An Editor's Selection of Favorite Authors

I'm looking for a particular quote, and I can't find it. The quote goes something like this: If you want to know what a good painting is, you only have to look at a million paintings. The same can be said for writing. If you want to know what good writing is, you only have to read a million books.I haven't read a million books. Reading a million books would be the task of a lifetime. (I suspect that looking at a million pieces of art would take much less time than reading a million books.) However, I do have about a thousand books in my library, most of which I have read multiple times. Based on that, I believe I have a pretty good idea about what constitutes good writing.Instead of describing good writing, I'm going to list authors who have done it. As I have always told my clients, reading books by great authors will help a person become a better writer. These are authors worth reading. If you would be a good writer, you would do well to read and study their writing.These b
ooks represent a variety of genres. Most are fairly recently written, in the last 50 years or so, which means that the writing styles will be relevant for most modern readers. They are listed below in alphabetical order, along with a recommended book selection.Bellow, Saul: Humboldt's GiftCard, Orson Scott: Ender's GameCherryh, C.J.: CyteenCormier, Robert: I Am the CheeseDoig, Ivan: English Creek (book 2 of a 3-book series)Eddings, David: The Belgariad (5-book series)Garcia Marquez, Gabriel: 100 Years of SolitudeHeinlein, Robert: Time Enough for LoveHemingway, Ernest: A Farewell to ArmsHugo, Victor: Les MiserablesHurston, Zora Neale: Their Eyes Were Watching GodIrving, John: Until I Find YouKing, Steven: The ShiningKurtz, Katherine: Camber of CuldiOates, Joyce Carol: The FallsPratchett, Terry: Interesting TimesRobbins, Tom: Skinny Legs and AllRoth, Philip: Zuckerman UnboundRushdie, Salman: The Ground beneath Her FeetSedaris, David: Me Talk Pretty One DayShakespeare, William:
A Midsummer Night's DreamShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft: Frankenstein, or the Modern PrometheusSolzhenitsyn, Alexander: Cancer WardTan, Amy: The Hundred Secret SensesTolstoy, Leo: Anna KareninaTwain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnTyler, Ann: Dinner at the Homesick RestaurantUpdike, John: In the Beauty of the LilliesVonnegut, Kurt: BluebeardWaugh, Evelyn: Men at ArmsI wish you happy reading and great writing.

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