sure this has been asked before ..... but....
mine is earlene fowler (beni harper mysteries and two stand alone books)

she is the only author I have read all the books and actually invested in. (mostly paperbacks to catch up) and then current hardbacks to support her.

what's yours?

Jean Auel... I am a big fan of the Clan of the Cave Bear series.. I have them all and have read them multiple times.

I have many. right now i'm reading Catherine Coulter bks with Dillon Savich and his wife Sherlock, FBI agents.
i mainly read British mystery writers though.

Stephen King-I've read The Stand about 18 times. I'm currently rereading Needful Things and will probably reread Insomnia next. Also love Dean Koontz. Reread Watchers again this summer.

I have several myself.

Nora Roberts is the one that sticks in my mind the most.

You and I have the same love! I've been told that its because I'm a little twisted just like stevens books. so you a little "twisted" also?....LOL

I like a couple of authors who started writing in the 20s. Emilie Loring is my favorite, she wrote 50 novels and I have read them so many times that the characters are like old friends.

Karen Kingsbury and Francine Rivers. Great authors. Their books always make me cry!!!!

Janet Evanovich and Jodi Piccoult

Antoinette Stockenberg. She writes mystery romance. I am actually her friend on facebook and she emails me when something new is coming out. I have all of her books. :) I read Nora Roberts and Katie McAllister too. ;) Happy Reading!

Pat Conroy! Just love his characters and descriptions. I've read everything he has written multiple times and look forward to reading through them again in the future! Francine Rivers is one of my favorite Christian writers, also. I'll stop at two since you only asked for one and I could get really carried away on this topic. :)

I have sooo many. I too have the Bennie Harper books, I like Janet Evanovich, mystery/ thrillers- dean koontz, Lisa Jackson, ECt. Just started reading Joanne fluke they r light hearted food mysteries. She owns a cookie Shop, it includes all the recipes!! Can't wait for holidays to make them! Also like Debbie macomer and womans murder club by James Patterson! I read almost anything! Don't care for most harlequins or westerns.
I go to paperbackswap.com to get a lot of books. U trade or get credits that cost 3.25 a book!!!!!

Anything by Nora Roberts especially writing as JD Robb, I just finished New York to Dallas (her latest) and now I'm reading Catherine Coulter's Split Second. Jonathan & Faye Kellerman, John Sandford, Lisa Jackson, Iris Johansen's Eve Duncan series, Dick Francis and on and on. I've even read all of Louis L'Amour's books.

For older reads, Mark Twain, for newer reads, it is John Grisham. Love all his books.

Right now my favorite is Emilie Richards. She writes about a place in the Shenandoah Valley and features a quilt in each book. I like Debbie MacComber very much too.

I like Sandra Dallas. I've read them all. I especially liked "The Diary of Mattie Spenser" and "New Mercies."

Judy

I read alot and I have to say the BEST book ever is Karen Kingsbury's "One Tuesday Morning" It is not based on a true story about the 9/11 twin towers, but its a story that takes place in that setting. Love that book :)

Luanne Rice -- have read all her books started with "Follow the Stars Home" and of course Mary Higgins Clark, Lillian Jackson Braun, Sue Grafton. This week I am reading Jennifer Chiaverini's "The Winding Ways Quilts"...I read one or two books a weeks and find that I enjoy searching the library for books....my authors choices are as varied as my quilts. :-D

I love the catherine coulter also, she keeps the twists and turns going

Laurie R. King. I love her Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. I can't wait for the next one.

I have too many, love to read. Some are James Patterson, Steven King, Janet Evanovitch, and Jeffery Deavers.

Wow lots of different authors here... I have a whole list of faves and I am the oddball here because I love Paranormal Romance. But have gotten away from them for the moment and am reading the Elm Creek Quilt Series by Jennifer Chiaverini. I am about to finish The New Years Quilt and then will start Winding Ways Quilt. But some of my fave authors are as follows:
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
John Saul
Anne Rice
Laurell K Hamilton
Gena Showalter
JR Ward
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Deborah Cooke
Keri Arthur
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
And I will stop there lol... sorry I dont have just one fave... but many and even though Jennifer Chiaverini is my fave this week that can change with the next book I pick up lol.

I love me a good Larry McMurtry story, even though a few of the passages can be pretty violent. I'm not a reader for the most part but his stories I just can't put down. I remember one night finishing a book in the Berry Bender series and as late as it was, I jumped in the shower got dressed and drove down to Walmart to get the next book in the series.

My other favorite is Charles Dickens.

Love Nora Roberts, especially the J.D. Robbs ones. Also like Janet Evanovich and Jude Deveraux

I like John Irving, and now I am into Anthony Bourdain.

Dean Koontz....love a good scare!!!

Fantasy about dragons and people with special powers are my favorite subjects. Anne McCaffrey is an all-time favorite of mine. I also love Laurell K. Hamilton's books, both the faery series and the Anita Blake series. However, I will read almost anything at all, including new cookbooks (I have quite a cookbook collection), mystery, current fiction. I loved Octavia Butler's books and grieved when I learned she had died prematurely so won't be writing more (at least in this lifetime). I am reading The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini and am enjoying it though can't say it is great literature. But it is enjoyable.

I read a LOT, mainly science fiction, historical fiction, British mysteries. A few favorite authors…
C. J. Cherryh
Dorothy Dunnett
Peter Robinson
Neal Stephenson
Christopher Fowler
Karen Traviss
Lynn Flewelling
Louise Penny
Sharon K. Penman
Kathleen Koen
Harlen Coben
I just finished a series that I suppose is considered paranormal romance – Jocelyn Drake’s Dark Days. Six books in the series were three too many…got repetitive. I may give a couple other authors in the genre a try.

More than one here...Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Chiaverinni, Danielle Steel, Barbara Delinsky

Okay, I also LOVE Anne Rice's Vampire and Mayfair Witches series. As a kid since there wasn't really a horror genre for kids I was hooked on Sci-fi. Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein, Madelaine L'Engle. Oh, and adored the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books.

I love to read. And have many "favorites".
Diane Gabaldon and the "Outlander" series (she's up to book 7, working on #8)
Anne Perry - 1800's mysteries set in London
Caroline Hart - Death on Demand series, Henrie O series
Agatha Christie
Lillian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who series
Clive Cussler - Mystery
Dean Koontz - his early work like "Lightning"
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell - Scarpetta series
Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity mysteries
Colin Dexter - Inspector Morse books
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Give me a good mystery any old day.

Totally forgot Kathy Reichs-love all of the Temperance Brennan books. Didn't think I'd like the TV show but I'm hooked. Am I the only one who thinks there should be a dedicated channel for Bones running 24/7? Also like Jeffery Deavers Lincoln Rhyme books.

Terri Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Joyce Meyers

Rosamond Pilcher and Maeve Binchy

Fern Michaels, especially her Sisterhood Series. Also Debbie MacComber's Cedar Grove Series. They each have written many other books that are also good.

Nora Roberts
Debbie Macomber
Dorothy Garlock
Fern Micheals
Sherrel Woods
Susan Wiggs

I like Jean Auel, Jennifer Chiaverini's, Anne McCafrey, also Barbara Kingsolver. I don't know if she has written anything new lately, but I just love her fiction.

Stephen King scares me! I can't read or see his stuff. And I think he should be nicer.


Right now I am reading - Sharyn Mc Crumb. Mystery with a touch of humor. Setting is Tennessee around early 18th century and up to the present. They have a Scots flavor.

Barbara kingsolver