Aisling Rawle
Aisling Rawle writes darkly funny speculative fiction that turns modern status games, surveillance, and performance culture into high stakes human drama.
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Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley fused satire, science fiction, and philosophy to critique modernity with icy precision.
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Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood writes contemporary romances that mix sharp internal monologue, slow building tension and very high heat, moving from STEM offices and academia into sports arenas, paranormal worlds and kink positive relationships.
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Amy de la Force
Amy de la Force weaves intricate romantasy tales where gritty survival meets high-stakes magic, known for strong heroines and complex, world-ending romances.
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Andy Weir
Andy Weir writes high stakes space adventures that combine real science, engineering puzzles and a dry sense of humor.
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Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson crafts intricate magic systems, expansive worlds, and character driven epics that reward detail oriented readers.
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Cara Bastone
Cara Bastone writes contemporary romances about ordinary people doing the hard work of grieving, healing and falling in love again. She lives and writes in Brooklyn with her family and an almost goldendoodle, and has loved the genre since sneaking her grandmother’s paperbacks as a teenager.
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Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan made astronomy, planetary science, and skepticism resonate with readers around the world.
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Colleen Hoover
Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for gripping romances and psychological thrillers that explore the darker, messier sides of love and truth.
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Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy crafted stark literary fiction that tests morality amid violence, isolation, and rugged landscapes.
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Dan Brown
Dan Brown crafts globe trotting thrillers that blend symbology, ancient conspiracies, and ticking clock suspense.
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Edward Ashton
Edward Ashton writes science fiction that balances dark humor with hard questions about consciousness, blending the scientific rigour of The Martian with philosophical grit.
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Elio M. García Jr.
Elio M. García Jr. co-founded Westeros.org and co-authored The World of Ice & Fire, bringing encyclopedic knowledge of George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy lore to readers.
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Emily Henry
Emily Henry writes contemporary romances about adults in messy transitions, blending sharp humor, emotional honesty and vivid settings into slow burn love stories.
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Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern is an American multimedia artist and the author of The Night Circus, a dazzling debut that blends romance, fantasy, and mystery.
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Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline continues to blend retro pop culture, VR spectacle, and near future stakes for gamers and sci fi fans alike.
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Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert crafted visionary science fiction that blends political intrigue, ecological insight, and mythic storytelling.
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Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka uses precise, modern prose to transform everyday scenarios into enduring philosophical allegories.
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Freida McFadden
Freida McFadden writes twisty psychological thrillers about ordinary people trapped in nightmare situations at home, at work, and behind carefully closed doors.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote intense psychological and spiritual novels about guilt, freedom, faith, and the collisions between reason and belief in nineteenth century Russia.
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George Orwell
George Orwell unmasked modern propaganda with clear prose and tools that still resonate today: satire, essay, and dystopia.
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George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin chronicles Westerosi history with meticulous political detail, soaring dragons, and the moral complexity that defines A Song of Ice and Fire.
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J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling curates the wizarding world’s lore with companion texts that blend fairy tale whimsy and magical history.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien built Middle earth with mythic depth, linguistic artistry, and heartfelt tales of courage and friendship.
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Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond writes sweeping interdisciplinary non fiction that blends geography, biology, and history into big picture explanations of why some societies develop guns, germs, and empires before others.
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Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who writes about moral psychology, political polarisation, and how culture and technology shape the minds of younger generations.
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Julie Kagawa
Julie Kagawa mixes Japanese folklore, adventure pacing, and heroes with emotional bite; she writes YA fantasy that reads at full speed.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro writes understated, emotionally precise novels where memory, duty, and buried secrets slowly reshape how characters understand their own lives.
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Ken Follett
Ken Follett writes expansive historical thrillers that blend meticulous research with propulsive storytelling.
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Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah writes emotionally charged historical and contemporary novels that follow ordinary women through war, family crises, and the slow work of healing.
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Linda Antonsson
Linda Antonsson is a Westeros.org co-founder and collaborator on official histories that expand the worldbuilding of A Song of Ice and Fire for devoted fans.
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Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin writes large scale hard science fiction that blends rigorous physics, political history, and big questions about humanity’s future in the universe.
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood writes sharp speculative fiction that uses near future nightmares and allegory to question power, gender, and how societies treat the vulnerable.
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Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak is an Australian author best known for The Book Thief, a World War II novel narrated by Death and beloved for its poetic storytelling.
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Mary Beard
Mary Beard writes clear, argumentative histories of ancient Rome that combine close reading of sources with stories about ordinary citizens, elites, and how we remember the past.
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Mary Roach
Mary Roach writes sharp, funny popular science narratives that explore the stranger sides of the human body, death, and everyday science with vivid reporting.
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Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins is a motivational speaker, podcast host, and self help author who shares practical tools for anxiety, boundaries, and personal change.
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Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss writes lyrical fantasy that blends folklore logic, slow burn stakes, and characters who make storytelling feel like magic.
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Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho writes spiritually minded fiction that encourages readers to chase intuition, destiny, and personal growth.
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Percival Everett
Percival Everett is an award winning American novelist whose genre defying books interrogate history, language, and identity with razor sharp wit.
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Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown writes high stakes dystopian science fiction where class rebellions, found families and brutal space wars collide across the Red Rising saga.
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R. F. Kuang
R. F. Kuang writes sharp, high concept fiction that blends cultural critique with propulsive plotting, often exploring power, identity, and who gets to control the story.
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Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury blended speculative fiction with poetic prose to critique technology, censorship, and complacent societies.
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Rebecca Ross
Rebecca Ross writes lyrical fantasy and romantasy that mix war, gods and magic with tender relationships, intimate character work and slow burn stakes.
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Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros sharpens military academy romantasy with relentless pacing, fierce dragon riders, and high stakes emotion.
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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins writes sharp, provocative popular science that explains evolution, genes, and the logic of natural selection for general readers.
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Richard Osman
Richard Osman combines his background in television wit with a genuine love for classic crime fiction to create mysteries that are as funny as they are poignant.
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Stephen King
Stephen King blends supernatural terror with intimate character studies that expose fear, addiction, and resilience.
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Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins crafts tightly wound dystopian adventures that examine power, storytelling, and resistance.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari examines global history, technology, and ethics with a storyteller’s clarity.
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