My favorite books/series

Today, I'm answering another reader question. Fiona in Australia asked whether I read for fun; and if so, which authors do I enjoy?

I most definitely read for fun -- and to replenish my creative well. In order to write, you have got to read. I make it a point to take time to read. I don't really have the time, so I just take it.

I have many books and series that I love, but the following list is either off the top of my head or from a quick glance at my bookshelves:

Jim Butcher -- The Dresden Files. I just finished his graphic novel Welcome to the Jungle (loved it), and am eagerly awaiting his novella Backup.
David Eddings -- The Mallorean and The Elenium series
Terry Brooks -- The Shannara series and The Knight of the Word series
Raymond Feist -- All of his Midkemia books
Stephen Donaldson -- A Man Rides Through and The Mirror of Her Dreams
Glen Cook -- The Garrett Files
Tad Williams -- To Green Angel Tower, Stone of Farewell, The Dragonbone Chair
Scott Lynch -- The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies
Tom Clancy -- Rainbow Six and some of his Op-Center books
Rex Stout -- His Nero Wolfe Series
Tess Gerritsen -- The Mephisto Club and The Keepsake
Janet Evanovich -- Her Stephanie Plum series
Dan Brown -- The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons
Margaret Maron -- Her Deborah Knott series
Ilona Andrews -- Magic Bites and Magic Burns

Rob Thurman -- Nightlife, Moonshine, and Madhouse
Jayne Anne Krentz -- Sizzle & Burn and White Lies
Stacey Klemstein -- Eye of the Beholder and The Silver Spoon

Linnea Sinclair -- Down Home Zombie Blues, Games of Command, Gabriel's Ghost, Shades of Dark
Connie Willis -- Doomsday Book
Umberto Eco -- The Name of the Rose and Focault's Pendulum
Raymond Chandler -- The Big Sleep
Dashell Hammett -- The Maltese Falcon

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Sherlock Holmes series
C.S. Lewis -- Mere Christianity
Patricia Cornwell -- Kay Scarpetta series
Donald Westlake -- Put a Lid on It, The Hot Rock, Money for Nothing

Laurell Hamilton -- Guilty Pleasures, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, Obsidian Butterfly
Katherine Kurtz -- The Adept series

I also read medieval and Renaissance history, weapons, and historical biographies.

Tomorrow, I'll answer another reader question.

Lisa