Susan Abulhawa Elizabeth Acevedo Douglas Adams Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Aravind Adiga Uwem Akpan Rabih Alameddine Louisa May Alcott Svetlana Alexievich Jokha Alharthi Liz Allen Patrick Allington Dorothy Allison Kingsley Amis Martin Amis Niccolò Ammaniti Steven Amsterdam Jessica Andersen Jessica Anderson M. Angelou Nadeem Aslam Thea Astley Kate Atkinson Margaret Atwood Jane Austen Paul Auster Tash Aw Fredrik Backman James Baldwin Iain Banks Russell Banks John Banville Pat Barker Julian Barnes Damian Barr Barrett Shirley Barrett Kevin Barry Sebastian Barry Elif Batuman Jean-Dominique Bauby Belinda Bauer Clare Beams Paul Beatty Ludwig Bemelmans Laurent Binet John Birmingham Benjamin Black Malorie Blackman Georgia Blain Sarah Blake Elizabeth Bowen John Boyne Bri Lee André Brink Taffy Brodesser-Akner Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Anita Brookner Geraldine Brooks John Buchan Pearl S. Buck Mikhail Bulgakov Graeme Macrae Burnet Anna Burns Samuel Butler A. S. Byatt Italo Calvino Albert Camus Truman Capote Peter Carey John le Carré Steven Carroll Raymond Carver Willa Cather Michael Chabon Patrick Chamoiseau Vikram Chandra Bruce Chatwin G. K. Chesterton Tracy Chevalier Marcus Clarke Susanna Clarke Alan Close Ta-Nehisi Coates Harlan Coben J. M. Coetzee Megan Gail Coles Colette Sara Collins Mark Colvin Evan S Connell Evan S. Connell Joseph Conrad James Fenimore Cooper Peter Corris Jim Crace A. J. Cronin Justin Cronin Lizzie Mary Cullen Michael Cunningham Rachel Cusk Tsitsi Dangarembga Carys Davies Lydia Davis Richard Dawkins Junot Díaz Daniel Defoe Don DeLillo Michaela DePrince and Elaine Deprince Robert Dessaix Patrick deWitt Hernán Díaz Charles Dickens Joan Didion Isak Dinesen E. L. Doctorow J. P. Donleavy Arthur Conan Doyle Roddy Doyle Margaret Drabble Theodore Dreiser Robert Drewe Andre Dubus Susan Duncan Helen Dunmore Dorothy Dunnett Gerald Durrell Lawrence Durrell Esi Edugyan Jennifer Egan Dave Eggers George Eliot Ralph Ellison Lucy Ellmann Leif Enger Anne Enright Alvaro Enrigue Louise Erdrich Jenny Erpenbeck Jeffrey Eugenides Bernardine Evaristo Percival Everett Delia Falconer Ronan Farrow William Faulkner Sebastian Faulks Joshua Ferris Elizabeth Finkel F. Scott Fitzgerald Richard Flanagan Shamini Flint Jonathan Safran Foer Richard Ford Deborah Forster E. M. Forster Ben Fountain Karen Joy Fowler Laurie Frankel Miles Franklin Jonathan Franzen Tana French James Frey Anna Funder Neil Gaiman Raimond Gaita Louis Gallet Petina Gappah Jane Gardam Alex Garland Helen Garner Elizabeth Gaskell Roxane Gay Giuseppe Genna Amitav Ghosh Elizabeth Gilbert Zoe Gilbert Catherine Gildiner Sinead Gleeson Richard Glover William Golding Andrea Goldsmith Peter Goldsworthy Ivan Goncharov Nadine Gordimer Günter Grass Graham Greene Andrew Sean Greer Kate Grenville Hendrik Groen David Grossman Ursula K. Le Guin David Guterson Rawi Hage Mohsin Hamid Barbara Hanrahan Paul Harding Marieke Hardy L. P. Hartley Sonya Hartnett Nathaniel Hawthorne Ashley Hay Nicole Hayes Shirley Hazzard Joseph Heller Zoë Heller Ernest Hemingway Aleksandar Hemon Grady Hendrix Ernestine Hill Ernestine Hill Reginald Hill Susan Hill Patrick Holland Alan Hollinghurst Homer Gail Honeyman Chloe Hooper Nick Hornby Eva Hornung Anthony Horowitz Janette Turner Hospital Khaled Hosseini Siri Hustvedt Aldous Huxley M. J. Hyland David Ireland John Irving Kazuo Ishiguro Eowyn Ivey Joshilyn Jackson Shirley Jackson Howard Jacobson Henry James Marlon James P. D. James R.J. Palacio Randall Jarrell N. K. Jemisin Kate Jennings Luke Jennings Ma Jian Ha Jin Madeleine St. John Daisy Johnson Denis Johnson Samuel Johnson Gail Jones Lloyd Jones Hillary Jordan Toni Jordan James Joyce Tony Judt Christian Jungersen Paul Kalanithi Han Kang Mary Karr Patrick Radden Keefe Daniel Kehlmann Paul Kelly James Kelman Stephen Kelman Thomas Keneally Ken Kesey Randal Keynes Lily King Barbara Kingsolver Stephen King Matthew Kneale Elizabeth Kolbert Jean Hanff Korelitz Jerzy Kosiński Nicole Krauss Michelle de Kretser