Andi
I'm never good at rules --- 3? The TOP 3 are probably:
S. J. Rozan
Charlaine Harris
Terry Pratchett

But, there are at least 10 others, from Christopher Moore to Stephen White, to the late great Barbara Seranella to James Sallis, to Linda Barnes to Laura Lippman.

Francine
Laurie R. King
Elizabeth George
J. K. Rowling

Dodalodle from Beautiful British Columbia
Nora Roberts
Greg Iles
Jill Barnett

Annabelle973
Philippa Gregory
Pat Conroy
Susan Vreeland

April Lemesh
J.K. Rowling, Nelson DeMille, and Elizabeth George!

Kathi Swann
T. Jefferson Bass
Patricia Cornwell
Laurel K. Hamilton

Peggy
Steve Berry
Jonathan Kellerman
Michael Connelly

Michelle Miller
J. K. Rowling
Anne Rice
Stephen King

V. Santos
Guy Hunter

Debra Le
Danielle Steel
Susan Wiggs
Barbara Delinsky

Edie
Nora Roberts
Suzanne Brockmann
Diana Gabaldon

Coral Harrison
J. A. Jance
Tony Hillerman
Lisa Scottoline

Gord Wilson
I always watch for new releases from Brenda Novak, Maeve Binchy and anyone who writes about Ireland!

Cathy MacDonald
Delilah Devlin
J. D. Robb
Lora Leigh

Katie Dean
Jostein Gaarder
Nelson Mandela
John Humphreys

Eileen
Rita Mae Brown
Lilian Jackson Braun
M. C. Beaton

Laura Skinner
Nora Roberts
James Patterson
Judith Michael

Bob Hartzo
John Grisham
James Patterson
William & Kathleen Gear

Jen
Jodi Picoult

James Patterson

Michele Martinez

John Wilkinson
John Grisham
Daniel Silva
Dan Brown

R. W. Honey
Mary Doria Russell
Anita Shreve
Elizabeth Berg

Nancy Nemec
Jodi Picoult
John Grisham
Chris Bohjalian

Joan
1. Mary Alice Monroe
2. Dorothea Benton Frank
3. Greg Iles

Adele Jenczyk
James Patterson
John Sanford
Mary Higgins Clark

Beth
Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, Tess Gerritsen

Fran Grimm
Jonathan Kellerman
Stephen White
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

vwall
Adriana Trigiani, Eileen Goudge, J. A. Jance

Cammie
Jodi Picoult
P. D. James
Ron Rash

Scott Schneider
Ken Bruen, John Connolly, Charlie Huston

Barb
John Grisham
Maeve Binchy
Mary Higgins Clark

Rita M. Castorena
Daniel Silva
James Rollins
Steve Berry

Dianne Hall
Sue Monk Kidd
Khaled Hosseini
Lois Lowry

Carol Newey
Mary Kay Andrews
Ann Rule
Fannie Flagg

Patty Blackwell
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
Mary Higgins Clark

Sandra Stevens
James Patterson
Robert B. Parker
Stuart Woods

Judy Ross
1. Janet Evanovich
2. Sue Grafton
3. Lilian Jackson Braun

Judy Ross
4. Carolyn Hart
5. Nora Roberts
6. Jonathan Kellerman
(Alex Delaware series)

Barry Bennett
Laurie R. King
Robert B. Parker
M. C. Beaton

Susan Stoner
J.K. Rowling
Victoria Thompson
Carolyn Haines

Marjorie L. Carmony
J. D. Robb
Catherine Coulter
Andrew M. Greeley

Sue Beckley
Stephen King
J. K. Rowling
Richard Bachman

Susan Stoner
Anita Shreve, Chris Bohjalian, Jodi Picoult

Lois
Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks

Gail Mitchell
Jodi Picoult

Jean
M. C. Beaton
Rhys Bowen
Ian Rankin

Sandi Lewis
Diana Gabaldon
Laura Lippman
Peter Robinson

Billie McHam
Lisa Scottoline, Karen Kingsbury, John Grisham, Jennifer Chiaverini

Susan Franchi
Janet Evanovich

Chris
Anne Tyler
Amy Tan
Barbara Kingsolver

Kathryn Andrews
Steve Berry
Amy Tan

Suzanne in Ohio
Barbara Delinsky
Sandra Brown
Nicholas Sparks

Cathy Doyle
Dean Koontz, James Rollins, Steve Berry, Clive Cussler, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Jeffery Deaver...

Sorry, you said three. I could go on for a very long time.

