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Neesy

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Lessee: Not in any order

The Kellermans, Faye and Jonathan
Robert McCammon
Dan Simmons
Kathy Reichs
Anne Rice (her latest series)
Deborah Harkness
Pat Conroy
James Patterson
Sue Grafton
Janet Evanovich
Joshilyn Jackson
Jeffrey Deaver
Greg Iles

Haunted - have you read Sue Grafton's W is for Wasted yet?
 
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kingricefan

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Currently half way through Valley of Amazment by Amy Tan. I was always curious abot The Joy Luck Club and founs a second hand copy cheap last summer. Was blown away by it, so whenI saw a new book out by her asked Santa and got hooked up. Loving it. It describes a time and way of life very foreign to me in such a way I feel like I'd recognize it immediatly. Highly reccomend.
I really like (most) of Tan's novels! Didn't much care for her fourth one, something about fishes in the title, but the first three I loved! Wish I still had my signed 1st printing of Joy Luck Club....
 

HollyGolightly

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I really like (most) of Tan's novels! Didn't much care for her fourth one, something about fishes in the title, but the first three I loved! Wish I still had my signed 1st printing of Joy Luck Club....
What on earth did you do with your signed first edition of Joy Luck Club? I wish you still had it too.
 

kingricefan

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What on earth did you do with your signed first edition of Joy Luck Club? I wish you still had it too.
When I decided to move across the state, I had to unload alot of books or else I would have had to rent another truck just for the books. All of my 1st editions (signed!) of Tan (even her two kid's books), Simmons, Lansdale, alot of Koontz's later titles, David Morrell (all signed), all of Michael Crichton's books from Andromeda Strain on up to Prey (all signed!), had all James Patterson's signed (sold those at Half Price Books where Pats works!), too many to remember now. But, I did find a signed mint copy of The Hundred Secret Senses at a Goodwill after I moved and also at the Goodwill here in Spokane I found a signed leather bound Franklin Library edition of The Hundred Secret Senses that I paid $2.99 for! That Goodwill also had three Michael Crichton signed leather bound Franklin Mint novels (the first two Jurassic novels) that I also snatched up! They actually had about 20 of the Franklin Library books there but I only had enough cash for the four that I bought. Wish I had bought all of them!! I am slowly getting alot of the books back into my collection again. It takes time and $$! By the way, Amy Tan is so-o freaking funny in person!
 

danger man

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I often return to these Authors:

Raymond E Feist
Tad Williams
Meg Gardiner
JRR Tolkien
Clive Barker
Margaret Mahy
Joe Hill
Terry Pratchett

Besides Stephen King, who else do you enjoy?
If you like Terry Pratchet try Robert Rankin. Not the crime writer though its strange fantasy a bit like terry prachet but in the real world. I would recomend the voodoo handbag for starters. I also like Robert Ludlum. I also like adult comics v for vendetta is probably the best one ive read. Also the sandman comics by Neil Gaiman are realy cool
 
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FlakeNoir

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If you like Terry Pratchet try Robert Rankin. Not the crime writer though its strange fantasy a bit like terry prachet but in the real world. I would recomend the voodoo handbag for starters. I also like Robert Ludlum. I also like adult comics v for vendetta is probably the best one ive read. Also the sandman comics by Neil Gaiman are realy cool
Thanks for that, I haven't read any of Rankin's. I love Ludlum too and can't believe I left him off my list, it's been a long time since I read one of his.
 

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Mark Helprin
Peter F Hamilton
Marisha Pessl
Donna Leon
Graham Joyce
Neal Stephenson
Donna Tartt
Peter Robinson
Colin Dexter
A S Byatt
Iris Murdoch
Jonathan Lethem
Sebastian Faulks
Kazuo Ishiguro
Haruki Murakami
Timothy Findley

......okay I'd better stop or we'll be here all day! :)
 
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Anthea M

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I like (not in any particular order) :
Matthew Reilly
Mitch Album
Anita Shreve
Mary Higgins Clark
Dean Koontz
Jane Green
Tess Gerritsen
Plus re-reading my Stephen King novels
 
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HollyGolightly

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I just remembered T.C. Boyle - does anyone else enjoy reading his stuff? The first book of his that I read was The Road to Wellville. I thought it was hysterical, I was shocked to learn it was based on the real story of the Kellogs. Just craziness. I still haven't seen the movie. And then I got a collection of his short stories:
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Mine has a burgundy cover though. And just while I was looking this up, I saw he has so many other collections, so I am going to order one. He's got quite an eclectic style and his stories can be so surreal, but I enjoy them so much.
 

VultureLvr45

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I just remembered T.C. Boyle - does anyone else enjoy reading his stuff? The first book of his that I read was The Road to Wellville. I thought it was hysterical, I was shocked to learn it was based on the real story of the Kellogs. Just craziness. I still haven't seen the movie. And then I got a collection of his short stories:
417e2Y8qL-L._SY344_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Mine has a burgundy cover though. And just while I was looking this up, I saw he has so many other collections, so I am going to order one. He's got quite an eclectic style and his stories can be so surreal, but I enjoy them so much.
I've read many of his books. The short stories can be wild... Never really wanted to own his books though.