How many of these bestselling SF/F authors have you read?

[The Big Peat]

Read books by 24

J.K Rowling
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Robert Jordan
Sir Terry Pratchett
Terry Brooks
George R.R. Martin
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Brian Jacques
Frank Herbert
Douglas Adams
Raymond E. Feist
Philip Pullman
Neil Gaiman
Guy Gavriel Kay
Joe Abercrombie
Dan Abnett
Robin Hobb
David Gemmell

Started books but DNF by 5

Stephen King
Stephen Donaldson
Steven Erikson
Trudi Canavan
Chris Wooding

 

[Guillermo Stitch]

Only nine of 'em.

I'll be in my room, flagellating myself.

 

[The Judge]

I got 24 which surprised me:

1) J.K Rowling
2) Stephen King
3) JRR Tolkien
4) CS Lewis
5) Stephanie Meyer
6) Robert Jordan
7) Sir Terry Pratchett
8) George Orwell
9) Terry Goodkind
10) Terry Brooks
11) George R.R. Martin
12) Isaac Asimov
13) Frank Herbert
14) Douglas Adams
15) Raymond E. Feist
16) Philip Pullman
17) Neil Gaiman
18) Alice Sebold
19) Guy Gavriel Kay
20) Joe Abercrombie
21) Peter F. Hamilton
22) Robin Hobb
23) David Gemmell
24) Trudi Canavan​

In a few cases, though, I only read one book by way of a taster, and wild horses wouldn't get me to read more by that author.

I've also started but couldn't finish one by Laurell K Hamilton and I've got Donaldson in my TBR pile.

 

[Hugh]

17

 

[soulsinging]

I've read 24, which is more than I'd have guessed. I agree with others that something is off about this list. Very surprised if Chris wooding has sold as many books as osc. Atwood? Bradbury?

 

[SilentRoamer]

I have read 23 but of those 23 there are half a dozen whose entire collected works I have read.

 

[thaddeus6th]

To date, nineteen, although a few of those were one and done for me. Others I've read quite a few things and plan to read more.

 

[williamjm]

I've read 24, which is more than I'd have guessed. I agree with others that something is off about this list. Very surprised if Chris wooding has sold as many books as osc. Atwood? Bradbury?

There was a link to the more complete list earlier in the thread (The Wertzone: The SFF All-Time Sales List) which has all the authors you mentioned.

 

[althea]

I have read forty three of those authors. There are a handful out of those that I didn't finish.
Some I have read everything written by them,and some of those more than once.
(I have been at it a long time.)

 

[TheDustyZebra]

I have read 23 but of those 23 there are half a dozen whose entire collected works I have read.

Me too, exactly. Give or take on the half dozen.

 

[AndrewT]

I count 25. Feel free to start a new thread with the bigger 2017 list. It's kind of fun. I plan on reading a few more of those.

 

[BAYLOR]

17 on that list.

 

[Extollager]

Eight of them. Some of them I don't remember ever hearing of even here at Chrons -- Canavant, Gabaldon, Colfer, Abnett?

 

[Toby Frost]

The only one of those four you just mentioned that I know is Abnett. He's notable (in novels) not just for writing a lot of Warhammer 40,000 books but for shaping their setting and filling in a lot of detail. In the world of franchise/shared setting books, he's a big deal: a pulp writer, but very good at what he does.

I scored 17, but there is something about these tests that I never really like. I suppose it's that they don't really mean anything - not that it's really being said that they do.

 

[williamjm]

Eight of them. Some of them I don't remember ever hearing of even here at Chrons -- Canavant, Gabaldon, Colfer, Abnett?

Gabaldon writes time travel romances, Colfer is mainly a YA author, so I think they'd be very well known among romance readers or YA readers but possibly they're not a great match for most of the prolific posters on here. I think Canavan is meant to write fairly traditional Epic Fantasy.

 

[Harpo]

A thought just occurred to me - is there an author (presumably on the list) that we have all read?
Perhaps there are several. In which case, which books have we all read?
I propose we try to put together a list of such books. A sort of Chronslist. They are, presumably, the basic essentials.

But maybe not?

 

[Onyx]

A thought just occurred to me - is there an author (presumably on the list) that we have all read?
Perhaps there are several. In which case, which books have we all read?
I propose we try to put together a list of such books. A sort of Chronslist. They are, presumably, the basic essentials.

But maybe not?

I can think of some common authors I wish I had skipped.

 

[Parson]

is there an author (presumably on the list) that we have all read?

I'll give it a shot.

I'll bet we've all read at least one book by all of the first four on the list.

1) J.K Rowling (c. 450 million)
2) Stephen King (c. 350 million)
3) JRR Tolkien (c. 300 million)
4) CS Lewis (120 million+)

 

[Harpo]

I'll give it a shot.

I'll bet we've all read at least one book by all of the first four on the list.

1) J.K Rowling (c. 450 million)
2) Stephen King (c. 350 million)
3) JRR Tolkien (c. 300 million)
4) CS Lewis (120 million+)

I've only read King & Tolkein of those.

 

[Danny McG]

32 on that list but some of them were dire and DNF and I'd never consider even looking at any other books by those writers.

I would say there's 20 were I've read more than one book by them and would buy more if they write any new ones.