Alphabet of Authors' Last Names

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Sorry, folks, I did get confused (another senior moment LOL).

U: Ellen Ullman--By Blood

[Tweedledum]

V Salley Vickers - Mr Golightly's Holiday
Loved this book.

[Anastasia]

W: Eudora Welty - Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

[Leslie]

X: Gao Xingjian - I've never read anything by him but he won the Nobel Prize for Literature...

[Maggie]

Y: Louisa YoungMy Dear I Wanted to Tell You: A Novel

[LauraT]

Z: Markus Zusak, The Book Thief read here this month

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A: Eric Alterman--Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America

[Dhanaraj]

B: Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture. A lovely book.

[Gill]

C:Gillian Clarkewho wrote the Monday Poem I have just posted.

[Leslie]

D: Charles Dickens - about to join Jean's reading of Oliver Twist

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E: Louise Erdrich--The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

[LauraT]

F: Dario Fo, an italian Nobel prize. Some grat plys by him, better seen on stage though; the one I prefere is Mistero buffo. Giullarata popolare

[Leslie]

G: Graham Greene - just picked up The Third Man today for our readalong (although my edition is The Third Man And The Fallen Idol) :)

[Dhanaraj]

H. Helene Hanff - Read recently her 84, Charing Cross Road and loved it.

[Tweedledum]

I
Christopher Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin
Haven't read this but this is the book that the Musical Cabaret was based on.

[Leslie]

J: John Jakes - author of a series of American historical fiction books starting with The Bastard

[LauraT]

K John Keats: I love most of his Poems

[Dhanaraj]

L. Primo Levi - A fantastic writer. I am about to read his Periodic Table.

[Anastasia]

M: Henning Mankell. I have a lot of his books here at home!

[Leslie]

N: Pablo Neruda - I am currently reading his Fully Empowered

[Maggie]

O: Maggie O'Farrell

[Nicole]

P: Frank Peretti I have read 4 of his books.

[Tweedledum]

Q
Sheila Quigley
Thorn In My Side
Author of The Holy Island Trilogy among other things.

[Dhanaraj]

R.Marilynne Robinson - Gilead. A fantastic book.

[Tweedledum]

Dhanaraj wrote: "R.Marilynne Robinson - Gilead. A fantastic book."

I was just wondering whether to cull this from my unread books shelf..... Perhaps I should hang onto it!

[Dhanaraj]

A fantastic book and if you are a believer you would love it all the more. Or else. the book may not appeal to you. This is my review of it and hope it might help you in deciding. The link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leslie]

Tweedledum wrote: "Dhanaraj wrote: "R.Marilynne Robinson - Gilead. A fantastic book."

I was just wondering whether to cull this from my unread books shelf..... Perhaps I should hang o..."

Although I am not a believer, I also thought that Gilead was a great book. I'd say hang on to it for a while longer...

[Leslie]

S: Saki - Reginald, The Unbearable Bassington, The Westminster Alice

[Tweedledum]

Dhanaraj wrote: "A fantastic book and if you are a believer you would love it all the more. Or else. the book may not appeal to you. This is my review of it and hope it might help you in deciding. The link: https:/..."

Thanks for signposting me to your review Dhanaraj. You have definitely raised my interest!

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T: Leo Tolstoy--Anna Karenina

[Leslie]

U: John Updike - (in honor of his birthday, discussed in 'Today in Literary History') The Witches of Eastwick, Rabbit, Run, etc.

[Dhanaraj]

Tweedledum wrote: "Dhanaraj wrote: "A fantastic book and if you are a believer you would love it all the more. Or else. the book may not appeal to you. This is my review of it and hope it might help you in deciding. ..."

I wish you to have a good time with the book, Tweedledum.

[LauraT]

V: Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April
I loved this book!!! It makes you long for spring with all your heart and soul!!!

[Maggie]

W: Sarah Waters - Fingersmith (I've loved all of her books and can't wait for her new one later in the year).

[Leslie]

Skipping X... anyone have a Y last name?

[Tweedledum]

Hello folks

I have an X and Y!

X

Qiu Xiaolong

Death of a Red Heroine
First in a series set in Shanghai.

[Tweedledum]

Y
Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave
The latest YA phenomenon. Film rights have already been sold!

[Leslie]

Z: Roger Zelazny - sci fi author

[LauraT]

A: Simonetta Agnello Hornby - Interesting Italian writer; I've recently read La monaca

[Maggie]

B: Pat Barker Regeneration - great writer.

[Nicole]

C: Willa Cather I read My Antonia I thought it was just okay.

[Leslie]

D: Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I have only read Notes from Underground and White Nights and Other Stories (I liked the short stories better!)

[B the BookAddict]

E: Bret Easton Ellis notably American Psycho

[LauraT]

F: Fannie Flagg - I'm about to start I Still Dream About You

[Leslie]

G: Elizabeth George - American author of English mystery series, A Great Deliverance, Well-Schooled in Murder, etc.

[B the BookAddict]

H: Jane Hamilton author of the brilliant A Map of the World, A Thousand Acres and others.

[B the BookAddict]

I: Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel

[LauraT]

J: Ernst Jünger - Sturm Reading now; really moving

[Maggie]

K: Stephen King - anything, love them all!

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L: Jhumpa Lahiri (The Lowland, a well-received book, though I didn't like it that much.)