Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Today's topic was meant to be popular authors I haven't tried before, but I couldn't really think of anyone in the genres I do read. I could've made a whole post just listing horror authors I haven't read but I don't read horror so it would be kind of redundant. So I chose to instead talk about (mostly) popular authors that I read at one point, maybe even loved, but that I don't read from anymore.
Sarah J. Maas
I wanted to get this one over and done with. I used to be a big SJM fan in her early days—I read the first four Throne of Glass books and the first ACOTAR and then her books just stopped working for me. I even tried the first Crescent City book and really enjoyed it, but I don't see myself ever returning to her books. I don't really enjoy her writing or the tropes or character types she uses anymore.
Patrick Ness
This one was actually really painful for me to come to terms with a few years ago. I absolutely adored Patrick Ness as a teenager. His books were always just weird and I liked that until I didn't. I think this is really just a case of outgrowing the kinds of stories Ness was telling.
V.E Schwab
I have a complicated with relationship with V.E Schwab. I've always wanted to love their books but there was just always something holding me back. I've tried multiple series and books and I have enjoyed them for the most part, but there's always something stopping me from going the whole way.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Like so many others I got sucked into the world of TJR with Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones. I held off for a few years and then when I finally caved, I loved them so much. Then I read Malibu Rising at the end of last year and HATED it and since then everything I've tried for TJR has been near unbearable to read. I think I'll just stick with Evelyn and Daisy.
J.D Robb
I loved the first In Death book and had honestly expected to read all of the books in the series one day. But when I started reading the others, I just started to find them really, really repetitive. I did read them in order and I've been told that's the best way, but I made it to book 6 or 7 before giving up. Every crime, every murderer, every reveal started to feel the same and I was so bored of it.
Daphne du Maurier
This is one I never thought would make this kind of list. I've been obsessed with du Maurier since I was about 18 and read Rebecca for the first time. I still love Rebecca, it's been one of my top three favourite books ever since, but I read almost everything she published and I think I'm at a stage where I've just moved on. Out of all of the ones on this list, I do think I'll come back to du Maurier one day but just not right now.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
I feel like most people who go through a classics phase will go through a Fitzgerald phase. I've read Gatsby three or four times now. There's something about it that I just return to again and again, but I've never felt like that about any of Fitzgerald's other works—I think I read three or four others, and Gatsby is just the only one I'd read again.
Michael Crichton
Every year I'll find an author that I absolutely love and I'll read everything I can get my hands on and then I almost never come back to them. In 2015, Michael Crichton was that author for me. I think I read five or six of his books and I was completely obsessed and then one day I just donated all of his books and never looked back.
Isobelle Carmody
Rereading can be a real gamble sometimes. I read the first three books in Isobelle Carmody's Obernewytn Chronicles series in 2017 and then decided to try and reread them in 2019 or 2020 so I could continue the series. I could not get past the first book even though I'd really enjoyed it the first time and I've never gone back.
Ian Rankin
I first read Ian Rankin when I was in high school (in 2012-2013) and then started picking him up again in 2020. His books are really dark, 'gritty' crime/thrillers and honestly, at the time I was living by myself and I just couldn't stomach any crime related books or TV. I've still not really gone back to the genre beyond a few cosy mysteries.
And that's it for today. Do you read any of these authors? Who have you stopped reading?
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