My two most favorite are Leon Uris and Wilbur Smith. Uris writes alot about Israel and Smith write about Africa. Right now I'm on a true story kick. Just read Casey Tibbs life story, currently reading about a survivor of Aushwitz and also loved a book called Unbroken about a WWII prisoner of war, it was great!! I read Danielle Steel, Linda Lael Miller, Fern Michaels, I'm kind of all over the place with my reading. I read 2-3 books a week as I have a very boring job and can read at work.