Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish
I’m going to start by saying I love all these authors dearly but I am not one to run out and buy books on their release date. Although, the below author’s novels always end up on my bookshelf/ereader.
- Tana French — I love her Dublin Murder Squad series. I will admit, I still have Faithful Place halfway read and Broken Harbor still on my shelf but dust should not set an impression, she is a fantastic mystery writer.
- Gillian Flynn — I have read all three of her books, Sharp Objects, Dark Places and Gone Girl, I thought she was an exceptional writer but she did not become an auto buy until I read Gone Girl. It was spine tingling.
- Alan Bradley — I love Flavia de Luce she is one smart cookie and pulls off her know-it-all-ness without being annoyingly precocious. Bradley has done a marvelous job.
- Melanie Benjamin — I read Alice I Have Been on a whim as it kept creeping up on Amazon’s you may like list, so I decided to give it a try. I devoured Alice I Have Been and The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb and am up in the air with excitement to begin The Aviator’s Wife.
Only four today, my pocketbook can’t handle any more, besides most of my favorite authors are deceased.
Gillian Flynn is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I adored Gone Girl. The rest of the authors on your list, I haven't heard about, but am checking them out.
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I just read In the Woods – Tana French definitely belongs on my list!
I need to read Tanya French. I think I would really like her writing. Gillian Flynn–I think I have a love/hate relationship with her. Her books keep me hooked but I have yet to like a single a character LOL.
I haven't read any of these authors! But I've heard great things about their books! Great list 🙂
Here's my Top Ten!
Tana French, yes! I've only read her first two, but she's amazing!
This is a great question. I don't think I have any auto-buy authors, but I am working on acquiring the entire collection of Wally Lamb and Madeline L'Engle.
I totally agree with you on Gillian Flynn shes amazing. great list.
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Nice list! Yeah, I didn't list any dead authors either. I actually have a ton more, but the ones I listed I felt were worth acknowledgement. =O)
You managed a longer list than I could have! Reading this top ten has made me realize I need to make a greater effort to read the work of living authors. For shame!