I'm trying to find my next read and I'd like to read something from an author who writes exceptionally well. I'm trying to improve my own writing, so I'd like to get your thoughts on which authors/books to read.
Thank you in advance!
by Green-News8804
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I’d like to recommend both of my books found on Amazon and KU! Thirteen Days Clean and Survival Was Her Name: This Story Belongs to the Living by Marissa Koehler. One is a psychological thriller and the other is a memoir.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
*Mason & Dixon* by Thomas Pynchon for pure mastery and delight
*The Magus* by John Fowles for elegance and wit
*The Unconsoled* by Kazuo Ishiguro for nuance and subtlety
*Novel Explosives* by Jim Gauer for energy and dazzle
*Consider The Lobster* by David Foster Wallace (non-fiction) for being clever and observation
*A Brief History of Seven Killings* by Marlon James for dialect and rhythm
*The Savage Detectives* by Roberto Bolaño for polyphony and immersion
There are surely others, but these come to mind right away. I specifically think Gauer and Pynchon are the best for everything overall, but all of them were good for my taste.
Edit: I should add I liked these books a lot, though some of them can be very hard such as Pynchon or Bolaño, but you asked for language, and for that I think these are good irrespective of liking the story or not.