Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blog meme now hosted by Jana over at The Artsy Reader Girl!
This week's topic is: Auto-Buy Authors
For me, auto-buy authors are those where I've read the majority of the books they've published and have enjoyed pretty much all of them. Some of these then, of course, are my all-time favorite authors, those a few are just authors I really enjoy. These are author whose books I would potentially purchase without ever even caring about what it's about. I feel like a lot of this post is going to be repetitive since I've talked about authors I love a lot on the blog, but regardless, here we are!
4. Catherynne M. Valente
I fell in love with Valente's writing a number of years ago and that hasn't changed or wavered once ever since. I can't honestly think of a book she's written that I didn't at least enjoy for one reason or another, and I can think of many books that I've loved and/or have become favorites. I'd read anything new that she writes and it'd be a pretty hard task to ever convince me to not be excited about something new that she writes.
9. J.A. White
White's Thickety series is one of my favorite middle grade series and I am just mesmerized by White's imagination. He has a new book coming out this August and I cannot wait to read it--it was an easy auto-buy decision for me!
10. And a tie for the last number!
Robert V.S. Redick | Anna Smith Spark
James Islington
I decided to group these three together because I've only read a limited number of books by them, but I've loved what I have read so far. Anna Smith Spark and James Islington have only written books for one trilogy so far (separate trilogies, of course... they aren't writing them together) and based on what they've already written I would wholeheartedly read anything else they write. Redick does have a bit more backlist for me to dive into, but the two I've read from him (Master Assassins, The Red Wolf Conspiracy) I've highly enjoyed.
For me, auto-buy authors are those where I've read the majority of the books they've published and have enjoyed pretty much all of them. Some of these then, of course, are my all-time favorite authors, those a few are just authors I really enjoy. These are author whose books I would potentially purchase without ever even caring about what it's about. I feel like a lot of this post is going to be repetitive since I've talked about authors I love a lot on the blog, but regardless, here we are!
1. Haruki Murakami
It's no secret that Murakami is one of all-time favorite authors. I have loved almost everything I've read by him and enjoyed everything I've read. There are only a few of his books that I haven't gotten to yet over the years, but hopefully that will be rectified soon.
2. Michel Faber
Faber is another author that I would genuinely never think twice about pre-ordering a book from.
3. Donna Tartt
Tartt is another author where I've never really disliked anything I've read by her. She doesn't have the largest selection of books published, but the ones that are have been phenomenal.
I fell in love with Valente's writing a number of years ago and that hasn't changed or wavered once ever since. I can't honestly think of a book she's written that I didn't at least enjoy for one reason or another, and I can think of many books that I've loved and/or have become favorites. I'd read anything new that she writes and it'd be a pretty hard task to ever convince me to not be excited about something new that she writes.
5. Christina Henry
Christina Henry is one of the more recent favorite authors that I've discovered and thus far I haven't met a book from her that I didn't like. I've not read some of her earliest work yet, but I do plan to check them out at some point and see how I feel about those, since I believe they are quite different from some of her more recent work. Still, I would (and have) bought anything she writes.
6. Patrick Rothfuss
I wasn't sure if I should include Rothfuss since he's only written the one series, but if we're being honest...I would probably check out anything he writes, whether it's part of The Kingkiller Chronicles or not. His writing seems to be hit or miss with people these days, but I absolutely love it.
7. Jacqueline Carey
Carey is one of those writers with such an obvious talent for writing that every book I've read by her feels like a true masterpiece. I'm enamored with what she writes and although I still have a lot of her backlist to read, everything I've read so far I've loved and I'd easily pick up anything new that she writes.
8. Katherine Arden
Arden is another author that doesn't have a huge library of works yet, but after The Winternight Trilogy, she can just go ahead and take all of my money and send everything she writes directly to me. Small Spaces was also such a fun, spooky middle grade that I really can't wait to see what direction she takes next with her writing.
White's Thickety series is one of my favorite middle grade series and I am just mesmerized by White's imagination. He has a new book coming out this August and I cannot wait to read it--it was an easy auto-buy decision for me!
10. And a tie for the last number!
Robert V.S. Redick | Anna Smith Spark
James Islington
I decided to group these three together because I've only read a limited number of books by them, but I've loved what I have read so far. Anna Smith Spark and James Islington have only written books for one trilogy so far (separate trilogies, of course... they aren't writing them together) and based on what they've already written I would wholeheartedly read anything else they write. Redick does have a bit more backlist for me to dive into, but the two I've read from him (Master Assassins, The Red Wolf Conspiracy) I've highly enjoyed.
Have you read any of these books? Who are some of your auto-buy authors?
