It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means! Another edition of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! Today we’re going to talk about Auto-Buy authors. You know, the authors that are so good they could write about the alphabet and you’d buy it. You’d die for a chance just to buy a copy of their grocery lists. To be honest, I actually only have two 100% auto-buy authors. But there are other authors that I adore that, when I hear they have a new book coming out, my ears perk up. So I’m going to include some of my favorites on this list too.
Let’s get started!
Marie Lu
So this one shouldn’t be a surprise at all if you read this blog regularly. Like my other auto-buy author, I own all of her books in English (except for her Middle Grade book, although I’ve read it), multiple books in Spanish, and one book in German. I’ve also written multiple fanfiction works for both my auto-buy authors.
And I have two of her upcoming books pre-ordered at the moment. My husband thinks I’m weird because I have Rebel pre-ordered both on the Kindle and a signed hardback ordered. I started ordering her books on Kindle because I don’t really want to wait to start reading her books. And Kindle books download at midnight Eastern time, which means 10 PM in my time zone.
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is my other auto-buy author. I own Divergent in four languages. Of course I’ve also pre-ordered The End and Other Beginnings, which happens to come out on the same day as Rebel. Curse you publishers!
I felt so bad because earlier this year, Ms. Roth came to Denver and I found out about it about three weeks ahead of time… and all the tickets were sold out. I got on the waiting list but wasn’t high enough on the list. Now I check the Tattered Cover’s web site regularly, just so I make sure I’m not missing anybody.
I don’t own all her short stories, but I’ll probably have to start working on that one. I don’t have The Chosen Ones (out May 4, 2020) pre-ordered yet because right now only the Kindle one is available for pre-order and I want the hardback edition.
Cassandra Clare
I don’t own all of Cassandra Clare’s books, and probably won’t buy them all. She’s pretty prolific. I did buy all of the core Shadowhunter books (although not all in hardback), but I don’t own any of her books in a foreign language.
At some point I probably will read all or most of her books, but I’ll probably get some of them from the library.
Oh, and Chain of Gold is currently scheduled to come out on the same day as Marie Lu’s Kingdom of Back, both of which I’ve pre-ordered. Again, what gives, publishers?
Leigh Bardugo
I don’t own the Grisha Verse books and don’t own King of Scars (yet), nor do I own The Language of Thorns or any of the Grisha Verse novellas. But I have pre-ordered Ninth House, which happens to come out on… October first, the same day as Rebel and The End and Other Beginnings. It’s going to take me over a week to read just the books coming out that one day.
Sabaa Tahir
The only books I’ve read by Sabaa Tahir so far are the An Ember in the Ashes books, but I’ll definitely buy Ember 4 as soon as it comes out. I’ll have to wait until she publishes something else until I can truly say whether I’m ready to hand over the private keys to my Bitcoin account and just say “please, take my money! Just keep writing!”
Renée Ahdieh
I haven’t read everything that Ms. Ahdieh has written (still trying to get around to reading The Rose and the Dagger) but I’ve enjoyed everything that she’s written so far. I wasn’t sure whether I was going to read The Beautiful or not (when I heard it was a book about vampires I was like “meh”) but I got to read the beginning of that book and I thought it was really good.
Holly Black
Ms. Black is another author that I haven’t read everything she’s ever written (I haven’t even read The Lost Sisters) but I jumped at the chance to pre-order The Queen of Nothing as soon as I could. I’ll probably end up reading more of her backlist at some point as well.
Joel C. Rosenberg
I haven’t read everything by Joel C. Rosenberg either, but I’ve liked everything that I’ve read that he’s written. I haven’t read any of his nonfiction books, but I have read two of his completed series as well as one of his books from another series. Eventually I’ll have to read some of the books that I’ve been missing. Not many of my blogger friends write about his books, so I don’t hear as much about them.
Brad Meltzer
To be honest, there are a lot of Brad Meltzer books I haven’t read. Some I have no interest in reading (like his superhero books and books for kids). But I do like a lot of his books, and I’ve liked all of the thrillers that he’s written so far. So, while not quite an auto-buy author, an author I enjoy reading a lot.
