Inspired by this post by Brad East it is what it sounds like it is, a list of the authors whose works you read a lot, or all of. If they write something, you’ll read it. He starts with his ten + and then adds a 5+ list. I suspect I will have a very short 10+ and a significantly longer 5+. I also know that my list will be not nearly as highbrow!
Brad has a few rules, caveats and exceptions that are worth noting:
- I count an author if they’ve written at least seven books but fewer than ten and I’ve read them all.
- Poets are tricky, so I’ve just gone with my gut.
- Book length matters: if I’ve read nine 1,000-page books by one author, I’m going to count that alongside ten 200-page books by another.
And also worth noting that sometimes one great book is all it takes to change your life.
The 10 + club
This is definitely including some authors from when I was young!
- Willard Price
- Franklin W. Dixon (yes I know not all the Hardy Boys books were by him)
- Enid Blyton
- Agatha Christie
- Margery Allingham
- Ellis Peters
- John Grisham
- David Eddings
- Raymond Feist
- Isaac Asimov
- Frank Herbert
- CS Lewis
- Terry Pratchett
- Arthur Conan Doyle
The 5+ club
- JK Rowling
- Lee Child
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Andrew Wilson
- Terry Virgo
- Bill Bryson
- Stephen Lawhead
- JRR Tolkien
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Jim Wallis
- CJ Sansom
- Timothy Keller
There’s probably some I’ve forgotten and I haven’t including my favourite cartoonists which would add Herge, Watterson, SChultz, Larsen, Goscinny & Uderzo, Adams to the list.
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