I just finished Dean Koontz' 'One Door Away From Heaven' and liked it very much. I've read at least ten of his books and like most of them, though none are better than 'Intensity'. Never has there been a more aptly named book.

I've read most of Stephen King's books and have to disagree that his best novels were confined to his 'early' years. The Green Mile is, IMHO, the best thing he ever wrote and he's written other noteworthy and altogether creepy stuff like 'Bag of Bones'.

I read a lot of Eric (von) Lustbader's stuff and always found his spy thrillers to be far more intriguing than Ludlum's fate-of-the-world-hangs-in-the-balance storylines. Unfortunately, Lustbader got way too fond of mysticism and essentially ruined the characters who had been interesting in early books.

I liked Clavell's books (Shogun; Tai-pan) up to a point. I thought Noble House was pretty absurd though and his last book was a waste of time.

Like Dave Nasty, I like Scot Turow's books. He's a more literary Grisham. Also like Dave, I like the Kinkster (Armadillos and Old Lace).

Though I've only read one book by Tom Robbins, 'Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates' is one helluva read: outrageous, funny, profane, and charming.

I like mystery/thriller writers like James Patterson (though some of his most recent stuff falls really flat), Harlen Coben, Jonathan Kellerman, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, and Stephen Hunter.

Like most guys, I was an insatiable Sci-Fi/horror reader growing up. I'm a big P.K. Dick fan (Man in the High Castle is my favorite) and loved Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, and Harlan Ellison among others. I liked fantasy too and in addition to the Tolkien books, read several of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders stories, Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant trilogy. I never really 'groked' Heinlein though. He always bored the snot outta me.

Count me among those that like Vonnegut too.