top 20 Authors (listed in no particular order)

The books listed after these amazingly talented people are the best of their writing, not their entire collection.

1) Shannon Hale (Bayern series ie: Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River secrets, and Forrest Born *haven't had a chance to read Forrest Born yet.*, Princess Academy, Austenland)

2) Janette Rallison (My Fair Godmother, All's Fair in Love, War, and Highschool, Its a Mall World After All)

3)Christopher Paolini (the Inheritance Cycle ie: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr)

4)Orson Scott Card (Enders Game)

5)Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

6)Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyer)

7)Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)

8)Ji-li Jiang (Red Scarf Girl)

5)Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted, Fairest, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and Ever)

6)Diana Wynn Jones (Castle Series, The Merlin Conspiracy)

8)Tamora Peirce (Terrier, Bloodhound)

9)Jo Whittemore (Silverskin Legacy)

10)Stuart Hill (Cry of the Icemark)

11)Sherewood Smith (Crown Duel, Posse of Princesses)

12)Nancy Farmer (The House of the Scorpion)

13)Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

14)Marrissa Doyle (Bewitching Season)

15)Eion Colfer (Artemis Fowl Series, Airman, Half Moon Investigations)

16)Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series)

17)Allison Croggon (Chronicles of Pelinor ie: The Naming, The Riddle, The Crow, The Singing)

18)Mark Walden (HIVE Series)

19) Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember, People of the Sparks)

20)David Eddings ( The Belgariad (Volumes 1 and 2), The Mallorean (Volumes 1 and 2), Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress)
And that concludes my extensively long post. Happy reading!