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here's my most read authors list
V.C. Andrews - 24 books - (mostly read in my teens starting with
then Flowers in the Attic series. I read quite a few of the ghost written books then eventually gave up when they released the same old, same old orphan series.Terry Pratchett - 15 books - I'm surprised how high this number is but I really did get in to his discworld (they were like goldust in Taiwan but I managed to find a copy of
after reading
)R.L. Stine - 16 books - I read mainly point horror books when I started secondary school
J.R. Ward - 10 - A nice bit of sexy adult vampire fun once you get past the cliches and colloquialism lol
J.K. Rowling 8 - Harry Potter
P.C. Cast 8 - More vampires but this time of the teenager variety - a bit ott with the teen speak and the later books made me feel like skipping characters but nice inbetweeners
Freya North 7 - I liked her for a nice, light, read (with some interesting facts about the main character's interests/job years ago but her books got a bit too samey or I had had enough.
Nick Hornby 6 - I haven't read any of his books for a while but I liked the humour in them
J.R.R. Tolkien 6 - my room mates friends were travelling through and I borrowed the 5th book from her box set - then my bag got stolen;,( one of the reasons I don't like to borrow books but I don't mind lending them.
Stephen King 6 - also liked in my teens
Ian McEwan 5 - I found him by accident on a bookshelf in the YWCA in H.K. (
) on the way to a life drawing/jewellery (not sure which) class. I found the book a bit strange but he does write about things that other authors wouldn't broach. I find his books almost painful to read in parts because he really has a talent for describing the strength and complexities of human emotions. I also have heard high recommendations for Iain M. Banks.Nicholas Sparks 5 - I read these years ago when I wanted to read a bit of light romance but then I discovered Alice Hoffman - more magical which doesn't centre on the romance part.
Enid Blyton 5 - my favourite childhood author - her Faraway Tree series deserves more recognition
Neil Gaiman 5 - A current author that I want to read more of -
nextAmy Tan 5 - I really enjoyed her books and, like Nick Hornby, I read all of them but I hit a block with
Dr. Seuss 5 - when I discovered
in Taiwan it made me tear up every timeRoald Dahl 5 - I really want to read some of his adult books/short stories
Marian Keyes 4 - I gave these a go because my Mum likes her but she got a bit too similar for me and I prefer more substance
Stephenie Meyer 4 - Twilight
Anne Rice 4 - These were also read a while ago but the more pages the more bogged down they felt
Iain Banks 4 - I read book:The Wasp Factory|567678] and was blown away by the detail of the psyhcotic main character written in the first person so I went out and read more
Alice Hoffman 3 - I started with
and tend to dip in to her books when I need some lovely light relief with a little touch of magicValerio Massimo Manfredi 3 - Alexander Trilogy
Shel Silverstein 3 - beautiful poetry for children
Haruki Murakami 3 - similar in a sense to Ian McEwan
Trudi Canavan 3 - Black Magician trilogy
Suzanne Collins 3 - Hunger Games
L.M. Montgomery 3 - Anne of Green Gables - I've probably read more of them:)
Thomas Harris 2 Red Dragon
Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez 2 (and a half lol)
Raymond E. Feist 2 - Magician apprentice and master
Jennifer Johnston 2 - I've recently went back to her
Jodi Picoult 2 - I was really excited when I found her but then every book I looked at by her seemed to be just to centered on horrible events and the nightmares that come with them and without the qualities that I liked in [[bookcover:Second Glance|10911]
Mary Lawson 2 - I wish she'd write more books!
Johannes Itten 2 - artistic genius
Wilbur A. Smith 2 - I think he really started me on historical fiction
Barbara Kingsolver 2 - just realised I always read her name with lover on the end lol
Sarah Addison Allen 2 - similar to Alice Hoffman
Anchee Min 2 - more Asian historical fiction
Robert Louis Stevenson 2
Mitch Albom 2 - nice reads to make you think
Paulo Coelho 2 - I read
on the short flights back from Thailand to H.K. and ended up buying the box set from the bookpeople years later - I've only read one more lolR.J. Ellory 2 - I've had another of his books ready to read for years now - I don't know why I space them out so much
Ray Bradbury 2 Recent and someone I want to read more of
Mark Twain 2
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Stephen King 37 - I went through a major horror phase in my teens which is when I first discovered SK, and I've carried on reading him ever since.
Dean Koontz 28 - Another favourite from my teens that I never really grew out of.
Robin Cook 24 - Ah yes, the Robin Cook phase, also from my teens. I used to pick these medical thrillers up from charity shops and read them one after the other.
James Herbert 19 - The horror phase again!
Catherine Cookson 16 - This is what happens when you live abroad - sometimes the only English books you can get hold of are by Catherine Cookson and Danielle Steel!
V.C. Andrews 15 - The obligatory V.C. Andrews phase hit me when I was about 14.
Nora Roberts 11 - I'm a bit weird about books. I read one NR book which turned out to be part of a series, then I HAD to read all the others even though they weren't very good. It was a long series!
