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message 1: by Alannah (last edited Oct 27, 2013 03:04PM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14425 comments Mod
I found this from a suggestion online and thought it looked pretty fun. It is similar to Leslie's 'Alphabet of Books You've Read' and my 'Alphabet of Authors' Names' but I thought I'd make it easier and do last names.

1) Post the name of the author whose last name begins with the next letter of the alphabet after the initial letter of the previous post.

2) Try not to repeat within the same thread.

3) Please try to link wherever possible.

4) If you have read any books by the author, feel free to say what they were.


message 2: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14425 comments Mod
A

Jane Austen
I've only read Pride and Prejudice

B


message 3: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments B: Charlotte Brontë - only read Jane Eyre, although Villette and Shirley are on my Kindle awaiting...


message 4: by dely (last edited Oct 28, 2013 12:08AM) (new)


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Leslie | 16369 comments E: George Eliot - embarrassing to say that I haven't read anything by her (yet!). She is one of the authors on my 2014 list...


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LauraT (laurata) | 14293 comments Mod
Leslie wrote: "E: George Eliot - embarrassing to say that I haven't read anything by her (yet!). She is one of the authors on my 2014 list..."

You've missed a really great author!!!

F
Fannie Flagg - nice light author by whom I've read a couple delicious books: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; A Redbird Christmas


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Amber (amberterminatorofgoodreads) Neil Gaiman- here's the books I've read by him which I enjoy: Coraline, Stardust, Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane . I'd like to read Fortunately, the Milk next by him. He's a pretty good author. I've read his frost giants book too.


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Leslie | 16369 comments H: Georgette Heyer One of my favorite authors - I have read and reread her historical fiction romances many times!


message 10: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14425 comments Mod
J

John Irving

K


message 11: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14425 comments Mod
Leslie wrote: "E: George Eliot - embarrassing to say that I haven't read anything by her (yet!). She is one of the authors on my 2014 list..."

I recommend Mill on the Floss.


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Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments Yasunari Kawabata. I have read two books by him and both are fantastic novels. They are: Snow Country and Thousand Cranes.


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message 14: by Amber (new)

Amber (amberterminatorofgoodreads) Mary Alice Monroe-I read The Book Clubwhich was pretty good.


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Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments Irene Nemirovsky....Have read two books by her. They are: Le Bal & Snow in Autumn and The Wine of Solitude.


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message 17: by Amber (new)

Amber (amberterminatorofgoodreads) Ridley Pearson-All the Kingdom Keepers books. They are pretty good. If you like Disney, and all the theme parks, you'll enjoy the book series. The last books focus on the Disney cruise line.


message 19: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments R: Mary Renault - writer of wonderful historical fiction set in ancient Greece, such as The King Must Die, The Mask Of Apollo, and The Persian Boy


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Shirley | 4177 comments S: Lisa See

She wrote Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, which is one of my best reads of 2013.


message 21: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments T. Antonio Tabucchi - Read two books. They are: Pereira Declares: A Testimony (5 Star Book) and Indian Nocturne (4 Star book).


message 22: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments U: Arthur W. Upfield, writer of the Napolean Bonaparte mystery series set in the Australian outback


message 23: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments V. Giovanni Verga - Read his Sparrow, Temptation and Cavalleria Rusticana.


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message 25: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14425 comments Mod
x

Xue Xinran


message 26: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Y: Rafael Yglesias Read A Happy Marriage highly recommended.


message 27: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments Z: Stefan Zweig... Read his Chess Story, an excellent novella....


message 28: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments A: Kate Atkinson - her Case Histories is one of my Nov. BoTM


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Leslie | 16369 comments C: Willa Cather

-- many wonderful books but I think my favorite is Death Comes for the Archbishop


message 31: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14293 comments Mod
D: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Read several books by him; all really beautiful, but tough to get through: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, Demons


message 32: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments E. Shusaku Endo - I have read his novel Silence. A fantastic book.......


message 33: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments F: Dick Francis

-- British jump jockey turned mystery writer; I like almost all of his books so it is hard to pick a favorite! Maybe Decider...


message 34: by Maggie (last edited Nov 06, 2013 06:50AM) (new)

Maggie | 537 comments G: Laurie Graham

She's one of my favourite authors, I like all of her books my favourites being Gone with the Windsors and The Unfortunates(also known as The Great Husband Hunt)


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message 36: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments I: Washington Irving -

Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are the two I remember best.


message 37: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14293 comments Mod
L: Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird: loved it a lot ...


message 38: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments Laura T, After the alphabet 'I' comes 'J'. But you are right according to the Italian alphabettical order. Lol...


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LauraT (laurata) | 14293 comments Mod
oops!


message 41: by Maggie (new)

Maggie | 537 comments N:

Camilla Noli

I've read The Mother's Tale and Broken Fences - quite disturbing books.


message 42: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments Missing J and K!! Let's do those 2 then pick up with O...

So an author whose last name starts with J next.


message 43: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Edward P Jones Read The Known World Didn't care for it.


message 44: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments Franz Kafka - Read three or four books by him and he is one of my favourite authors.


message 45: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments O: Patrick O'Brian

-author of the naval historical fiction series starting with Master and Commander


message 46: by Amber (new)

Amber (amberterminatorofgoodreads) P: Ridley Pearson
I have read the Kingdom Keepers series which include these books:
Disney after Dark
Disney at Dawn
Disney in Shadow
Power Play
Shell Game
Dark Passage
This is the whole kingdom keepers series in reading order and the last book will be out in april of next year. Excited but sad!


message 47: by Nicole (last edited Nov 13, 2013 04:32PM) (new)

Nicole Q:
Ernesto Quiñonez

Read Bodega Dreams in 2010. I gave it 2 stars.


message 48: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments R: Kate Ross - author of a great set of historical fiction mysteries, set in Regency England with a Beau Brummel type as the sleuth! The 4 book series starts with Cut to the Quick.


message 49: by LauraT (last edited Nov 14, 2013 02:45AM) (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14293 comments Mod
Leslie wrote: "R: Kate Ross - author of a great set of historical fiction mysteries, set in Regency England with a Beau Brummel type as the sleuth! The 4 book series starts with ..."

Have to look for them!!!!

S: Elizabeth Strout.
Read both The Burgess Boys and Olive Kitteridge and liked them both


message 50: by Dhanaraj (new)

Dhanaraj Rajan | 2962 comments T. Leo Tolstoy - A great Russian author. Have read few books by him.


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