Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

This will be the second year for the A-Z Author Challenge. the goal is, read 26 books, by 26 different authors, each is to have a different letter of the alphabet (English Alphabet) in their name. The books you choose can be any genre and no restriction on when published.

Only books read between January 1st - December 31st 2015 can be used.

Example:
R. Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea
S. John Steinbeck-Cannery Row
T. Leo Tolstoy - The Kreutzer Sonata

I ended this years (2014) challenge 4 letters short of completion- Q, U, X, & Y. I don't know if that help anyone. As for me I know I have to plan for these four well in advance. Last year I though this would be easy, its not.

23/26 Completed

A. Jane Austen-Pride and Prejudice, 1/13/15
B. Nevada Barr-Liberty Falling, 4/16/15
C. Orson Scott Card-Xenocide, 1/26/15
D. Fyodor Dostoyevsky-Notes from Underground, 2/28/15
E. Edgar Allan Poe-The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 5/23/15
F. Gustave Flaubert-Madame Bovary, 8/23/15
G. Elizabeth Gaskell-Cranford, 1/6/15
H. Robert A. Heinlein-Stranger in a Strange Land, 3/30/15
I. Washington Irving-The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 10/26/15
J. Sarah Orne Jewett-A White Heron, 8/9/15
K. Rudyard Kipling-Kim, 7/5/15
L. Jack London-Love of Life: & Other Stories, 2/10/15
M. W. Somerset Maugham-Ashenden, 5/1/15
N. Vladimir Nabokov-Lolita, 6/24/15
O. O. Henry-The Furnished Room
P. James Patterson-Kiss the Girls, 1/18/15
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R. Anne Rice-Interview with the Vampire, 6/30/15
S. Jonathan Swift-Gulliver's Travels, 1/28/15
T. Mark Twain-The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, 10/5/15
U. John Updike-Pigeon Feathers, 11/4/15
V. Tarjei Vesaas-The Ice PalaceThe Ice Palace, 2/25/15
W. Oscar Wilde-The Canterville Ghost, 1/14/15
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A-Z Classics Author Challenge

Jan 1- Dec 31, 2015

16/26 Completed

A.Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart finished 2/1/15
B.Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending finished 5/7/15
C.Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass finished 12/11/15
D.Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Notes from Underground finished 6/1/15
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G.Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - Chronicle of a Death Foretold finished 6/1/15
H.Annie Haynes - The Crime at Tattenham Corner finished 16/12/15
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K.Franz Kafka - The Trial finished 14/1/15
L.H P Lovecraft - Interpreter of Maladies finished 8/9/15
M.Toni Morrison - Beloved finished 12/1/15
N.Irène Némirovsky - Suite Française finished 29/1/15
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P.Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart finished 2912/15
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R.Remarque Erich-Maria - All Quiet on the Western Front finished 18/9/15
S.Nevil Shute - A Town Like Alice finished 17/5/15
T.Leo Tolstoy - The Death of Ivan Ilych finished 9/1/15
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V.Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway finished 14/4/15
W.Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost finished 8/1/15
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You can use the first letter of the first or last name of the author. The last name is ideal, but its harder to complete the challenge. Use first name in a pinch, after all it's your challenge.

Bob wrote: "You can use the first letter of the first or last name of the author. The last name is ideal, but its harder to complete the challenge. Use first name in a pinch, after all it's your challenge."

Okey dokey, that sounds more fun, and as though it will lead to more previously untried writers! Thanks, Bob.

