My Favorite Authors

nitalibrarian

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

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vivastory Very very true 2mo

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Soubhiville

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting for the return of #AuthorAMonth! Here are the top six authors in order of popularity.

So dig through your stacks or place your library holds! Starting July 1st we‘ll be reading some Margaret Atwood! What‘s your recommendation for any who haven‘t read her before?

Please repost to get the word out, just tag @MinDea since this was originally her thing, and please tag me so I can cheer you on!

Soubhiville Also, let me know if you‘d like to be tagged in reminder posts! I‘ll start a list. 😊📚 2mo

Jennick2004 Me!!! 2mo

BiblioLitten Even though the most popular one is The Handmaid‘s Tale, my personal favourite is

Alias Grace: A Novel

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BiblioLitten I absolutely love the list! 2mo

BookwormAHN I'd like to be tagged. Also @BiblioLitten Alias Grace sounds good. 2mo

Eyelit This sounds cool! I‘ll ask you about when I see you at book club 😄 2mo

Chrissyreadit Tag me! I rarely have extra time but have books on my TBR with all of those authors. 2mo

StayCurious I‘d like to be tagged. I‘m hoping that joining in some of these reading challenges will get me motivated to try new things 2mo

rjsthumbelina I would like to be tagged, too! 2mo

Kayla.Adriena How does it work? 2mo

IndoorDame I'd like to be tagged too! 2mo

Soubhiville @Kayla.Adriena it‘s very casual! During each author‘s month, just read titles by them and post using the hashtag. At the end of the month I‘ll start a discussion post that we can all share our reading experiences on. Your own posts can be blurbs, reviews, and/or quotes about the books you‘ve chosen to read. 2mo

Soubhiville @BiblioLitten I have Alias Grace sitting on my TBR shelf! I loved the Netflix series! 2mo

BiblioLitten The books by the authors should be common or up to the reader? And do we need to read all the works? 2mo

Soubhiville @BiblioLitten read anything you want by the author, just one or as many as you‘d like! 2mo

BiblioLitten That‘s great. I‘d like to be tagged. Thanks😀 2mo

Bookzombie Please tag me. I have only read The Handmaid‘s Tale, Alias Grace, and the first volume of Angel Catbird. 🙂 2mo

CoffeeNBooks Please tag me! I'm looking forward to this! 2mo

sudi I'd like to be tagged, and i have a copy of The Handmaid's tale so i'm ready for July 😊 2mo

DivineDiana Please tag me! Might help with my #readmyownbooks! 😉 2mo

OriginalCyn620 Awesome lineup! I‘d like to be tagged please! 😊 2mo

ValerieAndBooks I have all these authors, except VE Schwab, in my TBR (and some read already) . Count me in 😊! 2mo

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Soubhiville

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

I'm bringing back the #AuthorAMonth hashtag! Please vote by taking this survey. I'll host it through the rest of the year to see how it goes, and if folks participate I'll carry it into next year.

To participate, you just read books by the chosen author during their month, then post to your wall using the hashtag and tagging me and @Mindea the original founder who has been off Litsy for a bit.

Vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDV7P8R

Soubhiville @LibrarianRyan @CrowCAH @LapReader @Simona @sudi @sprainedbrain @Bookzombie 2mo

Soubhiville Please excuse any misspellings- I am not familiar with a lot of these authors, so I copied them right off your comments. 2mo

sprainedbrain Done! I‘m so excited. 😃 2mo

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Soubhiville @sprainedbrain oh yay! I'm glad you're into it! 2mo

LibrarianRyan Oh god, I should have paid attention to autocorrect and all the mistakes when I posted authors. Yeshhhhh😖😣 2mo

LibrarianRyan It will be awesome to see what comes out on top. 2mo

sammisho Sounds like fun! 2mo

CrowCAH Great initiative! For sure it will be a challenge! 2mo

Nessavamusic Sounds really fun!! 2mo

mcipher I love this idea - really fun! 2mo

rsteve388 Sounds interesting! 2mo

Bookzombie I‘m excited to see which authors come out on top. 2mo

sudi Did the survery. Excited to see who wins 😊 2mo

BookwormAHN I'm so glad you're bringing it back 😺 2mo

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Soubhiville

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Hi Littens!
I‘m thinking of reviving the #AuthorAMonth hashtag, since the original host seem to not be on Litsy for a long time, and it‘s a square for #LittenLoveBingo.
The idea is, each month there is a highlighted author, and if you‘d like to participate you read any of that author‘s books and post about them using the hashtag. Simple, right?

What authors would you like to see included? They need to be prolific. Please comment and share.

