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

[dhaller]

Hannahbm13, yes. John Green. I remember reading Looking For Alaska for the first time. I thought, "I'll just read a chapter." Five hours later, I thought, "I'm reading everything this man has ever written."

[Tanaya]

For me, it was Brian Jacques, creator of the Redwall series. I've tried recommending these books to other avid readers in my family, who were quite dismissive because the books are about mice. But there's so much more to them than that. Sure, the characters may be animals, but these are not mediocre, mind-numbing, alternate line rhyming kids books. If you're a fan of fantasy-adventure novels, I'd strongly urge you to give them a try, no matter what your age.

The funny thing about these so-called children's books is that I had so much difficulty reading them when I was younger. I tried reading one of the books in the series multiple times, never making it past the first chapter because the language of the characters was so heavily accented. But I kept going back to the book because, despite my trouble in understanding it, I was intrigued. Then once I got a little older I made it all the way through and realized I wanted to read more. So I did.

[adhagen]

Honestly, it was Stephen King. I have read so much of his work and he has never failed to creep me out at all. I'm not usually good with scary/creepy things, but I had to read his books. His imagination has always shocked me! I love it!

[CaitCupcake]

The first author that i read everything they wrote was of course J.K Rowling

Like most people the Harry Potter series was a huge part of my childhood, i loved getting lost in the magical world of Hogwarts and it actually started with my 6th grade teacher reading the third book (Prisoner of Azkaban) to the class in the lead up to the third movie being released, i raced the teacher and ended up reading the first 3 books before we went to watch the movie.

[BookQuest]

Of course J.K. Rowling will be on a lot of peoples list. I have read the Harry Potter series over 13 times. I have the Physical books, the E-Books and the Audio Books.

But as I got older I started reading Ellen Hopkins. It stared with Crank, short summary - A young girl is forced to live with her father for the summer, at his house she meets new friends and drugs. She comes home a new person and loses herself in a drug filed world. It was very sad. This book is followed by two more.
Then I found out Ellen Hopkins has many books about young adults and the worst problems they face. I ate it up I started reading a new book a week by her. Now I have every book she has written for young adults.

The first author I loved was Lemony Snicket, but I was only interested in his Series of Unfortunate Events, so perhaps not all of his work. After that, I took to Harry Potter as you did, and have read it several times as well. I enjoyed the story these authors were spinning, but Ellen Hopkin's writing style is what drew me to her.

I fell in love with Ellen Hopkins as I read her book Perfect, because it had a unique style that utilized poetry structure to tell a story, but she didn't use dense or flowery language. Sometimes she would make pictures and shapes with words, but not needlessly. She always used it to capitalize on a character's emotions, and it excited me because at the time I had never seen anyone use that literary device, if it could even be called one.

Her books drew me to problems young adults were facing, and the way she told the story from first person perspective put me in their shoes and helped me understand what it was like. It was terrifying and intriguing, and all the books I've read by her were an emotional roller coaster. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was obsessed with her! I think she's a brilliant author.

[therealashley]

Honestly, Janet Gurtler. Until she made her last story which I didn't fall in love with.

[Chris_B]

Back when I first discovered that reading was fun and not just something you did to placate your parents and teachers, I had a couple of Afrikaans Authors whose books I loved. I still read their books sometimes, but for the most part I now read only English books.

The first English book I read was Palomino by Danielle Steele, and then I was hooked. I simply had to read "all" her books, but as you know, she's written quite a few:-) and I must admit that I still have not read everything. I love the drama and heartache and joy in her books, but sometimes you just want to read someting light and funny.

Now I love reading books by new authors or simply any book which interests me, but I make a point of reading all the new (and some of the older) books by Roxie Rivera and Rachel Vincent.

I've read through your posts and can't wait to check out the books you mentioned loving.

[qwillia]

The first book that I can remember reading was “Hey God it’s me Margret.” After that school took over and I read Shakespeare. I still have a book of all of his plays. Now, I write more than I read but when I get a chance, I still love to curl up with a good book.

[valentin68]

For me Jules Verne was the must read author of my childhood. I read about 70% of the books of Jules Verne. Each an every of his books fascinated me. Latter I have read about everything from Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov is one of the best Sci-Fi authors in my opinion.

[Supcoolfofa01]

I had to read all of Rick Riordan's books, my brother use to talk about Percy Jackson all the time. After a while I got so annoyed and finally just decided to see what all the fuss was about. Then after reading all his books out all ready, I started buying the new ones as soon as they came out.

[luke_r]

The first author I read everything by was Stephen R Donaldson, the Terry Brooks and then my kids got me into JK Rowling.

[AstarteLynn]

I had to read all of Piers Anthony when I was in High School. I loved his Xanth series and the fact that he was a prior Mathematics Professor and put puns into everything in that series was awesome. Also, Tamora Pierce's books are wonderful reads and she has a detailed world that mixes fantasy with old world culture. Boxcar Children is a great series for young readers and are full of adventures. Hope this helps.

[Weevil68]

Enid Blyton and her fabulous Five Find-Outers and Dog series. Absolutely loved The Invisible Thief and simply had to read the rest (I was only eight)

[kim950]

wow when i was younger and learnt about the library i spent many hours there, sourcing books.

i ended up reading all the Goosebumps books
aswell as the whole collection series of Nancy Drew (over 100 books)

[Rizbi]

Edith Wharton and Thomas Hardy. Both remarkable.