New Most Read Authors

[Shomeret]

There is now a listing of your Most Read Authors. It can be found in My Books. You scroll down past your shelves and there is a list of Tools. Most Read Authors is right under Shelf Cloud.

Right now the totals for this feature include books that you've shelved as To Read. So if you shelved every book by a certain author but have only read one or two of them, you may find that this writer is listed as a most read author.

Mine is Diana Gabaldon which is ironic since I'm not really a fan of hers though I loved Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade. It would be more accurate to call her my most shelved author.

[Sherry]

my #1 is john sandford, followed by michael connelly,robert crais, jodi picoult,george pelecanos, anita shreve, cj box,ann tyler, and nelson demille and susan wiggs tied for 10th place.

[Melodie]

My #1 is Robert B. Parker, followed by Stephen King, Janet Evanovich, Susan Wittig Albert, Jane Haddam and then tied for 6th place are Jim Butcher, Willaim X. Kienzle, Earlene Fowler, Robert Crais and Charlaine Harris. That makes the top 10! J.D. Robb, Sara Paretsky, Diane Mott Davidson, Laurell K. Hamilton and Max Allan Collins all tie for 7th, to make the top 15.

[Sandi]

Thanks for the heads up Shomeret. That is a neat feature.

My number one read author is Robert Barnard with 41 books followed by Reginald Hill, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Lawrence Block and Donald E. Westlake.

[Carol/Bonadie]

My most read is Robert B. Parker at 58, followed by Agatha Christie, John Sandford, Stephen King, Michael Connelly, and P.D. James. Lee Child is tied for 8, and Dennis Lehane is tied for 9.

[Ann]

My number one is Stephen King! On my Excel spreadsheet it is Nora Roberts. I have't listed all of those on GR yet. I like the stats feature too, just below the author link. it makes it really easy to see what your top books were by year!
author books read
1 Stephen King 44
2 Marcia Muller 27
3 Dean Koontz 22
4 Dana Stabenow 21
4 Michael Connelly 21
6 Anne Rice 20
7 Charlaine Harris 19
8 Laurell K. Hamilton 18
9 John Sandford 16
9 Lee Child 16
9 Nevada Barr 16

[Donnajo]

Mine are Fern Michaels, Debbie macomber and James patterson who would have thought LOL.

[Susie]

Thanks! I never really poke around much, so I need to check this out ;)

[C.J.]

Ann that is an impressive list. It's going to be hard for anyone to displace Stephen King and Nora Roberts on that list!

[Ann]

C.J.: Yes, hard indeed, I think SK is going to be the top author for me forever as I eagerly await each new book, and I sneak in a new NR book to keep her up there too! Full Dark No Stars is in progress right now to add the King total! ;)

C.J. wrote: "Ann that is an impressive list. It's going to be hard for anyone to displace Stephen King and Nora Roberts on that list!"