LibrarianRyan

Soubhiville How about Stephen King, Kristen Hannah, Jodi Picoult? Someone YA? Who else? 3mo

LibrarianRyan @Soubhiville Hannah has been done. How about Duncan (YA) Avi (MG) Erin hunter, Nora Roberts, Sandra brown, James Patterson (he does all ages), Patrick Ness, ami Kaufman, Melissa DeLa Cruz, Victoria Schwann, Jay Kristoff, Rick Riordian, Ridley Pearson (adult and MG) meg Cabot, Beverly clearly , Ray Bradbury, Laurie Halse Anderson, Diana Wynn‘s jones , Carl Hiassen (adult ya and Mg) Sranan McGuire, inert Skye (mg). For starters. 3mo

LibrarianRyan David Levittown, holly black, Sarah deaden, Benedict okoafor, Marie lu, Neal Schuster man, Libby bray, issac Asimov, l. Ron Hubbard, rl stein 3mo

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CrowCAH Great idea 💡! 3mo

LapReader Margaret Atwood, Paulina Simmons, Bryce Courtenay? 3mo

Soubhiville @LibrarianRyan and @LapReader thanks for the suggestions! 3mo

Simona I like this idea❣️ 3mo

sudi I love this idea 💜. Octavia Butler , Donna Tartt, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury , Terry Pratchett, Ursula.K.LeGuin and Neil Gaiman are some of my suggestions 3mo

sprainedbrain I would love for this to come back! @sudi has a great list of suggestions. ⬆️ 3mo

sudi Thanks @sprainedbrain 😊 3mo

Soubhiville @sudi yes thanks for jumping in with a list! (edited) 3mo

Bookzombie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Roxane Gay, Erik Larson, Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, David Grann, Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child (they write together and separately), Jason Reynolds, Beverly Jenkins, Jonathan Maberry, Joyce Carol Oates, Ira Levin, Sarah Waters, Roald Dahl, Shirley Jackson, Jennifer McMahon. 3mo

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gradcat

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

1. Don Delillo
2. Agatha Christie
3. Sara Gran
4. Donna Tartt
5. Benjamin Black

By no means is this an exhaustive and/or exclusive list...each author named just gets one into an arena of other similar authors/genres. 😂

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Leftcoastzen Ok ,putting Don DeLillo on your list made me follow you.Not a lot of mentions on Litsy ,👏👍📚 6mo

gradcat @Leftcoastzen I think, but don‘t hold me to this—I think I‘ve read every thing he‘s ever written. I‘ve read a lot of the older cool guys like DeLillo, Pynchon, Roth & Bellow...I think there‘s a group of new writers (Young Turks) that would (perhaps) be considered in the same atmosphere. I am not moved in the same way, however. Maybe it‘s an age thing...DeLillo is just so approachable & erudite at the same time. 🥰 6mo

Leftcoastzen He was definitely like a bridge to a more modern,edgy style. I love the the others you mentioned as well.Ever read Cheever?Those 2 cocktails on the train from the city then to the “perfect “ suburbs for 2 more with the undertow of quiet desperation and psychosis?🍸 6mo

gradcat @Leftcoastzen Omigod, I love Cheever! A friend of mine gave me a book of his short stories and I was ever after hooked...he makes you feel as if you are on that train, heading right straight to oblivion, aka the “suburbs.” Who else do you like? Oh, I can just look at your page. By the way, thank you so much for commenting...I am enjoying this very much! ❤️ 6mo

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TheReadingMermaid

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Aaaaaand GO! 😃

Birdsong28 Lindsey Kelk and Gill Paul 📚📖 9mo

Lel2403 Sarah PERRY and Mark Lawrence 9mo

julesG Laini Taylor and Mo Hayder 9mo

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WeeziesBooks Leigh Bardugo and Jeff Zentner 9mo

ravenlee Jane Austen and Neil Gaiman 9mo

Landslide Tessa Bailey and Zoe York 9mo

LapReader Margaret Atwood and Paulina Simmons 9mo

callielafleur Mary Doria Russell and Erik Larson 9mo

thereadingowlvina Anne Perry and Lydia Kang 9mo

quirkthenerd Cheryl Strayed and Paulo Coelho 9mo

TorieStorieS John Connolly and Anne Bishop 9mo

TNbooklover66 Tana French and Sarah Waters 9mo

Valeka Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Shakespeare 9mo

UwannaPublishme Anne Tyler and Anne Lamott 9mo

BookHoarder32 Adam Silvera and Ben Aaronovitch 9mo

Littlebookpage Karen White, Beatriz Williams, Laura Willig, and Sarah Jio... sorry couldn‘t pick just 2!! 9mo

