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Prolific Authors – Eight Books

It is time once again to take a look at the authors I have read the most, dating back to high school.  This year, I’m once again on pace to set a new record for books read in a year, so I thought it would be nice to take a deeper dive into those books I’ve read through August of this year. Since our last check-in, I’ve read an additional 114 books, so there should be some movement over the past two years.  Without further ado, it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much over the years.  We continue today with the four authors I’ve read eight times, one fewer than two years ago.

Peter David

The prolific comic book writer, who passed away earlier this year, shows up mostly with Star Trek: The Next Generation novels that I read in high school, with only two of his total coming from this century.

Sunburn – Laura Lippman

Laura Lippman

After a five year wait for Lippman’s second back to cross my eyes, she has jumped up considerably these past two years.

Jennifer McMahon

After feeling unimpressed after finishing my first of her works, Dismantled, in 2010, I eventually gave her another try, and she has been a consistent presence ever since.

Riley Sager

One of my newer favorites, I’ve read all of his novels as they’ve been released annually since 2017’s Final Girls through this year’s With a Vengeance, which will count towards the next list.

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Book 40 (of 52) – With A Vengeance

With A Vengeance – Riley Sager

In 1954, a young woman rents a train, once owned by her father, to gain retribution against those she blames for the downfall of her family.  Once onboard, however, she finds that there is someone else on board, someone who has their own agenda and is planning to pick off the passengers one by one.  As the train ride continues through the night on its way to Chicago, can she unmask the killer before everyone else is dead?

Riley Sager switches things up with his latest outing, With a Vengeance.  He ditches the possible supernatural elements he has toyed with for his last couple of novels and instead heads back in time, to the early days of World War II and its aftermath on his characters into the mid 1950s.  With nine books in as many years, Sager has certainly become a reliable and annual presence on my bookshelf.