What book or author do you absolutely LOVE that is NOT super well known?
What book or author do you absolutely LOVE that is NOT super well known?
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For example, I love M.M. Kaye, who wrote The Far Pavilions. It was pretty popular back in the day, but she didn’t write it until she was in her seventies — before then she wrote a bunch of great books that I love, but most people I ask have never heard of her. My favorite by her is called Shadow of the Moon.
JA Andrews
Tracy Rees (especially Florence Grace), Daniella Sacerdoti, Nikola Scott, Amy Miller
Stephanie McAfee
A J Waines
Jessica Pierce
ME! <3 hahahah
English Greek Cypriot writer Eve Makis. Her books are lovely.
Judith Lennox
Paul Doiron- mysteries set in Maine
Jeremy Robinson
Lori Lansens
P G Wodehouse for me
I’m completely biased but I’m rather fond of me.
I find Anne Tyler particularly humorous, yet original, poignant and easy to relate to. While The Accidental Tourist may be Tyler’s most popular book, her whole catalogue of books is quite special.
Searching for Caleb, Breathing Lessons and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant — love her work
Zoe Barnes
Darcy Coates
I’m always shocked over who doesn’t know of these:
-Kazuo Ishiguro
-Haruki Murakami
-I LOVED one novella by Hitomi Kanehara
-I dig Sarah Waters
-Donna Tartt
-Marya Hornbacher
I am surprised that somebody does not know Murakami…I think that he’s pretty famous. 🙂
@Diana-Katry I find it shocking.
Linda Lightsey Rice
Angela Hudson
I’m shocked by how many people don’t know John Saul.
I’ve read of few of his books. Comes the Blind Fury really stuck with me I read it in year 11 or 12 (89 or 90).
Love his books, read most of them.
Ruth Rendell
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square.
Jilly Cooper, she is very well known in the UK but not so much in The USA. I love her books
Asa Larsson, Arnaldúr Indridason
I like Asa Larsson and Ingela Korsell’s children series PAX 🙂
ooh didn’t know about that one
Not sure that it’s been translated into English, although your name suggests that you might get along with Swedish language 😛 We have it in Estonian and I love it! 🙂
well for sure I “get” the Scandinavian culture, which is part of the appeal for me, but not a speaker/ reader of it- would love to. My Dad always regretted not learning it from his parents.
I also really like Susanna Kearsley.. not sure how many know of her.
Paul Tremblay. But I must say his las book was a total dissapointment IMO
@Jim, @Roy, @Charlie, @Stewart, @JoyEllis, @Joanna @Faith @ClaireEvans,@L @Tom to name but a few
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Secret History by Donna Tartt
Donna Leon
Susan Lewis, Mandy James xx
Soul Forge and Wizard of the North.
Kim Fu “For Today I am a Boy” and “The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore ” were absolutely marevelous!!!
Kim Holden
Simon R. Green – he is British and writes fabulously amusing syfy books….his characters are so well drawn
Susanna Kearsley
Well, he’s well known in the UK. Jasper Fforde.
Deborah Bladom
Rachel Van Dyken
Ruth Ann Nordin
Lili Valente
Aaron Gisler
Samantha Stroriazzo
Brian Harmon, Amy Cross, & Estelle Ryan.
Ann Radcliffe.
I just looked her up and am adding her works to my TBR. Thanks!
SE Rise
Faith Sullivan
Rick Bragg, Damon Runyon, and Christoph Cook Gilmore.
David Bell
Marie Claire Blais.
Give me a list of qualifying authors and I could answer that.
Elise Kova
EJ Copperman
Love his haunted guesthouse cosy books.
This is one of my favorite books. A newer author with spectacular talent. Reading her second one now and love it just as much!
Lynette Eason and Kristen Heitzmann
Robin Yocum and Nikkie Rittenberry
Tom Perotta, Vendela Vida and Kevin Wilson.
Amy Sutherland, Julie Hyzy not sure if these qualify as not well known.
