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These are inclined to change order depending on the day, so there's no ranking system. It might not even be these same writers all the time. But that's who it is today. Pretty easy list to make, I just have to look at the bookshelf. Novelists only since I don't read enough non-fiction or poetry these days, unfortunately. 5. Orhan Pamuk - Turkish Reference Novels: Snow; The Museum of Innocence; Istanbul: Memories and the City Why: I have always been of the opinion that love stories cannot be serious literature (in modern times, anyway) unless it's unrequited love. Snow disproved that for me, despite its complex politics and heavy symbolism it's essentially a tragic love story.  The Museum of Innocence ( a book I found accidentally in Shakespeare&Co) I also love because of the emphasis on obsessive love and the importance of things (garbage, really) in fueling obsession. 4. Ian McEwan - English Reference Novels: Atonement; On Chesil Beach; The C...

Disclaimer: I'm sure there will be many authors I've missed out simply because I haven't heard of them. It is impossible for me to read anything not published or translated into English or French. Or works that I cannot get a hold of even if translations exist ( the book market in Trinidad is a bit limited. It's not a perfect world). I'm making guesses with the material I have and hopefully the guesses are good. In no particular order: 12.  Thomas Pynchon - United States of America Language : English Genres: Short stories; Novels; Essays Reference Works: V. (1963); The Crying of Lot 49 (1966); Gravity's Rainbow (1974); Mason & Dixon (1997) 11. Martin Amis - England Language:  English Genres: Novels; Short Stories, Essays Reference Works: Other People (1981); Money (1984); Heavy Water and Other Stories (1998) 10. Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Kenya Language: English, Gikuyu Genres: Novels, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Children...