Terry Pratchett for me.

If you never read his books because you think they’re just fantasy comedies, you’re really missing out on a sharp, witty and surprisingly deep author with a massive and varied body of work.

I really love your way of talking about books: clear, passionate, succint. I love it!

10) Richard Laymon
9) Richard Matheson
8) Clive Barker
7) Robert McCammon
6) Ray Bradbury
5) George MacDonald Fraser
4) Douglas Adams
3) Peter Straub
2) John Mortimer
1) Stephen King

My top 10:
10 - Robert E Howard
9 - Alexander Dumas
8 - Dostoyevsky
7 - Bernard Cornwell
6 - Frank Herbert
5 - Lovecraft
4 - PKD
3 - Machado de Assis (Brazilian author! Read A Epitaph of a Small Winner)
2 - Tolkien
1 - Asimov

Last year I fell in love with Christopher Buehlman! Between Two Fires, the Lesser Dead, The Blacktongue Thief & The Daughter’s War! Recently I read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon, whimsical, crude, funny & moving…5 stars, historical fiction in ancient Greece!

My number one has to be Tolkien. I just always find myself coming back. And his extended lore books show a lot of love for his universe, and how much he is willing to go back to either change or embellish on his world. Plus his language skills not just creating a language but his way with words can often leave me in awe. Although I understand how hard it can be to read.

Kazuo Ishiguro is phenomenal! I've read his The Remains of the Day three times and it gets better at each reading. Glad to see him so high on your list!

An excellent list! I've read pretty much everything Clive Barker has written. He would be my number 2. Ray Bradbury is also a huge favorite. I agree with you on Stephen King, he is just a phenomenal storyteller. I recommend Robert McCammon. Swan Song and Boy's Life are both in my top ten novels of all time.

I’ve read every book by SK and what it is about him is that he fits right into my head.

Oh man lol Cliver Barker is one of MY top ten favorite authors 😂 I'm glad you gave em a shout out.

King is my favorite too. He's such a great storyteller, and I just fall in love with his characters every single time.

Great top 3. King was my all time favorite for decades, then I was introduced to Murakami and I don't think I could select a favorite between the two. I just love everything that both write...even the books that people hate. Looking forward to reading Lovecraft. Just picked up a paperback box set of his writing. Fun video.

a little late to the party but i love hearing you talk man. love your energy and and you've helped me really get into some new authors. thanks for what you do!

Thanks! I love your enthusiasm! You’re getting me to consider authors and books I normally would not look at.

I recently started watching your videos, they are quite entertaining
Hope one day you make a video about which  5 books should be adapted into film or series?
Congrats on 10k subs!!! keep up the excellent work!!

I definitely agree with you with Lovecraft and King. They've been two of my favorite authors for a very long time.

Follow up idea because you mentioned it. Favorite "First impression" authors (I guess you could call it). Where you are excited and love their work but you're only read 1 of there books.

You did it! Ha!

Great list, brother!

What should be the criteria for determining the top 10 Authors of all time?  Depending on that criteria, this list could change drastically.  Here are some of my ideas:

1)  Who wrote the best book.  Take the authors top published work. It doesn't matter if he's published one or one hundred, just rank them based on the quality of their best story.

2) "If you could only read 10 authors for the rest of your life, who would they be?"

3) "If you could make 10 books required reading for the entire world, who would be the author of those books?"

What criteria would you use?

One of my favorites is #2.  The authors scores would be

Average book quality     x       Number of book     x     Diversity of type and tone of books

I love your videos.  Lots of great recommendations.