"Top Ten Tuesday" is an original feature/weekly meme created on the blog "The Broke and the Bookish". This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at "The Broke and the Bookish".
It is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Since I am just as fond of them as they are, I jump at the chance to share my lists with them! Have a look at their page, there are lots of other bloggers who share their lists here.
Authors I’ve Read the Most Books By
I sometimes have a hard time to come up with a list. This one was easy. I "tag" my authors and I keep a separate list of all the books I read. Plus, it's always easy to remember the authors you read most because you proably also like them best.
So, if you're not aware of one of them, just check out one of their books. There are some absolute gems among them.
Funniest Author Ever
Pearl S. Buck
Favourite author of my teenage years
Charles Dickens
Günter Grass
Joyce Carol Oates
Alexander McCall Smith
about Botswana and Scotland
and retelling classic stories
Orhan Pamuk
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
gone too soon
Edward Rutherfurd
Mary Scott
Favourite author of my teenage years
about Botswana and Scotland
and retelling classic stories
gone too soon
Carlos Ruiz Zafon definitely is gone too soon.
ReplyDeleteYes, one of the biggest shocks last month. If I imagine all the books he could have written ...
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Charles Dickens wrote so many good books!
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And I haven't read them all, yet. So, I can look forward to more of his work.
DeleteAnd of course, I always like coming to your page.
See you next week.
Great list, thanks for sharing! I really need to try Alexander McCall Smith! I tried to avoid the classics on my list because of - well - Dickens, Austen, Shakespeare...
ReplyDeleteMy TTT is here http://bookloverssanctuary.com/2020/07/07/top-ten-tuesday-authors-i-have-read-most-books-by/
Thanks. I love classics, so I had to add some of them.
DeleteBut yes, Alexander McCall Smith is someone who wrote something for eveyrone, I believe. His novels are not too difficult but they still add a lot of information and the stories are funny.
Give them a try. And let me know how you liked them.
Pearl S. Buck wrote some amazing stories.
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She did. I learned so much from her about Asia. Unbelievable.
DeleteGreat list!! I've always wanted to read a book by Pearl S. Buck, but have never gotten around to it.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to my TTT post:
https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2020/07/top-ten-tuesday-authors-ive-read-most.html
Ooooh, you absolutely have to. I'd start with "The Good Earth", it's probably her most acclaimed one. One of my favourites was "Peony".
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And thanks for your link, I'll visit you soon.
I love No 1 Ladies Detective! I’ve tried some of his others but those are my fav!
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed really fun. Glad you like them.
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I didn't have a problem remembering (most of) my favorite authors, but I did find it tough to recall which of their books I'd read and which I hadn't. I didn't start really using Goodreads until a few years ago, so I don't have accurate stats there or really anywhere. Oh well! That's what guesstimation is for, right?
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Thanks for stopping by, Susan.
DeleteI didn't use Goodreads. I'd had my own list (I am a lifelong lover of lists) for decades and have blogged most of my reviews in the meantime, so I only had to go throgh my own list. ;)
Happy reading.
I enjoyed the books I read by Bill Bryson. Nicely done this week!
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Thank you so much. Will visit you soon, as well.
DeleteI love Bill Bryson and can never wait until he writes a new book, no matter what subject, I'll read it.
Joyce Carol Oates is a bit hit or miss for me, but I did (against all my preconceived notions) rather enjoy Sexy.
ReplyDeleteMore importantly...DOTH MY EYES DECEIVE ME, or is that a midcentury juvenile author on your list?? Including some with HORSES?? This is now my favorite entry in this week's TTT, and the best part is I have somehow never heard of Mary Scott, but now her entire back catalog is on my unofficial TBR. Where do you recommend I start?
That's exactly what she is, midcentury. However, she wrote mostly her own experience and not necessarily for youngsters. They might be slightly outdated in the meantime since we lead such a different life nowadays but that makes them all the more exciting for me.
DeleteUnfortunately, most of her books are out of print but with ebooks they are available again.
I'd start with "Breakfast at Six", it's the first one in the "Susan and Larry" series. It's about two farmers wives in New Zealand in the middle of the last century, exactly what Mary Scott was, only a couple of decades earlier.
Check out my link to all of her books where I write about her and where others have added links and remarks.
And the reason you might never have heard of her, I think outside of New Zealand, she was only known in Germany because some publisher saw her books, liked and translated them. Her books everywhere in the seventies.
Oh, but that does not mean she's not suitable for youngsters. On the countrary. And yes, of course there are horses in her books. And lots and lots of sheep.
DeleteSome of my favorites here. I would like to read more Orhan Pamuk.
ReplyDeleteI know. He is absolutely fantastic. I am just watiing for one of his books to be reprinted in German, then I've read almost all of them.
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I didn’t know that Bill Bryson wrote so many books. I think I’ve only read 1.
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Then you've got so many new ones to look forward to. Which one did you read?
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