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What author should we read when we are done with Jhumpa Lahiri? We have already read books by J. California Cooper and Maya Angelou.
Vote now for the author.
You have till 5/09/18 to vote :)
What author should we read when we are done with Jhumpa Lahiri? We have already read books by J. California Cooper and Maya Angelou.
Vote now for the author.
You have till 5/09/18 to vote :)
R.J. Palacio
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Zadie Smith
Isabel Allende
Ellen Hopkins
Sherman Alexie
Fredrik Backman
Toni Morrison
Octavia Butler
Bernice L. McFadden
Jacqueline Woodson
Linda Sue Park
Kent Nerburn
Sharon M. Draper
Judy Blume
Ellen DeGeneres
Dave Pelzer
Louise Erdrich Louise Erdich
Jamaica Kincaid
Chinua Achebe
Benjamin Zephaniah
Ali Smith
Julie Anne Peters
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Cherie Bennett
Sonya Sones
Eve Ensler
Paula Fox
Beatrice Sparks
Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticutt
Lawrence Hill Lawrence Hill
Paul Beatty Paul Beatty
Percival Everett Percival Everett
Walter Mosley Walter Mosley
Nella Larsen Nella Larsen
E. Lynn Harris
Edward P. Jones
Farai Chideya
Pearl Cleage
Isabel Wilkerson
Bebe Moore Campbell
Diane McKinney -Whetstone
Daniel Black
Ray Palen
Nawal El-Saadawi
Kei Miller
Malorie Blackman
Alain Mabanckou
Naguib Mahfouz
Bernardine Evaristo
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Authors:
Zadie Smith, Edwidge Danticat, Chinua Achebe, Jamaica Kincaid, Kent Nerburn, Bebe Moore Campbell, Edward P. Jones, Kei Miller, Dave Pelzer, Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Pearl Cleage, Louise Erdrich, Nawal El Saadawi, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Percival Everett, Ali Smith, Ellen DeGeneres, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Paula Fox, Ellen Hopkins, Linda Sue Park, R.J. Palacio, Alain Mabanckou, Malorie Blackman, Fredrik Backman, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Isabel Allende, Beatrice Sparks, Naguib Mahfouz, Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Lawrence Hill, Nella Larsen, Julie Anne Peters, Cherie Bennett, Bernice L. McFadden, Judy Blume, Benjamin Zephaniah, Sonya Sones, Paul Beatty, Bernardine Evaristo, V (formerly Eve Ensler), Sharon M. Draper, Isabel Wilkerson, Jacqueline Woodson
Zadie Smith, Edwidge Danticat, Chinua Achebe, Jamaica Kincaid, Kent Nerburn, Bebe Moore Campbell, Edward P. Jones, Kei Miller, Dave Pelzer, Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Pearl Cleage, Louise Erdrich, Nawal El Saadawi, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Percival Everett, Ali Smith, Ellen DeGeneres, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Paula Fox, Ellen Hopkins, Linda Sue Park, R.J. Palacio, Alain Mabanckou, Malorie Blackman, Fredrik Backman, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Isabel Allende, Beatrice Sparks, Naguib Mahfouz, Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Lawrence Hill, Nella Larsen, Julie Anne Peters, Cherie Bennett, Bernice L. McFadden, Judy Blume, Benjamin Zephaniah, Sonya Sones, Paul Beatty, Bernardine Evaristo, V (formerly Eve Ensler), Sharon M. Draper, Isabel Wilkerson, Jacqueline Woodson
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Too many excellent choices--so hard to choose!
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A Confederacy of Dunces(Pulitzer Price winner 1981)
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pulitzer_...
A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide.[2] Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) and Toole's mother, the book became first a cult classic, then a mainstream success; it earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981, and is now considered a canonical work of modern literature of the Southern United States.[3]
The book's title refers to an epigram from Jonathan Swift's essay, Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting: "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Its central character, Ignatius J. Reilly, is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early-1960s New Orleans who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. Toole wrote the novel in 1963 during his last few months in Puerto Rico.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/A_Confede...
I think there is one incorrect listing - I see "Jumpha lahiri"; then you also have "Jhumpa Lahiri". The latter is the one where her picture shows up and is the correct spelling.So many great choices, though!
ok, looks like "Jumpha lahiri" is a write-in entry.
All good gifted people. Always loved Toni Morrison.Charles
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Yeah! Someone must have written it in.
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer wrote: "Too many excellent choices--so hard to choose!"
Hahaha! Sorry Ladies :p
I agree, it's very hard to choose! But did I miss something in the group intro, are we only reading US authors?
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Nope. That just happens to be all the authors that were suggested. If you have some authors that you would like to suggest I'll happily add them.
Ok thank you, was just curious :).I think other possibilities could be Chinua Achebe, Zadie Smith, Nawal El-Saadawi, Kei Miller, Malorie Blackman, Alain Mabanckou, Naguib Mahfouz, Bernardine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah... But as I said, already plenty to choose from and so many interesting works to read!
Cam wrote: "Ok thank you, was just curious :).I think other possibilities could be Chinua Achebe, Zadie Smith, Nawal El-Saadawi, Kei Miller, Malorie Blackman, Alain Mabanckou, Naguib Mahfouz, Bernardine Evari..."
OMG!! More excellent choices!! My mind is overloading with possibilities.
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I think other possibilities could be Chinua Achebe, Zadie Smith, Nawal El-Saadawi, Kei Miller, Malorie Blackman, Alain Mabanckou, Naguib Mahfouz, Bernardine Evari..."
I added all those authors :) They will be on our next author poll for sure.
I agree. There are just so many excellent choices. I have read some of some of the authors. Do I choose someone new or so mean whose work I’m more familiar with. There are so many on my TBR list. Ach!!!! Maybe I’ll wait and see how the list is play by out.
With a long list like this, I think it would be better to have people vote for as many as they want. There is really only one author there whose style I don't like. That way, we'd be able to see which one has broader group support. If it's not possible with this technology, we could do a manual count. Or perhaps do the second round vote after narrowing the list?
How many books do you read from an author? I'd like to read Wonder, but I don't think I'll want to read more children's books.
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We normally read all their popular books and any others that members suggest. We actually have already read the book Wonder, so we'd probably not read it again.
You can always join in that previous discussion :)
OK Thanks!I also saw that my favorite Jhumpa Lahiri book is coming up next.