Glenn Beck
You can tell that some of these photos (which I got from Goodreads) are old, because right now Glenn Beck looks like he’s auditioning to be the next Colonel Sanders. Anyway, I’ve read most of Glenn Beck’s books and I really like them.
He’s written several different kinds of books, from political nonfiction books to thrillers to Christmas books. His nonfiction books of short stories like Miracles and Massacres and Dreamers and Deceivers are pretty informative.
So there’s my two auto-buy authors and eight more authors that I usually enjoy reading. I didn’t think I was going to make it to ten today! Next week, we’re going to do a summer activity (kind of) and talk about bookish settings I’d like to see more of. See you then!
Great list! Leigh Bardugo made my list this week, too – actually I think she’s been on pretty much every list I’ve seen! I’m so excited for Ninth House. 🙂
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She’s been very popular today!
I’ve only read Warcross by Marie Lu, but am definitely curious about her other work. Holly Black is another author I haven’t read much by yet. Hoping to give The Cruel Prince a chance later this year!
I’ll have to get around to reading Holly Black’s earlier works at some point. I hope you like The Cruel Prince series!
I love Leigh and Holly Black. I’m slowly working through Holly currently!
She is so prolific! I’m constantly finding new things she’s written.
Haha I love how you added so much more than 10! Great list 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
Holly Black has been on so many lists this week!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
And she’s written so many books too!
I’ve seen Bardugo on many lists, I may have to give her a try. I’ve only heard of Meltzer and Beck. Meltzer I like, but Beck is on my ‘Never-Ever-Ever’ shelf on Goodreads.
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LOL. You might be surprised, actually. While you’d probably hate his political books and might not want to support him financially, I think a lot of people that hate him would actually like his story about Alan Turing.
I’ve seen Marie Lu mentioned everywhere this week. It makes me curious about her work.
My TTT.
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She’s easy to find at most libraries! Well, her books are.
I want to read more Marie Lu- I’ve only read Warcross by her but I liked it a lot. I need to get more of her stuff. Holly Black is another author I want to try soon. 🙂
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Isn’t it funny how there are these authors we see week after week and always mean to read them “someday?” I hope you get to reading them soon.
I will read anything Clare and Lu write. I am not even a big SFF fan, but I love their books
Interesting. I know you read a lot of contemporary, but I guess there are some authors that break out of that genre rut.
I haven’t read her backlist but Holly Black’s Folk of the Air series will guarantee I read her future releases! I also read Cassandra Clare’s series books but I’m not into the companion novels and spin off things that end up always coming out!
Yeah I love Folk of the Air but I have yet to read her backlist… and I’m not sure if I’m planning on reading her middle grade books either (pretty much the main reason I haven’t purchased Marie Lu’s middle grade book… although if it had been a stand-alone I might have). I did buy Clare’s Ghosts of the Shadow Market, but I’m a little more picky when it comes to the companion novels. Unless I change my mind, I have every intention of pre-ordering all of the Last Hours and Wicked Powers novels though!
I haven’t read anything by Glenn Beck, but might own one of his books. I have read two books by Marie Lu, and would like to give another of hers a chance. They always sound so interesting! 🙂
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You’re welcome! Which of Marie Lu’s books did you read?
How did I forget to add Tahir to my list! Great choices!
Well, so far she only has that one series… but it’s really good! The fourth Ember book is one I’m pre-ordering!
Bunch of authors I like in your list! I’m waiting to see if I like Ninth house to put Bardugo to my auto buy list haha
I hope it’s good! I’ve pre-ordered it, so we’ll see if she gets more pre-orders from me after October.
Definitely agree on Leigh Bardugo! I’ve never heard on Rosenberg. I’ll have to look him up.
If you like thrillers, you might like him.
HOW COULD I FORGET VERONICA ROTH?? She’s definitely one of my auto-buy authors!
My TTT post!
To be fair, it’s been a while since her last book came out. I’m glad to see someone else that loves her work though.
Oooh, some authors I did not know on this list!
Yay!
Great list! I absolutely adore Bardugo, but Marie Lu, Sabaa Tahir, Renée Ahdieh and Holly Black are amazing too and could have easily been on my list too 🙂
They’ve been really popular this week.
Loved reading your list! 🙂
Thank you!