Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Top Ten Authors I've Only Read One Book from but REALLY need to read more

Starting out on this list I failed to see how I could come up with ten authors I'd only read ONE book from because when I like an author normally I'll read all of their books or at least two. However, I diligently scrolled down my Goodreads list and sure enough I found ten authors, even a few extras but here are the top ten authors, I've only read one book from but I REALLY need to more of their books.

  1. Frank Herbert- I read his sci-fi novel Dune and enjoyed it but never got around to reading the others in the series. :(
  2.  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- I read his complete Sherlock Holmes (you may count that as multiple books but the copy I had was one humongous book with all of the stories). I would like to get around to reading some of his other works someday. 
  3. Emmuska Orczy- I read The Scarlet Pimpernel a few years ago but never got around to reading the rest in the series, which I hear are great also. 
  4. Victor Hugo- I read Les Miserables some years back and I'm hoping to read The Hunchback of Notre Dame this year. 
  5. Charlotte Bronte- I've only read Jane Eyre and while I'm not dying to read more of her books Shirley is on my Classics Club list so I really should read it. :)
  6. Chaim Potok- I read his book The Chosen a few years ago and enjoyed it but never read any of his other books. 
  7. Richard J. Maybury- He wrote the World War I book I reviewed recently and he has other historical books out that I would also like to try out. 
  8. Richard Adams- Wrote Watership Down, which I loved as a kid. Little did I know he wrote many other books that I'll now need to look into. 
  9. Pierre Boulle- He wrote The Bridge on the River Kwai which I finished a couple weeks ago. I looked him up and to my surprise I find he is the person who wrote Planet of the Apes
  10. Oscar Wilde- He wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray which I was raving about earlier this year. He also wrote The Importance of being Ernest that I'm hoping to read soon.
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12 comments:

  1. I've only gotten up to book 3 for Frank Herbert's Dune series; I hope to get around to the rest of the books one of these days xD

    Hmm, haven't read Bronte's Shirley (I think that's the only major work of hers left that I haven't read?); will have to check it out one of these days....

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    1. My Dad really likes them and he's the one that recommended them to me. His opinion was that they are the best science fiction novels. I'm not sure I would go that far but I did think Dune was quite good.

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  2. I read Dune this past summer and will hopefully read the others one of these days. I'm with you on Hugo and have The Chosen on my to-read list for this fall.

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    1. The Chosen really educated me on modern day Jews. It's an interesting and thought provoking book.

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  3. Oh bless you, finally a list I've read all the books on. I don't feel so alone now :) I love all Conan Doyle's work. Are you sure you haven't read more by him? Based on your list I'd be shocked if you hadn't read Jekyl and Hyde, but its easy to forget they're by the same fellow. Very different styles. :)

    Here's my list. I've started doing them on YouTube as an experiment. Like and comment if you get a chance. :) http://youtu.be/I12_Yd-x2tM?list=UUP4Ao6fj3mLXHqOSSxyqh8w

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. :) Oftentimes I feel like I don't know the books on other people's lists either. :)

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  4. I didn't know Doyle wrote anything other than the Holmes stories until fairly recently. I also didn't know Adams had written anything else so I'll definitely be looking for those! Great list!

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    1. I didn't realize Adams wrote anything else either until I was making this list. I remember absolutely loving Watership Down as a kid though so I'd really like to try his other books.

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  5. Wow! Lots of classics. I have several that I've only read one book from too. Great list!

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  6. For another wonderful book by Doyle, try The Firm of Girdlestone. I found it at an antique store and bought it for the author, not really expecting much, but it was so good! Shirley is good, comparable to North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. And I loved Watership Down too, but wasn't quite as impressed with it's sequel, or what I've read of Adam's other books.

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    1. Well I like North and South a lot so hopefully I'll enjoy Shirley too. Thanks for your recommendations and condemnations! :)

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