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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. 11. Phillip Roth -  American Reference Novels: Portnoy's Complaint; Nemesis; American Pastoral Why: Been good since the sixties and still at it ( Nemesis was released in 2010), I loved Portnoy's Complaint (yes, I'm a perv) and how it sounded like a long novel of standup comedy. First time I'd ever seen that done. He's got character-driven prose down too,  American Pastoral is as cerebral a novel as they come. 10. Salman Rushdie - British/Indian Reference Novels: Midnight's Children; Shalimar the Clown; Haroun and the Sea of Stories Why: Sadly most famous for the fatwa due to The Satanic Verses which isn't one ...