It’s been quite interesting reading other people’s ‘‘. Interesting, because seeing what authors others favour is always a curiosity (so much Cassandra Clare, people…), but also because between 6 and 20 books by each author seems to have been the norm. My stats are waaaaay different!
- 1. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (108)
- 2. Ann M. Martin (62)
- 3. Terry Pratchett (59)
- 4. L.J. Smith (42)
- 5. J.K. Rowling (30)
- 6. Peter David (27)
- 7. Garth Nix (20)
- 7. Anne Rice (20)
- 8. L.M. Montgomery (19)
- 8. Angela Brazil (19)
- 8. Jim Butcher (19)
- 9. Neil Gaiman (18)
- 9. Carolyn Keene (18)
- 10. Georgette Heyer (17)
For some, explanations are necessary: I am a cover whore. There are certain authors (sometimes, certain books), whose books I collect in various editions. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, L.J. Smith and J.K. Rowling’s figures are all inflated because I own multiple copies of their works. Foreign covers are sometimes just awesome, you know? Sometimes I feel guilty about spending money on a book I’ve already read when I could be getting something new, but the obsession doesn’t listen to sense. As for the other authors, well, that’s just how many books they’ve written. I like a lot of writers who are prolific, to say the least (yeah, Terry Pratchett, I’m looking at you). It saddens me to see a mere eighteen titles attributed to Carolyn Keene though, as I used to have pretty much every Nancy Drew book until the sad day that my mother convinced me to donate them to the local primary school. Not cool, Mum!
