recommend to me some great authors

[AnyDream]

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.

Joanne Harris (Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, etc)

Elizabeth Berg (always heartwrenching & thought-provoking but utterly un-put-downable)

Sarah Addison Allen - light but very enjoyable

[Manhattan]

Some of my faves include:

Harlan Coben - murder mystery
Michael Connelly - murder mystery
Jean P Sasoon - true stories about living in Arabia (very moving to read)
John Grisham - Mostly involves lawyers and trials
Stephanie Meyer - The Twilight Saga (very easy to get caught up in!)

[Liviam]

I enjoy James Patterson. Great with kids as the chapters are short. I also enjoy Sydney Bauer too.

[Cricket]

The Number One Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

[Nai]

I love anything by Christopher Brookmyre

[Rivlas]

Anything by Agatha Christie or Arthur Upfield - murder mysteries

[Chocaholic]

Kerry Greenwood. Love her Corinna Chapman series and Phryne Fisher series. They are crime-solving mysteries. Corinna is set in modern era in Melbourne whiel Phryne Fisher is set in the 1920s/1930s.

David Eddings for fantasy.

Janet Evanovitch if I want to wet myself laughing. She is sooooo funny. The number series (i.e. one for the money etc) is about a really bad/useless female bounty hunter in the US.