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I buy or borrow more backlist books than frontlist because I can.
I have hundreds of authors I have been reading and it was thrilling to discover that I could get books by them that I had never even heard of, much less seen in stores or library.
I do try and read at least one new author every week or so, but even then I now tend to start with the first book published or first book in a series when I can.
Most good series books can be read in random order without lessening the enjoyment. I read The Godwulf Manuscript (#1 Spenser by Robert B. Parker) after reading many, many Spenser novels and the thrill was akin to finding $100 bill I had stashed away and forgotten.
Even for non series books I would rather go by published order. No real reason except that if an author has published several books then the first ones should be worth reading.
Overall I don't even want to look at frontlist (with the exception of new recommended authors) until I have read the backlist, by which time, today's frontlist will be backlist.
Helen
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