That are no longer alive, PTerry. Thst period he did two books a year plus extra stuff was golden.

That I no longer trust, King, Barker.

That I still pre order, Sanderson and Stephenson.

Yeah.. pretty much every series i read i look forward to the next one.

Kevin Hearne is a good one I buy everything he does. Iron Druid (Urban Fantasy), Ink & Sigil (Iron Druid Spinnoff/continuation), Kill the Farm Boy (High Fantasy Parody). All great stuff. Also went to 2 of his book signings.

I buy every new Hollows book (Urban Fantasy and somewhat post apocalyptic) from Kim Harrison, every new Schooled in Magic and all Nameless World spin offs (Isekai magic school and story well past graduation) from Christopher G. Nutall. All Black Ocean(sci fi space western) books by J.S. Morin. Whatever book J.N. Chaney is writing as well (Sci fi space operas). I also wait for a bunch of litrpgs next books. He Who Fights With Monsters by Shirtaloon, Judicator Jane (new one just came out!) from Brian Rouleau, System Universe by SunriseCV... And I'm constantly discovering new authors to get excited about.

Brandon Sanderson, pretty much buy anything he writes.

For all others, I now wait for the series to complete before getting the books.

Pynchon. I know you got a last one in you, Tommy...

John Scalzi, been a fan for a long time.

Kind of an obscure one but among my friend group who reads we are fans of Matthew Norman. It started with We’re All Damaged which we loved. They are beach reads but consistently fun.

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

Cory Doctorow, without hesitation

He who fights with monsters by Shirtaloon

Waiting for book 13.

I’ll read anything T Kingfisher puts out! I’m especially fond of her Paladin of Steel series and the Sworn Soldier series, but the standalone ones are great as well. The Twisted Ones is great if you want some Blair Witch, rural southern Appalachia horror. A House With Good Bones is also good southern horror that uses the supernatural as a way to explore breaking free from familial abuse.

Alastair Reynolds don’t necessarily buy everything but if I saw something that I haven’t read from him it’s an automatic « stop everything and find a way to read it as quickly as possible »

Anything by Randolph Lalonde. He's concentrating on his space opera series, Spinward Fringe, and the side books lately but his fantasy work is great too. Spinward Fringe has its flaws, but they tend to be addressed, and they're easy to overlook when you're enjoying the books.

I've started reading some Jack McDevitt books too, after someone recommended one here, and I'm finding them hard to put down. It's the God Engines / Chindi series (that I've forgotten the name of) . The protagonists do seem to bounce from one problem to another, but it's done in a fairly realistic way, the whole 'we've accidentally ended up here, so we may as well look around' kind of thing. I've read two and a half books in a couple of days in between looking after my kid and visiting family, so they're definitely keeping me hooked :)

Fuchsia Dunlop and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, both food writers.

Augusten Burroughs for memoir/fiction.

I'm very much into the world that Michael J Sullivan has created with his two Ryria and Legends series. The next book is kind of far out now.

Same with Sanderson. I think it's cool that he's tying multiple magic systems together into one cohesive universe.

The opposite answer to this question is Patrick Rothfuss. I hate hearing about him releasing anything new, because I know it isn't going to be what anyone wants. I also dread him actually, finally, really releasing the 3rd book that people have been waiting for... I will be in a real battle whether to actually read it. Will my spite plus hatred of half the 2nd book win out over my love for the first 1.5 books?

I love anything written by James A. Owen. His flagship series is The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, which is an excellent fantasy story. Everyone I've reccomended it to, including well-seasoned book lovers, has put it in their top 5. He's also written more thoughtful books like the Meditations trilogy, as well as the Starchild comic series, which are both really good. On top of all that he's an artist and illustrates for all of his books

For stand-alone novels I used to buy new books by authors whose work I enjoyed prior, but have been burned so now I wait until others do so and let me know if its worth it. I also stopped buying unfinished series. Either the author takes forever to get around to the next one or dies before doing so (looking at you Jordan!), or the quality of the story falls drastically before the series end negating the initial investment.

Dan Simmons. I'm waiting for Omega Canyon

John Darnielle is my must-read list. Wolf in White Van was absolutely captivating to me when it came out. I was late reading Universal Harvester, but when I finally did, it literally made me gasp out loud at some of the most horror. And so I decided to lock in and never miss a new drop again. His last book was a day-one buy that I loved, and now I'm just waiting for him to announce something else.