Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme which I take part in occasionally. It’s a great meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish blog. Every week a new topic is presented. It’s not only fun to think about my list, but to read what other people come up with!
This week we write about the ten authors I own the most books from. I have broken the authors down by e-books, audio books and paper books.
When I look at my list several things occur to me:
- Of course, one of the reasons I have so many books by certain authors is that they’ve written a lot of books.
- I used to read a lot of romances so the authors from whom I have the largest number of books are romances. I’ve kept the paper books by my favorite authors.
- I used to get a lot of my books from the library, but now I read my books as digital editions now and the library has fewer digital editions.
- The library tended to have more mystery and more science fiction/fantasy than romance.
- Over the years I gave away or sold my books to used bookstores–in the past I read lots of sci-fi, fantasy and mysteries so I don’t have as many books from long-time favorite authors such as Dick Francis and Tony Hillerman and Anne McCaffrey.
Top Ten Authors
1. Jayne Ann Krentz — ever since I discovered her she’s been a favorite (obviously!) and a comfort read author–especially her older books which I spent a lot of time in used bookstores to find!
- e-books – 4
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 53
–aka Amanda Quick — I love these historical romances…especially the older ones.
- e-books – 0
- audiobooks – 1
- paper books – 17
–aka Jayne Castle — Jayne Ann Krentz uses this pseudonym for her futuristic romances. I haven’t liked these books as well.
- e-books – 0
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 7
–Total — 82
2. Nora Roberts — I haven’t read any Nora Roberts books for a while, but I do like a number of her books.
- e-books – 3
- audiobooks – 2
- paper books – 38
–aka J. D. Robb — I especially enjoy the In Death series though I haven’t read any for a couple years.
- e-books – 9
- audiobooks – 1
- paper books -28
Total — 81
3. Mary Balogh — I still buy and read Mary Balogh’s books. I love the way she writes. I’ve searched for her out-of-print Signet regencies through the years and found them in used bookstores and even on Ebay!
- e-books – 12
- audiobooks – 1
- paper books – 58
Total — 71
4. Jo Beverley – Another favorite historical romance author. Her older books are easier to find and I think I have almost all of them.
- e-books – 7
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 34
Total — 41
5. Linda Howard — Another author whom I love to read and re-read especially her older books.
- e-books – 3
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 40
Total — 43
6. Lois McMaster Bujold — I love the Miles Vorkosigan series though I haven’t read one for a while. I need to read some. I have some of her other books and need to read them, too.
- e-books – 5
- audiobooks – 2
- paper books -27
Total — 34
7. Patricia Briggs — I’ve bought and read all of Ms. Briggs’ older books from before she started her Mercy Thompson series.
- e-books – 4
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 16
Total — 20
8. Robert Heinlein — I used to own a lot more of Heinlein’s books, but I gave a few of them to my kids.
- e-books – 1
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 17
Total — 18
9. Ilona Andrews — I love Ilona Andrews writing.
- e-books – 12
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 5
Total — 17
10. Dana Stabenow — I used to read all of Ms. Stabenow’s books until one book stopped me reading any for quite a while. I’ve bought a number of her digital releases and hope to start reading her newer books again.
- e-books – 10
- audiobooks – 1
- paper books – 5
Total — 16
Honorable Mention

Sharon Shinn – I love her writing, but her digital editions have tended to stay expensive plus some of her older books weren’t digitized. When I looked at her books this week I saw more books of her books digitzed and some of the books I’ve searched for are now available as e-books at lower prices. Yay!
- e-books – 1
- audiobooks – 0
- paper books – 12
Total — 13
What about you? Which authors do you own the most number of books?