Who was the first author you had to read "everything" by?

[javedrd2000]

V.C. Andrews when I was fifteen. In no specific order I first read one of the books from the Hudson family series, then I had to complete
the whole series and then moved on to others. I've read Flowers in the attic and loved it. Now I've recently seen the television mini series based on the novel. It's not a bad adaptation, but I was disappointed. Whenever a big movie studio tries to make a movie adaptation from a novel, it is rare that the movie version does justice to the original book. Rare.

[Levi]

Starting in fourth grade I devoured a ton of Stephen King and Robert R. McCammon. I also read a lot of Louis L'Amour starting with my fourth grade teacher's recommendation to read Reilly's Luck which to this day is still one of my favorite western because of that

-- 14 Jun 2015, 11:58 --

But, now that I think about it, while I read those a lot the first author I really HAD to read everything by was Tolkien. I devoured the Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings as a child. It is so magical and has such depth of character I can't imagine my childhood without it.

[kverrell]

The first author I HAD to read everything by was J.K. Rowling. I was at the release parties for the later Harry Potter books, and would speed through them in a weekend. I was mystified by the world she created. As an adult, I find myself having to read everything by John Irving. His books have such complex characters, and I have enjoyed most of his books.

[Jojowrites4All]

Eric Carle as a young child.
Patricia Cornwell as an adult.

[kellyanne11]

J D Robb/Nora Roberts! Her in death series is my all time favorite series and I could read those books over and over again.

[Sir_Read_a_Lot]

My first one was Orson Scott Card becauae of the ender's game series and the memory of earth

-- 19 Jun 2015, 15:55 --

My first one was Orson Scott Card becauae of the ender's game series and the memory of earth

[Paperbacktheboss]

Mine was Libba Bray. Her Gemma Doyle series got me started with Fantasy. I still follow all her books.

[Eyre-thee-well]

When I was in elementary school, it was James Howe. His Bunnicula series had just the right blend of humor and mystery for me. Then as a teenager, I read Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt and read nearly everything she wrote after that. Now as an adult I have several authors that I know will not let me down for a good read: Kate Morton, Jodi Picoult, Erik Larsen, Alison Weir, as well as some old favorites like Jean Plaidy and still working my way through old Tom Hardy' s works.

[cittin5]

The series I'm reading where I just keep coming back for more is the Academy Series by CL Stone. I've completed other series but thats just because I don't like to leave a book unfinished, so if I read the first book in the series I will read the rest of the books in the series, but with The Academy I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the next book to come out. When it finally comes out I become completely engrossed in the book.

[fenderjedi]

Michael Bond - Paddington Bear. I hasten to say I was very young at the time. Terry Pratchett as an adult. His warped perception of the world was very similar to my own, it's just he made a lot more money at it.

[Ammonia]

The very first author, who caught my attention to such an extent that I felt like I absolutely had to read everything by him, was Tolkien. I was still in my childhood years and I made the common mistake to read Lord of the Rings first. Thus, I often found myself asking questions about the characters and the story without being able to grasp exactly what had happened before and how we've gotten to a certain point of the plot. Regardless, I was so fascinated by his signature style of making such extensive descriptions of every single thing that I decided to read the one book, which explains everything from the very beginning - the Silmarillion. Ever since I read it I became so hooked on Tolkien's world that I bought every single work of his I could find on the market.

Nowadays I have more than a dozen books written by Tolkien written in English and translated in my native Bulgarian language (my LotR edition is consisted of one book only). Even though through the years I've gathered many books and series written by one author only (regardless of the author's gender), compared to the collection of books by other writers, his name is currently featured above the largest collection of books by a single author in my library.

Some other authors I've read "everything by", or at least everything I could find, are Richard A. Knaak, Lindsey Kelk, Cassandra Clare and more.

[difficultfirstnovel]

I haven't completed it yet, but Julian Barnes. Worked through four of his books, but will slowly make my way through the rest of his back catalogue. Just a brilliant author - intelligent and funny in equal measure.

[Abbie Pine]

I think mine was David Nicholls. I read "One Day" and fell in love with his writing style

[LuvBooks]

I was and still am the biggest Stephen King fan. For probably 10 years every birthday and Christmas my husband bought me the Hard Copy of his newest publication. I have quite an impressive collection!

[literarycat]

As my children are staring to develope their own tastes in reading it is interesting to see what are their "must read" series. My 8th grader plowed through the Warriors books, by Erin Hunter, year ago, but still always knows exactly when the next one is due out. My 5th grader discovered Harry Potter this year and is on Book 7 as we speak. For me Madeline l'Engle was the first Author that I remember going to the library and working through her entire section; however, Anne McCaffrey was the first Author that I ever found myself dying to buy another book from.

I am curious what others just had to read or buy.

Sherrilyn Kenyon, I have read just about all of her books, there are still a few stragglers that I plan in snagging when I see them even if it is from the library.

And I have to say I love your username Totoro is my favorite character.