Name up to three authors whose books you want to read as close to their on-sale date as possible.
Andi
I'm never good at rules --- 3? The TOP 3 are probably:
S. J. Rozan
Charlaine Harris
Terry Pratchett
But, there are at least 10 others, from Christopher Moore to Stephen White, to the late great Barbara Seranella to James Sallis, to Linda Barnes to Laura Lippman.
Francine
Laurie R. King
Elizabeth George
J. K. Rowling
Dodalodle from Beautiful British Columbia
Nora Roberts
Greg Iles
Jill Barnett
Annabelle973
Philippa Gregory
Pat Conroy
Susan Vreeland
April Lemesh
J.K. Rowling, Nelson DeMille, and Elizabeth George!
Kathi Swann
T. Jefferson Bass
Patricia Cornwell
Laurel K. Hamilton
Peggy
Steve Berry
Jonathan Kellerman
Michael Connelly
Michelle Miller
J. K. Rowling
Anne Rice
Stephen King
V. Santos
Guy Hunter
Debra Le
Danielle Steel
Susan Wiggs
Barbara Delinsky
Edie
Nora Roberts
Suzanne Brockmann
Diana Gabaldon
Coral Harrison
J. A. Jance
Tony Hillerman
Lisa Scottoline
Gord Wilson
I always watch for new releases from Brenda Novak, Maeve Binchy and anyone who writes about Ireland!
Cathy MacDonald
Delilah Devlin
J. D. Robb
Lora Leigh
Katie Dean
Jostein Gaarder
Nelson Mandela
John Humphreys
Eileen
Rita Mae Brown
Lilian Jackson Braun
M. C. Beaton
Laura Skinner
Nora Roberts
James Patterson
Judith Michael
Bob Hartzo
John Grisham
James Patterson
William & Kathleen Gear
Jen
Jodi Picoult
James Patterson
Michele Martinez
John Wilkinson
John Grisham
Daniel Silva
Dan Brown
R. W. Honey
Mary Doria Russell
Anita Shreve
Elizabeth Berg
Nancy Nemec
Jodi Picoult
John Grisham
Chris Bohjalian
Joan
1. Mary Alice Monroe
2. Dorothea Benton Frank
3. Greg Iles
Adele Jenczyk
James Patterson
John Sanford
Mary Higgins Clark
Beth
Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, Tess Gerritsen
Fran Grimm
Jonathan Kellerman
Stephen White
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
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Adriana Trigiani, Eileen Goudge, J. A. Jance
Cammie
Jodi Picoult
P. D. James
Ron Rash
Scott Schneider
Ken Bruen, John Connolly, Charlie Huston
Barb
John Grisham
Maeve Binchy
Mary Higgins Clark
Rita M. Castorena
Daniel Silva
James Rollins
Steve Berry
Dianne Hall
Sue Monk Kidd
Khaled Hosseini
Lois Lowry
Carol Newey
Mary Kay Andrews
Ann Rule
Fannie Flagg
Patty Blackwell
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
Mary Higgins Clark
Sandra Stevens
James Patterson
Robert B. Parker
Stuart Woods
Judy Ross
1. Janet Evanovich
2. Sue Grafton
3. Lilian Jackson Braun
Judy Ross
4. Carolyn Hart
5. Nora Roberts
6. Jonathan Kellerman
(Alex Delaware series)
Barry Bennett
Laurie R. King
Robert B. Parker
M. C. Beaton
Susan Stoner
J.K. Rowling
Victoria Thompson
Carolyn Haines
Marjorie L. Carmony
J. D. Robb
Catherine Coulter
Andrew M. Greeley
Sue Beckley
Stephen King
J. K. Rowling
Richard Bachman
Susan Stoner
Anita Shreve, Chris Bohjalian, Jodi Picoult
Lois
Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks
Gail Mitchell
Jodi Picoult
Jean
M. C. Beaton
Rhys Bowen
Ian Rankin
Sandi Lewis
Diana Gabaldon
Laura Lippman
Peter Robinson
Billie McHam
Lisa Scottoline, Karen Kingsbury, John Grisham, Jennifer Chiaverini
Susan Franchi
Janet Evanovich
Chris
Anne Tyler
Amy Tan
Barbara Kingsolver
Kathryn Andrews
Steve Berry
Amy Tan
Suzanne in Ohio
Barbara Delinsky
Sandra Brown
Nicholas Sparks
Cathy Doyle
Dean Koontz, James Rollins, Steve Berry, Clive Cussler, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Jeffery Deaver...
Sorry, you said three. I could go on for a very long time.
