Name your top three present day authors (and your favorite work of theirs)

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I’m currently reading two authors where I’m enjoying their works:
Michael Connelly - The Harry Bosch series. Enjoyable read; the main character ages in real time over the series.

I"m a guy, and this author seems to be a popular female favorite type author; Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. After seeing the American Movie, I’ve seen the first two Swedish movies; and read the first two books. I just started the 3rd book last night.

I don’t really have a 3rd as my other favorite authors either don’t write any more, or are one trick ponies as far as I can tell. Joseph Wambaugh; good police stories; Mario Puzo - The Godfather, and of course William Goldman - The Princess Bride.

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If I may nitpick, Steig Larsson doesn’t write any more either. He died a few years ago.

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Tad Williams - The Otherland series is my favorite, but I’ve loved everything he’s written.

Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man. Again, have enjoyed everything he’s written.

Karen Miller - Godspeaker trilogy

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What is UP with that? I tried to read Shardik, both because I adore Watership Down and because it figures into to Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. I couldn’t do it. It was drowning me in awfulness.

That might be a good thread, too – authors who somehow hit on One Great Book, but can’t seem to ever get close to it again.

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Terry Pratchett, but don’t ask me for a single one - there are about 10 vying for top spot. At the moment, if forced, I would probably say Going Postal

Jasper Fforde - Well of Lost Plots, with Shades of Grey coming a close second

Catherynne Valente - Deathless

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I read Shardik but not Watership Down and I was left wondering what the hell so many people saw in this guy’s writing, Shardik just draaaaaaaaged. Guess I should have read Watership Down.

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Haha, true enough; but they seem to be at their most popular right now. I guess I only have one name on my list then. :frowning:

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I can’t seem to come up with a third. I’ve been kicking around Pat Conroy, Jim Butcher, Patrick Ness, Dave Barry… Icarus mentioned Ray Bradbury, I could go with that.

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I thought about it for the same reasons, but I’m just going to take your word as reason enough to excuse myself. :slight_smile:

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  1. JK Rowling - Harry Potter series(book 6 if you must have one)

  2. Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn series(1st one if you must have one)

  3. Stephen King - Dark Tower Series(book 3 if you must have one).

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Wow, didn’t mean to sink the thread.