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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Mekanus(m): 9:49pm On Jun 28, 2020
IfGodbeforus:
Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of my Faith..
The op meant real authors, not some fictional character.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by GabrielYulaw(m): 9:51pm On Jun 28, 2020
ajebuter:


Tom Clancy, the war writer..

Mario Puzo: The Mafioso writer... I love his Don Corleon saga! grin grin

Harrold Robbin to me is the male version of Jackie Colin.. rauchy stories and unapologetically foul mouthed..

Purely for adults especially jackie Colins

How old are you dear? Back then there was nothing like the internet and Nigerian parents totally didn't sit their kids down and talk to them about the birds and bees. Get my drift?

That meant that a lot of us learned about sex and love making from books. Harold Robbins' books were adult as sin and very detailed in the raunchy stuff. Jackie Collins not so much.

I learned more about birds and bees from Robbins, I guess the opposite was true for you.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by AreaFada2: 9:52pm On Jun 28, 2020
ajebuter:
Jackie Collins : Hlollywood Wives, Hollywood Husbands, The World is Full of Divorced Women, Rock Star, Lucky, Chances, Lady Boss, Lucky Vendatta, Dangerous Kiss, Hollywood Kids, Hollywood Divorce, The Stud, The World is Full of Married Men,

Sidney Sheldon : If Tomorrow Comes, Rage of an Angel, Master of the Game, Noonday Conspiracy, Naked Face, The Other Side of Midnight, Bloodline, Memories of Midnight, The Stars Shine Down, Stranger in the Mirror...

Danielle Steel: ( Daddy, Zoya, Malice, Lightning, Story of Nick,

John Grisham : The Street Lawyer, Pelican Brief, The Firm,

Jeffery Archer: Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter

Other great authors are: Sandra Brown, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Barbara Kartland, Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown,

Wow! I love reading!
I liked them years ago. But looking back, they are simplistic.

My favorites are Guy de Maupassant, Gustave Flaubert, Tonie Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Bronte sisters, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Wolfgang von Goethe, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, Jonathan Swift and Guenter Grass.

Irish writers are just too good.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Sirheny007(m): 9:54pm On Jun 28, 2020
Reddington:
Tough one, really. There're quite so many great writers with different styles and approach to writing & storytelling. For me, in the indigenous aspect of things, I'll go for Achebe and Chimamanda . OMG they're glorious writers! Chimamanda Adichie could literally blow your mind with her ingenious ability to describe. She's a genius at describing even the faintest detail!
Foreign writers? John Grisham & Stieg Larsson. Like me, if you love legal/court dramas laced with thrills, Grisham's got you covered! Dude is gorgeous entertainer!
Honorable mentions:
* Dan Brown (Grandmaster of mysteries)
* James Hardly chase (the grandpa of thrillers)
* Anthony Doer ( Tells powerful stories.. "All the Lights we Cannot See" will get tears rolling freely down your red cheeks without your knowing it!)
* Gillian Flynn
* Markus Zusak (History master "The Book Thief" was artfully written!)
* Jeffery Acher (A gifted humorist.. He could get you giggling all alone with his brilliantly written books)

If you think the grand master of mystery is Dan Brown, then you haven't heard of Lawrence Block.
He is actually called "The grand master of Mystery". A title given to him by the American Mystery writers association. He has two Mystery series with over 13 books per series.
Here are the Series
1. The Burglar Series (Benard Rhodenbarr)
2. The Matthew Scudder Series.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Hajokexyz: 9:55pm On Jun 28, 2020
khalil Gibran

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by meedx: 9:58pm On Jun 28, 2020
Williams Shakespeare, charles Dickson, Frederick Forsyth and Chinua achebe.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Bismag(m): 9:59pm On Jun 28, 2020
1. Stephen King 2. Dan Brown 3. Gorge O'well 4. Ngogi Thiong'o
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Nobody: 10:00pm On Jun 28, 2020
ZigZiglar_Next Level
BenCarson_Gifted Hands
MarioPuzo_The Mafia Manager&The Godfather
DanBrown_Deception Point&Da Vinci Code
WilliamShakespear_Macbeth&The Tempest.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Nobody: 10:03pm On Jun 28, 2020
Mine are:
1. Jack Higgins
2 Tom clancy
3.Sherilyl chenyon

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Bornfool(m): 10:06pm On Jun 28, 2020
dasanchez1:
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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by SouthPaw24(m): 10:09pm On Jun 28, 2020
ValCon888:
No1. Leo Tolstoy - The author of War and Peace.
No2. JRR Tolkien - The author of The Silmarilion.
No3. Fyodor Dostoevsky - The author of The Brothers Karamazov.

