So, who makes your "must buy" list? Who makes your "will probably buy list"? Why? What book(s) put them there? What genre or genres do they write? Is this something your normally read?
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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"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.