Books, non-popular books, hipster books. Who's your favorite author and why?

George R.R. Martin. Not for the ASOIAF series, which is fantastic, but because of the sci-fi he wrote long before then. Really exceptional. A must-read for lovers of classic science fiction.

Favorite author is Octavia E. Butler, no clue if he/she is famous or hipsterish, favorite book....can't do that.

Great you made me google it, she is dead, man, the fuck.

Demian ismy favorite book and hermann hesse is my favorite author

Larry Correia is my favorite author at the moment. I love his Monster Hunter International series.

Like futuristic stuff? Time travel, giant robots, outer space, planets, resurrection, AIs, and more?

Take a look at Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. Best hard scifi I've ever read. Even better than Asimov's. The last two books are the best, IMHO.

If you like indie stuff, try Steve Vera's Drynn books. Cheap on amazon, and pretty entertaining. The author is a cool guy as well.

Have you ever read any Peter Straub's writings? The only book wrote by him that I'd read is Koko; a gritty mystery novel. But he mostly writes horror. So if you really love horror I recommend you pick up some of his books, Hell, even Koko which is not a horror novel is quite horrifying.

And uh I don't have any favourite author as yet. I'm still quite a newb in this reading business.

Clive Barker, sex, horror and excellent world building/story telling. Second choice is Jack Vance, even better world building, great story and every interesting descriptions of social behaviour/customs

Terry Pratchett is my all time favorite. The Discworld series is an absolute delight. Humorous, packed with interesting characters and always able to keep me turning the pages long after I should have been in bed asleep. XD I know he's always been a popular writer in the UK, but I always seem to have trouble finding people who know him despite this fact... Also you can really pick up anywhere, despite them all taking place in the same world and, in some cases, with the same characters. I STILL haven't read the first two books of the series. I started with Going Postal and my favorites are probably Reaper Man, Night Watch and Small Gods.

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As I already wrote there, my favorite is Bernard Werber. Too lazy to write the reason though. :p

I do like myself some Charles Dickens. I have one or two books by Terry Pratchett and I have yet to read them, although I've heard that he's a good author.

Jesus. I only read the Bible.

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by Guy Gugliotta and Jeff Leen

Beside the already mentioned Terry Pratchett I would like to add Jasper Fforde and Christopher Moore... Both of them write... weird... stuff... :)

William Faulkner is my favorite author, I don't really know why, maybe it's the subtle racism in southern culture or maybe it was the fact he was a whiskey drinking drunk southerner. The stories are really great in their uses of time and prose, but not to hard to understand. A bit dry at times, which I hate, but for him it just freaking works. Start with As I Lay Dying then progress further if so inclined.

I've also heard great things about Iian Banks (sp?) and his culture series (scifi)

"All Quiet on the Western Front" and its sequel "The Road Back" by Erich Maria Remarque, some of the best books about war. Don't know if it's hipster enough.

Not popular at all, but really really great:
The Eight by Katherine Neville
The Bourbon Kid series: The Book With No Name, The Eye of the Moon, The Devil's Graveyard, The Book of Death.

"Torture the Artist" by Joey Goebel(i think...i'd google it but my internet connection sucks so i'll let you do that)is one of my favorite modern books.
I'm not sure how popular he is though...at least not outside of my country :)
Edit: Don't you think you overestimate yourself by saying " I ask for them to NOT be "popular" because there's a chance I already read them"?
I'm pretty sure i could list here at least a few thousands of popular books and i bet you didn't read them.
"Popular" doesn't start with Harry Potter and ends with The Hunger Games, you know?

Malazan Book of the Fallen

The Witcher

... That should last you for some time.

I have like several favorite authors depending on the genre.For realism Charles Bukowski,for horror Stephen King,Serge Brussolo,Dean Koontz and for satire Chuck Palahniuk,Irvine Welsh,Philip Roth.Use Goodreads choose a genre and find a writer that suits you.

Well, I don't know if it's good, but I plan to read Metro 2033 soon.

Have You Ever Read The OTHERLAND Series By Tad Williams? Give It A Try... It's All About Kids Who Get Their Minds Trapped In A Virtual Reality/ Computer Game And Their Relatives Who Attempt To Hack InTo The VR In Order To Save Their Comatose Loved Ones.

If you like "cosmic horror" a la Lovecraft, you might like Laird Barron.

Shannara by Terry Brooks < one of my favourite epic fantasy series. It's closer to Lotr than to GoT. They're producing a tv show that follows the story of one of the first novels - so it may become popular any day now. Or not.

Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer. < My favourite book. A parody of the Regency period (technically romance, but it's a parody.) This book is pure, barmy, ridiculous unadulterated fun.

Legend of the Sun Knight by Yu Wo < a Taiwanese fantasy series that takes place in a rpg-like world - largely satire, as well. The author's allowed the fans to translate it and they've done a great job. Here's the link.