A book by an author who uses a pseudonym

[Juanita]

Mark Twain. Robert Galbraith. Elena Ferrante. Very cool category IMO.

[poshpenny]

Dr. Seuss
Lewis Carroll
John le Carré
George Orwell
George Eliot
Ellery Queen
O. Henry
Lemony Snicket
Pseudonymous Bosch
Richard Bachman
Sapphire
Rhys Bowen

[Booklover]

For this category do we read the pseudonym, or can we choose either?

[poshpenny]

It's worded pretty openly so I imagine you could do either, but I'm going to go with the pseudonym.

[Kirsten]

John Banville writes as Benjamin Black

[Juanita]

I didn't know John le Carré was a pseudonym! I always learn the coolest stuff from this group.

[Nadine in NY]

It doesn't say you have to read the pseudonymous work. I'm about to finish all of Robert Galbraith's books, so I'm planning to read J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy for this one. Unless she comes out w/ another Robert Galbraith book in 2017, then I'm all over that one!

[Lindi]

Nadine wrote: "It doesn't say you have to read the pseudonymous work. I'm about to finish all of Robert Galbraith's books, so I'm planning to read J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy for this one. U..."

I'm planning to read the unreleased Cormoran Strike for this! I'm trying to fill the prompts with as many books on my TBR that I can. So if it doesn't end up getting released next year I'll probably go with something by Mark Twain.

[Marilyn]

Middlemarch by George Eliot was my first thought. IF I get too bogged down in that one, I'll go with Mark Twain. There have been some great suggestions here.

[Katie]

I read Middlemarch this year. Definitely long, but excellent!

Mark Twain is an excellent idea. I was planning on something by Sophie Kinsella, but now I'm thinking I'll change my mind.

[Margie]

If you like romantic suspense there's Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle.

[Fannie]

Robin Hobb

[Kirsten]

Here is a LARGE list of authors and the names they write under:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

[Dani]

any of the Brontë novels would work for this I think. I think I'm doing Agnes Grey or maybe The Cuckoo's Calling because Rowling is life

[Nadine in NY]

Dani wrote: "any of the Brontë novels would work for this I think. I think I'm doing Agnes Grey or maybe The Cuckoo's Calling because Rowling is life "

Read it! The Cuckoo's Calling was so much better than I expected it to be.

[Megan]

There's a lot of authors that I didn't know was a pseudonym. Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym! My mind was blown! Going to leave this one open so later on I have a little leeway with it.

[Charlotte]

I am also going with The Cuckoo's Calling. I don't tend to read that genre of book but I love J.K. Rowling so now I have a reason to.

[Lindi]

Charlotte wrote: "I am also going with The Cuckoo's Calling. I don't tend to read that genre of book but I love J.K. Rowling so now I have a reason to."

I'm currently on the third one and I love it!!

[Juliebean]

I had no idea Sophie Kinsella was a pseudonym. I have Wedding Night on my Kindle, unread. I shall pencil that in! I'm not crazy about the Shopaholic series, but liked The Undomestic Goddess and Twenties Girl.

[Megan]

Julie wrote: "I had no idea Sophie Kinsella was a pseudonym. I have Wedding Night on my Kindle, unread. I shall pencil that in! I'm not crazy about the Shopaholic series, but liked"

Wedding Night was good. I've Got Your Number is my favorite of hers though! I highly recommend!

[Juliebean]

Megan wrote: "Julie wrote: "I had no idea Sophie Kinsella was a pseudonym. I have Wedding Night on my Kindle, unread. I shall pencil that in! I'm not crazy about the Shopaholic series, but liked"..."

You're not going to believe this - but I have that one too. I tend to buy too many on the 1.99/2.99 sales. That's why I love these challenges. It helps me to read what I already own. I'd say I'll be able to do 3/4ths of this year's challenge with books I've already got. :)

I WON'T - because new books that I see in suggestions will be too tempting. But I will do a lot of them!

[Marianne]

JD Robb or John Sandford

[Sharmon]

I love the Comoran Strike series but I have the third one slotted for December 2016 and I am not sure if the fourth will be out in 2017, so I am going to slot Sophie Kinsella's I've Got Your Number for this. I haven't read her for a while and can use this for a different challenge. (love it when I can double up challenges in different book clubs especially Catch-up Challenges for books I never got to.)

[Shannon]

I'm going to read Death Note: L, Change the World because I enjoy the Death Note manga.

[Tara]

I read the first cormoran strike one last year so I plan on reading another in the series for this prompt.

[Marie]

Seanan McGuire is Mira Grant One of my favorite authors, highly recommended. Feed is amazing.

Meg Cabot is also Jenny Carroll. She wrote Shadowland. They have been republished under Meg Cabot, but you can still find older copies with Jenny Carroll listed as the author.

Kim Harrison is also Dawn Cook. The Decoy Princess is a fun fantasy.

[Brenna]

Lindi wrote: "Nadine wrote: "It doesn't say you have to read the pseudonymous work. I'm about to finish all of Robert Galbraith's books, so I'm planning to read J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy ..."

