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Hello guys. Ever since learning that Brandon Sanderson existed, I have realized that there r most probably a lot of really good authors out there who I have never heard of, so I thought about posting A top ten list of my favourite authors and I hope other people follow suite. Thanks

1. Rick Riordan(All of his books)

2. Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive)

3. J.K Rowling (Harry Potter)

4. Eion Colfer( All of his Books)

5. John Flanagan ( Rangers Apprentice and Brother-band

6. Derek Landy (Skullduggery Pleasant and Maleficent 12)

7. James Dashner (Maze Runner and 13th Reality and the Magnificent 12)

8. Emily Rodda (All of her books)

9. D.M Cornish (Monster Bloodd Tatto)

10. Christopher Paolini ( Inheritance cycle)

This is a really close list and these gusy actually should have all tied for first lol.

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Maybe we should choose Authors other than Brandon. (presumably if you're on this form you liked his work):

 

my list of other authors:

1) Patrick Rothfus Kingkiller chronicles

2) JK Rowling 

3) Charles Stross (the laundry books manage to be creepy and hilarious at the same time)

4) Isaac Asimov (hes a classic for a reason. i loved foundation)

5) Jim Butcher (Dresden files)

6) Ann Leckie (Ancillary Justice)

7) Steven Gould (jumper seiries, being a space geek i loved Exo)

8) James S. A. Corey (expanse Trilogy excellent modern space opera)

9) John Scalzi (I loved old mans war, redshirts is a good laugh)

10) Rbert Jordan (Sanderson couldn't have put such an excellent finish on it if Jordan had never created it)

 

Note that i haven't tried to order these as to which is "best" and if i thought about it i could probably think of something i enjoyed more, these are just books I've read recently and liked.

 

bonus: Seven Eves by Neal Stevenson

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A Joe in the Bush

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Does it have to be published authors?

 

If so, in no particular Order:

  1. Joe Abercrombie
  2. Robert Jackson Bennet
  3. Shakespeare
  4. Jim Butcher
  5. Kevin Hearne
  6. Patrick Rothfuss
  7. J. R. R. Tolkien
  8. Raymond E. Feist
  9. L. E. Modesitt
  10. Brandon Sanderson himself

If they don't have to be published, IE, Fanfiction authors allowed:

  1. Joe Abercrombie (Still)
  2. Jim Butcher (Still)
  3. Brandon Sanderson (Still)
  4. Raugos
  5. Doccular
  6. Anzel
  7. Ezra
  8. Wanderer D
  9. Featherwriter
  10. Unseelie Accords
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WayneSpren

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Hello guys. Ever since learning that Brandon Sanderson existed, I have realized that there r most probably a lot of really good authors out there who I have never heard of, so I thought about posting A top ten list of my favourite authors and I hope other people follow suite. Thanks

1. Rick Riordan(All of his books)

2. Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive)

3. J.K Rowling (Harry Potter)

4. Eion Colfer( All of his Books)

5. John Flanagan ( Rangers Apprentice and Brother-band

6. Derek Landy (Skullduggery Pleasant and Maleficent 12)

7. James Dashner (Maze Runner and 13th Reality and the Magnificent 12)

8. Emily Rodda (All of her books)

9. D.M Cornish (Monster Bloodd Tatto)

10. Christopher Paolini ( Inheritance cycle)

This is a really close list and these gusy actually should have all tied for first lol.

Really? You put Brandon second on a Sanderson fansite?

My list:

1. Brandon Sanderson

2. Tolkien

3. J.K. Rowling

4. Orson Scott Card

5. Rick Riordan

6. Karen Traviss

7. Brandon Mull

...That's it.

 

 

 

Does it have to be published authors?

 

If so, in no particular Order:

  1. Joe Abercrombie
  2. Robert Jackson Bennet
  3. Shakespeare
  4. Jim Butcher
  5. Kevin Hearne
  6. Patrick Rothfuss
  7. J. R. R. Tolkien
  8. Raymond E. Feist
  9. L. E. Modesitt
  10. Brandon Sanderson himself

And you put him as number 10...

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Okay here they are:

 

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

1. Brandon Sanderson

 

Brandon Sanderson and his nine clones.  Seriously though, here's my other list:

 

1. Brandon Sanderson

2. Terry Pratchett

3. Robert Jordan

4. Dan Wells

5. Orson Scott Card

6. Larry Correia

7. Brent Weeks

8. Brian McClellan

9. Jim Butcher

10. Patrick Rothfuss

 

I just threw this list together right now, my opinions might be different on this by tomorrow and the ranking will certainly change a lot as I read more books.  Most of these are pretty well known epic fantasy writers (which tends to be my favorite genre), but there are a few other genres that have snuck their way onto my list.

