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The 76 Authors You Need to Read to Become a Writer According to Dan Simmons - Page 2

Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works which span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award.[1] He also writes mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
41
Thomas Hardy
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
42
Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
43
Henry James
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
44
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
45
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
46
Joseph Conrad
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
47
Edith Wharton
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
48
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
49
Edith Wharton
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
50
Rudyard Kipling
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
51
Willa Cather
A Lost Lady (Willa Cather)
A Lost Lady
52
Willa Cather
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
53
Hermann Hesse
Magister Ludi (Hermann Hesse)
Magister Ludi
54
Hermann Hesse
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
55
Upton Sinclair
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
56
Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Tales of New York (Stephen Crane)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Tales of New York
57
Stephen Crane
Howards End (E. M. Forster)
Howards End
58
E. M. Forster
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
59
E.M. Forster
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
60
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
61
Virginia Woolf
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
62
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
63
James Joyce
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
64
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
65
Franz Kafka
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
66
D.H. Lawrence
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
67
D.H. Lawrence
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
68
D. H. Lawrence
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
69
Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
70
Sinclair Lewis
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
71
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
72
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
73
William Faulkner
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
74
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
75
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
76
William Faulkner
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
77
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
78
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
79
Ernest Hemingway
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
80
John Steinbeck
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