AsYouWish Julie Garwood and Rachel Gibson 9mo

Megabooks Emily St. John Mandel, Roxane Gay 9mo

Pamwurtzler Louise Penny & Liane Moriarty 9mo

Caroline2 Primo Levi & Tolstoy and Tolkien! 😉 9mo

FantasyChick J.D. Barker & Darynda Jones 👍 9mo

jb72 Kris Radish and Dr. Seuss 9mo

RamsFan1963 Philip K. Dick & Cory Doctorow 9mo

Herschelian Deon Meyer and Kent Haruf 9mo

Bookyonce Dara Horn and Ruth Emmie Lang 9mo

Elma Kristen Hannah and Ruth Ware 9mo

Craftylikefox Charles De Lint and Victoria Schwab 9mo

BookNAround Kamila Shamsie and Peter Geye. 9mo

Amor4Libros Isabel Allende and Marcela Serrano 9mo

Andrew65 Ian Rankin and Peter May 9mo

Ddzmini Steven Erikson and Leigh Bardugo 9mo

Ddzmini Jay Kristoff and Elizabeth Kostova 9mo

Ddzmini Nora Roberts and Johanna Lindsey 9mo

Ddzmini C. G. Jung and Martin Seligman... ok that‘s the last two 😝😬🥰 9mo

avgeyer Don Winslow and Justin Cronin 9mo

jdiehr Leif Enger and John Irving 9mo

Erinreadsthebooks John Hart and Joe Hill 9mo

wanderlustywriter Tana French and Lauren Oliver 9mo

Victoriahoperose Tim O‘Brien and Jennifer Weiner 9mo

ephemeralwaltz Oscar Wilde and Toni Morrison 9mo

amb Edgar Cantero and Neil Gaiman 9mo

MaleficentBookDragon Richard Matheson and Agatha Christie 9mo

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JanJan

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

It‘s here! I‘m so excited thank you! @Endowarrior21

Endowarrior21 Oh I hope nothing is damaged 12mo

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Booksnchill

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

@JoeStalksBeck my bookswapbox is going out today so heads up littens! This was fun to put together- hope my recipient loves these favorites too!! It is off to...NewYork State!
#MyFavoriteBookSwap

Booksnchill @theresidentromantic 12mo

bookandcat I'm still waiting for some items to arrive before I can send my box out! Hope they get here soon eek! 12mo

theresidentromantic @Booksnchill Aahh! So excited! Your box is probably going to go out on schedule, I'm still waiting for a bunch of things @.@ 12mo

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Booksnchill @theresidentromantic no worries- I am always early for everything due to a fear of forgetting!!🤣 I interpreted this as sending you my favorites that I thought fit with your reading lists and favorite things so I hope they work out📚🙃💖 12mo

theresidentromantic @Booksnchill I kind of just did a mixture of a bunch of interpretations 🤯 My actual favorites, favorites I thought you'd like, your tbr, evvveerrryytthhiinngg 12mo

theresidentromantic @Booksnchill I'm not home to make a post, but the fiance says my swap is safe in our apartment!! I'm so excited I can't wait to finish shopping for you tomorrow 💕💕 12mo

Booksnchill @theresidentromantic great- thanks for letting me know! 12mo

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JoScho

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

#readingresolutions #favoriteauthor

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britt_brooke Oh, yes!! 1y

dilipc01 Yes I want to meet Frederick backman!! 1y

Bostonmomx2 I‘m totally different in that I don‘t care to meet any of them. I don‘t fangirl at all. 1y

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RowReads1 Yes but lots are dead 1y

TNbookworm Yes, totally agree! 1y

CoverToCoverGirl 🙋🏼‍♀️ 1y

Librariana I met two of mine... and I was SO totally uncool 😯😓 and super embarrassed 😣 I told Rainbow Rowell she was 'pretty' and was completely SPEECHLESS with David Levithan 😔😔😔 1y

JoScho @Librariana lol I would do the same thing! 1y

Alfoster @librarianna I once said to Jesse Kellerman, “You‘re 10 years old!” And instead of calling me out on my rudeness he just smiled and said, “Yes, I am.” 1y

Ddzmini Yes just line them up 😋 1y

Librariana @Alfoster - I think your message went to a different librarian named Ana (theirs has the two N's 😁) but I'm glad I saw it nonetheless! 😃 I think sometimes we just say the first thing that comes to mind, no? And the (brain) coffee filter didn't quite do its job and we ended up with grounds 😂 I'm sure he knew you meant well! 1y

Alfoster @librarianna Thanks for catching that! Obviously I‘m a moron and become a blithering idiot when I meet authors!🤪 1y

misslala Authors are my celebrities. I get weird and nervous around them. So embarrassing. 1y

Megara Most of my favorite authors and celebrities are dead. 😐 I did get to see Neil Gaiman speak, though! 😍 1y

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kylienoele

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

#AllTheBooksof2017

5. New to-you favorite authors:
Patrick Rothfuss
Katherine Arden
Margaret Atwood
Ray Bradbury
Neil Gaiman
Sarah J. Maas

I can't believe I had never read books by these guys until this year! What was I doing??