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Pestis the Spider

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My list (the 0.5 places are authors published in Polish and never translated to English, because they also deserve to be here). Still. It's only a "more or less" list.

1. Steven Erikson

2. Peter Watts

3. George R. R. Martin

3.5. Robert M. Wegner

4. Isaac Asimov

5. Brandon Sanderson

6. Joe Abercrombie

6.5 Andrzej Sapkowski

7. Patrick Rothfuss

8. Matthew W. Stover

9. Glen Cook

9.5. Jarosław Grzędowicz

10. Sergei Lukyanenko

10.5 Jacek Dukaj

10.6 Maja Lidia Kossakowska

 

Really? You put Brandon second on a Sanderson fansite?

 

 

And you put him as number 10...

Well. I kind fo feel, like I can put him wherever I want, dependless of whose fansite it is. :P

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Darkness Ascendant

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Woo-hoo! I can let my pedantry flag fly! So, in no particular order (necesarilly)

 

1) John Crowley

2) Anthony Powell

3) William Golding

4) John Steinbeck

5) Salman Rushdie

6) Mario Vargas Llosa

7) James Baldwin

8) Albert Camus

9) John Milton

10) Mervyn Peake.

Woah... Brandon Sanderson isn't even ON your list lol.

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In alphabetical order:

 

- Michael Chabon (Kavalier & Klay)

- C.S. Friedman (Coldfire trilogy)

- Neil Gaiman (Literally anything. I'd read his used toilet paper if my bookstore sold it)

- Guy Gavriel Kay (Also literally anything)

- George R.R. Martin (AGoT yes, but Dying of the Light was amazing)

- Terry Pratchett (Discworld)

- Melanie Rawn (Dragon Prince/Star, Golden Key)

- Dan Simmons (Hyperion, Ilium, Song of Kali)

- Jo Walton (Farthing, Among Others)

- Peter Watts (Blindsight, or anything else)

 

If we can diverge into comic book writers as well...

- Berkeley Breathed

- Warren Ellis

- Garth Ennis

- Neil Gaiman

- Matt Hawkins

- Joe Hill

- Allan Moore

- Grant Morrison

- Greg Pak

- Bill Watterson

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In alphabetical order:

 

- Michael Chabon (Kavalier & Klay)

- C.S. Friedman (Coldfire trilogy)

- Neil Gaiman (Literally anything. I'd read his used toilet paper if my bookstore sold it)

- Guy Gavriel Kay (Also literally anything)

- George R.R. Martin (AGoT yes, but Dying of the Light was amazing)

- Terry Pratchett (Discworld)

- Melanie Rawn (Dragon Prince/Star, Golden Key)

- Dan Simmons (Hyperion, Ilium, Song of Kali)

- Jo Walton (Farthing, Among Others)

- Peter Watts (Blindsight, or anything else)

 

If we can diverge into comic book writers as well...

- Berkeley Breathed

- Warren Ellis

- Garth Ennis

- Neil Gaiman

- Matt Hawkins

- Joe Hill

- Allan Moore

- Grant Morrison

- Greg Pak

- Bill Watterson

Oh, so we're doing comic book writers as well?in that case....(no particular order)

1.Kazu Kibuishi (Amulet)

2.Matt Fraction (The Invincible Ironman)

3. Peter Tomasi (Batman and Robin)

4. Kevin Eastwood (TMNT)

5. BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS ( Everything!!!)

6. Geoff Johns (Justice League and everything else)

7. Greg Rucka (almost everything)

8.lincoln Peirce (Big Nate)

9.Grant Morrison (again, almost everything)

10. Greg Pak (again, almost everything)

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I'm not going to include Brandon in my list. *Dodges rotten tomato.* Scandalous, I know, but he did ask for authors besides Brandon sooooo.

 

1. Pierce Brown. I cannot express my love for Sevro enough!

2. Andy Weir. Holy crap The Martian was good.

C. Scott Lynch. Have you read The Lies of Locke Lamora? No? Go do that. This post isn't going anywhere.

%.Mercede Lackey. She helped jumpstart my love for fantasy, so she holds a special place in my heart.

