My favorite authors of fictions

I love reading books. Don't know when exactly I picked up this luxurious (and for some considered quite money-wasting) hobby. I think my first (finished) English fiction is Michael Crichton's The Lost World. I think I was still in University of Southampton' Montefiore student hall, in a room with nothing but 4 walls, a table, a chair and a bed. Then, after moving to Netherlands, I guess this luxurious hobby of mine is like catching a rocket escalating. When I have to move out of Netherlands, I just realized my books (fictions) collection actually have occupied almost 3 big moving boxes (considering I have only 6 boxes of stuff). So, I know I have to stop... (that's the reason I bought Sony Reader).

Without a doubt, Peter Robinson is my favorite of all time. I have his series of fictions (and I believe they are complete). Inspector Alan Banks' journey to fight crime and struggle of his personal lives are never boring. I have all his books, but my favorite would be Friend of the Devil, Playing with Fire, The Summer that Never was, and Past Reason Hated.

The next author that I really like apparently is the one who has got me addicted with books, Michael Crichton. What I like about his masterpieces are not just the thrilling feature, but also his clever way of incorporating the stories with some documented facts (scientific and technology wise). I think I have most of his books, and my favorites would be Next, State of Fear, The Lost World, and Jurassic Park.

Jonathan Kellerman is not bad at all. But frankly not all of his books are that good. I think I have his Alex Delaware's stories in Dr. Death, Murder Book, Therapy and Rage. Next will be him, Henning Mankell. He is very interesting because he is Swedish author, who doesn't write English books. Somehow, I feel like his writing style is quite familiar with Peter. Probably that's why I like his collection as well. Not many, only couple of them on Kurt Wallander's mysteries, including Return of the Dancing Master and Firewall.

I bet a lot of us know who Dan Brown is. His books certainly has caused a riot in the Christian world. Anyway, he doesn't have a lot of works (only four so far), and two of which featured the famous Professor Robert Langdon's adventures. I think his writing skill is really similar to Michael's - fast-pace, breathtaking, and movie-like. I only have two of his books, which I think I enjoy, namely Da Vinci Code (of course) and Angels and Demons. Thomas Harris is very famous with his chronicles of Hannibal Lecter. I guess I bought his books because of this fame. However, I only have Hannibal and Red Dragon.

Last but not least are the two female authors that certainly have their respectable positions in thriller, detective and mystery genre. P. D. James's writing also similar to Peter. And, so far I only have read one of her books The Murder Room. If I could find more for the Sony Reader, certainly I won't let go the chances of enjoy her detective world. Patricia Cornwell is so famous that I believe no one (at least those who love to read this particular genre) know who she is. However, I guess I have been too familiar with English's way of writing (aka Peter's way), somehow I cannot get myself adapted with American's way (aka Patrica's way). That's why I haven't really read any of her fictions, but only one non-fiction, namely Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper. I guess sometimes soon I need to really see why she is so famous with her other books featured Kay Scarpetta.