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Who is your most read author?

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TattiePants · 24/09/2022 16:45

I expected my most read author to be Kate Atkinson but it turns out it’s Pat Barker. I’ve only got 2 more Barkers to read then I’ve ran out until her next one comes out in 2024. There is a new Atkinson and Harris out this month and I haven’t read the latest Aaronovitch / Rivers of London yet so that’ll be a few more to add to the list.

Pat barker 13
Kate Atkinson 11
Robert Harris 10
Ben Aaronovitch 8
Margaret Atwood 7
CJ Sansom 7

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IpanemaChic · 24/09/2022 17:58

Anya Seton
Hilary Mantel
Philip Pullman

ShirleyJackson · 24/09/2022 17:52

Under The Dome is the only book I’ve slung across the room on finishing!

That bloody ending! Even for SK, that was a dog of an ending 😂

AdInfinitum12 · 24/09/2022 17:49

TattiePants · 24/09/2022 17:40

Stephen King is an author I always mean to read more of. So far I’ve only read The Gunslinger and 11/22/63 and I’ve had The Stand on my book shelves for years. I’d need to avoid all his horror ones as I’m still traumatised from seeing my mum’s copy of Carrie when I was a child and seeing bits of The Shining and Salem’s Lot!

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I think he's an acquired taste. Very wordy, very descriptive. It's not always peaks and troughs of the story, but providing so much context you end up knowing the entire town by the end of his books. For some, it's too slow, but I love it! If you can cope with the length, (it's quite a slog!) then I'd recommend Under The Dome. IT is my favourite but I've always had an unsettling feeling for clowns.

PuttingDownRoots · 24/09/2022 17:44

Since I've the vast majority of Poirot, Miss and Marple, and the Chalet school series... plus the Babysitters Club, and Saddle Club... Any of those! 50+ easily, maybe even 100+!

In more recent times...
Scott Mariani 26
Robin Roughley 28
Lee Child 24
I think are my top 3

foxlover47 · 24/09/2022 17:44

Peter James , Simon kernick , Chris carter and mark billingham

Edmontine · 24/09/2022 17:41

Look at me spelling Tolkien wrong … The shame. Blush

<Blames illiterate phone …>

MarthaMayWhovier · 24/09/2022 17:40

I miss when Goodreads had the "most read authors" on your profile. It was quick and handy to check.
I think Shakespeare and Terry Pratchett were my most read authors.
Jacqueline Wilson and Anne M. Martin (Babysitters Club) are probably in my top 5 most read authors as well. Blush

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TattiePants · 24/09/2022 17:40

AdInfinitum12 · 24/09/2022 17:35

Stephen King

Stephen King is an author I always mean to read more of. So far I’ve only read The Gunslinger and 11/22/63 and I’ve had The Stand on my book shelves for years. I’d need to avoid all his horror ones as I’m still traumatised from seeing my mum’s copy of Carrie when I was a child and seeing bits of The Shining and Salem’s Lot!

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RavenT · 24/09/2022 17:39

Anne Tyler

Justcashnosweets · 24/09/2022 17:38

John Connolly
Stephen King
James Herbert
Angela Marsons

Whyisitdarkalready · 24/09/2022 17:37

Milly Johnson, Jane Fallon, Debbie Johnson.

I read many Patricia Cornwell books pre dc, but after I had my dc I couldn't stomach forensics books! Weird.

AdInfinitum12 · 24/09/2022 17:35

Stephen King

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TattiePants · 24/09/2022 17:35

Actually I’ve completely forgotten about children’s books. Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, CS Lewis, JK Rowling and bloody David Walliams would be pretty high. I’ve also forgotten:

John Boyle, 7
Maggie O’Farrell, 7

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ShirleyJackson · 24/09/2022 17:29

Ooh, that’s a good question!

I’d like to say PG Wodehouse or Ann Tyler, but it’s probably Enid Blyton 😂

AnneLovesGilbert · 24/09/2022 17:27

Jeffrey Archer!

AnneLovesGilbert · 24/09/2022 17:27

Scott Mariani - 17 or 18
Shakespeare - lost track
Agatha Christie
L M Montgomery
Liane Moriarty
JoJo Moyes

Edmontine · 24/09/2022 17:22

C. S. Lewis
Tolkein
Elinor Brent-Dyer
Agatha Christie
Georgette Heyer
Dorothy L. Sayers
P. G. Wodehouse

All books from my youth - have read pretty much everything they published.

Then:
Anthony Trollope
George Eliot
Thomas Hardy
V. S. Naipaul
Henry James
Patrick White

Amongst my more mature favourites. But the list doesn’t properly represent all my reading - which obviously has included 21st century writing and every continent!