Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week, she will post a new Top Ten list topic for everyone to weigh-in on. Link back to That Artsy Reader Girl on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists!
This Week
Authors I’ve Read the Most Books By
This was a really fun topic! I enjoyed seeing the numbers. But I did decide to split it between series vs standalones, because the numbers were all so close I had, like, 6-way ties. So I did 5 majority series authors and 5 standalones.
Top 10 Authors by the Numbers
Series
14 books read — Lemony Snicket / Daniel Handler (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Why We Broke Up)
9 book read — J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood)
9 books read — Ellen Schreiber (Vampire Kisses)
8 books read — Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)
8 books read — Kristin & P.C. Cast (House of Night)
Standalones
9 books read — John Green
7 books read — Patrick Ness
7 books read — David Levithan
7 books read — Ellen Hopkins
6 books read — Rainbow Rowell
Wow. Those series ones are embarassing! All of those series were read when I was in middle school and early high school… As for the standalones, John Green is obviously my favorite so I knew he’d be on there. Rainbow Rowell is slowly making her way to my favorite. But the others are definitely high school era.
This would be really interesting to do again in another year or so, to see how the numbers change. I will definitely have to do this again. Share links to your own TTT post in the Comments!
The Forest of Hands and Teeth sounds very interesting.
My TTT .
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It was good when I read it as a high schooler for sure 🙂 Will check out your list!!
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I definitely think this prompt will be fun to do again in 3-5 years or so. Especially since even your top totals are low enough that if you find a new author you like with a huge back catalog, or one who becomes very prolific, it could totally transform. And of course, hopefully, the current authors will keep writing books you like, and their existing numbers climb.
We don’t have a lot of crossover, but I’ve read a couple of John Green’s (the 2 biggies — Looking for Alaska and Fault In Our Stars), 3 of Rainbow Rowell’s, and you reminded me that Ellen Hopkins exists, so that’s the best thing about this post. I read a couple of hers in high school — I would have kept going but they were so INTENSE that I had to take a break, and apparently I just forgot to go back. I’m always hesitant about novels in verse, but I think she does hers very well.
—RS
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I completely agree. I read a lot of series and multiple books by the same author in high school. But here recently I’ve just read a bunch of random standalones, so hopefully getting back into series again will increase my numbers for the next time I write this post.
Haha, I honestly forgot Ellen Hopkins existed, too! I really enjoyed a few of her books, though I’m not sure I still would. But yes, very heavy content.
I will definitely check out your list, too, thanks!
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I love the Chaos Walking series! I haven’t read much else by Ness, though. I’ve read a fair number of Hopkins’ books. They’re very hard-hitting and thought-provoking. Her newest is a MG contemporary that I’m definitely going to read.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I definitely haven’t read Hopkins since high school, but I’ve read Ness every now and then. I either love it or hate it lol.
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Rainbow Rowell made my list with 6 books read too! I tried to get into John Green and read 2 (Paper Towns and Looking For Alaska), but he’s just not my jam. I may try one more before giving up though!
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He’s definitely not for everyone, but I love everything he’s written! The Fault in Our Stars is my favorite 🙂
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Rainbow Rowell is so great, I’ve read a lot of hers, though she didn’t make my list. I loved Attachments, Eleanor and Park, and Fangirl.
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Yes, same! Carry On is my absolutely favorite, one of my favorite books ever.
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I loved A Series of Unfortunate Events! John Green was also on my TTT list. I haven’t read much of Ellen Hopkins, but she’s my sister’s favorite author.
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I also loved Unfortunate Events! It was one of my childhood favorites. And John Green will always be one of my favorite writers 🙂
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John Green made my list. I was obsessed with his books when I was younger. Ellen Hopkins and Rainbow Rowell came very close to making the list. I’ve read a lot of their stuff too.
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Yes! John Green and Rainbow Rowell are so good
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Great pictures! I love your post!
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