Top ten lists of authors.

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

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. 

Well, I believe that something like objectively good book actually exist. Also there are books that are maybe not perfect, but have pros that are just impossible to argue against. Noone says they're bad, even if they don't like them. Of course, there are also books so objectively bad, that even the person that likes them shouldn't say that they are any good. And then the majority of books is neither oustandigly good, nor bad, so the decision whether they are bad or good just depends on readers tastes. Sometimes the "taste" might be so strong that the reader may think that the book is better than an objectively good book, or objectively bad book, but that's not exactly true, that's only subjective opinion. 

 

And that's just my personal belief.

[Ascendant Warrior he/him]

In the order I read them and loved them.

 

Phillip Pullman (His Dark Materials)

JK Rowling

Alexander Lloyd

JRR Tolkien

Terry Brooks (Shannara et. al.)

Christopher Paolini (Inheritance)

Dan Brown

Robert Jordan

Brandon Sanderson

Patrick Rothfuss

James Islington

[Hoid Is Dead]

1. Moses - Bible

Brandon Sanderson - Cosmere, Rithmatist, Reckoners

Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time

Jonathan Stroud - Bartimaeus Trilogy / John Lockwood and Co.

Patrick Rotfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicles

Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth books 1-3

Rick Riordan - Demigods etc.

Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire

F. Sionil José - The Pretender

Brian Anderson - The Godling Chronicles

[ParadoxicalZen he/him]

Not sure I can give an accurate listing but i'll give it a go;

 

Number 1 is pretty static at the moment

 

1. Mr Sanderson ofc.

2. Brent Weeks

3. Neil Gaiman

4. Robert Jordan

5. Patrick Rothfuss

6. Robin Hobb

7. Marianne Curley

8. Trudi Canavan

9. Christopher Paolini

10. Phillip Pullman

 

Honourable Mentions; Scott Card (for Ender's Game alone), Steven Erikson

 

I would have mentioned Goodkind, but after reading an interview Q+A, he really didn't match my mental image and I'm really disappointed (I still value how thought provoking they are, I even have a tattoo I designed to embody the Law of Nine)

Edited September 27, 2015 by ParadoxSpren