Alphabet of Authors' First Names

[Dhanaraj]

You have joined the club, Laura. Many of my friends have asked me not to miss that book.

[LauraT]

:)

[Dhanaraj]

V. Vincent Cronin. I have read his A Pearl to India long back as requirement for the classes.

[Maggie]

W:

William Styron

[Tweedledum]

LauraT wrote: "Dhanaraj wrote: "LauraT wrote: "U
Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose"

Though I had added this book to my TO READ LIST I have not yet read it and whenever I see the name popping up I have a guilt f..."

It's excellent!

[Tweedledum]

Victor Hugo

Les Miserables

[Leslie]

X: Xu Xiaobin - Feathered Serpent: A Novel

[Leslie]

skipping Y. Give an author whose first name starts with Z

[Amber]

Zachary Jernigan-No Return

[Leslie]

A: Alice Munro

[LauraT]

B: Beatrix Potter

[Maggie]

C: Charles Palliser

[Leslie]

D: Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe

[Leslie]

author whose first name starts with E?

[Maggie]

E: Eliza GrahamRestitution

[LauraT]

F: Fannie Flagg

[Maggie]

G: Graham Greene

[Leslie]

H: Henry James - I have only read The Turn of the Screw (which I didn't really like)

[Kristen]

Isabel Allende

[Leslie]

J: James Joyce - I much preferred A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to Ulysses. I think that I might try reading Dubliners in 2014...

[Leslie]

an author whose first name starts with K?

[LauraT]

K Karl Marx: The Communist Manifesto
Not a novel, but a book that , like it or not, has changed the XVIII century, and the XIX as well

[Leslie]

L: Louise Penny, Canadian mystery writer whose series begins with Still Life

[Tweedledum]

M.
Margaret Mead Coming of Age in Samoa
The anthropologist.

[Leslie]

N: Nicola Upson - An Expert in Murder, a mystery in which the 'detective' is the author Josephine Tey

[LauraT]

O: Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. A neurologist, as both my parents

[Leslie]

P: Penelope Fitzgerald - I've read Offshore and The Blue Flower (neither of which I liked very much)

[Leslie]

Skipping Q, an author whose first name starts with R?

[Kristen]

Roberto Bolaño - 2666 and Monsieur Pain

[Bionic Jean]

Unless anyone has read any Arthur Quiller-Couch orThomas De Quincy ...

[Leslie]

S: Samuel Richardson - Pamela and Clarissa

Jean wrote: "Unless anyone has read any Arthur Quiller-Couch orThomas De Quincy ..."

Just the thing for Alphabet of Author's Last Names! But unfortunately this is first names... I suppose that there are probably first names starting with Q but I couldn't think of any (hence the skipping to R).

[Bionic Jean]

Duh! Soooorrrrry!!

Can't join in on this game then. Too counter-intuitive for me :)

[Leslie]

Jean wrote: "Duh! Soooorrrrry!!

Can't join in on this game then. Too counter-intuitive for me :)"

It is surprisingly difficult for me too.

[Tweedledum]

T
Thomas Hardy
My favourite Hardy novel
Far from the Madding Crowd

[Tweedledum]

U
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness

[[deleted user]]

V
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita

[Leslie]

Argh!! I don't know any first names that start with X! Anyone else?

[[deleted user]]

Don't forget W!

[Maggie]

W: William Styron

[Leslie]

Terri wrote: "Don't forget W!"

Rats! I do know W authors! Ah well...

X or Y?

[Tweedledum]

X
Xinran
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
Miss Chopsticks
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story Of Tibet
Xinran is a Chinese journalist now living in the UK and a wonderful author and inspiring speaker . Do read her books!

[Leslie]

Y: Yvonne Woon

Z or A (first name of author)

[Tweedledum]

Z
Zoë Ferraris City of Veils: A Novel
Zoe has written three terrific crime stories set in Saudi Arabia.

[Tweedledum]

A

A.A. Milne The House at Pooh Corner
Anyone know what the A and A stand for?

[[deleted user]]

B

Brian K. Vaughan--Mystique, Vol 2: Tinker, Tailor, Mutant, Spy

[Leslie]

C: Cheryl Strayed -- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

[[deleted user]]

D

David Wong--This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It (a totally fun read!)

[Kristen]

Elizabeth Gilbert -- Eat, Pray, Love

[Bionic Jean]

Tweedledum - "Alan Alexander". Was that a genuine question, or were you having an "Eggheads"(TV quiz programme) moment? LOL

[[deleted user]]

Frank Herbert--Dune