Authors of Influence

Hi, readers! I'm glad you've stopped by to smell the books

As a reader, I am constantly on the hunt for a new book. But when I discover a new favorite author, it unlocks so much more. Here is a list of my top 15 favorite authors that I've discovered over the course of my reading life. I've loosely arranged these authors to build up to my favorite.

I've also tried to include a diverse album of authors; authors that write different genres and were from different time periods.

15. Kate DiCamillo
Recommended books written by this author:
The Tiger Rising
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Magician's Elephant

14. Haruki Murakami
Recommended books written by this author:
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Kafka on the Shore
Norwegian Wood

13. Marina Keegan
Recommended books written by this author:
The Opposite of Loneliness

12. Emily St. John Mandel
Recommended books written by this author:
Station Eleven

11. Hannah Kent
Recommended books by this author:
Burial Rites

10. W.H. Auden
Recommended books by this author:
Thank You, Fog poetry collection
And any of his poetry selections

9. Truman Capote
Recommended books by this author:
Breakfast at Tiffany's
In Cold Blood

8. Shirley Jackson
Recommended books by this author:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Lottery (Short story)
The Haunting of Hill House

7. John Green
Recommended books by this author:
The Fault in Our Stars
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns

6. Elizabeth Gaskell
Recommended books by this author:
North and South
Wives and Daughters
Cranford

5. Emily Bronte
Recommended books by this author:
Wuthering Heights
Any of her poetry collections

4. Donna Tartt
Recommended books by this author:
The Secret History
The Goldfinch
The Little Friend

3. George Eliot
Recommended books by this author:
Daniel Deronda
Silas Marner
Middlemarch

2. Mary Shelley
Recommended books by this author:
Frankenstein
The Last Man

1. Neil Gaiman
Recommended books by this author:
American Gods
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The View from the Cheap Seats

The authors I've listed have had a profound influence on my reading experience and I look up to them. Although some of these authors are deceased, it would be awesome to meet at least a few of these authors in my lifetime.