Cat
John Grisham
Stephen White
and NOW
Karin Slaughter --- I just started reading her books they are great! How did I miss her before??

Cat
And Tess Gerritsen --- I've read ONE of her books and plan on getting to all the others. I must be slow. :)

Marsha Sobel
Vince Flynn
David Baldacci
Michael Crichton

Beth Schweikert
Jodi Picoult, Susan Wiggs, and Mary Kay Andrews

Susan
Elizabeth Berg
Jodi Picoult
Maeve Binchy

Kimberly Kist
Alice Hoffman
Isabel Allende
Gabriel Garcia Márquez

Holly
Jude Deveraux, Susan Elizabeth Phillips & Jayne Ann Krentz.

Sandy Greathouse
Sandra Dallas
Deanna Raybourne
Masha Hamilton

Dorothy Cowling
Margaret Duffy
Elizabeth George
Carol O'Connell

Sierra
Steve Berry
Daniel Silva
Greg Iles

Jane Haase
Carl Hiaasen
David Sedaris
Pat Conroy

Michelle Boswell
Lisa Gardner
Michael Crichton
Lisa Jackson

Suzanne Knapp
Steve Berry
Robert Crais
Joanne Fluke

Freda
Nelson DemIlle
Stephen White,
T. Jefferson Parker

Dianne
Carl Hiassen
John Sandford
Clive Cussler

Terri Dobson
Shannon McKenna, J. A. Vance, Linda Howard

Merrilee
Michael Connelly
Robert Crais
Lee Child

Elaine Gutenstein
Easy! Both of the Kellermans, James Patterson and Stephen King...the greats! Janet Evanovich and DanielleSteel are great "brain-candy" as well...

Sheila Soloff
Robert B. Parker (the Spenser books only) and both the Kellermans.

Ronnie
Stephen King, Dean Koontz and John Saul.

Gail Handler
Janet Evanovich
Adriana Trigiani
Dana Stabenow

Toni Savchuck
Allan Folsom
Jodi Picoult
David Baldacci

Arlene Herring
Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell)
Jane Langton's Homer Kelly mysteries
Frances Fyfield

Mary Ward
Sophie Kinsella, Dorothea Benton Frank, Janet Evanovich

Pat
I would want to have these authors' books as close as possible to their on-sale dates: Patricia Cornwell, Linda Fairstein, and Robert Crais....plus at least another 20 favorite authors!

Karen Townsend
Elizabeth Berg
Diane Mott Davidson
Nora Ephron

Susan
Daniel Silva, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly

Sonia Zaffiris
Anne Tyler

Betty Clarke
Kaye Gibbons
Lee Smith
Pat Conroy

Lareeta
Beverly Jenkins, Brenda Jackson, Francis Ray

Karen Horvath
Sophie Kinsella
Jodi Picoult
Sandra Dallas

Donna
Jan Burke
Janet Evanovich
Ann B. Ross

Kristine
Stephen King
J. D. Robb

Anne G. Edwards
J. F. Freedman
John Lescroart

Vicky Dornbush
Jodi Picoult
Nelson DeMIlle
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Margaret Nance
Nelson DeMille
Stephen White
Anne Rivers Siddons

Kathy MacAlister
J. K. Rowling
Stephen King
Deborah Crombie

Janet Glover
Linda Howard
Lisa Jackson
Earlene Fowler

Areta Fleming
J. K. Rowling
Stephen White
Philippa Gregory

Lois
Julia Quinn
Jackie D'Alessandro
Lauren Willig

Robert E Brown Sr
James Patterson, Stephen King, Nelson DeMille

Rosalie Oliver
Jim H. Ainsworth
Elizabeth Crook
Carolyn Haines

Linda M. Johnson
I actually have to read four authors as soon as they have new books. The three on top would be Carol O'Connell, John Dunning, and Janet Evanovich. Sorry, Mitch Albom!

Susie
Harlan Coben, Jodi Picoult, Karin Slaughter

Corinne Bridges
1. Nora Roberts
2. Luanne Rice
3. Susan Wiggs

Ronna Lord
Jodi Picoult
Ted Dekker
A new one here, having just read her newest book, I believe that she will be one of my new favorite authors --- Brenda Rickman Vantrease

