Name up to three authors whose books you HAVE to have, no matter how tight your budget is.
Barb W
Jennifer Chiaverini
Lauren Willig
Meg Cabot
Ray Palen
Stephen King
George Pelecanos
Donna Leon
Melodie
Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse books
Robert B. Parker's Spenser books
Robert Crais's Elvis Cole books
BS Miers
John Sandford, James Lee Burke, Robert Crais
Gord
Jeffrey Archer
Nora Roberts
A lot of ties for third place.
C. Flayer
Luanne Rice
Nicholas Sparks
Janet Evanovich
Cindy Kirk
Stephanie Meyer
Jodi Picoult
Joshilyn Jackson
Ron
William Goldman
Robert Crais
John Sandford
Linda M. Johnson
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Brian Jacques
Mitch Albom
Karen Haney
James Patterson, Sophie Kinsella, and Kristin Hannah
Karen Haney
James Patterson, Sophie Kinsella, and Kristin Hannah
Lori Furan-Schultz
Janet Evanovich
Stephen King (usually)
J. R. Ward
James Patterson (must read but don't always buy since I read them so fast.)
Suzanne Seifried
I always buy books by Nicholas Sparks and Barbara Delinsky....always!!
Gale Schexnayder Moch
Janet Evanovich
Charlaine Harris
Laurell K. Hamilton
Barbara Boik
David Sedaris
Anne Lamott
Kay
Anne Rice
Sophie Kinsella
Sara Ban Breathnach
Most autobiographies
Barbara Boik
Almost forgot about J. K. Rowling!
Bonnie Szul
James Patterson
Lisa Jackson
Karen Robards
Sheila English
Lisa Kleypas
J. D. Robb
Christine Feehan
Laurie George
Daniel Silva, John Grisham, and Patricia Cornwell
Michele L.
My top three authors are, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson and Vicki Lewis Thompson.
Rosalie
Adriana Trigiani
Penny Vincenzi
Maeve Binchy
Jerri Patton
John Grisham
Jean M. Auel
Alexander McCall Smith
Ken Goddard
J. Arthur Rath
Debbie
Robert Crais
James Lee Burke
John Sandford
Michael Connelly
(I know that's four...but I just couldn't choose --- and I have a couple more)
Ann Rierson
Diane Chamberlain
Penny Vincenzi
Marcia Willett
Mary Champagne
Even if I am out of bread and milk and gas goes to $10 a gallon, I will still buy books by Jodi Picoult, Chris Bojhalian and Sue Grafton. I just have to do it.
Sharon
There are no authors whose books I have to have, no matter how tight my budget. There is always the library and books lent to me by friends.
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Barbara Kingsolver
Wallace Stegner
Ferrol Sams
Jolene Connelly
Stephenie Meyer
Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Diana Gabaldon
Lisa
Stieg Larsson
Rex Stout
Marcus Zusak
Kellie
Elizabeth George, Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly
Dorothy
Michael Connelly
Lee Child
George Pelacanos
Scott Schneider
Ken Bruen, William Gay, and John Connolly.
M McDermid
Linda Hogan
Karen Tei Yamashita
Willa Cather
Ann
Jodi Picoult, Chris Bohjalian, and Sophie Kinsella
Angela Kermack
Janet Evanovich
James Patterson
Mary Higgins Clark
Marilyn Denington
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Nicholas Sparks
Max Lucado
Whitney
Lee Child and Carl Hiaasen
Kathie
Steven King
Dean Koontz
J. A. Jance
Debi Newsome
Stephen King, Jodi Picoult and Anita Shreve
Corky Mayo
J. A. Konrath
Janet Evanovich
James Rollins
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Stuart Woods, Mary Higgins Clark, Janet Evanovich, and Debbie Macomber
Sheila Macklin
Wilbur Smith
Grant McEwan
Sid Marty
Beverly
Mat Johnson
Toni Morrison
L. A. Banks
Dianne
John Sandford
Carl Hiaasen
David Sedaris
Dena
Christine Feehan, Bertrice Small, and Brenda Novak.
Pamela Dildine
J.A. Konrath
Janet Evanovich
Lois Greiman
Debi
Janet Evanovich
Carolyn Haines
James Lee Burke
Miriam
P. J. O'Rourke
Nora Roberts
Martha Grimes
Dorothy Cowling
Margaret Duffy
Patricia Sprinkle
Philip Yancey
Christine
Alice Hoffman
Anne Tyler
Amy Tan
Cathy Doyle
James Rollins
Steve Berry
Dean Koontz
Mary Dropkin
Daniel Silva
Brad Meltzer
Linda Fairstein
Lynn Hackenberg
Kathy Reichs
Robert B. Parker
Steve Berry
Margaret LaDue
Jodi Piccoult
Eileen Goudge
Dorthea Benton Frank
Kathy Jund
Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, Sherrilyn Kenyon
Mary
Elizabeth George
Joan Myles
Anne Tyler
Janet Evanovich
Sophie Kinsella
Val
J. R. Ward
Toni McGee Causey
Laura Anne Gilman
Vicky
Christine Feehan
Nora Roberts
James Patterson
Joline
Robin Cook
Tess Gerritsen
Stephen King
Martha E.
