Post by account_disabled on Dec 26, 2023 23:46:21 GMT -4
I have updated the number of books I own , all listed by narrative genre. I have reached 1263, almost all purchased by me over the years, and some given as gifts on various occasions. The majority are in Italian, but those in English are increasing and even four have appeared in Norwegian. The idea for this article came to me while reading Tell me what books you read and I'll tell you who you are , from Ferruccio Gianola's blog, with whom I have 3 writers in common in the top 10 favorite authors (Lansdale, Asimov and King). There is a predilection for fiction in general, followed by fantasy and the classics in third place.
In the fourth there are history books, on the Middle Ages and the period between the first and second world wars. In fifth place are historical novels, almost all about the Middle Ages, in sixth place are adventures and then detective stories. In eighth place is science fiction, immediately after fairy tales and epics. In last place are document books and diaries. Then come Special Data horror and thrillers, Latin classics and essays, science, biographies and poems, espionage, guidebooks and information technology, even philosophy, then a few handfuls of volumes on treatises, theatre, religion, humor and puzzles. The following is the ranking by favorite author , in which Salgari holds a first place that is difficult to beat.
Italian writers, however, appear in the first two places. In total, among my favorite writers, there are 3 Italians, 6 Americans and 6 British. Emilio Salgari: 42 books Andrea Camilleri: 30 books (including short stories, essays, novels) Terry Brooks: 27 books Bernard Cornwell/Giovannino Guareschi: 23 books Agatha Christie: 20 books (40 novels in total) Edgar Allan Poe: 16 books Len Deighton: 14 books JRR Tolkien/Patrick O'Brian: 12 books Edgar Rice Burroughs: 10 books Isaac Asimov/Charles Dickens/Stephen King/Laura Ingalls Wilder: 9 books I would like to point out, however, that I have not read all the books I own nor all those that appear in this ranking. Indeed, perhaps strangely enough, I have yet to read 2 authors on this list.
In the fourth there are history books, on the Middle Ages and the period between the first and second world wars. In fifth place are historical novels, almost all about the Middle Ages, in sixth place are adventures and then detective stories. In eighth place is science fiction, immediately after fairy tales and epics. In last place are document books and diaries. Then come Special Data horror and thrillers, Latin classics and essays, science, biographies and poems, espionage, guidebooks and information technology, even philosophy, then a few handfuls of volumes on treatises, theatre, religion, humor and puzzles. The following is the ranking by favorite author , in which Salgari holds a first place that is difficult to beat.
Italian writers, however, appear in the first two places. In total, among my favorite writers, there are 3 Italians, 6 Americans and 6 British. Emilio Salgari: 42 books Andrea Camilleri: 30 books (including short stories, essays, novels) Terry Brooks: 27 books Bernard Cornwell/Giovannino Guareschi: 23 books Agatha Christie: 20 books (40 novels in total) Edgar Allan Poe: 16 books Len Deighton: 14 books JRR Tolkien/Patrick O'Brian: 12 books Edgar Rice Burroughs: 10 books Isaac Asimov/Charles Dickens/Stephen King/Laura Ingalls Wilder: 9 books I would like to point out, however, that I have not read all the books I own nor all those that appear in this ranking. Indeed, perhaps strangely enough, I have yet to read 2 authors on this list.