unforth | Top Five Novelists

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arcana_mundi; I've put it off because this one is actually kinda hard for me, cause I don't read many novels. So these are my favorites. Which means I have to have read at least one of their books. :)

(In no particular order)

1. Arthur Conan Doyle. How can you wrong with Sherlock Holmes? You can't, that's how.

2. Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray = one of the most beautifully written books I've ever read.

3. Junichiro Tanizaki. In Praise of Shadows = one of the other most beautifully written books I've ever read. :)

4. Patrick O'Brian. Anyone who can make me read through chapter after chapter about the detailed changing of tack and make it interesting deserves major credit.

5. Patricia C. Wrede. She's not a great novelist. But her books changed my life, so there it is. :)

If this seems like an incredibly strange list...it is. This is because I am actually surprisingly poorly read. I've hardly read any classics at all, and many of the books that are my favorites are in no way what I'd consider the work of excellent novelists. :) So oh well, it is what it is. I'd think of a better 5th, but I really don't have any more time to spend on this.