Catherine Coulter
Iris Johansen
Mary Balogh
Stacia Helpman
Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison and Kelley Armstrong.
Linda M. Williams
James Lee Burke
James Patterson
Jonathan Kellerman
Susan
Beth Gutcheon, Jodi Picoult, Chris Bohjalian, and Jennifer Haigh.
Juli Guyer
Jodi Picoult
Sandra Dallas
Diane Mott Davidson
Robin Weiss
Debbie Macomber
Susan Wiggs
Brenda Novak
Donna Tanner
Only Jodi Picoult.
Melissa
Stephen King
Lisa See
Jodi Picoult
Kathryn Riley
Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Barbara Delinsky
J. A. Jance
Betsy Woodruff
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Rita Mae Brown
Maeve Binchy
Monnie Bayles
John Sandford
Jonathan Kellerman
Anne Rivers Siddons
Elizabeth V
Ian McEwan
Harlan Coben
Richard Preston
Judith Mroz
I have to have Louise Penny, P.J. Tracey and Linda Nichols.
Gail B
Richard Montanari
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Jeffery Deaver
Fran
Jodi Picoult
J. K. Rowling
Tracy Chevalier
Jennifer Baker
Diana Gabaldon, Stephen King, and Stephenie Meyer
Linda Reitberger
Harlan Coben
W. E. B. Griffin
John Grisham
Tom Barrington
Michael Connelly
James Patterson
John Sandford
Tom Barrington
Michael Connelly
James Patterson
John Sandford
Adrienne Bowman
James Patterson, Susan Wittig Albert, and Diane Mott Davidson.
Kay Martinez
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Laurie R. King (Sherlock Holmes series)
Elizabeth George
Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs novels)
M. J. Trauth
Michael Chabon
Rick Bragg
Harry Turtledove
Mary Q.
Sue Miller
Marisa de los Santos
Anna Quindlen
(It was really hard to narrow it down to three. I needed it to be about 10!)
Nikki
Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, and Elizabeth Berg
Peggy Kincaid
Terry Brooks, Michael Connelly and Alafair Burke
Judy Titzer
Dean Koontz
Nora Roberts (J. D. Robb)
Anne Rivers Siddons
Loretta Wysocki
David Baldacci
Nelson DeMille
Janet Evanovich
Teresa
I have to have the new Jodi Picoult novel and Janet Evanovich'sStephanie Plum series. I could never wait for the books to be available at the library.
carol
Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
Jennifer Fallon
James Rollins
Stephen Hughes
John Grisham
Mark Spragg
Ivan Doig
kim
Jude Deveraux
Nora Roberts
Diane Gabaldon
Mickey Spencer
Charles de Lint
Celia Rivenbark
Katie MacAlister
Edith Worobe
Suzanne Brockmann
Nora Roberts
Diana Gabaldon
Kelli Williams
1. Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Stephen King
3. Kelley Armstrong
Michelle
Danielle Steel
James Patterson
Debbie Macomber
Geri Dosalua
Eoin Colfer
Jerry Spinelli
Markus Zusak
Michael Ferrin
Anne Rice
J. K. Rowling
Michele Goodman
Margaret Atwood
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Francine Prose
Kate Christensen
Melissa
Jodi Picoult
Chris Bohjalian
Harlan Coben
Heather Johnson
Robert Jordan (or his final book, being completed by Brandon Sanderson)
Diane
It's hard to limit it to just 3, but here are my must-haves:
Christopher Bohjalian
Barbara Kingsolver
Elizabeth Berg
Laurie Weatherlow
James Patterson
Janet Evanovich
Nelson DeMille
Rachel Cropper
Linda Howard, Diana Palmer, and Brenda Jackson.
Trez L. Brooks
Stephen L. Carter
Preston Douglas
Faye Kellerman
Sharon Margolin
Debbie Macomber
Danielle Steel
Barbara Delinsky
Theresa Holm
Daniel Silva
Michael Connelly
Robert Crais
Brenda G.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
John Grisham
J. A. Jance
Mickey Z.
