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lovely_S (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #96 on: July 18, 2007, 02:39 PM »

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James Hadley Chase
tboy1 (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #97 on: July 18, 2007, 02:59 PM »

James Patterson
Andrew Gross
P.J Tracy
lafile (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #98 on: July 18, 2007, 04:48 PM »

Frederick Forsyth!
You can add Thomas Harris - the man that created the greatest villain of all time, Hannibal Lecter.
Hugoboi (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #99 on: July 18, 2007, 04:50 PM »

Quote
Frederick Forsyth!

I concurr

I also wish to add Robert Ludlum 'the master storyteller'
bunmeee (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #100 on: July 18, 2007, 04:52 PM »

John Grisham
Danielle Steele
Nora Roberts
Francine Rivers
tuneri (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #101 on: July 18, 2007, 06:02 PM »

my favorite authors r sidney sheldon[all his books r fabulous],john grisham[run away jury] n micheal crichton[sphere is a masterpiece]
Halle B (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #102 on: July 18, 2007, 06:58 PM »

myself(abuse Us}yet to be published
SidneySheldon
james Hadley Chase
Chimamanda Adichie
danielSteel

good
zubbiedan (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #103 on: July 18, 2007, 07:01 PM »

david baldacci,sheldon.ken follet, grisham, archer, fredrick forsyth,clive clusser.to mention but a few
spikedcylinder (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #104 on: July 18, 2007, 07:50 PM »

thank you o zubbiedan for mentioning David Baldacci! Does it mean no one here has read anything by him? My personal favourite is the winneranyone read it?
oyie (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #105 on: July 18, 2007, 08:32 PM »

i feel you guys o!o Cool
i love novels from james hadley(but when i was much younger),sidney sheldon,micheal crinchton,jackie collins(amebo),robert ludlem(but they are in my opinon unnecessarily too long),danielle steel(y does she seem to like sorrowful theme or what?)obin cook(medical lines),and my lady anytime MARY HUGGINS CLARK!The list is off
monstah (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #106 on: July 18, 2007, 09:18 PM »

kellorah's said it all, mario puzo,tom clancy,robert ludlum complete that list!
uzygirl (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #107 on: July 18, 2007, 10:11 PM »

Sheldon, Grisham, Conan Doyle, Mary H. Clark, Jane Austen, Barbara Taylor Bradford
m water
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #108 on: July 19, 2007, 12:54 PM »

has anyone out there heard of john le carre?
seunspice (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #109 on: July 19, 2007, 02:20 PM »

i gave up novels some years ago, but apart from religious books, i would do anything to read Sidney Sheldon novels
BASETSANA (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #110 on: July 19, 2007, 02:49 PM »

My favourite writers are
Enid Blyton
Danielle Steel
Virginia Andrews

bugado (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #111 on: July 19, 2007, 03:07 PM »

well. i will give it to the first noble prize winner in nigeria. wole soyinka.
aik.mamah (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #112 on: July 19, 2007, 11:19 PM »

have any one read Tell No One by Harlan coben ? http://www.harlancoben.com/static/novels/tno.htm  Oh my God!! you wont keep it till its over and when you finish reading it you would start to blame yourself for rushing it to the end. TThen you would start to tell Eveyone about it (just as i am doing. Please just go get1 now and prove me wrong if you can\

WARNING: DONT READ THIS BOOK WHILE YOUR FOOD IS ON THE BURNER, I BET YOU IT WILL GET BURNT. DONT SAY I DD'NT WARN YOU !

  
    


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aik.mamah (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #113 on: July 19, 2007, 11:27 PM »

i heard that James Hardley chase is not one man but a group of Authors, i used to think its a lie till i read " we will share a double funeral". the work is good but that just wasn't his style (to the best of my knowledge though)
RichyBlacK (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #114 on: July 19, 2007, 11:29 PM »

Cyprian Ekwensi (writer par excellence)
    * The Leopard's Claw (1950)
    * People of the City (1954)
    * The Drummer Boy (1960)
    * The Passport of Mallam Ilia (1960)
    * Jagua Nana (1961)
    * Burning Grass (1961)
    * An African Nights Entertainment (1962)
    * Beautiful Feathers (1963)
    * Rainmaker (1965)
    * Iska (1966)
    * Lokotown (1966)
    * Restless City and Christmas Gold (1975)
    * Divided We Stand (1980)
    * Jagua Nana's Daughter (1987)
    * Behind the Convent Wall (1987)
    * Gone to Mecca (1991)

Carl Sagan (teacher par excellence)
   * Broca's Brain (1974)
   * The Dragons of Eden (1977)
   * The Demon-Haunted World (1996)
   * Billions and Billions (1997)


aik.mamah (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #115 on: July 19, 2007, 11:36 PM »

COMMENTS ON "TELL NO ONE"

Coben's latest thriller is the book everyone should take to the beach this summer,  Tell everyone to read TELL NO ONE. Highly recommmended.“
-- Library Journal