Corinne
1. Karen White
2. Patti Callahan Henry
3. Karen Kingsbury

Corinne
1. Nicholas Sparks
2. Jude Deveraux
3. Jill Barnett

Melodie
Robert B. Parker (the Spenser series ONLY!)
Earlene Fowler
Robert Crais

Mary Donner
Rita Mae Brown
Daniel Silva
John Dunning

Peggy Lemire
J. K. Rowling
Anne Perry
Elizabeth Peters

Linda Estrin
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Anita Shreve

Jean Mess
Carla Neggers, Brenda Novak, and Susan Wiggs

Amy W.
Debbie Macomber
Richard Paul Evans
Danielle Steel

Amy V.
Ray Bradbury
Terry Pratchett

Dicksie Milburn
Penny Vincenzi
Harlan Coben

J Davis
Beverly Lewis, Jennifer Chiaverini, Nora Roberts

Gina Borkowski
Janet Evanovich, Sophie Kinsella, Diane Mott Davidson

Lavonne Morrell
Sue Grafton
Sandra Dallas
Diane Mott Davidson

Toy Thomas
J. D. Robb
Susan Wittig Albert
Jacqueline Winspear

Rita Carter
I always watch for books by Jack Higgins, Nevada Barr and Catherine Coulter.

Nana
Only 3 authors? Wow, I have many more favorites than that. Tough choice for the top three, but I'll pick these:
Patricia Cornwell
Nora Roberts
Jennifer Chiaverini

Josephine A. Kaszuba Locke
Sara Paretsky
Suzanne Strempek Shea
Jeff Shaara

Whitney
Carl Hiaasen
Lee Child
Patricia Cornwell

Sue Leven
James Patterson
Jonathan Kellerman
John Grisham

Lorraine Young
Charlaine Harris
Greg Iles
Christine Feehan

Corinna
James Patterson
J. K. Rowling

Mary Ann Weaver
Stephen White
Janet Evanovich
John Dunning

Mary Ann Weaver
John Dunning
John Grisham
Elizabeth Berg

Mary Ann Weaver
James Patterson/Andrew Gross
Alexander McCall Smith
Kaye Gibbons

Dena
James Patterson
Brenda Novak
Christine Feehan

Michelle
Sandra Dallas
Paula Wall
Janet Evanovich

Vicki
Charlaine Harris
Sue Grafton
Sara Paretsky

Sara Malcolm
Randy Wayne White
Lisa Scottoline
Ian Rankin

Doreen Rutledge
Michael Connelly
David Baldacci
James Patterson

Joyce A Urba Ph.D.
Maeve Binchy
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Robert B. Parker

Sheral
James Rollins, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Steve Berry

Peggy
Janet Evanovich
Adriana Trigiani
Jody Picoult

Joyce Osburn
Janet Evanovich
J. K. Rowling
Nicholas Evans

Beth Cummings
Amy Tan
Barbara Kingsolver
J.K. Rowling

Susan
Only one author on my list, J. K. Rowling.

S. Weber
Maeve Binchy
John Sandford
Daniel Silva

Kathy Vieira
There are so many wonderful authors to choose from!!! I suppose I have most anticipated the next books from Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve, and John Irving. All three authors write with feeling, and never fail to pull me in and keep hold of me until the end of the book.

Can I also give honorable mention to Adriana Trigiani?

Linda Ruffner
Lee Child, Alice Hoffman, Nelson DeMille

Melissa Jordan
Tess Gerritsen
Karin Slaughter
Sandra Brown

Beth
Ian Rankin

Stuart MacBride

Stella Rimington

Kerry
J. K. Rowling

Susie Schachte
M C Beaton
JoAnna Carl
Rita Mae Brown

F Tessa Bartels
Sandra Dallas
Fannie Flagg
Sue Monk Kidd

Val Stark
Kim Harrison, J. D.Robb/Nora Roberts, Laura Ann Gilman

Rose - CT
Only one, Nelson DeMille. I try to read a variety of authors, but his character, John Corey, keeps me coming back for more.

Judy Stein
Nelson DeMille
Stephen White
Harlan Coben

Lindy
Lisa Jackson
James Patterson
Kay Hooper

Jennie
Jeffery Deaver
David Baldacci
Mary Higgins Clark

Liz Voortman
- Nora Roberts
- Mary Balogh
- Jacqueline Winspear

Dorothy Flood
Mary Higgins Clark, Maeve Binchy, Jan Karon, Philip Gulley, James Patterson, Danielle Steel, John Grisham, and David Baldacci.

