# Three Authors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837 "2025-03-19T19:38:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837/41 "2025-03-21T06:45:50Z")

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I’ve definitely heard that about Danielle Steel, an author I’ve never read. I did figure that out about Stephen King about 10 books in, but that’s just me.

Oh, let’s see. Which three authors for me?

Mary Roach  
Ann Rule

God, who inspired the Bible, which as we all know has multiple authors.

I spoilered the last one, because it’s gonna be controversial.

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**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837/42 "2025-03-21T07:50:06Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Okay, but if you are a big time reader like me- who can easily read a book a day if no TV- and maybe two eve, then Getting three authors who together have written say 20 books is gonna be a poor choice, no?

For sure.

Personally, I spend at least as much time thinking about the books I’ve read as actually reading them, so I could be busy for twice as long.

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837/43 "2025-03-21T09:33:18Z")

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I’ll add a reserve read, in case one of my others is not available - the collected works of John le Carre. I can give his non-Secret Squirrel books a miss, and we’ll wait until I come off the island to see whether the follow-on works stand the test of time.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837/44 "2025-03-21T10:52:33Z")

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Michael Connelly  
John Sandford  
Stephen King

I think I’ve read just about all of the books written by all three of these guys, many of them more than once. I would have no problem reading all of them again.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837/45 "2025-03-21T19:53:35Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> So, are we supposed to consider books/authors that might be of practical use to us?

Food, water shelter, etc all all provided, you can think cabin in the woods if you prefer- or a really nice prison.

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