Thomas Pynchon and Don Delillo
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Daniel Suarez "Daemon" series was fantastic!
His later stuff hasn't lived up to it, although his asteroid mining series is pretty cool.
To add one I haven't seen: Jane Smiley. I really enjoyed The Greenlanders, A Thousand Acres and Horse Heaven.
Mikel Santiago in Spanish. So engaging.
Robert Munsch
Tad Williams low key you get no GOT or GRRM without him. If you ever read the memory, sorrow and thorn series of books you basically see where much of the inspiration for GOT came from
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off-beat:
- Vikram Seth (polyglot) – A Suitable Boy
- Ryszard Kapuściński (journalist)
A Suitable Boy is such an amazing novel. It captures India and it’s complexities really well.
Roddy Doyle. Written as mainly dialogue, but with fabulous world building. Many of his books were made into movies, but they are more well known in Ireland than elsewhere. The commitments found international success. Plot wise, they’re not ground breaking, it’s his creation of characters and tackling some tough subjects.
Zadie smith. Again, slice of life, but with more of a point.
Dan brown, but only for energising thriller mysteries.
Andy McNabb
How in the hell has George Saunders not been brought up wtf?
I've been loving Andy Weir's space trilogy (The Martian, Artemis, Project Hail Mary). I haven't been able to put his books down, and another one of his stories is currently in production for a film.