Another 'five things' post, whether you want it or not!

Yep, I am determined to post more, even if it feels a little like shouting into the void at times. So here's another list following the previous post...

The five authors whose books I have the most of:

1. Rex Stout (44)
2. Diana Wynne Jones (23)
=3. Patrick O'Brian (16)
=3. Thomas Hardy (16)
4. Dorothy L Sayers (14)
5. Lois McMaster Bujold (9 if I only count paper copies, 12 if additional ebooks are included)

The more perceptive among you may have noticed I have actually squeezed in 6 authors there. If not for the late showing by Lois McMaster Bujold in terms of ebooks, 5th place would have to be equally shared between Ursula K LeGuin, Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell.

I'm sure if I did this again in a few years time, it's likely the list would have more science fiction and fantasy writers on it. I came late to Diana Wynne Jones but have made up for it in a short space of time - I've actually had others of her books which I didn't like as much and gave away (A Tale of Time City being the first one that comes to mind).

I also don't currently have the whole run of Aubrey-Maturin books, though I've read them all courtesy of my local library system. And if the list was top five authors I've read rather than whose books I own, James Lee Burke would be up there in major contention as I've read (I think) 29 or so of his.

So, dear flist, who would be on your list either way? Most owned or most read? Inquiring minds need to know...