I can't think of an author these days who's automatically on my "must buy" list. Once books topped the $5 price tag, I began reading more than the blurb and the opening page before buying them.
"Probably buy" includes Emma Bull, because I've liked everything of hers that I've read; Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughan, because I really like her Kitty series; history books about certain eras and technical books. There used to be a lot more fantasy authors, but I'm finding it harder to get into fantasy these days; SF, the same problem.
My main genres these days are urban fantasies, paranormals and mysteries. I prefer series with long character arcs, like Sara Paretsky's VI Warshawski books. Mysteries have become a sort of catch-all these days, with protagonists as likely to be witches and werewolves as cops.
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Date: 2007-08-31 04:51 pm (UTC)"Probably buy" includes Emma Bull, because I've liked everything of hers that I've read; Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughan, because I really like her Kitty series; history books about certain eras and technical books. There used to be a lot more fantasy authors, but I'm finding it harder to get into fantasy these days; SF, the same problem.
My main genres these days are urban fantasies, paranormals and mysteries. I prefer series with long character arcs, like Sara Paretsky's VI Warshawski books. Mysteries have become a sort of catch-all these days, with protagonists as likely to be witches and werewolves as cops.