Way back in December of 2011 (and again every other December since), we’ve taken a look at the authors I have read the most, dating back to high school. This year, since I’ve far surpassed my reading output of any year on record, I thought it would be nice to take a deeper dive into those books I’ve read through August. Since our last check-in, I’ve read an additional 60 books from 54 different authors. There shouldn’t be much movement over the past 2 years, but it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much in that time span. Today, we continue with the two authors I’ve read 12 times.
Christopher Golden
The prolific author first entered my bookshelf in 1998, thanks to a Buffy the Vampire Slayer tie-in. Eleven more of those over the following seven years leave him here.
Brad Meltzer
I was originally exposed to Meltzer through his comics work for DC, but eventually tried out his novels work in 2002, when I read both The Millionaires and The First Counsel. Since then, he has been a pretty steady presence as new work is released, last seen in 2018 with The Escape Artist, with a new entry due out in March.
Last week, we wrapped up our latest look at the top 200 songs I’ve listened to, according to iTunes, since late 2007. Now it’s time to take a final look at those 200 songs and the 122 (or so) artists that made them. The average number of listens was just under 44, with the median number being 34. There were 52 new entries, and of the returning entries, there was an average increase of just a tad over 15 listens per song.