E. Brent Weeks. I read the Night Angel trilogy in about 3 hours. (Exaggeration? Maybe. Are his books good? Most assuredly.) 

F/6. Peter V. Brett. Demons, magic, violence! What's not to love??

$. Patrick Rothfuss. Just like Mr. Brett, but without the demons. It's still quite good.

111. Jim Butcher. Specifically the Codex Alera. Just like Brett's Demon Cycle, but with Romans instead of Demons. (I'm beginning to notice a trend.)

Nueve. Louis L'Amour. When my grandfather passed away, I inherited his extensive collection of L'Amour novels. Since then I've expanded said collection, and whenever I get and/or read a new one I get the fuzzies. It's quite nice.

Omega. J.K. Rowling. There's a reason that everyone loves her stuff.

 

P.S. My list is also in no particular order. Well, except for Pierce Brown. Red Rising is bae.

 

A few bonuses. Anthony Ryan, Bernard Cornwell, Erin Morgenstern and Brian McClellan all of whom I've liked what I read, but that I've only read one book by them. 

 

P.S.S. Sorry for the randomness, but it's 2:43 a.m. so I think I'm entitled to be acting a little strange.

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I'm not going to include Brandon in my list. *Dodges rotten tomato.* Scandalous, I know, but he did ask for authors besides Brandon sooooo.

 

1. Pierce Brown. I cannot express my love for Sevro enough!

2. Andy Weir. Holy crap The Martian was good.

C. Scott Lynch. Have you read The Lies of Locke Lamora? No? Go do that. This post isn't going anywhere.

%.Mercede Lackey. She helped jumpstart my love for fantasy, so she holds a special place in my heart.

E. Brent Weeks. I read the Night Angel trilogy in about 32 hours. (Exaggeration? Maybe. Are his books good? Most assuredly.) 

F/6. Peter V. Brett. Demons, magic, violence! What's not to love??

$. Patrick Rothfuss. Just like Mr. Brett, but without the demons. It's still quite good.

111. Jim Butcher. Specifically the Codex Alera. Just like Brett's Demon Cycle, but with Romans instead of Demons. (I'm beginning to notice a trend.)

Nueve. Louis L'Amour. When my grandfather passed away, I inherited his extensive collection of L'Amour novels. Since then I've expanded said collection, and whenever I get and/or read a new one I get the fuzzies. It's quite nice.

Omega. J.K. Rowling. There's a reason that everyone loves her stuff.

 

P.S. My list is also in no particular order. Well, except for Pierce Brown. Red Rising is bae.

 

A few bonuses. Anthony Ryan, Bernard Cornwell, Erin Morgenstern and Brian McClellan all of whom I've liked what I read, but that I've only read one book by them. 

 

P.S.S. Sorry for the randomness, but it's 2:43 a.m. so I think I'm entitled to be acting a little strange.

Uhhh, Not sure who 'he' is, but I never said it had to not include Brandon Sanderson....

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In the order in which they popped into my head:

-Brandon Sanderson, of course

-Terry Pratchet

-Tolkien

-CS Lewis (Not so much Chronicles of Narnia, but The Great Divorce, Screwtape Letters, and his various essays are excellent)

-Shakespeare

-JK Rowling

-Orson Scott Card

I'll add more if any come to mind.

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In the order in which they popped into my head:

-Brandon Sanderson, of course

-Terry Pratchet

-Tolkien

-CS Lewis (Not so much Chronicles of Narnia, but The Great Divorce, Screwtape Letters, and his various essays are excellent)

-Shakespeare

-JK Rowling

-Orson Scott Card

I'll add more if any come to mind.

Haven't read a Terry Pratchet book in a while..
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I've only read the first book so far, but I also can't get over how awesome Sevro is.  Everyone should read Red Rising.

I did, and I found it mediocore. And I don't know what's so interesting in Sevro. So I guess it just depends on the reader's taste, whether you like this book or not. 

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This list is incredibly fluid (if I posted tomorrow it would probably be about 50% different) and in no order whatsoever

 

J.R.R Tolkien

Dorothy Sayers

C.S. Lewis

Diana Wynne Jones

Rosemary Sutcliff

Gillian Bradshaw

Jane Austen

Connie Willis

Lois McMaster Bujold

Ursula LeGuin

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I did, and I found it mediocore. And I don't know what's so interesting in Sevro. So I guess it just depends on the reader's taste, whether you like this book or not. 

 

Well in the long run, every book depends on the reader's tastes. There are just some books that happen to appeal to more readers than to others. 

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