I plan to complete this challenge this time!
A-to-Z Author Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

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B. Brown, Dan "Inferno"
C. Chapman, Gary "The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts"
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E. Erskine, Barbara "Midnight is a Lonely Place"
F. Fitzpatrick, Becca "Crescendo"
G. Gabaldon, Diana "The Exile"
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J. Jacques, Brian "Outcast of Redwall"
K. Koontz, Dean "A Big Little Life"
L. London, Julia "The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount"
M. Meyer, Carolyn "Patience, Princess Catherine"
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P. Patterson, James "The 9th Judgment"
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R. Robards, Karen
S. Steel, Danielle, "Journey"
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V. Von Ziegesar, Cecily, "Gossip Girl"
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i'm in for this challenge too, i hope i'll be able to complete it :)

A-to-Z Author Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

21/26 completed

A.Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
B.Belinda Bauer, Blacklands
C.Agatha Christie And Then There Were None
D.Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear
E.George Eliot Middlemarch
F.Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary
G.Kahlil Gibran, Spirits Rebellious
H.Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale
I.Susan Isaacs, Shining Through
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K.Elizabeth Kostova The Historian
L.Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
M.Alfred de Musset, Lorenzaccio
N.Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
O.Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Hanging Girl
P.William Pauley III If You Don't Sleep, You Don't Dream.
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R.J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
S.George Sand Winter in Majorca
T.Leo Tolstoi The Kreutzer Sonata
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W.Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
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Y.Bill YanceyDeadly Practice
Z.Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

A-to-Z Author Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

26/26 completed

A. Katherine Addison: The Goblin Emperor
B. Daniel James Brown: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
C. Clayton M. Christensen: The Power of Everyday Missionaries
D. Keith Donohue: The Stolen Child
E. Andreas Eschbach: The Carpet Makers
F. Fannie Flagg: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
G. Nicola Griffith: Hild
H. Robert A. Heinlein: The Door Into Summer
I. Conn Iggulden: Stormbird
J. Basil Johnston: Mermaids and Medicine Women: Native Myths and Legends
K. Alethea Kontis: Hero
L. Pittacus Lore: The Revenge of Seven
M. Paula McLain: Circling the Sun
N. Carrie Anne Noble: The Mermaid's Sister
O. George Orwell: Down and Out in Paris and London
P. Linda Sue Park: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
Q. Daniel Quinn: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
R. Tom Reiss: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
S. Brandon Sanderson: Firefight
T. Adriana Trigiani: The Shoemaker's Wife
U. Thrity Umrigar: The Space Between Us
V. Genevieve Valentine: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
W. Velma Wallis: Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska
X. Xinran: Miss Chopsticks
Y. Jane Yolen: Except the Queen
Z. Bridget Zinn: Poison

I will do this one too. I just finished this year's list. While looking for a "Q" author I discovered an author new to me that I now really like!

My List:
26/26
A)Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart - Classics in Context 2/7/15
B)Brunonia Barry The Map of True Places 5/14/15
C)Alice Eve Cohen The Year My Mother Came Back 7/22/15
D)Jeanne DuPrau The City of Ember 2/7/15
E)Dave Eggers Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? 1/18/15
F)Timothy Findley Stones 3/28/15
G)William Goldman The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure 7/13/15
H)Kristin Hannah If You Believe 5/18/15
I)Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules 6/2/15
J)Christy Jordan-Fenton Fatty Legs 5/20/15
K)Thomas King The Inconvenient Indian[book:: A Curious Account of Native People in North America 1/24/15
L)Margaret Laurence The Stone Angel[book: 4/15/15
M)W.O. Mitchell Who Has Seen the Wind 3/23/15
N)Saleema Nawaz Bone & Bread 1/17/15
O)George Orwell Animal Farm 2/21/15
P)Laura Pritchett Red Lightning 7/31/15
Q)Pascale Quiviger The Perfect Circle 8/13/15
R)Raziel Reid When Everything Feels Like the Movies 3/19/15
S)John Stauffer Giants 3/21/15
T)Donna Tartt The Goldfinch
U)Jane Urquhart Away 3/7/15
V)Guy Vanderhaeghe Homesick 3/29/15
W)H.G. Wells The Invisible Man 4/3/15
X)Ruiyan Xu The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai: A Novel 7/8/15
Y)Richard Yates Cold Spring Harbor 4/5/15
Z)Bianca Zander The Girl Below 9/12/15

