Authors

Born in Hampshire, UK and now living in Minneapolis, Neil Gaiman is the author of more than twenty books, dozens of short stories, and many novels. He's the first author to have won both the Carnegie and the Newbery medals for the same book: The Graveyard Book. He's also won a variety of other awards including the Bram Stoker, Hugo, and Nebula awards. Since we've been big fans of him for quite some time, we've decided that we wanted to do an article on some of his best books. That's exactly why we've gone ahead and listed what we...

Although sadly Kurt Vonnegut is no longer with us, he has left us a treasure trove of novels, plays, works of non-fiction and short stories. It's such a formidable collection that it can be difficult for readers who are just now discovering him to find his best novels. Although in our humble opinion, it's almost impossible to decide which of his novels are the best, and not even the experts can agree on which books are the most important, we thought that we'd give it a try anywhere, so all of our readers can find the best Kurt Vonnegut...

Dean Koontz is an American author that many people believe they can pigeonhole into the thriller genre, but his works tend to blend several different genres into one. He is known for frequently adding elements of science fiction, horror, mystery, satire, and fantasy into his novels. This has contributed to the novels not only being more than what the reader expects but also means that they tend to be highly anticipated. It also means that his books are very popular. Just how popular? Popular enough for this author to sell over 500 million copies of his books worldwide. And...

Although John Grisham is an attorney, activist, and politician, he's probably most famous for being a novelist. A novelist who has written books in the crime fiction, Southern Gothic, and most notably, the legal crime thriller genres. During his lifetime, he has written over 34 novels and has sold almost 300 million books. We consider him to be not only one of the most entertaining American storytellers around but one of the most important ones as well. That's why we think everyone should have at least a few John Grisham books on their bookshelf. It's also why we've reviewed...

When people decide that they want to curl up with a good romance novel they often turn to the author of more than 225 novels, Nora Roberts. This author has produced more quality romance fiction than most readers are going to be able to read over the course of their lifetime. And she not only has written a lot of books in this genre, but she has also helped to define it over the years. With so many novels in her library, however, we understand that it can be difficult for the casual reader to figure out which Nora Roberts...

James Patterson is a novelist with over 200+ novels and holds the record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers, so it can be difficult for people who are wanting to read his books for the first time to decide which ones are the best ones, to begin with. And that's not even mentioning the fact that he has over 114 books that have made it onto the New York Times Bestseller's list in total. That's why we've decided to research his entire bibliography, so we can pull out the true gems that we think our readers are...