Roddy Doyle. Written as mainly dialogue, but with fabulous world building. Many of his books were made into movies, but they are more well known in Ireland than elsewhere. The commitments found international success. Plot wise, they’re not ground breaking, it’s his creation of characters and tackling some tough subjects.

Zadie smith. Again, slice of life, but with more of a point.

Dan brown, but only for energising thriller mysteries.

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

off-beat:

Vikram Seth (polyglot) – A Suitable Boy
Ryszard Kapuściński (journalist)

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

A Suitable Boy is such an amazing novel. It captures India and it’s complexities really well.

[-] ShadowRam@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago

Robert Munsch

[-] evanstucker@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Daniel Suarez "Daemon" series was fantastic!

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