“Intricate plot twists keep pace with Beck as he desperately seeks proof that his wife did not die at the hands of a serial killer who nearly did him in as well. More than halfway through this book, I forced myself to read slowly. I wanted to savor every clue, every detail, and I NEVER WANTED IT TO END. There are numerous aspects to the clincher ending, with surprises in store for the reader until the very last page.”
-- USA TODAY

Easily shifting from suspense to pathos, Coben expertly plumbs the intensity of mouring and the painful game of “what if” that comes with Beck's spark of hope,  Coben has crafted a beach read so gripping it ought to come with a jumbo tube of sunscreen. Bottom line: TELL EVERYONE.”
-- People Magazine Beach Book of the Week

“Harlan Coben's Tell No One begins at a run and in no time is moving at an all-out sprint,  the characters are engaging and the strange goings-on will leave readers rapidly turning pages in search of fresh clues,  Coben writes with wit and a shrewd sense of plotting.”
-- San Francisco Chronicle

I don't remember the last time I felt so driven to finish a novel. And the final 30 pages, well, you'll see,  Try to read TELL NO ONE slowly enough to appreciate Coben's writing. It will be hard. But try.”
-- St. Petersburg Times


I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON











spikedcylinder (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #116 on: July 20, 2007, 04:04 AM »

I havent read anything by Coben or even heard about him but i think i'll go look now. Seeing thas picture of his/her book cover reminded me of another good writer. . . .Jeffery Deaver, he wrote the Bone Collector starring Denzel Washington and also wrote some other book that i can't quite remember the title right now.
Shaunscot (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #117 on: July 20, 2007, 11:20 PM »

Robert Ludlum ROCKS!!!Frank Peretti is DA BOMB(I didnt like his last novel-Monster)
I have a Ludlum library-nothing less than 15 of his books.But Ive read almost all
@3dhunter and Apocalypse
Yeah there is a fourth Bourne.Its called the Bourne Legacy.I bought it before I even realised he wasnt the author.It was written by Eric Van Lustbader but I still havent read it(Ive had it for 5 months now).I guess I'm just obsessed with Ludlum.
I started with pacesetters(back in primary) befor moving to Chase.I read nothing less than 60 JHC's before the plot started looking similar.
I was feeling the same way with Ludlum but he knocked me off with 'The Prometheus Deception'.
Thats my best Ludlum yet, Ill recommend it.
Ive read David Baldacci's 'winner' and I wasnt impressed.
I also read Sidney Sheldon's 'rage of angels' and I feel the guy is a littled hyped
Vitastraka (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #118 on: July 21, 2007, 07:18 AM »

No body talks about the collected masterpieces of Vitastraka
SMC (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #119 on: July 21, 2007, 01:44 PM »

Quote from: Vitastraka on July 21, 2007, 07:18 AM
No body talks about the collected masterpieces of Vitastraka

For goodness sake, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! Angry

You have no works, so just button it Mister and stop ranting all over the place about your imaginary works/masterpieces.  Angry Angry
creatorjc (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #120 on: July 21, 2007, 04:05 PM »

well,i think my best novelist is George Orwell for his classics,1984 and ANIMAL FARM.i also like his THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER.
prince_onx
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #121 on: July 21, 2007, 07:39 PM »

James Hadley Chase! anytime, anyday, anywhere! PERIOD.
aik.mamah (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #122 on: July 22, 2007, 06:59 PM »

Quote from: spikedcylinder on July 20, 2007, 04:04 AM
I havent read anything by Coben or even heard about him but i think i'll go look now. Seeing thas picture of his/her book cover reminded me of another good writer. . . .Jeffery Deaver, he wrote the Bone Collector starring Denzel Washington and also wrote some other book that i can't quite remember the title right now.

and come to think of it, i just finished watching  "The Bone Collector" man, its da bomb
runsaway
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #123 on: July 22, 2007, 10:27 PM »

Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa.   Fagunwa's first novel, Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale (1938; The Forest of a Thousand Daemons), was the first full-length novel published in the Yoruba language.
Wole Soyinka
Frank Peretti
robert ludlum
Chinua Achebe
shakespare
John irving
kathleen woodiwiss
spikedcylinder (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #124 on: July 23, 2007, 09:29 AM »

Quote from: runsaway on July 22, 2007, 10:27 PM
Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa. Fagunwa's first novel, Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale (1938; The Forest of a Thousand Daemons), was the first full-length novel published in the Yoruba language.

I have this book, its the typical African folklore, can't say I am all that impressed.
Phlota (f)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #125 on: July 23, 2007, 01:07 PM »

Sidney Sheldon, of course
Barbara Taylor Bradford
John Grisham
Nora Roberts
My all time authors
pachigo
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #126 on: July 25, 2007, 12:07 AM »

Apocalypse how can you say The Partner is best of Grisham? Huh  You should read the Runaway Jury and The Firm. Meanwhile Hardly Chase is for starters. THE CHARM SCHOOL and THE ABSOLUTE POWER all by David Baldaci, they are mind blowers
Vitastraka (m)
Re: Who Is Your Best Novelist?
« #127 on: August 05, 2007, 11:35 AM »

@SMC

Why are treating Vitastraka like this?

Have you checked in the stores near you for my works?

We are supposed to be friends,
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