Marlys
Dick Francis
Sue Grafton
Anne McCaffrey

Jennifer
J. K. Rowling
Joanne Fluke
Mary Higgins Clark

Brenda Snell
Janet Evanovich, Jill Connor Browne

Cheryl B.
Laurie R. King
Tony Hillerman
Sharyn Newman

John Smit
John Le Carré
Dean Koontz
Lee Child

Kathy Church
James Patterson
Mary Kay Andrews
Stephen White

Jo
Anna Quindlen
Adriana Trigiani
Janet Evanovich

Annie
Nelson DeMille
Anita Shreve
Elizabeth George

Ginger Louden
Dean Koontz, Jodi Picoult, and J. K. Rowling

Sheila B.
J. K. Rowling, Laurie R. King, Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Mary D
Stephen White
Lee Child
Harlan Coben

Dawn Cronk
James Patterson, Dean Koontz, & Danielle Steel

Sharron
Jodi Picoult, Anne Tyler, Harlan Coben

D. Packer
Elizabeth Berg
Jan Karon
Jennifer Chiaverini

Lindsey Hedrick
Carl Hiaasen
Adriana Trigiani
Jody Picoult

Katherine Stephens
James Patterson
Nicholas Sparks
Janet Evanovich

Laura Merrill
Natalie R. Collins, Judith McNaught, Donna Andrews

Meaghan Reckis
Jodi Picoult
Harlen Coben
James Patterson

Marie
J. K. Rowling is the only author I have to get ASAP, just to partake in the mass hysteria. Then I begin negotiations with my 15-year-old son over who gets to read it first. I haven't been first yet.

Loretta Sanford
Steve Berry
Janet Evanovich
Nelson Demille

Loretta Sanford
Kate Mosse

Tress
Probably Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, and Stephen King. There are too many, but those are my tops.

Helen
1- Nicholas Sparks
2- James Patterson
3- Danielle Steel

Andra Fawcett
Tony Hillerman
Martha Grimes
P. D. James

Kim Kovacs
Robert Jordan
J. K. Rowling
George R.R. Martin

Wendy Catalano
Janet Evanovich
James Patterson
Mitch Albom

Laura Ayala
Jodi Picoult
Deborah Crombie
Peter Robinson

Audrey Upham
Stuart Woods, James Patterson, Lisa Scottoline

Margaret Herrin
Stuart Woods
David Morrell
Mary Higgins Clark

Debbie Nance
Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Berg, and Anne Tyler

Jeanne Marek
Catherine Coulter
Jayne Anne Krentz
Nora Roberts
David Baldacci

Monica
Diana Gabaldon, Philippa Gregory, Tracy Chevalier

Susan W
Janet Evanovich
Lisa Gardner
Amanda Quick

Audri Carr
Daniel Silva, Richard North Patterson, and Ridley Pearson

Annie
Jodi Picoult
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Anita Shreve

Kate Millard
Elizabeth Berg
Haven Kimmel
Billy Collins

Lynn Caggiano
Jodi Picoult
James Patterson
Harlan Coben

Patricia Macy
Michael Cunningham
Amy Tan
Anne Tyler

Phyllis Lamken
Anne Stuart, Loretta Chase, Tami Hoag

Jane McCown
Cassandra King
Nanci Kincaid
Dorothea Benton Frank

Bonnie Cooper
T. Jefferson Parker
Lee Child
Janet Evanovich - her Stephanie Plum novels (NOT the romantic novels written with others)

Robert E Brown Sr
James Patterson, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Michael Collins.

Regina Pride
Sandra Brown
Nora Roberts
Debbie Macomber

Saundra Bowers
Joe Hill
Stephen King
Jodi Picoult

Lori
James Patterson
Stephen King (usually)
Janet Evanovich

Marguerite Ferra
Donna Leon, Janet Evanovich, Robert B. Parker

Barbara Lewis
Lee Child
Ridley Pearson
John Sandford

Kathy H
Only three?!

Carl Hiaasen
James Lee Burke
Randy Wayne White

Lynda Clarke
Dorothea Benton Franks
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Ann Rivers Siddon

Natasha Floyd
Anne Lamott
Barbara Kingsolver
Elizabeth Gilbert

Salli Lewis
Robert Crais
John Lescroart
Nelson DeMille

Susan Reading
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Chris Bohjalian
Jodi Picoult

