Who's a writer you never get tired of recommending?

Susan Sontag (her essays), John Fowles (in particular his novel “The Magus”), Umberto Eco, Jorge Luis Borges, and Haruki Murakami are probably the writers I talk about the most. They are all writers that through reading their works I became more passionate about reading.

Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series is one I recommend widely.

Kate Atkinson

Anthony Trollope

Colsun Whitehead, particularly The Nickel Boys

Octavia Butler

@canidmajor I picked my first Octavia Butler for book club in October.

@janbb, which one? Kindred? (That’s the one that usually gets people hooked.)

@canidmajor Yes, I love time travel anyway so I figured that was the one to pick.

And remember that she wrote it in the 70s, which makes it more interesting and poignant.

John le Carre

Martin Cruz Smith

Pat Conroy

I don’t usually recommend authors. Is that kind of weird?

If someone brings up a particular author, I may chime in. But I really don’t tend to recommend books or music.