Me too!! I really hope it comes out this year.

[Cindy]

Anne Rice & Dean Koontz are two of my favorite authors who have also written under other names.

[Lindi]

Brenna wrote: "Me too!! I really hope it comes out this year."

I literally can't wait for it! I hope J.K. hurries up ;)

[Tami]

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
No one knows the author's name, but I read she was outed recently.

[Siobhan]

I kinda suggested this prompt, but in my original post I was actually trying to suggest two different prompts that could both fall under this prompt:
1) Authors like George Eliot, who only use a pseudonym
2) Authors like Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant and JKR/Robert Galbraith, who use pseudonyms for different genres.
IDK what my book is going to be yet (I'm expecting to get a stack of books @ the end of the year), but I think either 1 or 2 works for the given prompt.

[Marisa]

Julie wrote: "I had no idea Sophie Kinsella was a pseudonym. I have Wedding Night on my Kindle, unread. I shall pencil that in! I'm not crazy about the Shopaholic series, but liked The Undo..."</i>

That is awesome! I am either going to read [book:I've Got Your Number or The Undomestic Goddess for this prompt!

[Kathy]

Ruth Rendell also writes under the name Barbara Vine, so I'll be trying A Dark-Adapted Eye.

[Malaraa]

I've recommended some of these elsewhere, but they all double as pseudonym choices. :)

James S.A. Corey Leviathan Wakes (also 2 people)

Kate Elliott Black Wolves (also 800+)

Lee Harris The Good Friday Murder (also holiday)

[Angela]

Nora Roberts writes as JD Robb
Jayne Ann Krentz writes as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle

[poshpenny]

Agatha Christie sometimes wrote as Mary Westmacott

The Mary Westmacott Collection

[Jo]

Fannie wrote: "Robin Hobb"

Robin Hobb is one of my very favourite authors and I'd completely forgotten she uses a pseudonym, so thank you, Fannie! I haven't read the Rain Wild books so I'll use the first one of those for this.

Ilona Andrews would also work for this (or for the multiple authors prompt - it's the name that a husband and wife duo uses). Their 'Innkeeper' books are short and loads of fun :)

[Stephen]

I don't know if this would count (opinions?). Stephen Fry didn't publish pseudonymously, but I've heard that when he submitted his fiction to publishers he used a pseudonym so he wouldn't be judged based on his comedy career.

Joe Hill is Stephen King's son (and very good in his own right)
Marie Brennan
Benjamin Franklin often used a pseudonym

[Jennie]

Stephen wrote: "I don't know if this would count (opinions?). Stephen Fry didn't publish pseudonymously, but I've heard that when he submitted his fiction to publishers he used a pseudonym so he wou..."

I just discovered that Joe Hill was a pen name.... so this'll give me an excuse to finally get Horns off my list!

[Caity]

If you're into indie books and urban fantasy, paranormal romance, weird dystopia, etc. you can look into RJ Blain/Trillian Anderson. Her books are FUN. I may use one of hers for this task since I own almost all of them but haven't read them all.

[Stina]

poshpenny wrote: "Agatha Christie sometimes wrote as Mary Westmacott

The Mary Westmacott Collection"

I've never read any of them, so Giant's Bread is one of the first books I'll be reading in January.

[Rebecca]

Rosamond Smith is better known as Joyce Carol Oates.

[Nikki]

Margie wrote: "If you like romantic suspense there's Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle."
Or the late, great queen of romantic suspense, Barbara Michaels (Barbara Mertz) who also wrote historical Egyptian mysteries as Elizabeth Peters.

[Nikki]

I think I'm going to bite the bullet and finally read Middlemarch -- or in fact, listen to it. I'll probably wait till summer as I generally listen while walking the dog and longer summer walks will help me get through the 32+ hours -- it worked great for Les Miserables a couple of years ago. Also, it's been in my audiobook library since March 2012!

[Ashley]

Jennie wrote: "Stephen wrote: "I don't know if this would count (opinions?). Stephen Fry didn't publish pseudonymously, but I've heard that when he submitted his fiction to publishers he used a pse..."

Ah, LOVED "Horns"! I hope you enjoy it!!

[Nazeerah]

Sophie Kinsella / Madeline Wickham. Very humorous author.

[Karen]

Cassandra Clare is a pseudonym, if you like her books.

[Emma]

Gosh, didn't know Elena Ferrante was a pseudonym- delighted I can read the next Neapolitan novel for this!

[CarleyB]

The Mary Westmacott Collection - Agatha Christie
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - A.N. Roquelaure

[Christophe]

One obvious choice for this prompt: La vie devant soi by Emile Ajar/Romain Gary. It was written by Romain Gary and published under the pseudonym of Emile Ajar. It then won the most prestigious French litterary award, the Prix Goncourt, which Romain Gary had already one - and which is not supposed to be awarded to the same author twice. This created a pretty big stir at the time, so much so that the novel itself has been sort of overlooked.