Friday, July 15, 2011

Top Ten Sexiest Authors

Brenna over at LitMusings pulled together a list of her Top Ten Sexiest Male Authors. Greg from The New Dork Review followed her lead and has a list of his Top 10 Female Authors (in Terms of Hotness).  As I have no qualms with stealing ideas* here's my list. Since Brenna and Greg each took one gender I figured, to make my list something different; I'd do half and half. Yes, there will be some overlap because, let's face it, they have some great ones on there. I was going to base it just on looks, but a shitty book can make someone less attractive and a kick ass one can do wonders for them. And then of course there's someone like Stephen King where as much as I love the guy's writing he won't be making this list...

So here we go. First up the guys

5. Philip K. Dick
4. Ma Jian
3. Christopher Moore
2. Jonathan Safran Foer
1. Jasper Fforde

And now we have the ladies

5. Marisha Pessl
4. Jennifer Egan
3. Jessica Valenti
2. Dorothy Parker
1. Jhumpa Lahari

Aww, it's like the prom king and queen

Who do you think I missed?

*With appropriate links and the OK from the original creator

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Hahaha I fully approve of making those two prom king and queen. I say we plan a literary nerd prom and make it happen.
1 reply · active 712 weeks ago
I'm picturing all kinds of ridiculousness for a literary prom.
I never really saw a picture of Philip K. Dick before but damn! I do agree with you that he breaches my top 5.
Jessica Valenti - sold! But I hadn't heard of her, so I looked up who she is and laughed out loud when I discovered she's a feminist advocate and blogger. What do you think her reaction would be to being included on your list? ;)

(Thanks for the linkage, too.)
1 reply · active 712 weeks ago
Haha yeah I considered it might be in bad taste to include Valenti in such a list, but I told myself it was fine since I have it 1/2 guys and 1/2 girls. Shoddy rationalization, sure. But whatever
Hello Jasper Fforde! I had no idea he was so handsome! Another incentive for me to read one of his books... haha. I also think Jhumpa Lahiri is the prettiest female author. Good choices! I'm glad you made your own list :)
1 reply · active 712 weeks ago
Thank you for the awesome list idea! It was harder to pull together than I thought it would be but a lot of fun.
I agree with Fforde and Lahiri. Both are sexy as hell. But Philip K. Dick? Really? The man was a great writer, but...
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
I figured I'd focus on Philip K Dick's physical appearance and writing and ignored the whole paranoia part...
I'll throw 2 more names in for the guys: Joe Hill and China Mieville. And .... count me in on the Hello Jasper comments --- I had no idea! :)
1 reply · active 712 weeks ago
I considered China Mieville but he isn't my thing. I'll have to check out Joe Hill
Jasper Fforde reminds me a bit of Daniel Craig in that picture, only cuter. Great picks! And people don't associate writers with looking good...
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
You're right! I didn't see it before but he does look like Daniel Craig. Literary James Bond, hmmm
I absolutely agree with Short Story Slore about Jasper Fforde looking like Daniel Craig. That was my first thought too. Jhumpa Lahiri does look so very pretty. I also think Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is very beautiful.
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
Adichie is beautiful. Would have been a good choice for the list and someone I need to check out.
Good picks! I don't know what most authors look like, but have you seen/read David Mitchell? I nominate him.
1 reply · active 712 weeks ago
I've not seen/read Mitchell but again, someone else to check out!

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