This is the second part of my most-read authors series. If you're not caught up, I'd suggest starting with part 1.
John Varley
A famous American sci-fi author born in 1947, the 4 of his works I read were part of the Thunder and Lightning series back in July 2019. I was sold a variation on Heinlein and not disappointed. There's plenty more of his to read out there so it's unlikely he'll stay a 5 for ever.
John Vornholt
Another science fiction author, this time largely with tie-in literature. I know I've read more than 5 of his books before, but I just haven't got to re-reading them for Goodreads. It's amazing how much Star Trek I'd scanned or found online and read before I went off to college. Of particular note here is half of the Dominion War crossover miniseries, and a contribution to the Double Helix set of TNG novels, both of which I greatly enjoyed.
Leo Frankowski
I don't know what finally made me pick up a Conrad book, but I blazed through the first 4 in October 2022. The first one kept me up until the early hours, but I'd sort of lost the thread by the 3rd and 4th a little.
Lightning on the Wave
This is the pen-name of a Fanfiction author, who's sacrifices series spans 7 novels and a short story. I'd read them before they were Goodreadsable and re-read the first handful in August '22. Books 4 and 5 combined are a weighty 5,700 pages by themselves. I have read the whole arc several times, but still can't quite remember how it ends. I daresay I'll pick up the last 2 again someday.
Max Barry
Max is an Australian author who's 2 novels, "Lexicon" and "Machine Man" totally blew me away. I've obviously read 3 more of his books since then, but those were my standouts.
Micah B. Edwards
I really found myself hooked on Micah's "experiment" series in 2018. I read all 5 books in 2 days. They run between 117-150 pages each and are urban superhero, so quite light reading really.
Michael Jan Friedman
Another Trek mainstay and participant in Double Helix, this author is also likely to have his numbers increased one day, particularly if I go back to the stargazer series as I'd like to.
Robert Harris
Another quite famous guy of course. Everyone told me I'd like his Second World war novel "Enigma" best, but I actually really enjoyed "The Ghost", "Conclave", "An Officer and a Spy" and "The Fear Index" all just as much. They're all radically different stories about different subject matter, time periods and people, but there's just something about the way he writes I like, I suppose. There'll be more of him in the future.
Robert Ludlum
Famous for Jason Bourne, I can't underestimate how much I enjoyed this trilogy. I'm not sure when or if I'll pick up his other stuff.
semprini
Semprini is another fanfic author who's Post-OotP Trilogy, which I read as it came available between 2003-2005, played a pivotal role in my life. I admired it very much as an expository fanfiction and held the author in great respect for his views and morality. His works set after Deathly Hallows are also very good and I enjoyed them as well.
Sylvain Neuvel
An amazing Canadian, "Sleeping Giants" was unlike much else I'd come across. The whole trilogy is brilliant, and even though I don't do audiobooks, I regularly recommend these to other blind people who do nothing but, largely because of the way they're produced. Who doesn't enjoy mysterious giant robots all over the world, after all?
So there we are. 22 authors who have each furnished my shelves, over the last 18 years, with exactly 5 books each.
Next time I'll dig into the 17 authors from whom I've read 6 or 7 books