Favorite Modern Author

• HitsRus

  

  What does the FH like to read....
  Please note : Modern Author...God does not count.
  JK Rowling
  Stephanie Meyer
  Dan Brown
  John Grisham
  Danielle Steele
  Nelson DeMille
  Stephen King
• cat_lover

  I enjoy reading Stephen King.
• atomica600

  

  Huge Stephen King fan. I've knocked out It, Desperation, Dolores Claiborne, The Plant, and Just After Sunset since Christmas. I am currently reading Cell. Some of Michael Crichton's stuff is good too.
• killdeer

  

  I might throw John Irving in on that list.
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^well there is a category 'other'...this list is not exclusive...write in who you want.
• killdeer

  

  ^^^umm, I think I just did.
• fan_from_texas

  Of those, I went with Stephen King. His non-horror work is very good (I'm thinking of the Green Mile).
• stationrun

  

  Robert Ludlum
• elbuckeye28

  Although he just passed away, I'm a huge fan of Michael Crichton. I have also read a majority of John Grisham's books.
• cbus4life

  Michael Chabon is the greatest American author working today.
  
  Hands down.
• Quint

  

  Michael Crichton
• eersandbeers

  Hunter S. Thompson is my favorite. There are too many good ones though. I'd also add:
  
  Bob Woodward
  Noam Chomsky
  Dan Brown
  Khaled Hosseini
  Tom Rob Smith (only wrote two books but I loved them both)
  Max Brooks
• Darkon

  

  Tom Clancy
  Vince Flynn
• september63

  

  David Baldacci
• Gobuckeyes1

  Jeffrey Deaver
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Umberto Eco!
• that_guy

  My top five current writers & favorite books by them:
  Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drucgs & Cocoa Puffs; Fargo Rock City; Downtown Owl)
  Richard Russo (Empire Falls, Mohawk)
  Russel Banks (The Sweet Hereafter; Continental Drift)
  Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy)
  Cormac McCarthy (The Road, All the Pretty Horses)
• chs71

  Elmore Leonard
• Goldenboy26

  

  Out of that list I like Stephen King the most, I am about to start reading Under the Dome. John Grisham has a lot of really good books, but his last few have been pretty bad.
  
  A few others i like: James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Harlen Coben, Tess Gerritson, Ted Dekkar
• cbus4life

  Manhattan Buckeye wrote: Umberto Eco!

  Good choice.
• End of Line

  

  Grisham.
• tcarrier32

  

  Dean Koontz, only because one of his new books is about a character with the same name as me.
• sleeper

  

  Dan Brown.
• I Wear Pants

  cbus4life wrote: Michael Chabon is the greatest American author working today.
  
  Hands down.

  Cormac Mccarthy should at least be in the discussion.
• BuckeyeBlue

  

  Of those listed, I went with Dan Brown.
  
  I'm also a fan of Chuck Palahniuk. Author of books like Fight Club and Choke.