(April 27, 2021 at 6:04 am)Ravenshire Wrote: I read (or re-read) over 500 titles in 2020. Normal for be is 150-250 titles/year. Picking a favorite book or author is straight up impossible for me.
Some among my favorites:
Authors (in no particular order):
Neil Gaiman
Brandon Sanderson
Seanan McGuire (aka Mira Grant, aka A. Deborah Baker)
David Baldacci
Terri Pratchett
John Grisham
Jodi Taylor
Tony Hillerman
Rick Riordan
Jack McDevitt
To name a few.
These are authors who have not yet written a book I haven't enjoyed.
Books/Series (also in no particular order):
"Harry Potter" (series)
"October Daye" (serries)
"Jack Ryan" (series)
"A Tale of Two Cities"
"Rivers of London" (series)
"Kingsbridge" (series)
"An Ember in the Ashes" (series)
"Of Mice and Men"
"My French Whore"
"Time Travelers Never Die"
"Jumper" (series)
These are all books, well, mostly series, that I can read over and over.
I've read "1984" twice. Once because I had to in high school. Once because I thought I would appreciate it better as an adult. I'll likely read it once more in comparison to "Brave New World" to confirm my view that Huxley did it better. I also have Moby Dick on my TBR list because, a. it's a classic, and b. it can't be as bad as I've heard.
I read incessantly. I'd even call myself an inveterate and unrepentant book junkie. If I'm sitting still (at home or at work), or walking, or cleaning, or doing yard work, riding a bus/train/plane, driving, etc... and I have attention to spare, I've either got a book in front of me or earphones plugged in.
I primarily read sci-fi and fantasy, and recently I've become absorbed in the worlds of urban fantasy. Honestly, I'll read most anything to fall into my lap. Any genre will do as long as it\s got a good story. Sci-fi, fantasy, urban fantasy, thrillers (legal and political), horror, gamelit, mystery, historical, historical mystery, cozy mystery, sagas, literary fiction (including classics), urban fiction, young adult fiction, children's fiction... I've even found a few romances (no, not bodice rippers) that are more than worth reading. All of them by Gene Wilder. Yes, that Gene Wilder. A great story can be told in any setting and any genre. I've actually lost count of the number of times I've read "My French Whore." I've also read a good number of non-fiction titles, but they probably only account for 1 out of every twenty titles or so.
NERD
