5 Authors that you NEED to read ASAP!!!!!

So I figured I would just give a short list of 5 of my favorite writers in no particular order, a brief description and suggested readings. READ THEM ASAP!!!!!

Neil Gaiman - Not only did this British bloke write Sandman, one of the few graphic novels to make The New York Times Best Seller List, but he also released an excellent collection of short stories titled: Smoke and Mirrors. He is, at times, listed under the label: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, but don't let this deter you. Labels sometimes place an unfair...well, label on things.

Chuck Palahniuk (Paula-nick) - This dude was in another blog of mine, and yes he is the author of Fight Club, but, in my opinion, this is not his best. He has gotten some criticism over his first few books, due to the fact that the narrators are simular, cynical anti-hero types, but they're all good so it doesn't bother me. Some of his later books are great, like Rant (one of the greatest novels of all time) and Pygmy are pretty sweet. He has a kind of sick sense of humor, and a whole variety of strange characters, and they all culminate into amazingness.

Hubert Selby Jr. - Another dude in my blog who was the guy behind the book behind the movie, Requiem for a Dream, which stays pretty faithful. But the real whopper of a novel is Last Exit to Brooklyn. Hardcore crazy!!!!

Kurt Vonnegut - This man should need no introduction. Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions. Some pretty sweet postmodernism going on here, crazy, outside of the box stuff.

Hermann Hesse - Some pretty good, philosophical stuff going on here. We got the mind-blower Demian, and the story of a real jerk called: Narcissus and Goldmund. Great stuff, you possibly read in high school.