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23. Author With An X, Y, Or Z In Their Name


For this prompt choose an author who has one of the letters “X,�� “Y,�� or “Z�� in their name. This could be in their first name, middle name, or last name. They might also use it as an initial. Their name doesn’t have to start with the letter, so long as it’s somewhere in their name!

For those who would like to make this prompt more challenging: To add difficulty to this specific prompt, try choosing an author who’s first or last name begins with one of the letters X, Y, or Z. Another way to make this prompt more difficult is to find an author with two or three of the letters in their name. (Example: Malala Yousafzai has both a Y and a Z.)

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Anything by Rhys Bowen

A Ballad of Remittent Fever

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

My daughter’s partner is author Bill Zehme. I have all his books ( all signed by the author of course!)- which one to use? Ive already read several but have not read �� Intimate Strangers �� which he considers his best. As good as “The Way You Wear You’re Hat�� - his best seller about Frank Sinatra

Josh and Gemma Make a Baby by Sarah Ready

The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton

Her so-called fiancé By Abby Gaines

Just finished “The Fountains of Silence�� by Ruta Sepetys. Highly recommend!

Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, hits all three!

I am starting with Transcedent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

Author Lynda R. Stephenson’s “West with Giraffes��

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Do the Work by Gary John Bishop
In the Lonesome October by Robert Zelanzy
To be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Just finished The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exxupery. Had never read it and the challenge was great excuse.

The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

I read The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty


Absolutely awesome read!!

I'll be counting Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi... reading it currently for the library book club I run.

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - a light, fun read to start the year!

Life of Pi by Yann Martel isn't on the list yet

Joe Knox (True Crime Story) is the book I read for this prompt.

" A Place to Call Home" by Lizzie Page will be my pick for this prompt.

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

I read What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.

I'm planning to read Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

I’m reading Olga Dies Dreaming for this prompt, by Xochitl Gonzalez

I will be reading The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo.

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

I read The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

I read The Grownup by Gillian Flynn, one of my favorite authors. This one was just ok, though.

I read Bridges Burned by Annette Dashofy, the third book in the Zoe Chambers mystery series.

I am about to start Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

I used To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara for this category. I liked this one, but didn't love the unrelentingly depressing story.

I read Sing, Unburied.Sing by Jesmyn Ward. I also used it for the February Mini-Challenge for a title with a word used twice.

I read The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood.

I read A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow, 5 Stars

Lei La carretera de Cormac McCarthy

I read Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

Arrivals and Arrests by Diana Xarissa for X

On Her Own Two Wheels by Stacy Xavier (used it last year in alphabet challenge...a short humerus book) for X

Freedom Dues by Indra Zuno for Z

A Place to Call Home by Lizzie Page for Z (I read this one for the challenge the others for an alphabet challenge)

The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Younts for Y

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai for Y

I'm going to read Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao for this prompt. Works out pretty perfectly!

I am reading Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko.

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

I read Mrs. Wiggins

I have read Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Paris For One by Jojo Moyes