Maeve Binchy 11 - Another one from my days in Greece, MB is a good holiday read that tourists would often behind.
Bill Bryson 10 - Who can read BB and not want to read more? I wish he was my dad.
Danielle Steel 10 - See above!
Sophie Kinsella 10 - My favourite chick-lit author.
Georgette Heyer 9 - My mother got me into GH, her books are witty and lovely.
James Herriot 8 - I recently bought a new set of JH's autobiographies, my old copies finally wore out from overuse!
Roald Dahl 8 - One from my childhood.
Katie Fforde 8 - My second favourite chick lit author!
Susan Elizabeth Philips 7 - All from the same series again.
Enid Blyton 7 - I'm sure this number should be a lot higher. I used to raid the library every week for her books when I was a kid.
Mary Jo Putney 7 - Yep, it's another series!
John Creasey 7 - This number should also be much, much higher, but so many of his books can't be found on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. I went through a major JC phase in my early teens.
Marian Keyes 7
Orson Scott Card 6
Jane Austen 6
Muriel Spark 6
Jeffrey Archer 5
Anne Rice 5 - I loved the Mayfair Witches trilogy, but other ARs I tried never really matched up.
Mo Hayder 5
JRR Tolkien 5
Linda Howard 4
Barbara Taylor Bradford 4 - Another author from my days in Greece.
Catherine Alliott 4
Cathy Kelly 4
Beryl Bainbridge 4
George Eliot 4
Philip Pullman 4
Douglas Adams 3
Andrew Collins 3
Mark Haddon 3
CS Lewis 3
Chinua Achibe 3
Stieg Larsson 3
Siegfried Sassoon 3
Clive Barker 3
Ray Bradbury 3
Will Self 3
Suzanne Collins 3
Gerald Durrell 3
Michael Crighton 3
David Nicholls 3
I won't go any further, I think that's enough. Hmm, I seem to have read a lot of cheesy romances and horror over the years!
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Philippa Gregory 7
Maya Angelou 7
Bill Bryson 4
Ben Elton 4 - I've read more of these too!
J.R.R. Tolkien 3
Kate Morton 3
Neil Gaiman 3
Karen Maitland 3
Douglas Kennedy 3
Victoria Hislop 3
E.M. Forster 3
Marina Lewycka 2
Scarlett Thomas 2
Tess Gerritsen 2
George R.R. Martin 2
Audrey Niffenegger 2
Tennessee Williams 2
Jane Austen 2
Stephenie Meyer 2
John Steinbeck 2
John Connolly 2
I'm not surprised at Terry Pratchett and Maya Angelou being up there but I think this shows how often I forget to add books when I've read them, quite a few of these I'm thinking I've definitely read more than it says.
I didn't realise how many Philippa Gregory books I'd read though - historical fiction is a bit of a guilty pleasure!
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ETA - that was a durr moment, it's counted as 3 books in some editions
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No, I wouldn't bother with Flowers in the Attic, it's horrible really - about four children who get shut up in an attic for years on end. It just seems to be one of those books that everyone read when they were a teenager.
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I think I'd read my sweet Audrina first then if you like it go on. I liked that flowers in the attic became a series with a prequal - the first I'd read.
something like this (maybe it was 7 but I don't remember the hand on it)
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iirc, in my early teens I was 'pony mad' and read everything I could about people with horses etc. Then I moved onto 'Sweet Valley High' - did anyone else read those? bloody awful! :D
Current favourites are Seanan McGuire and her October Daye series. I'm nose deep in book six. They are Fae detective stories. Fairies, mystery, romance... All my favourite genres in one story.I'm up to date and eager for more from Lindsey Davis and her Falco series. Brilliant detective stories set in Ancient Rome.
Also can't wait for more from Stephanie Laurens. She writes exciting sexy regency adventures.
Also love Georgette Heyer, Steven Saylor Bernard Cromwell, Kathy Reichs and Maria V Snyder.
Essentially I'll read anything if its exciting, clever and has a smattering of passion.
Enid Blyton- 89 books! Probably more actually!Terry Deary- 26 books. Probably more as well, I loved Horrible Histories when I was younger.
Jacqueline Wilson- 21 books. Hmmm, mostly younger books here! I'm sure if I put in Francine Pascal books (Sweet Valley) she'd be the highest (though they were ghost written I think so don't really count in a way)
Alexander McCall Smith- 18 books
Nick Arnold- 15 books (Horrible Science books)
Roald Dahl- 12 books
J.K. Rowling- 9 books.