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slategreyskies

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Thanks for the tag, @KimM !! Here are my #10AuthorRecommendations ! :)

Tagging some of my new bookish friends below!! I‘m not sure if you all have done this yet or not. 💜💕

Lissa00, Beckys_Books, KVanRead, DarcysMom

LeahBergen What a great list. 2y

slategreyskies I wish I had put Mary Oliver on there instead of Billy Collins!! 😂 2y

Lissa00 Good list! I have to think about mine! 2y

slategreyskies @Lissa00 It took me a week to come up with mine! 😂 2y

KVanRead Ooh some good ones here and some I need to try! 2y

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KimM

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Thanks for the tag @Lacythebookworm 😊 Here's my #10AuthorRecommendations

Tagging @Reading_E and @slategreyskies

Pruzy I really enjoy the mix of literary fiction and SF/F authors I am seeing on these lists on Litsy! 2y

Lacythebookworm Love your list! 🙌 2y

slategreyskies Yay!! Thanks for the tag! It‘s gonna take me a while to come up with my 10. This is gonna be fun! :) 2y

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EchoLogical

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

It took me a while but I finally did it, @moranadatter! LOL! Here are my #10authorrecommendations in no particular order. I work in a library so it was super hard to narrow it down to ten, mainly because I work in the kids department and kept thinking of picture books. 😅 @WarpedSweetness and @Liatrek have you guys already posted your ten?

EchoLogical @JoeStalksBeck You're the creator of this tag, right? 2y

JoeStalksBeck Lol yeah 💕 love the list 🤘🏻 2y

EchoLogical @JoeStalksBeck I'm terrible at tagging the right person because I'm usually so late on these things. Lol 2y

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JoeStalksBeck Lol! No worries my dear! I have forgotten to tag people lots of times. I‘m a dork and I get in a hurry then end up editing 2y

Tamra I need to get to Butler! 2y

Liatrek @EchoLogical Hi no I haven‘t done this yet😊thanks for tagging me. You have to authors that would 100% be on my list !! 2y

EchoLogical @Tamra Absolutely! You won't be sorry 2y

[DELETED] 3803335244 I totally would have picked Martin but I'm mad at him for not finishing the books & letting it go on in tv land! 😠 2y

EchoLogical @ForeverNerdy I am too but I can't deny I'm a huge fan of his work. Have you read the Wild Card books? 2y

[DELETED] 3803335244 @EchoLogical I haven't, I'll look those up. Is the series complete, lol 😂 2y

WarpedSweetness I don't think I've been tagged yet! Woot! I'm always forgetting to tag people. I usually put a disclaimer just tagging anyone. Lol Neil Gaiman has some cute ass children's books!! 2y

EchoLogical @ForeverNerdy Well about that... It's a set of anthologies so probably not but as of now there 23 published books so there's a lot to read while we wait. 😂😂😂 2y

EchoLogical @WarpedSweetness I haven't read any of his kids books. I'm just obsessed with American Gods. Lol 2y

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Bluebird

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Wow! It was difficult to trim this down to just 10, especially since I wanted to have multiple genre represented in my list.

Thanks for tagging me @Andrew65
Great idea @merelybookish ! I look forward to seeing everyone's list.
#10authorrecommendations

merelybookish Gaskell, that's a good one! And I think @JoeStalksBeck gets all the credit for starting this! 2y

Bluebird Ah! Thanks @merelybookish. Nice one @JoeStalksBeck! 2y

JoeStalksBeck Great list! 2y

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Andrew65 So many great authors, I need to get to Mary Doria Russell 2y

SilversReviews Ooooo....I forgot about Kate Morton. LOVE HER. 2y

Bluebird @Andrew65 I think you will really like her. My favorite is Doc. It was the first I read by her. Been hooked ever since. 2y

Bluebird @SilversReviews I almost forgot about her too! I was all done with my list when it dawned on me that she was missing. That would have been a grave oversight from me. I own a few of her books in print, ebook and audio! 2y

Bluebird @JoeStalksBeck Thanks! 2y

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