Suzi Skutley
J. K. Rowling, Robert B. Parker, Charles de Lint

Myrna Grist
James Patterson
John Sandford
Faye Kellerman

Lea Ann
Joan Medlicott
Diane Mott Davidson
Margaret Atwood

Joan
Anne Rivers Siddons
Fannie Flagg
Maeve Binchy

Jennie Femec
Eric Larson
Simon Winchester
M.C. Beaton

Freda
David Rosenfelt, J F Freedman, Steven Womack

LouBabe
Catherine Coulter
Brenda Novak
James Patterson

Carol Newey
Mary Kay Andrews
Sue Grafton
Fannie Flagg

Joan
Nora Roberts
Cindy Gerard
Catherine Coulter

Hallie Tassin
Nelson Demille
Ken Follett
Greg Iles

juie towson
Marlena Di Blasi
Anthony Cohn
Caleb Carr

Rosemarie Ormsbee
Karen Rose
Jonathan Kellerman
James Patterson

Gloria Pauline
Sandra Dallas
Masha Hamilton
Claire Cook

Kate P.
Jonathan Kellerman
Patricia Cornwell
Maeve Binchy

Pat Reid
Lee Child
Rett MacPherson
Chris Grabenstein

Kathleen from Providence
Sue Grafton
Susan Isaacs
John Grisham

Julia L. Rule
1. Janet Evanovich
2. Charlaine Harris
3.MaryJanice Davidson
4. Laurell K. Hamilton

Linda Hastings
Diane Mott Davidson
Sue Grafton
Donna Leon

Mel Barnes
Jodi Picoult
Cecelia Ahern
Janet Evanovich

Kim White
Janet Evanovich
P. J. Tracy
Ann Patchett

Ann Bowen
J. K. Rowling
Kris Radish
John Grisham

Pat Miller
James Patterson

Trish Harrison
I wait with bated breath for anything by Diana Gabaldon, J.K. Rowling, and Maeve Binchy, as well as a host of others.

Bernice Spier
Stephen White, Dean Koontz, Robert K. Tanenbaum

Sharon Walton
I'm always anxious to read the latest offerings by Anne Rivers Siddons, Maeve Binchy and Elizabeth Berg.....all favorites.

Rhonda Adam
Janet Evanovich
James Patterson
Sue Grafton

Linda Smith
Jodi Picoult, John Grisham, Annie LaMott

Linda Estrin
Margaret Atwood, Louise Erdrich, Annie Proulx

Merry Waldrip
Michael Palmer
Lee Child
Nora Roberts

Linda M. Williams
James Patterson, Robert Crais, and John Lescroart

marie
Jonathan Kellerman, Jodi Picoult, Joseph Finder

Carmen Slaughter
Beverly Barton
Cassandra King
Karen White

Michele
J. K. Rowling
Janet Evanovich
Carly Phillips

Linda Miller
J. K. Rowling
Janet Evanovich
Michael Connelly

Martha Leverett
J. D. Robb
Christine Feehan
Angela Knight

Sharon Cerasoli
Jodi Picoult, Alice Hoffman, and Barbara Parker

Karen Frank
Jonathan Kellerman
Maeve Binchy
Alexander McCall Smith

Susan
Carl Hiassen
Elmore Leonard
Walter Mosley

Fifi O'Toole
1. Stephen King
2. Dean Koontz
3. John Sandford

Diana Westfall
James Patterson
Richard North Patterson
Kathy Reichs

Diana Thomas
J. K. Rowling
Stephanie Laurens
Anne McCaffrey

Manon J
Jodi Picoult
Lisa Gardner

Peggy Ann Pompey
Robert Crais
Linda Howard
Nora Roberts

George Mathews
James Lee Burke
Robert B. Parker
Robert Crais

Lisa B
Alexander McCall Smith
Maeve Binchy
Dick Francis
There are so many more than three!

Trish
Norah Roberts (J. D. Robb)
Sandra Brown
Karin Slaughter

Donna Alspach
Michael Connelly
Sue Grafton
James Patterson

Jeanette F. Milliner
J. California Cooper
J. K. Rowling
Alexander McCall Smith

Susan Vaille
Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve, Janet Evanovich

Mary Branham
Barbara Delinsky, Penelope J. Stokes and Stuart Woods

Sandra Hughes
Kent Haruf
Chris Bohjalian
Mary McGarry Morris

Donna Piorkowski
John Grisham
Michael Connelly
James Patterson

Linda Martinek
Lee Child, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly

Jenne Turner
Elizabeth George
Barbara Kingsolver
Jasper Fforde

Paul J. Zimmerman
Nicci French, Michael Connelly, Richard North Patterson

Emily Parker
Sharon Wallace
Jane Isay

Kathi Keyse
Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Catherine Coulter

Martha Cromwell
Stephen King
Greg Iles
Dean Koontz

Kay Weiser
Jodi Picoult
Alice Hoffman
Barbara Kingsolver

Linda Miller
Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, John Sanford

Heidi
Jodi Picoult, Laurell K. Hamilton,

Kathy Talley
Nora Roberts
James Patterson
Jonathan Kellerman

Bev Haas
Jonathan Kellerman
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell