Christopher Paolini is an American young-adult fantasy author, best known for his books set in Alagaësia featuring Eragon. The book series is titled the Inheritance Cycle. The authors is well known to readers who enjoy stories by J.R.R. Tolkien, David Eddings, Andre Norton, Terri Brooks, and Philip Pullman. Incidentally, these authors are also influencers of Paolini’s […]
Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield is a popular British historical mystery author, best known for her debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Her books are not straight-up mysteries. Instead, many readers categorize them as historical gothic with magical realism elements embedded, and they are not wrong. Each of the Diane Setterfield books is standalone, but they all share this […]
Brett Battles
Brett Battles is mostly associated with his Jonathan Quinn series, it being his most popular one. However, he has written so far over 30 books in several different series. While Jonathan Quinn is an excellent series, my favorite books by this author are included in Project Eden, a series which deals with the edging to […]
Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson is the popular author of the John Wells spy-thriller series, a great addition to the genre which, after 9/11, sparked a whole new generation of authors who in their books investigate and take up the war on terror with new heroes. If you enjoy heroes like Dewey Andreas, Mitch Rapp, Pike Logan, and […]
Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the popular Maisie Dobbs historical mystery series set in post-WWI London, featuring Maisie, a former maid who is a psychologist and private investigator. The books took the world by storm, and historical mystery lovers are buying every new book in the series, which 15 novels. Here are the Jacqueline Winspear […]
Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs is the American author of the popular Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children young-adult fantasy series which has been made into a 2016 fantasy film featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green and directed by Tim Burton. The series is enjoyed both by young-adults and children alike, and with its ever-growing popularity, more and more […]
Joe Ide
The Joe Ide IQ books have become quite popular with the fans of crime mystery genre, even though the series is so far quite short (only 3 books published to date). Still, the Japanese American author has gained quite a following with his unlicensed and underground detective, Isaiah Quintabe, also known as IQ to the locals, who […]
Lee Child
Lee Child is an author that really doesn’t need any introductions. Who hasn’t heard of (or read at least some) the Jack Reacher books? Who hasn’t watched at least one of the Jack Reacher movies with Tom Cruise? The Lee Child books have been constantly zooming to the top of various best-seller lists, and the novels […]
John Ringo
John Ringo is the author of the popular Posleen War (also known as the Legacy of the Aldenada) military science-fiction series. It was this very series that made me acquainted with the prolific writer. Next, once I realized that he has written several other series in the same and related genres (sci-fi and fantasy), I […]
Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is the bestselling author of over 25 women fiction novels, many on heavy contemporary topics such as war, childhood leukaemia and stem-cell research, domestic violence, murder, gun control, and suicide, to name just a few of the moral dilemmas, taboos, and heavy topics that her books deal with. Many of her books are […]
