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...Does Shakespeare count as an author? Seriously, I love love love his works, especially Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. I've yet to read the whole Hamlet.

I think my friends have mentioned R.A. Salvatore a few times....should go check that out.

Brent Weeks's Night Angel Trilogy is decent as well, albeit a bit dry in a few places. If you read the summary, you'll probably know why I love it. The Ranger's Apprentice series is also decent, although a bit trite.

One of the books/series I really love is Operation Red Jericho. It's action+semi-historical mixed into one, and while it says it's completely factual, I'm not too sure how much the author's edited it....the second/third book (forgot which one) doesn't seem probably, what with the levitating mechanism.