Deadboy Wrote: Juvenile writing styles, author that tries too hard to be politically relevant. Disgraceful Also it's called the "Prisoner of Azkaban."
Decent choices. Although I'm personally not too fond of Stephen King, I can agree that he was incredibly influential and a number of his titles are decent.
Currently reading "Green Grass, Running Water" for class and "War and Peace" on my own time just so I can say I read it. Will likely read more of Tolstoy's works so I can say I'm a fanboy without being too pretentious after reading a single one of his novels. He wrote a fuckton of short stories, so might go for that.
I definitely agree he is and continues to be an influentialauthor. I don't think he's the best author but that was just if I had to pick. I only say this because he wrote one of my favorite series.