Anna Krien William Kent Krueger Eka Kurniawan Rachel Kushner R. O. Kwon RobertF Lacey Jhumpa Lahiri Laila Lalami Wally Lamb Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa John Lanchester Eve Langley John Larison Stieg Larsson D. H. Lawrence Jeanine Leane Min Jin Lee Christy Lefteri Simon Lelic Doris Lessing Andrea Levy Deborah Levy Laura Lippman Yiyun Li Attica Locke David Lodge Amanda Lohrey Julienne van Loon Louise Milligan (author) Malcolm Lowry Helen Macdonald Carmen Maria Machado Naguib Mahfouz Kim Mahood Bernard Malamud David Malouf Emily St. John Mandel Christine Mangan Thomas Mann Hilary Mantel Melina Marchetta Karl Marlantes Gabriel García Márquez John Marsden Andrew Masterson Hisham Matar Daphne du Maurier James McBride Ian McEwan Ian McGuire Adrian McKinty Gillian Mears Michael Meehan James Meek Meg Mundell Martchetta Melina Philipp Meyer Anne Michaels James A. Michener China Miéville A. D. Miller Madeline Miller Sue Miller Lydia Millet Rohinton Mistry David Mitchell Nancy Mitford Brian Moore Graham Moore Lorrie Moore Frank Moorhouse Caitlin Moran Toni Morrison Ian Mortimer Ottessa Moshfegh Sarah Moss Harry Mulisch Alice Munro Haruki Murakami Iris Murdoch Vladimir Nabokov V. S. Naipaul Nancy Wake R. K. Narayan Jordan Stump (translator) Marie NDiaye Ellen van Neerven Maggie Nelson Irène Némirovsky Jo Nesbø Sandra Newman Viet Thanh Nguyen Camilla Noli James Norman Sigrid Nunez Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Joyce Carol Oates Barack Obama Michelle Obama Téa Obreht Edna O'Brien Flann O'Brien Flannery O'Connor Maggie O'Farrell John O'Hara Ed O'Loughlin Michael Ondaatje Joseph O'Neill Tochi Onyebuchi Stephen Orr Julie Otsuka Amos Oz Cynthia Ozick Christopher Palmer Orhan Pamuk Ann Patchett A. S. Patrić Pamela Paul Wendy Pearlman Iain Pears George P. Pelecanos Walker Percy Elliot Perlman Sarah Perry Ingrid Persaud Per Petterson Doris Pilkington Plato Max Porter Anthony Powell Richard Powers Matt Price Richard Price Annie Proulx Philip Pullman Barbara Pym Thomas Pynchon Anthony Quinn Tom Rachman Atiq Rahimi Ian Rankin Ron Rash Kiley Reid Francesca Rendle-Short Henry Handel Richardson Marilynne Robinson Jon Ronson Sally Rooney Philip Roth J. K. Rowling Arundhati Roy Salman Rushdie Kate Elizabeth Russell Richard Russo Carrie Ryan Ahmed Saadawi Joel Salatin José Saramago Marjane Satrapi George Saunders Dorothy L. Sayers Bernhard Schlink Samanta Schweblin Kim Scott Alice Sebold Lisa See Jock Serong Namwali Serpell Annie Barrows Mary Ann Shaffer Vivek Shanbhag Neil Sheehan Mary Shelley Carol Shields Lionel Shriver Gary Shteyngart Alan Sillitoe Curtis Sittenfeld Leïla Slimani Jane Smiley Betty Smith Ian Smith Patti Smith Stanley B Marcus Tullius; Sabine George H. (translator); Smith Zadie Smith Rebecca Solnit Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Wole Soyinka Edward St Aubyn Christina Stead Wallace Stegner John Steinbeck Bram Stoker Robert Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe Randolph Stow Brad Streiger Harry Styles Kate Summerscale Miriam Sved Graham Swift Magda Szubanksi Lalita Tademy Gabriel Tallent Donna Tartt Elizabeth Taylor Peter Temple Josephine Tey Michael Thomas Carrie Tiffany Hannah Tinti Miriam Toews J. R. R. Tolkien Leo Tolstoy Steve Toltz John Kennedy Toole Amor Towles Kirsten Tranter Barbara Trapido Rose Tremain Paul Tremblay Christos Tsiolkas Ivan Turgenev Anne Tyler John Updike J. D. Vance David Vann Juan Gabriel Vásquez Abraham Verghese Gore Vidal Karen Viggers Kurt Vonnegut Ocean Vuong Edmund de Waal Alice Walker David Foster Wallace Jeannette Walls Jesmyn Ward Sarah Waters Evelyn Waugh Fay Weldon H. G. Wells Tara Westover Edith Wharton Corey White Colson Whitehead Patrick White Oscar Wilde Thornton Wilder John Williams Tara June Winch Sarah Winman Jeanette Winterson Amy Witting Meg Wolitzer Mary Wollstonecraft Chris Womersley Danielle Wood Virginia Woolf Alexis Wright Clare Wright Richard Wright David Wroblewski John Wyndham Gao Xingjian Taichi Yamada Hanya Yanagihara Richard Yates C Pam Zhang