Do you get tired if an author writes about one subject over and over?

I’m totally OK with authors who write about the same subject or write the same genre. I read a lot of authors who have entire series of books about the same subject, and that is part of the reason I continue to enjoy their books.

For example, Jennifer Chiaverini’s Elm Creek Quilts series is an ongoing story of one family and its offshoots. It is historical fiction that started out in the present time and moves back and forth, explaining how the modern characters came to be, and how their ancestors influenced the lives of their descendants. Each book can be read as a stand-alone story, but if you read all if them, you will be richly rewarded by finding out more and more about the lives of these people and the times in which they lived. I have learned a lot about history, especially the history of quilting, and about the lives of women over many generations by reading this series.

If an author is good at a particular type of fiction, then let them write away. There can be endless invention and diversity within the one style. Usually, what interests the author will interest the reader too.

Good thing there are so many authors out there to provide diversity.
Sometimes, very prolific authors in a genre might kind of repeat some of the same scenarios with different characters, but really, not that often in the ones I read.

If my favorite science fiction author started writing bad cozy mysteries, it would annoy me immensely.

Not really, it’s good to have a specialty. I like westerns, and one time I checked out a book by Kent Cromwell, I think, not realizing it was a modern mystery. Was odd reading this guy writing about cars and telephones and things generally not found in westerns, his usual genre.

Most of his books, and even most westerns, are basically the same. Bad guy kills good guy. Another good guy goes off to find bad guy, brings him to justice, usually with a few others. He generally meets a girl along the way, at first they don’t like each other, at the end they get engaged after catching bad guy. They’re mostly all the same, and I like it, as well as Debbie Macomber’s Christmas-themed romances. Mom used to think I was a girl because I liked reading romance books like this, and how I dressed. Mom was 100% wrong.

It certainly worked for Anne Rice, an ever’evolving series on vampires and other fantasy. If its good, it works.

As they say – Stick with what you know.

No. I wouldn’t read about the same thing over and over.

It’s not clear to me what you are asking. Do you mean repetitive plots, the same genre like mystery or suspense, or a series with the same characters? If they are literally writing the same plot again and again, yes, I do get bored. But if they are writing well in a genre that I like, I’m fine with that. And if a series has good character development and interesting plots, I’ll enjoy following the series.

@janbb I was asking about the same genre. But does it seems to you that the same genre can have repeated plot point? Like film-noir will follow similar formula of a detective and a fame fatale. This is what I fear, the possibility of writing the same genre to the point of getting stale.

@Mimishu1995 Most popular writers write in the same genre usually, whatever their specialty is. That’s one of the reasons readers are drawn to them; they have an idea what they’re in for. The trick is to vary the plots enough or to use good character development so that it does not become repetitious.

@janbb Thank you very much and everyone who answered the question. It helps a lot with my self-doubt :)