Tuesday, August 18, 2015

TOP TEN TUESDAY: Auto Buy Authors

Top 10 Tuesday 


The topic this week for Top Ten Tuesday hosted at The Broke and the Bookish is Auto Buy Authors. Since I don't actually buy many books, this is as much a list of  MRE (must read everything) as it is auto buy. 

In the words of that beer actor, I don't buy many books, but when I do, I buy these authors.


 1. Maeve Binchy 
Although she has died, new books keep getting published, new collections of short stories, like Chestnut Street, which is the last new book I bought.

2. Tracy Chevalier
I still have a few of her books left to read, The Last Runaway and Remarkable Creatures. I'm rationing her books

3. Tana French
Oh, I buy these mysteries as soon as they come out.

4. Lori Lansens
Great Canadian author. I want to get her newest book, The Mountain Story soon.

5. Mary Lawson
Another great Canadian author, not very prolific, but all  excellent.

6. Kate Atkinson
I'm still missing Jackson Brody, but also still reading her newer books.

7. Mo Hayder
Creepy detective series with Jack Caffrey. Kinda like Criminal Minds as it's just at my threshold of being able to read without nightmares.

8. Gillian Flynn
Big fan after reading all of her thrillers. Stop making movies and instead write another book!

9. Emma Donaghue
I've really enjoyed the diversity of her writing style and topics, and I still have a few more in her back list to read.

10. Lisa Lutz
Never fails to disappoint with her humour and there is a new release, How to Start a Fire that I must get a hold of.

Hey! What do my authors all have in common? Can you guess?

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I own 3 Maeve Bincheys and have yet to read a single one despite my love of all things Irish and the number of people I know who love her. I'm really looking forward to trying her books though. My library has a few on audio so I'm hoping to get to those soon. Tana French is another author I'm really looking forward to reading and I need to go look up Lisa Lutz. Great list!
1 reply · active 502 weeks ago
Some of the Bincheys stand alone, well, they all stand alone, but some have recurring characters and locations. Evening Class was the book that really hooked me.
This is a great list, Elizabeth! I haven't read any of your authors at great length, although several I plan to read again at some point. Tana French, Mo Hayder, Gillian Flynn, and Lisa Lutz.
1 reply · active 502 weeks ago
They are all so good!
I like Lori Lansens and yes to Emma Donoghue!
Great list!

Bybee
1 reply · active 501 weeks ago
I'm glad I still have a few more to read from these great authors.
They're all women! A few of these writers are, to me, like your description of Hayder - only too close to that threshold for me. :<)
1 reply · active 501 weeks ago
Yay Nan! You guessed it! Tana French and Gillian Flynn can write the creepy, for sure. I guess I tend to the creepier side of mysteries. I don't read a ton of cozies.

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