Top Ten Tuesday is an original meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme asks participants to list the authors we keep on auto-buy. As soon as we know there’s a new book coming out, we’re already planning when we’ll read it and requesting the galley or placing a pre-order.

Finding favorite books is always a treat, but finding an author who never fails to disappoint is a whole other kind of fun. When a new release hits shelves by these authors, I know I’m going to buy it. Here are my top ten auto-buy authors followed by snippets of some of their book covers. Enjoy!

(These are listed in no particular order.)

1. Markus Zusak

2. Jonathan Friesen

3. Stephanie Morrill

4. Laura L. Smith

5. Marissa Meyer

6. Leah Cypess

7. Jenny B. Jones

8. Lemony Snicket

9. Jacqueline Woodson

10. Jennifer Donnelly

How about you?

Do you have a list of authors whose books you automatically buy? Which authors would make your top ten list?