Cat
John Grisham
Stephen White
and NOW
Karin Slaughter --- I just started reading her books they are great! How did I miss her before??
Cat
And Tess Gerritsen --- I've read ONE of her books and plan on getting to all the others. I must be slow. :)
Marsha Sobel
Vince Flynn
David Baldacci
Michael Crichton
Beth Schweikert
Jodi Picoult, Susan Wiggs, and Mary Kay Andrews
Susan
Elizabeth Berg
Jodi Picoult
Maeve Binchy
Kimberly Kist
Alice Hoffman
Isabel Allende
Gabriel Garcia Márquez
Holly
Jude Deveraux, Susan Elizabeth Phillips & Jayne Ann Krentz.
Sandy Greathouse
Sandra Dallas
Deanna Raybourne
Masha Hamilton
Dorothy Cowling
Margaret Duffy
Elizabeth George
Carol O'Connell
Sierra
Steve Berry
Daniel Silva
Greg Iles
Jane Haase
Carl Hiaasen
David Sedaris
Pat Conroy
Michelle Boswell
Lisa Gardner
Michael Crichton
Lisa Jackson
Suzanne Knapp
Steve Berry
Robert Crais
Joanne Fluke
Freda
Nelson DemIlle
Stephen White,
T. Jefferson Parker
Dianne
Carl Hiassen
John Sandford
Clive Cussler
Terri Dobson
Shannon McKenna, J. A. Vance, Linda Howard
Merrilee
Michael Connelly
Robert Crais
Lee Child
Elaine Gutenstein
Easy! Both of the Kellermans, James Patterson and Stephen King...the greats! Janet Evanovich and DanielleSteel are great "brain-candy" as well...
Sheila Soloff
Robert B. Parker (the Spenser books only) and both the Kellermans.
Ronnie
Stephen King, Dean Koontz and John Saul.
Gail Handler
Janet Evanovich
Adriana Trigiani
Dana Stabenow
Toni Savchuck
Allan Folsom
Jodi Picoult
David Baldacci
Arlene Herring
Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell)
Jane Langton's Homer Kelly mysteries
Frances Fyfield
Mary Ward
Sophie Kinsella, Dorothea Benton Frank, Janet Evanovich
Pat
I would want to have these authors' books as close as possible to their on-sale dates: Patricia Cornwell, Linda Fairstein, and Robert Crais....plus at least another 20 favorite authors!
Karen Townsend
Elizabeth Berg
Diane Mott Davidson
Nora Ephron
Susan
Daniel Silva, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly
Sonia Zaffiris
Anne Tyler
Betty Clarke
Kaye Gibbons
Lee Smith
Pat Conroy
Lareeta
Beverly Jenkins, Brenda Jackson, Francis Ray
Karen Horvath
Sophie Kinsella
Jodi Picoult
Sandra Dallas
Donna
Jan Burke
Janet Evanovich
Ann B. Ross
Kristine
Stephen King
J. D. Robb
Anne G. Edwards
J. F. Freedman
John Lescroart
Vicky Dornbush
Jodi Picoult
Nelson DeMIlle
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Margaret Nance
Nelson DeMille
Stephen White
Anne Rivers Siddons
Kathy MacAlister
J. K. Rowling
Stephen King
Deborah Crombie
Janet Glover
Linda Howard
Lisa Jackson
Earlene Fowler
Areta Fleming
J. K. Rowling
Stephen White
Philippa Gregory
Lois
Julia Quinn
Jackie D'Alessandro
Lauren Willig
Robert E Brown Sr
James Patterson, Stephen King, Nelson DeMille
Rosalie Oliver
Jim H. Ainsworth
Elizabeth Crook
Carolyn Haines
Linda M. Johnson
I actually have to read four authors as soon as they have new books. The three on top would be Carol O'Connell, John Dunning, and Janet Evanovich. Sorry, Mitch Albom!
Susie
Harlan Coben, Jodi Picoult, Karin Slaughter
Corinne Bridges
1. Nora Roberts
2. Luanne Rice
3. Susan Wiggs
Ronna Lord
Jodi Picoult
Ted Dekker
A new one here, having just read her newest book, I believe that she will be one of my new favorite authors --- Brenda Rickman Vantrease
Corinne
1. Karen White
2. Patti Callahan Henry
3. Karen Kingsbury
Corinne
1. Nicholas Sparks
2. Jude Deveraux
3. Jill Barnett
Melodie
Robert B. Parker (the Spenser series ONLY!)
