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Unknown Man #89
by
Elmore Leonard

Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb

When the Dead Speak by S.D. Tooley

The X-Factor
by
Franklin W. Dixon

The Hardy Boys to the rescue!

Technically this might be a 21st Century work.

The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer!

Zero
by
Eric Van Lustbader

For the next topic how about Award winning books? Title by authors who have won awards might be used as well for the 'difficult' letters but the key is that the award won, such as Caldecott, Pulitzer, Nebula, Nobel, etc., is listed along with the year of the award.

We could start with:

All the King's Men
by
Robert Penn Warren

The 1947 Pulitzer for Fiction.

Any takers??

CD, you've picked what I think will be a very interesting category. Fortunately, I have a good source for Mystery award winners at

So I'll go with The Body in the Snowdrift: A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page winner of the 2005 Agatha Award for Best Novel.

The Agatha Awards, named in honor of Agatha Christie, are nominated and voted on by Malice Domestic fans. The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery—books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is loosely defined as mysteries which contain no explicit sex or excessive gore or violence; and usually (but not limited to) featuring an amateur detective, a confined setting, and characters who know one another. Agatha Awards are awarded in five categories for works first published in the United States by a living author during a calendar year.

Holy crap -- awesome category.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker. 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction.

Down River by John Hart, winner of the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel.

The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.

Empire Falls, Richard Russo, 2002 Pulitzer Prize... sorry for the narrow focus...

The Forsyte Saga
by
John Galsworthy

The 1932 Nobel Prize for literature singled this work out for it's authors distinguished art of narration.

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction (along with the National Book Critics Choice Award).

Half Broken Things by Morag Joss, 2003 Silver Dagger

The Dagger Awards were founded by The Crime Writer�� Association in 1956 and celebrate crime writing at its best in three categories: fiction, non fiction and short stories. The Diamond Dagger is awarded for Lifetime Achievement, the Gold and Silver Dagger for the top crime novels of the year, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger for best Historical Novel, the John Creasey Memorial New Blood Dagger for unpublished writers. In 2006 the Gold and Silver Dagger Awards were replaced by the Duncan Lawrie Gold Dagger for best crime novel in English and the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger for best crime novel translated into English.

Interpreter of Maladies, short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri -- 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction. From a book collecting standpoint this was a tough one because it was released in the US first as a paperback (and not hardcover).

Jumanji
by
Chris Van Allsburg

This also was made into a pretty fair film!

The 1982 Caldecott Medal Winner. The Caldecott Award is presented each year to the best children's picture book by the American Library Association & Association for Library Service to Children. There is also the Newberry Award for the best children's book.

The Caldecott award has Honor Books (or runners up) that are also named each year.

Junkie Pilgrim by Wayne Grogan, Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, 2004.

The Ned Kelly Awards (named for a notorious Australian outlaw of the 19th century) are presented by The Crime Writers�� Association of Australia (CWAA) to recognise and promote excellence in Australian crime writing.

Oh phooey, CD, you had to beat me to the J, and with one of my all-time fav movies, too. :-)

Ok, how about:
Killer Gifts by Deborah Woodworth, Barry Award for Best Paperback Original, 2002.

The Barry Awards, named for Barry Gardner, one of the most ardent and beloved ambassadors of mystery fiction, were first awarded in 1997 by Deadly Pleasures. The Barry Awards are now voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News and are presented at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

I dont know that we've listed a National Book Award Winner yet: Migration by WS Merwin for Poetry (2005)

Native Angels by William Jaspersohn, Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original, 1996.

The Shamus Awards are awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). The PWA defines a “private eye�� as any mystery protagonist who is a professional investigator, but not a police officer or government agent, “a person paid for investigative work but not employed by a unit of government. Thus books and stories about private investigators (licensed and unlicensed), lawyers and reporters who do their own legwork, and other hired agents are eligible; works centering on law enforcement officers or amateur sleuths are not.�� The Eye Award is given for Lifetime Achievement.

Onion John
by
Joseph Krumgold

The 1960 Newbery Medal winner. American Library Association makes this award yearly for the most distinguished contribution in literature for children.

This and the Caldecott Award are companion prizes for different types of 'kid lit'.

The Quantum Rose
by
Catherine Asaro

The 2001 Nebula Award winner presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

I did one of the difficult letters, does anybody have a R ?

Rafferty: Fatal Sisters by W. Glenn Duncan, Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original, 1991

The Shamus Awards are awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). The PWA defines a “private eye�� as any mystery protagonist who is a professional investigator, but not a police officer or government agent, “a person paid for investigative work but not employed by a unit of government. Thus books and stories about private investigators (licensed and unlicensed), lawyers and reporters who do their own legwork, and other hired agents are eligible; works centering on law enforcement officers or amateur sleuths are not.�� The Eye Award is given for Lifetime Achievement.

You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen

Tina wrote: "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen"

Tina welcome to the A-Z game. The first letter of the title (other than articles A, An, &, The) are the sequence for the next entry. This set also has the added twist of needing to be an Award winning book.

So it's my turn to play bad cop and 'disallow' the entry. Please try another title as we need more participants!

A Streetcar Named Desire
by
Tennessee Williams

The 1948 Pulitzer for Drama.

The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West, 1763��1766 by Lawrence H. Gipson, 1962 Pulitzer in History

Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds
by
Claire Hope Cummings

2009 American Book Awards honoree.

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

Newbery Award winner of 1979.

Since this is my topic and X is such a difficult choice coupled with being an award winner too ...

For this letter a slight bend in the rules

Mr. X
by
Peter Straub

The 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.

How about one more go at this??


The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by
Michael Chabon

Several awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2008. (also Nebula, Locus, and the Sidewise Awards)

Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1967 Newbery Honor Book. NOT the one I was thinking of, because I had a specific book in mind that I remember reading when I was younger. It was the story of an African American girl and I'm pretty sure her name was the title and it began with a "z". Now I'm going to be haunted by trying to remember that books name. I know it was some kind of medal winner.

I remember Zlateh the Goat from a college class taken in summer school 1980. It was a horrible story and movie. It was very dark and IMHO not a story or film for primary-aged students. The young boy had to take his pet goat to the butcher and help him slaughter the goat.