This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is Top Ten Authors we’ve read the most books from. It’s hard to tell on this one — Goodreads will only show me the authors I own the most books by, but let’s have a wild stab at it…
- Jacqueline Carey. I own and have read almost all her books, which makes at least… 13 in total. That’s a good number!
- Guy Gavriel Kay. I’ve only got one book by him I haven’t read yet, River of Stars.
- Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm. I’ve read books by her under both identities, and there’s at least 13 on my shelves that I know I’ve read, so she’s probably high on the list.
- J.R.R. Tolkien. I think I’ve read everything put out by either him or by his son after his death. I’m not sure how much that is, but I’ve read his academic work as well, so we’ll say he counts.
- Jo Walton. I’ve read all but her most recent book, so she definitely counts.
- Garth Nix. I haven’t even read all his books, but there were the seven Keys to the Kingdom books, the Old Kingdom series, another series… Yep, probably the most read author.
- Tad Williams. I’ve read two quartets by this guy, he’s got to qualify.
- Brian Michael Bendis. Ultimate Spider-man and some other comics.
- Alistair Reynolds. Long due a reread, but yeaaaah, I read most of his books at one point.
- Brian Jacques. I used to read the Redwall books exhaustively. I haven’t touched them in a long time, but there were at least a dozen. This one has to count! Tempted to do a nostalgia reread, too.
What about everyone else? This was surprisingly hard to think of…
Doesn’t GR also show you your most read authors? I have a statistic like that in the My Books tab.. It doesn’t count rereads though, so for me, it’s off by quite a bit.
My top 3 are Katharine Kerr, Kim Harrison and J.K. Rowling.
I love your list! Robin Hobb, Tad Williams, Jacqueline Carey, … all lovely authors!
Hmm, I should look and see! It should be pretty accurate for me, because I add multiple editions instead of just increasing my read count.
Agreed!
Some brilliant writers on your list. I’ve read quite a few Garth Nix books and loved them, but he didn’t make my list this week.
I’ve read a loooot — it’s a little amazing how much he’s published!
I have not read any authors on your list. But I need to read Gareth Nix.
Megan @ http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.co.uk
He’s good!
I hope to read more Garth Nix. I started reading the first book in Keys to the Kingdom (it was included in this free sampler I got from the bookstore) and really liked it, although I never did get to finish it.
It’s really good, at least if you like YA! And the books get more mature as they go along, really.
Love Brian Jacques!
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I’m actually rereading Martin the Warrior right now!
omg, I haven’t read ANY OF THESE. Well. I did read a few Tolkien’s but I think I should try them on audio because I just didn’t do well with reading them with my own eyeballs. Idek what it is, but audio = me loving books. x)
You should totally try Garth Nix, at least! But if you’re looking for LotR audio, the old BBC radioplay version is amazeballs. Fully acted, with some singing, and with boring bits cut out but no good bits omitted.
I’ve ribbed Cait before for not having read any Garth Nix since she is from Down Under and so is Nix. I’ve purchased anthologies solely because Nix has a short story in them. The Old Kingdom Series and Shade’s Children are my favorites.
Terri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
Indeed! She totally should get round to it. The Old Kingdom books are my favourites too; I haven’t read Shade’s Children yet.