Earlene Fowler
Robert Crais
Mary Donner
Rita Mae Brown
Daniel Silva
John Dunning
Peggy Lemire
J. K. Rowling
Anne Perry
Elizabeth Peters
Linda Estrin
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Anita Shreve
Jean Mess
Carla Neggers, Brenda Novak, and Susan Wiggs
Amy W.
Debbie Macomber
Richard Paul Evans
Danielle Steel
Amy V.
Ray Bradbury
Terry Pratchett
Dicksie Milburn
Penny Vincenzi
Harlan Coben
J Davis
Beverly Lewis, Jennifer Chiaverini, Nora Roberts
Gina Borkowski
Janet Evanovich, Sophie Kinsella, Diane Mott Davidson
Lavonne Morrell
Sue Grafton
Sandra Dallas
Diane Mott Davidson
Toy Thomas
J. D. Robb
Susan Wittig Albert
Jacqueline Winspear
Rita Carter
I always watch for books by Jack Higgins, Nevada Barr and Catherine Coulter.
Nana
Only 3 authors? Wow, I have many more favorites than that. Tough choice for the top three, but I'll pick these:
Patricia Cornwell
Nora Roberts
Jennifer Chiaverini
Josephine A. Kaszuba Locke
Sara Paretsky
Suzanne Strempek Shea
Jeff Shaara
Whitney
Carl Hiaasen
Lee Child
Patricia Cornwell
Sue Leven
James Patterson
Jonathan Kellerman
John Grisham
Lorraine Young
Charlaine Harris
Greg Iles
Christine Feehan
Corinna
James Patterson
J. K. Rowling
Mary Ann Weaver
Stephen White
Janet Evanovich
John Dunning
Mary Ann Weaver
John Dunning
John Grisham
Elizabeth Berg
Mary Ann Weaver
James Patterson/Andrew Gross
Alexander McCall Smith
Kaye Gibbons
Dena
James Patterson
Brenda Novak
Christine Feehan
Michelle
Sandra Dallas
Paula Wall
Janet Evanovich
Vicki
Charlaine Harris
Sue Grafton
Sara Paretsky
Sara Malcolm
Randy Wayne White
Lisa Scottoline
Ian Rankin
Doreen Rutledge
Michael Connelly
David Baldacci
James Patterson
Joyce A Urba Ph.D.
Maeve Binchy
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Robert B. Parker
Sheral
James Rollins, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Steve Berry
Peggy
Janet Evanovich
Adriana Trigiani
Jody Picoult
Joyce Osburn
Janet Evanovich
J. K. Rowling
Nicholas Evans
Beth Cummings
Amy Tan
Barbara Kingsolver
J.K. Rowling
Susan
Only one author on my list, J. K. Rowling.
S. Weber
Maeve Binchy
John Sandford
Daniel Silva
Kathy Vieira
There are so many wonderful authors to choose from!!! I suppose I have most anticipated the next books from Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve, and John Irving. All three authors write with feeling, and never fail to pull me in and keep hold of me until the end of the book.
Can I also give honorable mention to Adriana Trigiani?
Linda Ruffner
Lee Child, Alice Hoffman, Nelson DeMille
Melissa Jordan
Tess Gerritsen
Karin Slaughter
Sandra Brown
Beth
Ian Rankin
Stuart MacBride
Stella Rimington
Kerry
J. K. Rowling
Susie Schachte
M C Beaton
JoAnna Carl
Rita Mae Brown
F Tessa Bartels
Sandra Dallas
Fannie Flagg
Sue Monk Kidd
Val Stark
Kim Harrison, J. D.Robb/Nora Roberts, Laura Ann Gilman
Rose - CT
Only one, Nelson DeMille. I try to read a variety of authors, but his character, John Corey, keeps me coming back for more.
Judy Stein
Nelson DeMille
Stephen White
Harlan Coben
Lindy
Lisa Jackson
James Patterson
Kay Hooper
Jennie
Jeffery Deaver
David Baldacci
Mary Higgins Clark
Liz Voortman
- Nora Roberts
- Mary Balogh
- Jacqueline Winspear
Dorothy Flood
Mary Higgins Clark, Maeve Binchy, Jan Karon, Philip Gulley, James Patterson, Danielle Steel, John Grisham, and David Baldacci.
Marlys
Dick Francis
Sue Grafton
Anne McCaffrey
Jennifer
J. K. Rowling
Joanne Fluke
Mary Higgins Clark
Brenda Snell
Janet Evanovich, Jill Connor Browne
Cheryl B.
