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Stephen King says you must be reading fiction to be writing fiction. Other fiction writers say they can't read when they're actively writing. I come from the Stephen King school, reading novels and short stories constantly. Although it's fun to read about places you know really well, my favorite books take place in exotic (or at least different) places I've never lived or traveled to.
​Here are some of my favorites.

favorite recent books

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favorite books of all time

This was a hard list to come up with. "Of all time" is along time. Here's what I have so far:
  • The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (also A Thousand Splendid Suns)
  • Snow Falling on Cedar, by David Guterson (10 years to write, so there's still hope for me!)
  • The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
Orphan Train, by Cristina Baker Kline
Natchez Burning, by Greg Iles
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some authors I love (in no particular order)

Mystery Writers
Henning Mankell
Jo Nesbo
Patricia Cornwell
Greg Iles
Tana French
Literary Fiction
Louise Erdrich
​Barbara Kingsolver
Amy Tan
Other
Pat Conroy
Alexander McCall Smith
​Chris Bohjalian

Some new African writers not to miss

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There has been a burgeoning of fiction coming out of African nations in recent years. I try to avoid the overused word "awesome," so let's just say these writers rock!
​Some writers I have enjoyed include:
  • Chimananda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria): Half of a Yellow Sun; Purple Hibiscus, Americanah
  • NoViolet Bulawayo Zimbabwe) , We Need New Names
  • ​Yaa Gyasi (Ghanaian-American), Homegoing 
  • Imbolo Mbue (Cameroon), Behold the Dreamers (an Oprah pick)
  • Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopian-American), All Our names

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