J. K. Rowling
Lisa Gardner
Amy Tan
Dru Ann Love
Nora Roberts
Janet Evanovich
Tess Gerritsen
Karen Terry
Chelsea Cain, Dean Koontz, and Tom Rob Smith
Annie
Nelson DeMille
Janet Evanovich
Elizabeth George
Michellle
I just have to have :
1) Michael Connelly
2) Harlan Coben
3) Jeffery Deaver
They are the most awesome authors out there.
Debbie
Rosamunde Pilcher, P. D. James, and Elizabeth George.
James Keith
David Morrell
Michael Connelly
Joel C. Rosenberg
Patricia Cantrell
Laurell K. Hamilton, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz.
Danelle Drake
Jodi Picoult, Toni Morrison, and if she ever wrote another book, Charlotte Culin.
Susan
Janet Evanovich
Sue Grafton
Marcia Muller
Harriet Stay
Michael Connelly
Michael Robotham
Karin Fossum
Ron Green
Stephen King
Tess Gerritsen
John Grisham
Kathie
James Patterson
Iris Johansen
Kay Hooper
Julie Siemek
John Sandford
Iris Johansen
Carla Neggers
Julie Siemek
Perri O'Shaunessey
Nicholas Sparks
John Grisham
Ronnie
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
John Saul
Paul
Terry Pratchett
Eoin Colfer
D. J. Machale
J. J. Farris
James Patterson
Clive Cussler
Sue Grafton
Topaz
I need, must have:
1) Michael Connelly
2) Jodi Picoult
3) John Connolly
I also invest in Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Harlan Coben and John Sandford.
Emily
Jim Butcher, Stephenie Meyer and J. R. Ward
Edwina Robertson
Nicholas Sparks
Richard Paul Evans
Mary Higgins Clark
Lisa
Stephen King
Richard Russo
Rita Carter
Jack Higgins, Kay Hooper, and Nevada Barr
Sonia Zaffiris
Anne Tyler
Sue
Jodi Picoult
Phyllis
Jodi Picoult
Chris Bohjalian
Robert
Clive Cussler
John Sandford
Daniel Silva
Michelle Stein
Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb: Should I count her as one, or two?
Diana Gabaldon: I love the Outlander series and am hooked on Lord John.
Elizabeth Lowell: I have enjoyed everything I have read by her.
I usually get the hardbacks from the library, and then buy the paperbacks when they show up in thrift shops or used book stores.
Jay Taylor
I only have one...John Scalzi.
Monica Jordan
Three authors whose books I have to have are Lee Child, Philippa Gregory, and Jeffrey Archer.
Charlotte Zimmerman
Wendy Corsi Staub
Iris Johansen
Kay Hooper
Rebecca Booth
Karen Kingsbury
Joan Medlicott
Danielle Steel
Dorothy Lechmanick
Jan Karon
John Grisham
Ian McEwen
Sandy Greathouse
Deanna Raybourn
Chelsea Cain
Beverly Lewis
Wanda Brunstetter
Kate Jacobs
Laura Childs
Dean Koontz
Shannon
Janet Evanovich
J. A. Konrath
Jodi Picoult
Dolores Purzycki
Jonathan Kellerman
Jeffery Deaver
Dean Koontz
Janet Kent
John Grisham
Craig Johnson
Margaret Maron
Marion Peterman
Joanne Fluke
Michael Connelly
Dorothea Benton Frank
T. J. MacGregor
Booksjammer
Luanne Rice
Sue Grafton
Kristin Hannah
Freda McNulty
Ann Rule
Mary Higgins Clark
Carol Higgins Clark
Sierra
Steve Berry
Daniel Silva
David Baldacci
Mary
Pat Conroy
Dorothea Benton Franks
Anne Rivers Siddons
Kathryn McNamara
Marian Keyes
Jodi Picoult
Pat Conroy
Janice Halinar
Jodi Picoult
Philippa Gregory
Nelson DeMille
Kathie Hackney
Dean Koontz
Steven King
J. A. Jance
T. Semidey
Three authors I have to HAVE no matter what are: Jodi Picoult, Nora Roberts and J. K. Rowling
Sheila Connolly
Nevada Barr
Lisa Gardner
Vicki Lane
Beth
Katie Fforde and Sylvia Browne
Vee
Stuart Woods
Eileen Goudge
Harlan Coben
Wanda Blake
Jodi Picoult
James Patterson
Ken Follett
Gail Perryman
Scott Turow, Martin Cruz Smith, Nelson DeMille
Jeanine Pappas
Jodi Picoult
Anne Tyler
Elizabeth Berg
Cam Grizmala
Charles Martin
Jodi Picoult
P. D. James
Beth
Nelson DeMille, Brad Thor, Harlan Coben
Rosemary
Maeve Binchy
Jodi Picoult
David Baldacci
(BUT I also MUST have Richard North Patterson and Alexander McCall Smith too!)
