Authors you have read everthing by

[D'wards]

I'm just reading the new book by Irvine Welsh, and realised that he is the only author that i have (will have) read everything. But i have not read his play or all the short stories published in collections, so not everything

I have read all of Mark Poirier, my favourite author, but generally no one has heard of him

I have read all but one or two of Hubert Selby Junior and Douglas Coupland.

Can anyone here claim to have done all Terry Pratchett or Agatha Christie or Stephen King or some other prolific author?

Or who have you read all of?

 

[Kanda]

Not very impressive: Michel Houellebecq, Matt Beumont I think are the only ones.

E2A: Douglas Adams

 

[scifisam]

All Terry Practchett, all Douglas Adams, all Enid Blyton (which is a feat), all Roald Dahl, all of lots of children's authors, actually ... Agatha Christie, Sue Townsend, JD Salinger (even though I don't actually like several of the books - there was nothing else to read or do), Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, the Brontes, the list goes on and on. Considering my degrees and my job, it's not surprising.

 

[D'wards]

All Terry Practchett, all Douglas Adams, all Enid Blyton (which is a feat), all Roald Dahl, all of lots of children's authors, actually ... Agatha Christie, Sue Townsend, JD Salinger (even though I don't actually like several of the books - there was nothing else to read or do), Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, the Brontes, the list goes on and on. Considering my degrees and my job, it's not surprising.

Pretty impressive, could you be the most well read person on here?

You reminded me, i have read all of Sue Townsends bar her autobiography, bbut the rampant crowbarred in political subtext of the last Adrian Mole novel put me off of her bigtime (not cos i disagreed with the politics necessarily, but cos of the heavy-handed way in which she stuck em into a light comedy read - not bloody satire)

 

[8ball]

Pretty impressive, could you be the most well read person on here?

I thought points were deducted for Pratchett

 

[Bob_the_lost]

I thought points were deducted for Pratchett

I've killed, gutted and lightly roasted people for less than that, watch your mouth (...or fingers).

 

[8ball]

Arf

 

[izz]

Read everything Annie Proulx's written. thought i'd read everything by William Gibson but it turns out I haven't.

hurrah !

 

[foamy]

only embarrassing (not exactly high brow) authors like Sue Townsend, Tony Parsons, Joanna Harris, Helen Fielding, or people who have only written 2/3 books...

 

[8ball]

Like any man of my age and weight I have read all the Douglas Adams.

And all the George Orwellses and Joe Hellersers and the Vonnegutz . . .

Chuck Palahniuk keeps foiling me by writing new stuff, though

 

[story]

Cormac McCarthy
Harry Crews

 

[bruise]

read everything by Ralph Ellison (wasn't hard). I thought I'd read everything by Toni Morrison - but then noticed something called 'love' that passed me by. Have read everything by Rohinton Mistry including short stories. getting there on Murakami.

 

[Bajie]

I am steadily working my way through all the books written by Philip K Dick, you can tell the ones where he was taking an incorrect amount of speed as he tends to write in a rushed style..

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I think all of Heinlein, Tom Robbins, Vonnegut, Henry Miller, Bukowski.

Nobody serious or classical.

 

[8ball]

Vonnegut's not serious?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yeah: Harry Crews, too.

Also, Carl Hiassen.

 

[rubbershoes]

Cormac McCarthy
Harry Crews

i'm a big fan of cormac mccarthy and have read all of his but one but have never heard of harry crews. time i got to know him

my completed works are paul auster and will self

 

[Dhimmi]

George MacDonald Fraser, it just happened, Harry Harrison, a youthful endeavour and Stephen Fry, well you just have to don't you.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Vonnegut's not serious?

He doesn't think so...

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Oh yeah: all the Flashman books.

 

[8ball]

He doesn't think so...

Irrelevant, case dismissed.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

JD Salinger

How much is there?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Irrelevant, case dismissed.

You talk like a Dalek.

 

[Dhimmi]

Oh yeah: all the Flashman books.

There's more to GMF than Flashy, although Pyrates is piss poor IMHO.

 

[8ball]

You talk like a Dalek.

Silence, human!!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

There's more to GMF than Flashy, although Pyrates is piss poor IMHO.

I tried one of those other ones: The General Danced At Dawn.

I'll stick with Flashman.

 

[Groucho]

Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut.

There was a time when I had read all of Harry Harrison and all of James Herbert and Iain Banks. I stopped and they didn't.

Some minor authors who have only written a couple.

For instance I have read the complete work of Evan Evans.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I think all of Heinlein, Tom Robbins, Vonnegut, Henry Miller, Bukowski.

Nobody serious or classical.

You've read all Bukowski's poetry? I struggled with that, but all the novels - his last one was shite, a shame that a dying man had so little inspiration. Have you read John Fante - if you like Bukowski, you'll like him.

I'm impressed by anyone who could get through the dirge that is Tropic of Capricorn. I stopped half-way.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

You've read all Bukowski's poetry? I struggled with that, but all the novels - his last one was shite, a shame that a dying man had so little inspiration. Have you read John Fante - if you like Bukowski, you'll like him.

I'm impressed by anyone who could get through the dirge that is Tropic of Capricorn. I stopped half-way.

I think I've read all the poetry; they're not too hard to handle, because they're usually short.

Never read Fante.

Yeah, Capricorn, Sexus, Nexus, etc etc.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Primo Levi. Vonnegut. John Fante. Bukowski ( the novels). Milan Kundera.Emily Bronte (ha, easy one). Can't think of any more.