Top Ten Authors I Own the Most Books Of
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My bookshelves are crammed full of books from many, many
different authors. In some cases I own quite a few books from the same author.
In this week's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by TheBroke and the Bookish, it’s time to spotlight the top ten authors I own the
most books from. The authors on this list aren't necessarily the authors I read
the most, that would be a whole other list, but they are clear choices when it
comes to the sheer number of books I have of theirs. (My apologies for not
working out exactly how many of these books I own, but I wrote most of this
post while sitting outside a singing exam.)
1. Kathryn Kenny
I don't know about anyone else, but when I was younger, I
used to read a lot of Trixie Belden mysteries. There was something captivating
about the fact that a bunch of teenagers were just going around solving
mysteries. A lot of the American words used to confuse me for a while, but that
didn't stop me from enjoying the stories at all. I have pretty much half the
(very long) series sitting on my bookshelf, currently gathering dust.
2. Carolyn Keene
Another writer of mysteries, this time the author of the
Nancy Drew mysteries. (Can you tell I love mysteries?) I loved this series for
basically the same reason I enjoyed the Trixie Belden books, except that Nancy
got to go to exotic places like Venice and England, which made her that little
bit cooler in my eyes. While I don't have as many physical books of this as I
do of Trixie Belden, I have several omnibuses, which more than makes up for it.
(Anyone else remember omnibus volumes of books?)
3. W. E. Johns
There must be pretty much every single Biggles book ever
written sitting on my bookshelf, and I have to confess I never read any of
them. My older siblings loved the adventures of this aviator, but I was never
interested enough in airplanes to bother having a go at these books, so they're
sitting on the shelf, mostly unread over the past few years.
4. Charles Dickens
I'm quite a fan of Charles Dickens' books, having grown to
love them more over the years (my first time reading Oliver Twist bored me
because I was young, and I haven't been able to bring myself to read it again
yet.) And we have a large range of them on our shelves at home. I haven't read
them all yet, but I'll keep working at it and maybe one of these days, I'll manage it.
5. Rick Riordan
This is the first author whose books I ever started
collecting myself. I have several of the first Percy Jackson series, the whole
of the second one so far, and most of the Kane Chronicles as well. I've always
liked the ancient myths, and Rick Riordan is one of the only writers I've read
so far who really makes the myths interesting and relevant in the modern day.
I'm looking forward to his series centered around Norse mythology.
7. Jane Austen
As an avid Janite, it is only fitting that I have all six of
her novels on my shelf (and most of them reside in my bedroom.) I'm also proud
to say I've read them all too. Admittedly, the fact that I only have six books
from her should mean that she shouldn't be on this list. But I do own all her
novels, so that has to count for something, right?
8. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I think I must be rebelling with this list, because I
actually own only three books by this author. But one of them does happen to be
the complete books of all the short stories he ever wrote, so I figured that he
definitely deserved to be on this list. Plus he is the creator of the most
famous detective pretty much ever.
9. Willard Price
Willard Price wrote a lot of books about two boys off on
adventures capturing wild animals for zoos, something that you certainly
wouldn’t be able to do nowadays. They were always off in far flung, exotic
places, finding strange animals I had never heard of before, and always
fighting off a villain at the same time. We own most of this series actually,
and they’re very enjoyable.
10. Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton's books used to be my favourite reading matter when I was
younger. I read everything from The Magic
Faraway Tree to The Famous Five, and anything else I could get my hands on.
Thankfully she wrote an awful lot of books, so I never ran out of reading material.
We certainly have a lot of her books still hanging around, and they hold a lot
of great memories for me.
Which author do you
have the most books from? Have you read any of these authors? And who remembers
when books came in omnibuses?
12 comments
I would love to own Rick Riordan's books! Okay...scrape that, I'd love to just read his books. Embarrassingly, I've only read the first Percy Jackson. Hey. I'm working on it. x) I never really got into Nancy Drew, even though all my friends were bananas over those mysteries. I was toootally a Trixie Belden reader. I actually own a fair few of those but I've read like 5 or something. Hehe. Here's my TTT!
ReplyDeleteJust think of it this way; you have a whole lot of amazing books waiting for you to have a chance to read them. You've still got all that lovely anticipation. Yays! Someone else who read Trixie Belden. I was half afraid I'd be the only one.
DeleteThis was such a cool post! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you WIlla! I always love to share books and authors that I've enjoyed/collected (or have and haven't read, which is always a little embarrassing.)
DeleteI really need to read Rick Riordan's books - I've heard so much great stuff about the Percy Jackson series and I love greek mythology so I really need to check them out! Great list, I love Austen too :)
ReplyDeleteBecca @ Lost in Thought
My TTT
They're really good books, so I hope you enjoy them when you get a chance to read them. Austen is an amazing writer, isn't she? Thanks for visiting Becca!
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ReplyDeleteAuthors who write for children seem to have the best chances of ending up on lists like this. It's just so much fun to collect their books, aye? =D
Jane Austen, Carolyn Keene, and Rick Riordan didn't make my official Tenner, but they all got honourable mentions at the end of my post. =)
Oh yes. Children's writers seem to be the easiest to collect. I used to get quite obsessed with an author and read everything of theirs. They are pretty cool writers, aren't they? I wish I owned more books from my current favourite writers, but I'll get there eventually.
DeleteAnytime I see that someone read Carolyn Keene books, I get a stupid grin on my face:) I LOVE Nancy Drew books. You're right; Nancy is super cool!
ReplyDeleteCool list!
Yay! Someone else who loved the Nancy Drew books! I read those so many times when I was younger (Still do read them occasionally actually.) She was my most favourite detective at that point. Thanks for commenting!
DeleteI know Rick Riordan! That is about it though other than Jane Austen whom I have never read anything by. Shameful. You have a great list I love learning about authors I have not heard of or read yet.
ReplyDeleteI love finding out about new authors and books I've never heard of too. I've found so many great new books that way. Rick Riordan's books are pretty good aren't they? Thanks for stopping by!
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