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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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Prolific Authors – 7 Books

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. Since I’ve far surpassed my “normal” reading output the last three years, I thought it would be nice to once again take a deeper dive into those books I’ve read through the start of October. Since our last check-in, I’ve read an additional 118 books, so there could be some movement over the past two years, but it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much in that time span.  We continue today with the five authors I’ve read seven times, up five since 2021.

Michael Crichton

The prolific author, who died in 2008, first entered my bookshelf in 1989, when I was assigned to read The Andromeda Strain as part of my high school Biology class.  He continued to be a big part of my 90s reading, but has only added a single title, Airframe, in this century.

John Grisham

The former attorney, who I first read in 1993 with his smash hit The Firm, returned to my attention after a nine-year absence in 2022 thanks to The Judge’s List.

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.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

All seven entries in the Harry Potter series, which I read in 2016, make up Rowling’s total.  She continues to write under a pen name, so she may, one day, end up on this list twice.

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 The Only One Left.

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Book 20 (of 52) – The Last Time I Lied

The Last Time I Lied – Riley Sager

In Riley Sager’s second novel, The Last Time I Lied, a young artist returns to the summer camp as a counselor where her three roommates went missing fifteen years before, hoping to finally get some closure.  While she tries to figure out what happened years ago, another triplet of missing girls causes the finger of blame to point back towards her.

Picking up on a theme from last year’s Final Girls, Sager returns to summer camp in his latest work.  Whether it is meant to be a recurring theme or just a coincidence remains to be seen.  It looks like we’ll get a better idea next year, when his third novel in as many years is released.  I look forward to finding out.

 

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Book 21 (of 52) – Final Girls

Final Girls – Riley Sager

After a single survivor is left behind in three different mass killings, the media dubs them the Final Girls. When the first turns up dead, the other two finally meet, but not is all what it seems.  Quincy, the newest Final Girl, must learn what happened before she becomes the next victim, finishing a job started a decade earlier.

Final Girls, the debut novel for Riley Sager, picks up on a popular theme in the horror movie world and takes it to the realm of novels.  He weaves an interesting tale that has enough twists and turns to keep you interested.  I look forward to more from this new voice in the thriller world.