A-to-Z Author Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

COMPLETED 5TH OCTOBER 2015

✓A Apollonius Rhodius 2nd Jan
✓B L. Frank Baum 4th Jan
✓C Noam Chomsky 8th Feb
✓D Dear Fatty 6th Feb
✓E T.S. Eliot 23rd Jan
✓F F. Scott Fitzgerald 8th Jan
✓G Elizabeth Gaskell 3rd Jan
✓H Bell Hooks 13th Jan
✓I Isabel Greenberg 5th Jan
✓J Jay Asher 4th Jan
✓K Daniel Keyes 17th Feb
✓L Leo Tolstoy 30th Jan
✓M Henry Marsh 1st Jan
✓N Nathanael West 14th Jan
✓O George Orwell 27th Jan
✓P Emmeline Pankhurst 12th April
✓Q Matthew Quick 3rd Oct
✓R Rebecca Solnit 18th Jan
✓S David Small 13th Jan
✓T Rabindranath Tagore 21st Jan
✓U Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
✓V Virgil 31st Jan
✓W Alice Walker 8th Jan
✓X Malcolm X 5th Oct
✓Y Yukio Mishima 30th March
✓Z Zora Neale Hurston 24th June

Well, as I'm currently reading my very last book for the 2014 A-Z author challenge I will definately be entering in on the 2015 one :-)

26/26 - completed October 23rd

A. Cecilia Ahern - Where Rainbows End
B. Samuel Bjørk - Det henger en engel alene i skogen
C. Eoin Colfer - And Another Thing...
D. Arne Dahl - To mand frem for en enke
E. Sigge Eklund - In i labyrinten
F. Ken Follett - Edge of Eternity
G. Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
H. Victor Hugo - Les Miserables
I. Iben Mondrup - Godhavn
J. P.D. James - Death Comes to Pemberley
K. Franz Kafka - The Trial
L. Selma Lagerlöf - Nils Holgerssons forunderlige rejse gennem Sverige
M. Christian Moerk - Den store mester
N. Pablo Neruda - Cien Sonetos De Amor/100 Love Sonnets
O. Emmuska Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel
P. Romain Puértolas - Den utrolige historie om fakiren der sad fast i et IKEA-skab
Q. Matthew Quick - The Silver Linings Playbook
R. Tom Reiss - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
S. Jesper Stein - Uro
T. Johan Theorin - Sankta Psyko
U. Umberto Eco - Rosens Navn
V. Jules Verne - Five Weeks in a Balloon
W. Martin Winckler-Carlsen - Det Revolutionære Råd
X. Xinran - Tabte døtre
Y. Jane Yolen - Xanadu
Z. Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Angel's Game

I completed an A-Z challenge in 2014 with book titles. Looking forward to this one with authors.


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I might as well try this, too.


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Hmmm, this sounds fun so I will try it, but with bingo and 12+2 I might not be able to finish it. This year really will be a challenge for me.
17/26

A. Asimov, Isaac, Foundation 2/28/15
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C. Kate Chopin, The Awakening 4/30/15
D. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles 2/13/15
E.Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford 1/23/15
F.Raymond Feist, Magician: Apprentice 2/6/15
G.Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera 1/12/15
H. Mei-Ling Hopgood, How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting 5/24/15
I.Ian Kerner, Passionista 1/22/15
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K.Dean Koontz, Saint Odd 1/25/15
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M.Patricia A. McKillip, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld 2/24/15
N.Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince 3/4/15
O.Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel 3/12/15
P.Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl 3/19/2015
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R.H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines 5/18/15
S.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince 1/13/15
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V.Jack Vance, The Star King 3/5/15
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Z.Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon 5/14/15