Laurie R. King
Tony Hillerman
Sharyn Newman
John Smit
John Le Carré
Dean Koontz
Lee Child
Kathy Church
James Patterson
Mary Kay Andrews
Stephen White
Jo
Anna Quindlen
Adriana Trigiani
Janet Evanovich
Annie
Nelson DeMille
Anita Shreve
Elizabeth George
Ginger Louden
Dean Koontz, Jodi Picoult, and J. K. Rowling
Sheila B.
J. K. Rowling, Laurie R. King, Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Mary D
Stephen White
Lee Child
Harlan Coben
Dawn Cronk
James Patterson, Dean Koontz, & Danielle Steel
Sharron
Jodi Picoult, Anne Tyler, Harlan Coben
D. Packer
Elizabeth Berg
Jan Karon
Jennifer Chiaverini
Lindsey Hedrick
Carl Hiaasen
Adriana Trigiani
Jody Picoult
Katherine Stephens
James Patterson
Nicholas Sparks
Janet Evanovich
Laura Merrill
Natalie R. Collins, Judith McNaught, Donna Andrews
Meaghan Reckis
Jodi Picoult
Harlen Coben
James Patterson
Marie
J. K. Rowling is the only author I have to get ASAP, just to partake in the mass hysteria. Then I begin negotiations with my 15-year-old son over who gets to read it first. I haven't been first yet.
Loretta Sanford
Steve Berry
Janet Evanovich
Nelson Demille
Loretta Sanford
Kate Mosse
Tress
Probably Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, and Stephen King. There are too many, but those are my tops.
Helen
1- Nicholas Sparks
2- James Patterson
3- Danielle Steel
Andra Fawcett
Tony Hillerman
Martha Grimes
P. D. James
Kim Kovacs
Robert Jordan
J. K. Rowling
George R.R. Martin
Wendy Catalano
Janet Evanovich
James Patterson
Mitch Albom
Laura Ayala
Jodi Picoult
Deborah Crombie
Peter Robinson
Audrey Upham
Stuart Woods, James Patterson, Lisa Scottoline
Margaret Herrin
Stuart Woods
David Morrell
Mary Higgins Clark
Debbie Nance
Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Berg, and Anne Tyler
Jeanne Marek
Catherine Coulter
Jayne Anne Krentz
Nora Roberts
David Baldacci
Monica
Diana Gabaldon, Philippa Gregory, Tracy Chevalier
Susan W
Janet Evanovich
Lisa Gardner
Amanda Quick
Audri Carr
Daniel Silva, Richard North Patterson, and Ridley Pearson
Annie
Jodi Picoult
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Anita Shreve
Kate Millard
Elizabeth Berg
Haven Kimmel
Billy Collins
Lynn Caggiano
Jodi Picoult
James Patterson
Harlan Coben
Patricia Macy
Michael Cunningham
Amy Tan
Anne Tyler
Phyllis Lamken
Anne Stuart, Loretta Chase, Tami Hoag
Jane McCown
Cassandra King
Nanci Kincaid
Dorothea Benton Frank
Bonnie Cooper
T. Jefferson Parker
Lee Child
Janet Evanovich - her Stephanie Plum novels (NOT the romantic novels written with others)
Robert E Brown Sr
James Patterson, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Michael Collins.
Regina Pride
Sandra Brown
Nora Roberts
Debbie Macomber
Saundra Bowers
Joe Hill
Stephen King
Jodi Picoult
Lori
James Patterson
Stephen King (usually)
Janet Evanovich
Marguerite Ferra
Donna Leon, Janet Evanovich, Robert B. Parker
Barbara Lewis
Lee Child
Ridley Pearson
John Sandford
Kathy H
Only three?!
Carl Hiaasen
James Lee Burke
Randy Wayne White
Lynda Clarke
Dorothea Benton Franks
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Ann Rivers Siddon
Natasha Floyd
Anne Lamott
Barbara Kingsolver
Elizabeth Gilbert
Salli Lewis
Robert Crais
John Lescroart
Nelson DeMille
Susan Reading
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Chris Bohjalian
Jodi Picoult
Suzi Skutley
J. K. Rowling, Robert B. Parker, Charles de Lint
Myrna Grist
James Patterson
John Sandford
Faye Kellerman
Lea Ann
Joan Medlicott
Diane Mott Davidson
Margaret Atwood
Joan
Anne Rivers Siddons
Fannie Flagg
Maeve Binchy
Jennie Femec
Eric Larson
Simon Winchester
M.C. Beaton
Freda
David Rosenfelt, J F Freedman, Steven Womack
LouBabe
Catherine Coulter
Brenda Novak
James Patterson
Carol Newey
Mary Kay Andrews
Sue Grafton
Fannie Flagg
Joan
Nora Roberts
Cindy Gerard
Catherine Coulter
Hallie Tassin
Nelson Demille
Ken Follett
Greg Iles
juie towson
Marlena Di Blasi
Anthony Cohn
Caleb Carr
Rosemarie Ormsbee
Karen Rose
Jonathan Kellerman
James Patterson
Gloria Pauline
Sandra Dallas
Masha Hamilton
Claire Cook
Kate P.
