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Mystery l Romance l Thriller/Suspense l Science Fiction l Fantasy l Historical l Literary l Australian l Humour l Horror 

Jeffrey Archer Stephen King
Maeve Binchy Kathy Lette
Dan Brown James Patterson
Tom Clancy Terry Patchett
Patricia Cornwell Kathy Reichs
Janet Evanovich Matthew Reilly
Sue Grafton Alexander McCall Smith
Kate Grenville Minette Walters
P.D. James Tim Winton

Romance 

Jeffrey Archer Stephen King
Maeve Binchy Kathy Lette
Dan Brown James Patterson
Tom Clancy Terry Patchett
Patricia Cornwell Kathy Reichs
Janet Evanovich Matthew Reilly
Sue Grafton Alexander McCall Smith
Kate Grenville Minette Walters
P.D. James Tim Winton

 ScienceFic

 

 

 

Piers Anthony William Gibson
Iain Banks Katharine Kerr
Stephen Baxter Kim Stanley Robinson
Greg Bear R.A. Salvatore
Ben Bova Robert Silverberg
Damien Broderick Sheri S. Tepper
Arthur C. Clarke David Weber
Stephen R. Donaldson Gene Wolfe

  Fantasy

 

 

 

Jean M. Auel Frank Herbert
Terry Brooks Robin Hobb
Trudi Canavan Robert Jordan
Cecilia Dart-Thornton Eric Lustbader
Sara Douglass Juliet Marillier
David Eddings George R.R. Martin
Raymond E. Feist Julian May
Jude Fisher Anne McCaffrey
Kate Forsyth Fiona McIntosh
Maggie Furey Sean McMullen
Neil Gaiman Michael Moorcock
David Gemmell Terry Pratchett
Terry Goodkind Tad Williams
Traci Harding Janny Wurts

 Horror

 

 

 

Clive Barker Dean Koontz
William Diehl Richard Laymon
James Herbert Anne Rice
Stephen King Peter Straub
- F. Paul Wilson

 Suspense

 

 

 

Geoffrey Archer Allan Folsom
Raymond Benson Colin Forbes
Dale Brown Alan Furst
Michael Crichton Jack Higgins
Clive Cussler Leo Kessler
Nelson DeMille John Le Carré
Jeffery Deaver Robert Ludlum

Len Deighton

 Sandy McCutcheon
Daniel Easterman Martin Cruz Smith
Clive Egleton Wilbur Smith
James Follett Neal Stephenson
Ken Follett Robert Stone

 Historical

 

 

 

Tracy Chevalier Beverley Harper
Bernard Cornwell Susan Howatch
Dorothy Dunnett Angela Huth
Katie Flynn Christian Jacq
Helen Forrester John Jakes
Alexander Fullerton Allan Massie
Philippa Gregory Judy Nunn

 

literature

 

 

 

 

Peter Ackroyd Jonathan Franzen Joyce Carol Oates
Monica Ali Michael Frayn Edna O'Brien
Isabel Allende Gabriel García Márquez Michael Ondaatje
Kate Atkinson Amitav Ghosh Orhan Pamuk
Margaret Atwood Nadine Gordimer Ann Patchett
Paul Auster David Guterson D.B.C. Pierre
John Banville Alan Hollinghurst Annie Proulx
Pat Barker Michel Houellebecq Philip Roth
Julian Barnes