Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Top 10 - Favorite Authors in X Genre


Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  
This week's topic is Top Ten Favorite Authors in X Genre

As I was thinking about what genre I would pick I kept coming back to the 
Paranormal genre - whether YA or A.

1. Richelle Mead - author of Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and Georgina Kincaid series and more.

2. Stephenie Meyer - author of Twilight series and Host.

3. J.R. Ward - author of The Black Dagger Brotherhood series and The Fallen Angels series.

4. Cassandra Clare - author of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series.

5. Sherrilyn Kenyon - author of The Dark-Hunters series, Chronicles of Nick series and more.

6. Jennifer L. Armentrout - author of  Lux series and Covenant series.

7. Maggie Stiefvater - author of Shiver series and more.

To finish off my list I'm switching to my fave Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Authors:

8. Carrie Ryan - author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth series.

9. Veronica Roth - author of Divergent series

10. Suzanne Collins - author of Hunger Games series and more.

I found this Top Ten a bit more difficult.  After reading the number of books I have over the years, it's hard to remember all the series I've ever read and only a handful still stick out in my mind.  Thankfully I can now track my books through Goodreads so that I'm not limited to what my not-so-great memory can recall.

What are your favorite authors?  Leave me a comment and a link!

27 comments:

  1. Awesome, I love finding fellow Stephenie Meyers fans! Also really psyched to see Veronica Roth & Suzanne Collins on here...all 3 made my TTT as well this week :) Also dying to read anything Jennifer L. Armentrout, I have Half-Blood at home! Thanks for sharing.

    Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows

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    1. Stephenie Meyers....yeah she started my love of paranormal romance books. And Jennifer L. Armentrout is my newest favorite author!

      Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

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  2. I see lots of really popular authors on this list. Great choices!

    Thanks for visiting my TTT post!

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    1. You are most welcome! And thanks for commenting on mine!

      Happy reading!

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  3. Great list, I see we have a lot in common :)

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    1. Great minds think (and read) alike. :)

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  4. I'm not really a para girl, so I'll just be happy that you included dystopian! I love Roth and Collins! Haven't read any Carrie Ryan yet, but I'm assured by many people that I will love her.

    Thanks for stopping by my TTT

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    1. Carrie Ryan is awesome as long as you love post apocalyptic books. Zombies!!!

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  5. I'm rather fond of Meyer myself. The Host especially, though I loved the Twilight books. And I should read Stiefvater's Shiver saga. The Scorpio Races was a beautifully told story.

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    1. I have tried to read Scorpio Races and just couldn't get into it. So it's sitting on my night stand waiting for me to pick it back up. Eventually I will.

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  6. Thanks for stopping by AND following! :)

    There are still a lot of authors on your list whose work I need to check out (Richelle Mead, Maggie Stiefvater, Cassandra Clare...)

    And yes, it's definitely worth checking into John Green's work :) I recommend Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, some of my all time favorites!

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    1. Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look into them.

      Thanks for taking the time to comment!

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  7. gotta love Goodreads! I look on there to help me remember too!
    Here's my top 10:
    http://neyhart.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-ten-favorite-fantasy-authors.html

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    1. I'd be lost with the help of Goodreads! Ha!

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  8. I really need to read Carrie Ryan's Forest of Hands and Teeth series. People keep telling me it's amazing! Cassandra Clare is one of my favourite YA PNR authors, and I need to get round to starting the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I have all the books just sitting and staring at me, waiting to be read!

    My TTT

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    1. They are amazing, particularly books 1 and 2 - those are my faves!

      BDB series is pretty awesome too - if you like adult paranormal romance books. Books 1-4 were my favorites!

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  9. Thanks for stopping by my TTT. Of course, I love your list. I need to read the Lux series, and i'm inerested in sherrilyn kenyons dark Hunter series since I've been reading the chronicles of nick.

    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

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    1. Yes ma'am you do!! I've not read all of the Dark Hunter series, but what I did read I enjoyed (keeping in mind they are adult paranormal romance books).

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  10. I have been wanting to read Carrie Ryan's series for a while now. I haven't read a single zombie novel and I kind of want to start with those ones. I am glad you liked them so much.

    Great List.

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    1. Wait no longer! Hers are not all blood and gore like a horror zombie book.

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  11. Thanks for following! You're blog is so cute, and you have a great list.

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    1. Thank you for the sweet compliment. It's definitely a work in progress and as I see all these amazing blogs I feel way behind in the graphic design area....but at least it's functional!!

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  12. I've enjoyed books by Mead, Clare & Stiefvater as well. A few of the other authors you mentioned, their books are on my reading list.

    Tanya Patrice
    Girlxoxo.com

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  13. Thanks for following, Holly! I love your list, Veronica Roth is my favourite dystopian author :D

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  14. Carrie Ryan & Veronica Roth! I totally agree with you. Ryan wrote such a great zombie series - my favorite :) And Divergent blew me away.

    TTT fairytales authors @thedailyprophecy.

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  15. I love the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon - and I've recently started the Nick series and am loving it too. She'd be in my top ten paranormal authors too. Same with Richelle Mead! Love all of her books.

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