Most-read authors

An intriguing meme I stumbled across over at Evening All Afternoon - a list of the authors whose books you have read more than 5 of. Now, some of these are authors that I loved as a kid and continue to re-read for comfort (especially when I'm sick), some only made the list because they're part of long running series that I should have stopped reading before getting to 5 books.

Douglas Adams

Richard Adams

Louisa May Alcott

Lloyd Alexander

Piers Anthony

Isaac Asimov

Jane Austen

Maeve Binchy

Enid Blyton

David Brin

Steven Brust

Orson Scott Card

C.J.Cherryh

Agatha Christie

Susan Cooper

Douglas Coupland

Alexandre Dumas

Raymond Feist

Richard Feynman

Neil Gaiman

Robert A. Heinlein

Monica Hughes

Robin Hobb

Robert Jordan

Guy Gavriel Kay

Katharine Kerr

C.S.Lewis

Astrid Lindgren

Jane Lindskold

Charles deLint

George R. R. Martin

Julian May

Anne McCaffrey

Patricia McKillip

Robin McKinley

Sarah Monette

L.M.Montgomery

Terry Pratchett

Melanie Rawn

Matt Ridley

Spider Robinson

J.K.Rowling

John Scalzi

William Shakespeare

Dan Simmons

Neal Stephenson

Noel Streatfeild

Charles Stross

J.R.R. Tolkein

Cynthia Voight

Jo Walton

Connie Willis

Jane Yolen

It's an interesting list. Some of them are a bit embarrassing, but most of the names on that list are authors who I am stalking and whose books I will buy the moment they come out (in paperback, because I'm broke, but still). It does highlight the way I read - once I fall in love with an author I generally get my hands on as many of the books they've written as possible.