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

[Haute_Coffee]

My first “grownup” book was by Stephen King when I was ten and I got hooked. I started going through my mom’s collection and used bookstores. I’m 38 and I still haven’t read them all. I’m pretty close though!

[rebecca_zakayo]

daniel steel ,i have read around 5 books from this author

[Shashwata]

I was completely enamored by the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. This was a loooong time ago :] Their world and their adventures fascinated me.

[monadb 1948]

As I read there came tears, laughter, anger, sympathy. I wanted to read the last chapter first and get ahead of the author. I couldn't wait to see what he was going to say next. I didn't want to put the book down. I was taken to the depths of the ocean, the pinnacle of every mountain, the highest star and further. I could feel every feeling he felt as he wrote. I would hurt, be happy, be disappointed, sad, concerned, sympathetic, giggling and let down when the book ended. I would immediately search to find the next book or the next ten that I had not known was out and in the stores.

I couldn't wait to get home and start reading and wouldn't stop until I had finished it. I was a little angry if I was interrupted or had to put it away for a while. I loved his books, his insight, his ability to take you right into the middle of the situation and bring you to a surprise ending, an unexpected conclusion, a joy just to know and feel what the characters felt as he told their story. He was hard to pull myself from and as I read I kept thinking about how I would get his next masterpiece that I knew would be better than all that had come before it.

His name is Max Lucado and I know for certain that I read "everything" he wrote. I was a little sad when I had read all of his work and had to wait for the next edition to be on sale. He is a gifted author, bringing you into the past, future, good times, bad times----any feeling you could feel he could take you there. He is one of my favorite authors and will continue to be. I would be hard pressed to find another I like so well. Mona Brown

[gkgurley]

I loved Anne of Green Gables and read every single book in that series. I also read all of Tolkien at a surprisingly young age. Usually, if I like one book by someone, I read them all. I like following an author's work and getting to know them through their different stories.

[strawberrysab]

I’m pretty sure I have nearly everything by Isabel Allende. I have to thank my Spanish teacher for introducing me to La Casa de los Espiritus. I fell in love.

[Mallory Porshnev]

Probably JK Rowling.

[Book Bear]

Enid Blyton. I remember her books vividly. They were pure innocent escapism for a child of my era. This will age me!

[Terra7]

Agatha Christie. Her books were an addiction for the longest time, and there are so many!

[bclayton13]

Brian Jacques. I picked up one of his Redwall books in elementary school and was immediately hooked. I was still hooked on him in middle school and rereading in high school (though I had already branched our to other authors by then)

[Amanda_M]

The boxcar children was my favorite series growing up. Luckily my mom saved most of the books, and now I'm reading them to my own kiddo.

As an adult I love Nicholas Sparks, and lately have been reading anything written by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

[_mylilyotv]

When I was a child, I was determined to read everything that Jaqueline Wilson had written and I did read most of them before I grew up and went completely off her books.
A few years ago I discovered an author called Iain Rob Wright while I was scrolling through my kindle, I fell in love with the way he writes horror and made my way through ALL of his books. I do have a few to catch up on now but I'm definitely going to read them all! I've re-read quite a few of them too, If you haven't read any of his books and you love a good horror I recommend you give him a go!

[oceana]

The first author that I had to read everything by was Brian Jacques. His Redwall series was so good that I went to the library every chance I got to get more until all of them were read and I was disappointed.

[Sarah Starling]

Sarah Dessen was the first "gotta read 'em all" author I read. I loved every YA romance she wrote.

I've tried to reread them as an adult, but I've gotten too old for them.

[bukworm543]

When I was a kid, I loved the Boxcar Children series, and the Nancy Drew series. As an adult, I have enjoyed reading numerous works by John Steinbeck and Jodi Picoult.