I am now using the library for my other favorites but will always buy these authors.
Dawn Nyht
John Sandford, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett
Vivian Watts
James Patterson
Jodi Picoult
Patricia Cornwell
Tom Carrico
Anne Tyler
Michael Connelly
Ken Follett
Tamara
Gregory Maquire
Kate Mosse
J. K. Rowling
Debbie Beigh
Robert B. Parker
Janet Evanovich
Tony Hillerman
LuAnn Morgan
David Guterson, Stephen King, and Barbara Delinsky
Marcia Hodge
Sue Grafton
Nevada Barr
Janet Evanovich
Jery
Diana Gabaldon
Stephenie Meyer
Lee Child
Jane Hixon
Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell
Eileen Held
David Sedaris
John Irving
Karen Terry
Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and Chelsea Cain
Rosemary Simm
J. A. Jance
Stuart Woods
Sylvia Browne
John Stover
James Lee Burke
Michael Connelly
Janet Evanovich
Andrea Arbie
Alice Hoffman
Elizabeth Berg
Stephen King
Kathleen
Jodi Picoult, Mitch Albom, and Janet Evanovich
Nicole Hulst
Always have to buy the new books by J. D. Robb, Patricia Briggs, and Julia Quinn.
Brigette
James Patterson
M. C. Beaton
Lincoln Child
William P. Therrien
Michael Crichton, Nelson DeMille and Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child.
Roseann
J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, and Vince Flynn
Jackie Houchin
Michael Connelly, Earlene Fowler, Aaron Elkins
Jean Hogue
Jacqueline Winspear
Deborah Crombie
Margaret Maron
Freda
Robert Crais
Nelson DeMille
Michael Connelly
Freda
James W. Hall
Archer Mayor
Jame Lee Burke
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Jasper Fforde
Wally Lamb
Ali
Mary Higgins Clark
Alexander McCall Smith
Anita Shreve
Kathy Vieira
I would have to say, Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve and Alice Hoffman.
Ana Ferrés
Dick Francis, Rosamunde Pilcher (starting from THE SHELL SEEKERS --- not the small novels) and Maeve Binchy (same connotation --- not the small novels).
Ana Ferrés
I have just submitted my first choice, but given the chance without canceling the first one, I would like to add:
Wilbur Smith, especially the first one in the Old Egypt series, WARLOCK
D. E. Stevenson - I have been looking --- no luck so far --- for the Barbara Buncle series
Georgette Heyer
Jackie Crucil
James Patterson
Mary Higgins Clark
Ann B. Ross
Cynthia Scott
Joseph Finder
Lee Child
Stephen White
F Tessa Bartels
Sandra Dallas
Alexander McCall Smith
Isabel Allende
M. Archer
J. K. Rowling
Alexander McCall Smith
Shyeyes
Dean Koontz
James Patterson
Harlan Coben
Louise
Brenda Novak
Susan Wiggs
James Patterson
Angela Hedgepeth
Dorothea Benton Frank
Luanne Rice
Nicholas Sparks
Lareeta
Beverly Jenkins
Brenda Jackson
Francis Ray
Archie
I just have to have:
1) Michael Crichton
2) Diana Gabaldon
3) Clive Cussler
Laurie
Anne Rice
Stephen King
Angela Satalino
Nelson DeMille
Jodi Picoult
Susan Maranto
Janet Evanovich
Erle Stanley Gardner
Anne George
Jane
Carl Hiaasen
David Sedaris
Jim Kokoris
Maureen O'Donoghue Dooley
Harper Lee
Rachel Carson
Lisa Margonelli, author of OIL ON THE BRAIN
I look forward to further investigative/analytic writing on other vital topics.
Also, have added Lily Koppel, who wrote THE RED LETTER DIARY. It is an ideal book on the persistence of research and the sensitivity to circumstances needed by an authentic writer.
MaryD
Stephen White
Greg Iles
Joseph Finder
Teri Hammock
Joanne Fluke
Jan Karon
Mary Higgins Clark
Lindsey Hedrick
Jodi Picoult
Adriana Trigiani
Debbie Macomber
Natalie Powell
Tess Gerritsen, Greg iles, and Emily Giffin
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Cormac McCarthy
Diana Gabaldon
Christopher Moore
Sheri
Jean M. Auel
Bonnie Marshak
Daniel Silva
Nora Roberts
Dan Brown
Barbara Bocan
Anita Shreve
Rita Mae Brown
Jean Plaidy
Jean Vierig
Janet Evanovich, Robert B. Parker, Lisa Scottoline, & Michael Connelly