Jonathan Kellerman
Patricia Cornwell
Maeve Binchy
Pat Reid
Lee Child
Rett MacPherson
Chris Grabenstein
Kathleen from Providence
Sue Grafton
Susan Isaacs
John Grisham
Julia L. Rule
1. Janet Evanovich
2. Charlaine Harris
3.MaryJanice Davidson
4. Laurell K. Hamilton
Linda Hastings
Diane Mott Davidson
Sue Grafton
Donna Leon
Mel Barnes
Jodi Picoult
Cecelia Ahern
Janet Evanovich
Kim White
Janet Evanovich
P. J. Tracy
Ann Patchett
Ann Bowen
J. K. Rowling
Kris Radish
John Grisham
Pat Miller
James Patterson
Trish Harrison
I wait with bated breath for anything by Diana Gabaldon, J.K. Rowling, and Maeve Binchy, as well as a host of others.
Bernice Spier
Stephen White, Dean Koontz, Robert K. Tanenbaum
Sharon Walton
I'm always anxious to read the latest offerings by Anne Rivers Siddons, Maeve Binchy and Elizabeth Berg.....all favorites.
Rhonda Adam
Janet Evanovich
James Patterson
Sue Grafton
Linda Smith
Jodi Picoult, John Grisham, Annie LaMott
Linda Estrin
Margaret Atwood, Louise Erdrich, Annie Proulx
Merry Waldrip
Michael Palmer
Lee Child
Nora Roberts
Linda M. Williams
James Patterson, Robert Crais, and John Lescroart
marie
Jonathan Kellerman, Jodi Picoult, Joseph Finder
Carmen Slaughter
Beverly Barton
Cassandra King
Karen White
Michele
J. K. Rowling
Janet Evanovich
Carly Phillips
Linda Miller
J. K. Rowling
Janet Evanovich
Michael Connelly
Martha Leverett
J. D. Robb
Christine Feehan
Angela Knight
Sharon Cerasoli
Jodi Picoult, Alice Hoffman, and Barbara Parker
Karen Frank
Jonathan Kellerman
Maeve Binchy
Alexander McCall Smith
Susan
Carl Hiassen
Elmore Leonard
Walter Mosley
Fifi O'Toole
1. Stephen King
2. Dean Koontz
3. John Sandford
Diana Westfall
James Patterson
Richard North Patterson
Kathy Reichs
Diana Thomas
J. K. Rowling
Stephanie Laurens
Anne McCaffrey
Manon J
Jodi Picoult
Lisa Gardner
Peggy Ann Pompey
Robert Crais
Linda Howard
Nora Roberts
George Mathews
James Lee Burke
Robert B. Parker
Robert Crais
Lisa B
Alexander McCall Smith
Maeve Binchy
Dick Francis
There are so many more than three!
Trish
Norah Roberts (J. D. Robb)
Sandra Brown
Karin Slaughter
Donna Alspach
Michael Connelly
Sue Grafton
James Patterson
Jeanette F. Milliner
J. California Cooper
J. K. Rowling
Alexander McCall Smith
Susan Vaille
Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve, Janet Evanovich
Mary Branham
Barbara Delinsky, Penelope J. Stokes and Stuart Woods
Sandra Hughes
Kent Haruf
Chris Bohjalian
Mary McGarry Morris
Donna Piorkowski
John Grisham
Michael Connelly
James Patterson
Linda Martinek
Lee Child, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly
Jenne Turner
Elizabeth George
Barbara Kingsolver
Jasper Fforde
Paul J. Zimmerman
Nicci French, Michael Connelly, Richard North Patterson
Emily Parker
Sharon Wallace
Jane Isay
Kathi Keyse
Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Catherine Coulter
Martha Cromwell
Stephen King
Greg Iles
Dean Koontz
Kay Weiser
Jodi Picoult
Alice Hoffman
Barbara Kingsolver
Linda Miller
Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, John Sanford
Heidi
Jodi Picoult, Laurell K. Hamilton,
Kathy Talley
Nora Roberts
James Patterson
Jonathan Kellerman
Bev Haas
Jonathan Kellerman
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
