C.T. Phipps Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Jim Butcher and Mary Janice Davidson are among the few authors whose books I actually re-read repeatedly. I think it's just the humor and lightness of the stories. They're a comfort rather than an immersion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan of Rosby Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Here are my picks. I group the authors by genre in a way which is sometimes only technically correct but I find convenient. Sci fi: Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell. Fantasy: GRR Martin, JRR Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore Horror: Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, H.P. Lovecraft Modern Literature: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Postmodern literature: Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh, Will Self. Social Realism: John Steinbeck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aderyn Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Number one is JK Rowling with eight books (includes 'Casual Vacancy'), then comes GRRM, then Tolkien. Outside the realm of fantasy, maybe Khaled Hosseini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Pratchett probably wins in number of books. Verne and Vance are probably quite high as well. J. Nowee/P. Nowee and Karl May are amongst the authors I read so early I really couldn't tell anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I've read Greg Bear more than most anyone else, I think. David Brin is up there. So is Mieville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonebender Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 By number of books it's Salvatore, Wolfe, and Moorcock. Erikson's probably up there for word count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lyman Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I will admit that its Rev. Wilbert Awdry at 26. Granted it was all easy reads. Trying to look back at other authors and I have George R. R. Martin at 8 J.K. Rowling and Jeff Lindsay at 7 Neal Stephenson and Rick Riordan at 5 Daniel Abraham at 4 (with a 5th book waiting to be read). I tend to go more for series then authors so there are a bunch that should be with the ones mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I'm absolutely tearing through the Dresden Files re-read at the moment. In terms of number of novels read, Butcher has to be my top between that and the Alera Chronicles (which I really disliked, but might give a re-read to at some point). Feist has to be up there for simple number of books, I'd guess he's in the high teens for total count. For simple amount of time / consciousness invested, GRRM, Tolkien, and Jordan are surely at the top of my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Robin Hobb has jumped in third place, just behind Asimov (second) and Robert Jordan. She'll lead my list by the time she'll finish the new Fitz and Fool book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotcat Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Off the top of my head? T. Pratchett, GRRM, S. Kenyon, J. Butcher, JRR Tolkien, P. Briggs, F. Herbert, N. Singh, P. Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I am so ashamed: 1. Jack Vance 2. Terry Pratchett 3. Patrick O'Brian 4. Enid Blyton 5. John Norman/JRR Tolkien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On 5/14/2016 at 2:09 PM, Larry. said: Probably a dozen or more of Ursula Le Guin's novels/collections Ursula Le Guin to be included in The Library of America - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/books/ursula-le-guin-has-earned-a-rare-honor-just-dont-call-her-a-sci-fi-writer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuicideSheep Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 GRRM , Stephen King and Agatha Christie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Brian Lumley has recently joined the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Pretty sure it's Patrick O'Brian or Elmore Leonard, maybe Stephen King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 On Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Iskaral Pust said: Without doing a precise count: Pratchett, Cornwell, Christie, Blyton, Dixon, O'Brien, Forester would be authors with the most novels. If we add graphic novels, then Goscinny & Uderzo and Herge would be on the list too. Tolkien, Wingrove, Erikson, Jordan, Abercrombie, Stephenson, possibly GRRM, would start to catch up on page count. I'm probably overlooking many worthy authors. How can I be the only one who mentioned Franklin W Dixon? We were all seven once. Given this forum, I would have expected Victor Appleton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Since the OP, I've now extended my Moorcock count to 52. The guy's written a lot of books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Micheal Moorcock Robert E. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 I've read everything Nelson DeMille has ever written... I just love the way he tells a story... More than most in his genre, he tends not to make me roll my eyes as a Iear.... whereas, say, Clive Cussler makes me want to drink battery acid whenever he writes himself into his own stories... #WhatAHack .... DeMille's protagonists are all complete assholes, who you wind up loving despite their faults... plus he's a NYer... so there's that... I've also read a shit ton of Stephen King --who is a genius, who doesn;t always appeal to me-- and Neil Gaiman ---who might be my favorite writer insofar as the way he paints a picture, and how utterly insane he is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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