Who do you think is the best novelist in english and which is your favourite novel?

Dear Everyone,

Shakespeare was not a novelist.

Sincerely,

A Modicum of Education

P.S. In response to the question, Dickens is often referred to as the "Shakespeare of the Novel", and as cliched as it is, I must agree. The man is an absolute marvel. There isn't an aspect of literature in which he isn't an undisputed master. Imagery, pacing, characterization, plot... he's got it all. "Hard Times" will always have a soft spot in my heart, though "Bleak House" and "Great Expectations" were probably more 'perfect' works.

Philip Pullman's trilogy - His Dark Materials. Supposedly a book aimed at young people and older children but the concepts are immense and the books are truly gripping. Also one of the best books I ever read was The Journal of Antonio Montoya by a US writer called Leslie Collignon. I have never heard of him since but that book was a jewel. He deserves so much success with it but it is several years old now and no sign of becoming the hit it ought to have been.

Of course, William Shakespeare. Novel: Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare too.

Earnest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises

Absolutely Shakespeare

Ross McDonald and the Lew Archer series Ed McBain and the 87th Precinct novels. Jim Thompson. Movies made from his books include "The Getaway", "The Killer Inside Me", "Grifters", and "After Dark My Sweet". Patricia Highsmith may be classified as mystery but check out her work which includes "The Mr. Ripley" series and Stangers on a Train.

Ernest Hemingway-For Whom the Bell Tolls

Charles Dickens - Bleak House

Robert Ludlum

J.K Rowling, Harry Potter series

J.k Rowling, Roald Dahl, R.l Stine, Hardy Boys, Agatha Christie, And many more...

All books of these authors are my Favorite