a few others, but I will refrain from typing a whole freaking list LOL

Fitzgerald and Hemmingway are my two favorites. I have a pretty broad range though as far as reading goes.

Collin

Its been a long time since my american lit class in college but I would have to say that my list would be

Robert Frost
F.Scott Fitzgerald
Thoreau
There was a women writer from the late 1800s I liked too but I
cant remember her name.

When I did European Lit in H.S. I enjoyed reading Caterbury Tales, Macbeth, and Homer.

Kurt Vonnegut,
Jack Kerrouac

and

Bill Bryson who writes extremely funny travel literature

Ivan Turgenev. I was an English major and didn't encounter Turgenev until I started working on my master's degree. What a shame! His writing is so beautiful and poetic. He's generally lesser-known than Russian literary giants Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, so I think he gets overlooked.

Jane Austen and Margaret Atwood

Some of the classes I've taken at UH have exposed me to a lot of Asian-American and local Hawaii authors. Y'all probably haven't heard of these two authors, but I'd definitely recommend them:

Lois-Ann Yamanaka & Chris McKinney

My favorite Yamanaka book is "Blu's Hanging", a novel about a 13 year old girl growing up in poverty, dealing with growing up in the darker side of Hawaii.

McKinney's "Tattoo" and "Queen of Tears" show a struggle with finding one's own identity. Hawaii's definitely a "melting pot", but McKinney illustrates some of the racial and class tensions that take place here.

Hey Y'all

I love to read -

Favorite authors are:

Rebecca Wells
Alice Munro
Hemingway
JD Salinger
Thomas Pynchon
Wally Lamb
John Irving
David Sedaris is hysterical - try reading Holidays on Ice or Naked

I like a mix of contemporary and classic authors. Again, I love to read!!!! If you've read any good books lately, please PM me because I'm always looking for interesting new finds!

Thanks,
TriDelta4ever

Well, THAT's really helpful! lol (I only bother picking on people I like, Kevin ;) )

My all-time favorite is F. Scott Fitzgerald. NOBODY writes like he can, IMHO. On a more contemporary note, I have become a fan of Coerte Felske (Millennium Girl) and I love Jay McInerney (Story of my Life, Brightness Falls, Bright Lights - Big City). Although the latter might appeal most to people of "my" generation who were out and about during the '80's. Otherwise, a lot of the references might be lost on the reader.

Another vote for F. Scott, and he is one of the best writers of all time (get his collective short-stories, they're amazing, yet insane)


but far better is JD Salinger. I've got everything he's ever written including every magazine piece and it's just brilliant. He's not the pyscho-'f'-up the everyone who cannot comprehend literature thinks he is.

Read "Zooey" & "Teddy" that's two of his greater ones.

Also Marlo Morgan's "Mutant Message from Down Under"...it's one of the best reads I've ever had...I had to finish it in a day because I couldn't stop reading it.

Robert M. Persigs "Zen & the art of Motercycle Maintenance" is phenominal as well...it could very well change your outlook on life...it has mine.

have fun....

Not classics, but I like them...

James Patterson
John Sanford
Leon Uris
Gregory Maguire

Two words: Dave Eggers. Aside from that, of course JD Salinger is the most amazing writer, ever. For poetry, I like A.R. Ammons. Also, The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon is great. Of course, it's my dream that someday when people are sitting around discussing authors, *I* will be someone's favorite. ;)

Top 3...
 

Stephen King
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
:D :cool: :)

Ray Bradbury and John Steinbeck are my faves.