Favorite books

Since I love to read, people sometimes ask me about my favorite books.  I inevitably leave some out so I thought I'd collect them in an easy-to-find place.  So here are my favorites.

Favorite authors still actively publishing
Connelly, Michael - Harry Bosch series
Crais, Robert - Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series
Doctorow, Cory - Little Brother, Walkaway, Makers, and others
Gaiman, Neil - American Gods and anything else
Hiaasen, Carl - anything
Ide, Joe - IQ series
Kowal, Mary Robinette - anything
Scalzi, John - anything
Sloan, Robin - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and others
Stross, Charles - the Laundry File series
Taylor, Dennis E - Bobiverse series
Wells, Martha - Murderbot series


Other favorite books (sorted by author name):
Adams, Douglas - First two Hitchhiker's Guide books and Dirk Gently series
Asimov, Isaac - Robot series, Foundation trilogy
Dudley, John Ball - In the Heat of the Night
Ellison, Harlan - Dangerous Visions and others
Feynman, Richard - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Follett, Ken - Eye of the Needle
Goldman, William - The Princess Bride & The Marathon Man
Heinlein, Robert A. - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and his juvenile series
Irving, John - A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kidder, Tracy - The Soul of a New Machine
Kipling, Rudyard - Kim, Captains Courageous, and others
Leonard, Elmore - Maximum Bob
London, Jack - anything
Miller, Walter M - A Cantical for Leibowitz
Niven, Larry - Ringworld
Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Parker, Robert B. - early Spenser novels, Jesse Stone series, Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch series
Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials trilogy
Robinson, Spider - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series
Sayers, Dorothy - Lord Peter Wimsey series
Shute, Nevil - Trustee from the Toolroom
Sturgeon, Theodore - More Than Human and all others
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Twain, Mark - anything
Vonnegut, Kurt - Slaughterhouse Five and all others
Weir, Andy - The Martian
Winters, Ben H - The Last Policeman trilogy
Wodehouse, P.G. - Meet Mr. Mulliner and others

Favorite graphic novels (sorted by author name):
Ennis, Garth - Preacher, The Boys
Moore, Alan - Watchmen, V for Vendetta
O'Malley, Bryan Lee - Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Vaughn, Brian K. - Ex Machina