A-to-Z Author Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

Completed

A. Chingiz Aitmatov - The White Steamship
B. André Breton - Mad Love
C. Julio Cortázar - Blow-Up and Other Stories
D. Theodore Dalrymple - In Praise of Prejudice: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past
E. George Eliot - Silas Marner
F. F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
G. Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
H. Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha
I. Henrik Ibsen - Peer Gynt
J. Tove Jansson - The Summer Book
K. Danilo Kiš - Psalm 44
L. Bernard-Henri Lévy & Michel Houellebecq - Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World
M. Patrick Modiano - A Trace of Malice
N. Pablo Neruda - Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
O. Kenzaburō Ōe - Personal Matter
P. Andrei Platonov - The Fierce and Beautiful World
Q. Raymond Queneau - Exercises in Style
R. Arthur Rimbaud - Illuminations
S. José Saramago - The Lives of Things
T. Leo Tolstoy - The Death of Ivan Ilych
U. Hermann Ungar - The Maimed
V. Paul Verlaine - Poems of Paul Verlaine
W. Nathanael West - Miss Lonelyhearts
X. Qiu Xiaolong - Death of a Red Heroine
Y. Marguerite Yourcenar - Coup de Grace
Z. Stefan Zweig - Chess Story

A. Things Fall Apart READ 2/13
B. Fahrenheit 451 READ 1/7
C. The Prince READ 5/13
D. The Twits READ 3/9
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F. The Great Gatsby READ 1/6
G. The Princess Bride READ 6/9
H. The Summer I Turned Pretty READ 4/20
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K. Misery READ 1/18
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S. Safe Haven READ 1/3
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Yay! I don't know how well I'll do at this one but I'm up for trying.


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Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Bach, Rachel - Fortune's Pawn
Bach, Rachel - Heaven's Queen
Bach, Rachel - Honour's Knight
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Cain, Susan - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Catton, Eleanor - The Luminaries
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Dahl, Roald - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dashner, James - The Death Cure
Dashner, James - The Scorch Trials
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Gladwell, Malcolm - Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking
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Hemingway, Ernest - The Old Man and the Sea
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Ishiguro, Kazuo - Never Let Me Go
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Kingsolver, Barbara - The Lacuna
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Lerner, Lisa - Just Like Beauty
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Miéville, China - Kraken
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Nabokov, Vladimir - Pnin
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Powers, Richard - The Echo Maker
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Reynolds, Alastair - Galactic North
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Suarez, Daniel - Influx
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Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Return of the King
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Two Towers
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VanderMeer, Jeff - Acceptance
VanderMeer, Jeff - Authority
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Weir, Andy - The Martian
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Zable, Arnold - Cafe Scheherazade

I intend to cheat a little on Q and X by allowing myself to choose authors who have those letters anywhere in their names.

26/26 completed

A. Richard Adams - The Plague Dogs
B. Paolo Bacigalupi - The Water Knife
C. Pat Conroy - The Prince of Tides
D. Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See
E. Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
F. Gillian Flynn - Dark Places
G. Neil Gaiman - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
H. Scott Hawkins - The Library at Mount Char
I. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
J. Josh Malerman - Bird Box
K. Stephen King - The Shining
L. Harper Lee - Go Set a Watchman
M. Cormac McCarthy - The Road
N. Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife
O. George Orwell - 1984
P. Edgar Allan Poe - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Q. Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
R. J.K. Rowling - The Casual Vacancy
S. J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
T. Donna Tartt - The Little Friend
U. Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
V. Voltaire - Candide
W. John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos
X. Annie Proulx - Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Y. Yann Martel - The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Z. Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Shadow of the Wind

A-to-Z Author Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

19/26 completed

A: Donald Asher - Graduate Admissions Essays: Write ... 2/25/15
B: Mark Bittman - VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 ... 2/24/15
C: Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness 1/14/15
D: Marguerite Duras - The Lover 1/17/15
E: Ralph Ellison - Invisible Man1/28/15
F: William Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury 2/2/15
G: Elizabeth Gaskell - Cranford 2/9/15
H: Hermann Hesse - Steppenwolf 1/20/15
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K: Stephen King - Revival 1/14/15
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M: Dinty W. Moore - Crafting the Personal Essay: ... 1/6/15
N: Louis Nowra - Into That Forest 3/13/15
O: Flannery O'Connor - Wise Blood 1/13/15
P: R.J. Palacio - The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story 1/8/15
Q. Ernesto Quiñonez - Bodega Dreams 3/4/15
R: Rainbow Rowell - Landline 2/4/15
S: Susan Sontag - Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 1/15/15
T: Chris Tomasso - Law of Attraction Habits: ... 4/1/15
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W: Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 1/11/15
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A-Z Author Challenge
January 1 2015 - December 31 2015
Completed: 21/26

A Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart
B Katherine Boo - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
C Bernard Cornwell - The Last Kingdom
D Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
E Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence
F F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
G Elizabeth Gaskell - Cranford
H Georgette Heyer - Black Sheep
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J Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
K Lily King - Euphoria
L L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
M Jojo Moyes - Me Before You
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O Emmuska Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel
P Linda Porter - The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
Q Kate Quinn - Mistress of Rome
R Robert Graves - Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
S Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven
T Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - The Leopard
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V Voltaire - Candide
W Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost
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Y Yangsze Choo - The Ghost Bride
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Finished, after completing this and classic challenge only A-Z title challenge is left!

Wow! Congrats Miikka!

Well done Miikka, I have 3 to go...U, Q and X, which I think is the same as Julie!

Congrats Miikka, for me this is one of the hardest challenges we do, I failed last year, and with 11 still left, I seem to be heading that way again this year.

Miikka wrote: "Finished, after completing this and classic challenge only A-Z title challenge is left!"

wtg Miika :-)

BTW Pink those are the same three I'm missing, have to figure out what to read for Q, it's the hardest one for me...

Yep, Q is the tricky one for me, I'm currently reading a 'U' book and have one lined up for X, but I have no idea for Q.

Pink wrote: "Yep, Q is the tricky one for me, I'm currently reading a 'U' book and have one lined up for X, but I have no idea for Q."

May I suggest Quo Vadis. It is fairly long but a great rendition of Rome in the time of Nero.

It's the author challenge, Niles, so that won't do unfortunately.

I have on my list Ellery Queen, Yann Queffélec and Thomas de Quincey whose Confessions of an English Opium Eater is a classic of sorts.

Bob wrote: "I ended this years (2014) challenge 4 letters short of completion- Q, U, X, & Y. I don't know if that help anyone. As for me I know I have to plan for these four well in advance. "

Like Bob, I didn't complete Q, U, X and Y in 2014 when I did this challenge with another group. (You all are much cooler - I'm so glad I found you!) When I decided to participate in this year's challenge, I allowed myself to cheat on X and Q
and just read books by authors who had that letter somewhere in their names.

For Q, I read Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez. But since I read it, I came across The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. The movie is great and I'll read the book later this year if I manage to complete all my other challenges.

I like it that this challenge allows for contemporary books. I've been very interested to see all the wonderful contemporary works this group of classics readers has chosen. You all have good taste!

Tytti, Thomas de Quincey could be a good choice for later if I haven't found anything else by then.

Nathan, I've read Silver Linings Playbook and really enjoyed it, so maybe I could try something else by Matthew Quick as well.

My X book will be the Autobiography of Malcolm X, which has been on my shelf for a while.

I've found the book title A-Z much harder than author so far.

Great idea for X! I'm in.

For those stuck on Q, how about Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ?

She even has a pseudonym that could work:
"Known pseudonyms include Vanessa Pryor, Quinn Fawcett, T.C.F. Hopkins, Trystam Kith, Camille Gabor."

Perhaps Amanda Quick

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Arthur Quiller-Couch
Alissa Quart
Ann Quinton
Xavière Daumarie is a stretch, he's the illustrator of a book turned comic book (graphic novel?)

Great suggestions Myst.

There is also Kwei Quartey. I haven't read any of his books which are mysteries, but he has five published.

Only 5 letters left -- Q, U, X, Y, & Z

Of course -- those are always the most difficult.

You're doing much better than I am, I've read 48 books and still have 10 letters left to finish. Some seem like they should be easy E, F, I, J, ,Q, T, U, X, Y. Seriously E, F, & T should not be hard to run across. With 4 1/2 months left in the year I think, just like last year, this challenge will not end with success.

