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rob_dylan
05 Oct 14 19:04
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I am not really widely read but read a bit.  Joint top for me are john steinbeck and Irvine Welsh.  Not far behind in third would be George Orwell.
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Report blackestnight • October 5, 2014 7:06 PM BST
Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiassen both very good.
Report brendanuk1 • October 5, 2014 7:06 PM BST
Raymond Chandler, Philip k Dick
Report sixtwosix • October 5, 2014 7:23 PM BST
Philip k Dick
Kinky Freidman
Stephen King
George Orwell
Report themightymac • October 5, 2014 7:29 PM BST
Robert Louis Stevenson
Report themightymac • October 5, 2014 7:31 PM BST
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

famously known for Sherlock Holmes, but his short stories are very much worth a read.
Report kenny mann • October 5, 2014 7:55 PM BST
R F Delderfield
John Grisham
Report rob_dylan • October 5, 2014 8:06 PM BST
John Grisham is 'just a crime writer', nothing too highbrow, but when I have read his books I have been absolutely hooked.  The one about the black lawyer in nick, read the entire book in 24 hours on holiday, just felt like I couldnt put it down.  So a very good author, fair play KM.
Report Tony Broke • October 5, 2014 8:09 PM BST
Always admired John Steinbeck. My fav. authoress of the moment is Santa Montefiore.Fav. short story writer of all time is Guy de Maupassant.
Report Lee Ho Fooks • October 5, 2014 8:12 PM BST
H G Wells
Report Tony Broke • October 5, 2014 8:16 PM BST
door in the wall by him is one of my all-time fav. stories Lee.
Report kenny mann • October 5, 2014 8:31 PM BST
Indeed rob, the first I read of his was The Firm. Never read a book so quickly.
Report TambourineMan. • October 5, 2014 9:46 PM BST
Kazuo Ishiguro.
Report Do wah Diddy • October 5, 2014 9:50 PM BST
CHARLES DICKENS AND JORDEN
Report TiptheOdds • October 5, 2014 9:58 PM BST
john connolly
robert harris
Report themightymac • October 6, 2014 1:07 AM BST
JORDEN LaughLaugh

Is it true that she is currently in the South Pole writing her biography? The cold tits story LaughLaugh
Report G Hall • October 6, 2014 9:54 AM BST
Dick Francis,John Grisham for me.
Report Facts • October 6, 2014 12:16 PM BST
Stephen King
Report rogerthebutler • October 6, 2014 12:40 PM BST
Henry Rollins
Frankie Boyle
John Otway
Report dizzydavid1 • October 6, 2014 12:47 PM BST
For the first time in 13 years on Betfair I'm going to use that absurd phrase used by people who don't think others are entitled to an opinion. I don't actually mean it of course but this guy is such a good writer that he almost deserves it. Almost , but not quite.

David Mitchell. End of thread.
Report Jack Hacksaw • October 6, 2014 12:47 PM BST
I hardly read any fiction.  Orwell and Steinbeck for me too!
Report call me a taxi • October 6, 2014 4:50 PM BST
James Pattinson, Stephen King, Enid Blyton.
Report Jack Hacksaw • October 6, 2014 4:51 PM BST
Ah, Enid.

Probably read more Blyton books than all other authors put together.
Report FatherMaguire • October 6, 2014 6:35 PM BST
Irvine Welsh
Ernest Hemingway
Hans Fallada
Report s.kenbo • October 6, 2014 6:41 PM BST
Harlan Coben
Jeffery Deaver
Report sofiakenny • October 6, 2014 6:43 PM BST
Kurt Vonnegut
Elmore Leonard
Report call me a taxi • October 6, 2014 7:31 PM BST
s.kenbo   
06 Oct 14 18:41 
Harlan Coben


That's the name I was trying to think of earlier. But once I've read paperbacks they go off in a box to to charity shops every now and again, so I had none to look at.

I was googling 'Cohen- author'

Ffs Laugh
Report Facts • October 6, 2014 7:42 PM BST
Loeonard's book, ' Beautiful Losers ' was excellent !
Report s.kenbo • October 6, 2014 7:53 PM BST
cmat. He's great for light reading. I don't want anything too serious so he fits the bill perfectly.

I've probably read your old books, all mine come from charity shops.
Report gleeman • October 6, 2014 9:44 PM BST
Dickens
Steinbeck
John Irving
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