Recommend me some authors please

McCol

I bought a Kindle a few months ago and have bought books by authors I've read in the past.
My problem is knowing who and what to read.  The main authors I've read are Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh and John King.  I think I prefer British type novels but need a bit of guidance.
Any suggestions?

Soundwave

For British based stories I've always been partial to James Herbert

His early stuff is especially good

Neil

Badger0-0

Yep, was going to suggest the very same author

Rats, Lair, Fog etc

McCol

Read a lot of James Herbert years ago, last one I read was The Others I think, are his more recent books as good?
Loved the rats trilogy.

Soundwave

They are ok not as good as the early stuff but still worth a read.

Neil

Paulus_065

Robert Goddard, is also a very good author, I have not seen many kindle versions of his books though.

Billy Goodgun

I'm slightly obsessed with Neil Gaiman at the moment, and he's English (though he has also spent a little while living in America).  He wrote the Sandman comics from the late 80s through the 90s, which is really the first set of comics/graphic novels that completely blew me away.  They're amazing.

He also wrote Stardust (adapted into the film of the same name), The Graveyard Book (my favourite of his, and a re-imagining of The Jungle Book), Neverwhere (adapted in the 90s as a BBC series with Peter Capaldi).  I believe his novel American Gods is about to be adapted into a series by a US network.

His short stories and verse (collected in Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things) are also a treasure trove.  He has a vivid imagination and a deceptively simple style.  Comes very highly recommended by me.

Stream62

do you like historical fiction or fantasy type novels? You could try out some of the Bernard Cornwell ones they are good fun and an easy read, vary from action adventure in Napoleonic times (sharpe) to arthurian legend and things like that.

Or how about some novels on Napoleonic sailing the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey/Maturin series is pretty good.

McCol

Not sure about fantasy but do like historical novels, have read a couple of Edward Rutherfurd novels which I really enjoyed.

Curious about Ian Banks novels, not his fantasy novels though, anybody read any?

Thanks for the tips so far.

DPinBucks

In that case you'll probably enjoy the Ken Follett Pillars of the Earth books (recently televised).  He's a better writer than Rutherfurd.

If you like Ian Rankin, then I think you'll like Peter Robinson (Inspector Banks) and Reginald Hill (Dalziel & Pascoe).

For SF, try Peter Hamilton.

For non-British historical novels, the James A Michenor books are very readable.

The first thing I did with my Kindle was to download a few free or nearly free classics.  In my case Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown and Diary of a Nobody.

If you like humour, then Lucky Jim and Billy Liar are my all-time favourites, plus PG Wodehouse, who I admit is an acquired taste.  And we mustn't forget Catch-22, though that is, of course, American.