TF Walsh
ANDREA CAMILLERI
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/andrea-camilleri/
Meg Tilly, author of Porcupine, one of favs
Stuart MacBride – the Logan McRae series.
Scott Sigler
TJ Klune; Mariana Zapata; R. Lee Smith
Kat Ward and Toni Maguire.
I recently read, as part of a New England trip research program (!), Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. He is pretty much unknown in Australia (although a minor classic in the US I believe). This book was a slow burning marvel. Giving the satisfaction of having eaten a really good roast dinner (as opposed to a bowl of popcorn).
I have enjoyed several of his books, especially Angle of Repose. His work is highly praised by literary critics in the US.
Ellen Raskin
@Gillian
@Brynne
Patricia Veryan
The late, great Micheal McDowell. His novel The Elementals may be the scariest book I’ve ever read. I devoured it.
Shaun hutson..
Chris Carter
Matthew Woodring Stover. He’s actually fairly well known for his work on star wars, but his original work isn’t as well known as it probably should be. His Cain series is mind-blowing.
Book – Sometimes a Great Notion. Everybody knows Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest but this is a neglected gem of his.
Authors Samuel R Delaney, Thomas Ligotti and Kevin Barry (City of Bohane)
@Benjamin
@Mel and linda prather
Thank you for the mention, Sean. Xx I agree with Linda Prather too, love her books. X
Francisco Herrera Luque.
Esmeralda Santiago
Michael Koryta
@Phoebe or @KL
Diane Glancy. May Sarton is good, but forgotten
@C.M. shes #awesome
Georgette Heyer
Molly Gloss
Eric Higgs
PJ Shepherd
Too many to list.
Ann Charles, Jacquie Rogers, Terri L. Austin, Kristy McCaffrey.
Ronie Kendig
Patricia Scanlan
Beth flynn
Prince Ombra, the original, out-of-print version.
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope and The Time Keeper trilogy by Barbara Bartholomew.
Alys Arden
@Paul is a very talented writer
Han Kang
A. J. Cronin and f
sorry: and Craig @Rice.
Alice Hoffman
Fern Michaels
Karen McQuestion, Amy Reichert,, Margaret Mizushma , Linda Castillo, Kay Bratt, Lesley Kagen.
aimee bender
David Eddings… The Belgariad
Love that series.
I still love Sparhawk. He was in one the other series.
Clare Makintosh, newbie
Deana Hanson-Doying. She was my neighbor until she moved last year. I love her books!! ❤️
The Rae Hatting crime series by Heather Osborne, all psychological thrillers by Alison Morgan and thrillers by Mark Wilson (C. P. Wilson).
@Nathan has written awesome time travel books.
Gregg Hurwitz writes some of the best suspense.
Morgan rice..the throne of sisters
Kay hooper
Jeri Smith-Ready
Renee Carlino and Mia Sheridan. Also April Henry
Margie Orford, Cody McFadyen, Kitty Sewell, Annie Murray, Joy Fielding and Eileen Goudge
Willow Rose.
S.M.Stirling. the Emberverse series
Trevanian
David Morrell
I like him too!
me too!
Jonathan Aycliffe
Tracy Chevalier
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Sergei Lukyanenko, Jonas Jonasson, Gail Carriger, Chevy Stevens…
Rajendra Bedi.. Awesome short story as well Novel writer not known to many 🙂
Dan walsh
Tad Williams!!!
The Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence.
Girish karnad… people might have seen him in movies and as a director but his rise as a great playwright marked the age of modern indian playwriting in kannada just as Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.. ?
Jacquelin Windspear in her Maisie Dobbs series.
Danielle Ganek
Susan Lewis
Author Penny Vincenzi. I love her books
Sylvain Reynard
I don’t do people, so I can’t really answer the question.
Ted Bell
Margaret Dickinson
An Imaginary Life by David Malouf
Power of a Woman and Pimpin Preacher both by Robert Graham Jr. What a writer he is!
Just As Long As We’re Together by Judy Blume
The Late Mr Shakespeare by Robert Nye – plus other works by Nye; Nothing Like the Sun is a somewhat lesser known Burgess work ?