Top Ten Authors I've Read: First, Last, and Favorite

Today's Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl) was listed as Top Ten Freebie/Throwback, where you get to pick your own subject.

Today I'm covering the Top Ten Author's I've Read: First Book, Last Book, and Favorite Book. This is a prompt I saw on (and stole with permission) Louise @ Foxes and Fairytales blog, who borrowed it from A Book Fiend Named Mel who was inspired by ChelseaZhao. The concept of this list is to pick authors you've read multiple books by, and say what was the first book you read, the last one you read, and your favorite by that author.

1. John Ajivde Lindqvist

    First: Let the Right One In

    Last: I Am Behind You

    Favorite: Let the Right One In

2. JK Rowling

    First: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

    Last: The Running Grave

    Favorite: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

3. Edgar Allan Poe

    First: The Cask of Amontillado

    Last: William Wilson

    Favorite: The Fall of the House of Usher

4. VE Schwab

    First: A Darker Shade of Magic

    Last: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    Favorite: Vicious

5. Dan Simmons

    First: The Summer of Night

    Last: The Abominable

    Favorite: The Terror

6. Gregory Maguire

    First: What the Dickens

    Last: A Wicked Childhood

    Favorite: Wicked

 7. Ransom Riggs

    First: Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children

    Last: The Desolations of Devil's Acre

    Favorite: Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children

8. Brian Jacques

    First: Mattimeo

    Last: Rakkety Tam

    Favorite: The Bellmaker

9. Neil Gaiman

    First: Good Omens

    Last: Anansi Boys

    Favorite: Good Omens

10. David Clement-Davies

    First: The Sight

    Last: Fell

    Favorite: The Sight

Comments

  1. LydiaJuly 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM

    Let the Right One In was such a good book.

    ReplyDelete
  2. SusanJuly 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM

    This is a fun idea for a list! I might have to steal it, too :)

    Happy TTT!

    ReplyDelete

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