Philip Pullman- 6 books
Dick King-Smith- 6 books
Louise Rennison- 6 books
Danny Wallace- 6 books
Jamie Oliver- 6 books
Lindsey Kelk- 5 books
Eoin Colfer- 4 books
Stephanie Meyer- 4 books
Meg Cabot- 4 books
Michael Cox- 4 books
Dave Gorman- 4 books
Anita Ganeri- 3 books
Joan O'Neill- 3 books
Suzanne Collins- 3 books
Stieg Larrson- 3 books
Linda Collister- 3 books
Margaret Simpson- 3 books
Jaclyn Moriaty- 3 books
Donal Skeehan- 3 books
Ann Carroll- 3 books
Rachel Allen- 3 books
Melvin Burgess- 2 books (I could have sworn I have heard more though)
Michael Coleman- 2 books
Richard Wiseman- 2 books
Jenny Colgan- 2 books
Alex Boese- 2 books
Michelle Magorian- 2 books
Dawn French- 2 books
Stephen Fry- 2 books
Nigella Lawson- 2 books
Joanne Harris- 2 books
A.J. Jacobs- 2 books
Tracy Chevalier- 2 books
John Lloyd- 2 books
Malcolm Gladwell- 2 books
Steven D.Levitt- 2 books
Lauren Weisberger- 2 books
Sophocles- 2 books
William Shakespeare- 2 books
Kate Jacobs- 2 books
James Patterson- 2 books
Lorraine Pascale- 2 books
Lots of younger reading there and cook books!
My Top 10. However, I've done a lot of reading lately and haven't updated My Books.1 Terry Pratchett 41
2 Charlaine Harris 13
3 Karen Chance 11
4 J.K. Rowling 10
4 Patricia Briggs 10
6 H.P. Mallory 9
7 Margaret Weis 7
7 C.S. Lewis 7
9 Naomi Novik 6
9 Jane Austen 6
I am guilty of not posting so will make more of an effort. In the meantime, my top authors (of the ones I've added):1 Agatha Christie 60
2 Jacqueline Wilson 19
3 Roald Dahl 18
4 Terry Pratchett 14
5 P.G. Wodehouse 11
5 Louise Rennison 11
7 Margaret Atwood 10
8 Joanne Harris 4
8 Dan Brown 4
9 Yann Martel 3
9 William Nicholson 3
12 Bill Bryson 2
12 Alan Bennett 2
12 Jerry Spinelli 2
12 Thomas Hardy 2
12 James Herriot 2
12 John Masefield 2
12 George Orwell 2
12 Mark Haddon 2
12 Khaled Hosseini 2
12 J.R.R. Tolkien 2
Favourite authors? This could prove somewhat embarrasing, but here goes.... (And it's likely to be a long list!!) So, to make it easier to read, I've just taken the top 10Karen > Reviews > Most Read Authors
1 Laurell K. Hamilton 20
2 Kelley Armstrong 17
3 Jim Butcher 13
3 P.C. Cast 13
5 Kim Harrison 10
5 Richelle Mead 10
5 Stephen King 10
5 Philippa Gregory 10
9 Trudi Canavan 9
10 Jeremy Clarkson 8
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Karen > Reviews > Most ..."
I love these lists and there are a few of yours that are on mine too;)
I've never been able to remember everything I've read and enter it here but my top by a mile would have to be Georgette Heyer - I read (and bought) everything of hers as a teenager.Also I was moved to post Karen in admiration for your numbering system - I am continually frustrated by people who don't realise if you have a joint third then there is no fourth!!
I thought I'd better have another look at the authour list, and has changed... Karen > Reviews > Most Read Authors
1. Kelley Armstrong 34
2. Jim Butcher 26
2. Marion Zimmer Bradley 26
4. Laurell K. Hamilton 24
5. P.C. Cast 23
6. J.R Rain 19
7. Trudi Cavanan 18
7. Patricia Briggs 18
9. Kim Harrison 14
10. Stephen King 13
More from my list:
11. S.M Rein 12
11. Phillipa Gregory 12
13. Charlaine Harris 10
13. Richelle Mead 10
15. Jeremey Clarkson 9
16. Rachel Vincent 8
17. Lilith Saintcrow 7
17. Gail Z. Martin 7
17. C.J Sansom 7
20. J.K Rowling 6
20. Anne McCaffrey 6
20. Tom Holt 6
20. Robert Hariss 6
20. Dan Brown 6
20. Richard Dawkins 6
20. Stephen Clarke 6
20. Linda Welch 6
20. Brandon Sanderson 6
As for the numbering system - it's one from Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, so I take no credit for that....
I just copied and pasted the top of the list. Seems like I have some more reading to do to get this list to reflects my preferences better!books read
1 Michael Connelly 11
2 Charlaine Harris 10
3 Anne Bishop 9
4 J.K. Rowling 8
5 Dan Brown 6
5 Karin Slaughter 6
5 Katie Fforde 6
8 Douglas Adams 5
8 Roald Dahl 5
8 Stephenie Meyer 5
8 George R.R. Martin 5
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The Lord of the Rings (other topics)Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (other topics)
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To look up your list of most read authors go to My Books (top) and if you look down the left of your screen you will see Most Read Authors under tools highlight, copy + paste (more detail optional - it'll just be great to get more of an insight in to what you like:)