You're blessed bro.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by SouthPaw24(m): 10:11pm On Jun 28, 2020
Squillaci:
R.K. RAJPUT

Only legends know this
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by dasanchez1(m): 10:11pm On Jun 28, 2020
Bornfool:


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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by inspayard(f): 10:12pm On Jun 28, 2020
I don't have a favorite author presently I am still exploring.I read my first Dan Brown novel Angels and Demons in SS1.Since then I have been hooked,I read Origin and Digital fortress this year and they are excellent.I love thriller and mystery novels a lot but these days I prefer African novels,I read my first Ngugi Wa'thiongo's novel weep not child in Jss2,I read a river between in SS2.Chimamanda is an author I admire I love her works and I read purple hibiscus over and over again in Js2 lol,I have read Americanah,Half of a yellow sun and The things around her neck.Growing up, when I was in primary school I read a lot of Enid Blyton and I still enjoy some of her works even though I am no longer a child.The reading culture in Nigeria is really bad,many young people are only interested in Instagram and Twitter.I hope to read the works of Dostoevsky when I get the opportunity to.I Know I have written an epistle lol,biko,emabinu, sorry I didn't mean to.I just wanted to express myself.I will really appreciate if someone could be kind enough to suggest some great African writers and their works.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by vineakachi(m): 10:14pm On Jun 28, 2020
mine is whoever wrote the novel "the adventures of Souza"
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Reddington(m): 10:15pm On Jun 28, 2020
Sirheny007:


If you think the grand master of mystery is Dan Brown, then you haven't heard of Lawrence Block.
He is actually called "The grand master of Mystery". A title given to him by the American Mystery writers association. He has two Mystery series with over 13 books per series.
Here are the Series
1. The Burglar Series (Benard Rhodenbarr)
2. The Matthew Scudder Series.

Yet to read Block's work. Just like most people commenting, my assessment was limited to authors I've read. I hope to try Lawrence Block someday. But currently it's Dan Brown for me. If truly, Block is globally recognised as the daddy of mystery as you suggested, then I'm sure Dan Brown would be a very close second.. He's magnificent at mysteries.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Penboy: 10:19pm On Jun 28, 2020
John Grisham
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Asiri1991: 10:20pm On Jun 28, 2020
My favourite novelist are Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights), Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre), Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice), Chimamanda Adichie (Americanah and Purple Hibiscus), Chika Unigwe (On Black Sisters' Street), Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart), Camara Laye (Radiance of the King), Thomas Hardy (The Mayor of Casterbridge) and Buchi Emecheta (Second Class Citizen) in that order.

Plays: no Shakespeare, no play.



Poetry: David Diop, W.B. Yeats, Mathew Arnold, Claud McKay, Edward Braithwaite and Kofi Awoonor.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by EmperorShizzy: 10:21pm On Jun 28, 2020
Prof Oluwole Akinwande Babatunde Soyinka, Kongi the god of literature. His constant employment of heavy verbiage is one of the reasons why I like him so much. I guess that explains why Larrysun is my favorite Nairaland writer of all time.

others are;
William Shakespeare
Chinua Achebe
Bernard Shaw
Chimamanda Adichie
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Sirheny007(m): 10:24pm On Jun 28, 2020
Reddington:


Yet to read Block's work. Just like most people commenting, my assessment was limited to authors I've read. Maybe I hope to try Lawrence Block someday. But currently it's Dan Brown for me. If truly, Block is globally recognised as the daddy of mystery as you suggested, then I'm sure Dan Brown would be a very close second.. He's magnificent at mysteries.

I have read all Dan Brown's work. He's a great one. He is also on my own list.
I just wanted to clear up an impression when you described Dan Brown as the grandfather of Mystery. I wanted you to know that "The grandmaster of mystery" is actually a "title" given to Lawrence Block by the American Mystery writers association.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by JJBROS(m): 10:27pm On Jun 28, 2020
Williams Shekespear

George Orwell

James Hardly Chase

Chinua Achebe

SMO Aka

Ola Rotimi
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Melkizedeck: 10:29pm On Jun 28, 2020
Mine is All Robert Greene's books Napoleon Hill's Think and grow Rich. Cyprian Ekwensi's Burning grass
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by chuka25(m): 10:37pm On Jun 28, 2020
rukyboy:
Wilbur Smith!. The best ever!. No one comes close!..
Was wondering why nobody had mentioned Wilbur Smith until u did. Yes. Nobody comes close. I completely agree. Have read all. My all time favourite is river god

Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by AfroKnight: 10:39pm On Jun 28, 2020
badaru911:
Mine plenty but I'm gonna go for ken Follett ( Pillars of the earth)(Dangerous Fortune)(Third Twin)(Fall of Giants).... etc....
I also like Jeffery Deaver(his novels are bad..... Suspense)...
I also can't do with fantasy novels... Robert Jordan (wheel of time series... That novel is intriguing...)

