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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 6 (of 52) – Judge’s List

The Judge’s List – John Grisham

Catching up on the books I read while in Hawaii (or, in the case of this one, on the airplane on the way to Hawaii) on vacation.

When a woman contacts the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct with a compelling theory. but little proof, that a sitting judge is a serial killer, Lacy Stoltz has to decide whether to pursue the case.  The judge seems untouchable, but when the contact connects him to a new murder, one where a complication led to an unplanned killing, the road to finding actual proof reveals itself.  Lacy brings in the FBI, and, together, they draw down on the rogue judge.  Can they stop him before he kills again?

The Judge’s List, the latest offering from John Grisham, is my first exposure to his work in nearly nine years.  It is his second book to feature Lacy Stoltz and the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, but, thankfully, he does a good job of making the earlier work unnecessary for new readers.  This was a nice re-introduction to Grisham’s work and I hope to catch up on more of it in the future.