Most Popular Authors
Jan. 22nd, 2022 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chuckroA meme asking which authors you read the most is going around. Now, I've only been keeping a detailed record of the books I've read since 2015, so I can give the numbers for the most recent seven-year period, then fill in some history.
In that time, I've read 241 books by 174 authors. Simple math tells you that most of those books were the only ones I'd read by a given author. The most-read author was actually John Scalzi, with a whopping 14 titles. Second place goes to Seanan McGuire with 11, and third is Neil Gaiman with 7. The top five is rounded out by Richard Roberts with 6 and Mike Carey with 5.
If I’ve counted correctly (going off memory and lists of their bibliographies), I’ve read 55 books by Sir Terry Pratchett, 45 books by Peter David (mostly Star Trek tie-ins). I suspect the only other author who’ll come close to either is Franklin W. Dixon, but that’s a house name that authored the 100+ Hardy Boys books I read in elementary school and probably represents a dozen different authors.
In that time, I've read 241 books by 174 authors. Simple math tells you that most of those books were the only ones I'd read by a given author. The most-read author was actually John Scalzi, with a whopping 14 titles. Second place goes to Seanan McGuire with 11, and third is Neil Gaiman with 7. The top five is rounded out by Richard Roberts with 6 and Mike Carey with 5.
If I’ve counted correctly (going off memory and lists of their bibliographies), I’ve read 55 books by Sir Terry Pratchett, 45 books by Peter David (mostly Star Trek tie-ins). I suspect the only other author who’ll come close to either is Franklin W. Dixon, but that’s a house name that authored the 100+ Hardy Boys books I read in elementary school and probably represents a dozen different authors.