I have a better chance with the Title A-Z with only H, Q, U ,V, Y, Z left.

Id like to join in on this if its too late! :)

Payten wrote: "Id like to join in on this if its too late! :)"

Not too late at all, Payten. Please do join us.

I'll play as well!
Auster Winter Journal
Bulgakov The Master and Margarita
Camus The Stranger
Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment
Enders gut, The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
Friedman The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A "Walk" in Austin
Gogol Dead Souls
Hansen The Liar
Ishiguro An Artist of the Floating World
Jonasson The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow
Lenz Schweigeminute
Miller The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life Bonus Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Nothumb Antichrista
Orwell Animal Farm
Petterson I Curse the River of Time
Queneau Exercises in Style
Rankin Saints of the Shadow Bible
Solsjenitsyn One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilych
Uthaug Ellers går det godt - tankestreger af Maren Uthaug
Vermes Er ist wieder da
Woolf To the Lighthouse
Xun Tre noveller af Lu Xun
Yourcenar Coup de Grace
Zweig: Chess Skaknovelle - Praterforår

I may get frisky and add the three scandinavian letters Æ, Ø and Å if I find some good candidates...
[Update: yeah, that's not happening this year!]

All finished with my last book The Goldfinch

Connie wrote: "All finished with my last book The Goldfinch"
Well done!

Well done Connie :)

Connie wrote: "All finished with my last book The Goldfinch"

Excellent

Completion of a reading challenge is a good feeling!

Finished! I've updated message 12 with my full list of books.

Hello everybody! I love challenges, but I don't like to let them affect what I read. Instead, midway through the year I glance at the challenges and see how I'm doing. I readily admit I moved authors around a bit here since so many of those I read this year have initials clumped under A, J, and (oddly) K, as well as M and S. But hey, it's all about the reading, so I don't mind cheating a bit.

A Jane Austen Pride and Predjudice (also Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park - they're like potato chips, those JA novels are) 4/2015
B Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre 5/2015 (and Emily's Wuthering Heights in June as well!)
C Kate Chopin The Awakening 7/2015
D Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon 6/2015
E George Eliot Middlemarch 6/2015
F Stephanie Feldman The Angel of Losses 5/2015
G Neil Gaiman Odd and the Frost Giant 3/2015
H Katherine Harbour Thorn Jack, Briar Queen 8/2015
I Ishmael Beah Radiance of Tomorrow 2/2015
J Erika Johanson Queen of the Tearling 10/2015
K Kate Milford Greenglass House 3/2015
L Harper Lee Mockingbird 6/2015 Watchman 8/2015
M Margaret Atwood MaddAddam 1/2015
N <-- I could have put a different Neil Gaiman here, but even I accept that as excessive cheating :-)
O Jussi Adler-Olsen Purity of Vengeance 5/2015
P Kennedy Odede & Jessica Posner Find Me Unafraid 5/2015
Q
R Mary Doria Russell Epitaph 6/2015
S Jonathan Stroud Lockwood & Co: Screaming Staircase (#1), Whispering Skull (#2) 10/2015
T
U
V
W Meg Wolitzer The Interestings 4/2015
X
Y
Z

Best of luck to all, I shall now try to capture a few books written by authors in the N, Q, T-V and X-Z shelves.

I only have the letters E U and X left. I have books lined up for E and U, but I am having trouble finding somebody for X that is both attainable and interests me. I may just use somebody that has X in the last name, but we'll see. :)

This challenge seems destined to failure, I have 8 letters left and 2 1/2 months left to finish. Some of the remaining letters seem like they should be easy, but unless I ignore my other reading and hunt for books to read that will match my missing letters, this challenge is going up in flames. On the up side there is always next year.

I wouldn't worry Bob. I completed this one relatively easily, except for 3 or 4 letters which I actively sought books for. However the book title thread is a different matter. I still have 6 books to go for that and don't really expect to finish any of them. Challenges are fun and can broaden our reading, but they shouldn't take precedent over reading books for personal choice.