Because you mentioned Robert Jordan, I will check the other books listed. grin

Just curious. Why didn’t you mention Brandon Sanderson as well? I think he did a great job finishing the WOT series and has written superb personal works too.

There’s a new young gifted writer I was lucky to stumble upon recently: Evan Winter. He wrote “The Rage or Dragons”. The pace is unbelievable.

Other authors I like are Patrick Rothfuss, George R.R. Martin, Tad Williams, Joe Abercrombie, Michael Crichton, Nelson DeMille, Jeffery Archer, Frank Peretti, C. S. Lewis, Jim Butcher, Glen Cook, Steven Erikson, George Johnston.

For classics: Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Alexandre Dumas.

African Writers: Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Chimamanda Adichie, Mongo Beti, Camara Laye, Peter Abrahams.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by nickishire: 10:39pm On Jun 28, 2020
ajebuter:
Jackie Collins : Hlollywood Wives, Hollywood Husbands, The World is Full of Divorced Women, Rock Star, Lucky, Chances, Lady Boss, Lucky Vendatta, Dangerous Kiss, Hollywood Kids, Hollywood Divorce, The Stud, The World is Full of Married Men,

Sidney Sheldon : If Tomorrow Comes, Rage of an Angel, Master of the Game, Noonday Conspiracy, Naked Face, The Other Side of Midnight, Bloodline, Memories of Midnight, The Stars Shine Down, Stranger in the Mirror...

Danielle Steel: ( Daddy, Zoya, Malice, Lightning, Story of Nick,

John Grisham : The Street Lawyer, Pelican Brief, The Firm,

Jeffery Archer: Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter

Other great authors are: Sandra Brown, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Barbara Kartland, Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown,

Wow! I love reading!

I love this list.... read most of these books.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Kpalobi(m): 10:40pm On Jun 28, 2020
Tom Perotta

Sidney Sheldon

Gillian Flynn

Samantha Downing

Joe Hill

Tamsin Winter

Riley Sager

Yaa Gyasi

Chimamanda Adichie

Celeste Ng

James Patterson

Enjoyed reading this Author's book a great deal
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by sleekysleek: 10:43pm On Jun 28, 2020
Sirheny007:


Send me a Pm via mail so I can give you a site.
There is no book written on the face of the earth that you cannot get there (As long as the author is recognized internationally)
Type in the name of the book (must be spelt correctly) on the search bar in the website and the available E-format would come up.
Then you download.

I always prefer the E-pub format because I have an app called supreader installed on my phone where I read with ease.

Good evening. Please I sent you a PM. I would need the link to the site too. Thank you.
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Bornfool(m): 10:44pm On Jun 28, 2020
dasanchez1:
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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Reddington(m): 10:46pm On Jun 28, 2020
Sirheny007:


I have read all Dan Brown's work. He's a great one. He is also on my own list.
I just wanted to clear up an impression when you described Dan Brown as the grandfather of Mystery. I wanted you to know that "The grandmaster of mystery" is actually a "title" given to Lawrence Block by the American Mystery writers association.

I understand bro. Actually I wasn't referring to the title you had in mind. It was just a plain comment devoid of any associational award. Pleased to know tho that there is actually an association of that sort with such title. Learning they say is a continuous process.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Liftme(f): 10:46pm On Jun 28, 2020
James Hadley Chase

Souloho19

Centino

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by GabrielYulaw(m): 10:47pm On Jun 28, 2020
Chinakwam:
Mine are:
1. Jack Higgins
2 Tom clancy
3.Sherilyl chenyon

Night Judgement at Sinos is my fav Jack Higgins book. I can almost smell the book right now smiley
Another firm favorite is The Last Place God Made. Higgins is a Master
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Author Of All Time? by Jaybihel25(m): 10:48pm On Jun 28, 2020
#JK Rowling

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