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An Author's Works Challenge - 2018
AN AUTHOR'S WORKS CHALLENGE - 2018Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
Author: Shakespeare
1. The Tempest
2. Henry V
3. Much Ado About Nothing
4. Twelfth Night
5. The Taming of the Shrew
6. As You Like It
7. Coriolanus
8. Love's Labour's Lost
9. The Merry Wives of Windsor
10. The Rape of Lucrece
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Completed: 0/13
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I'm in for two authors and 12 books. I'll be reading short stories from J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan for its back stories. Plus, I always wanted to read the three books from Robert Galbraith who is really JKR. Rick Riordan
1. The Staff of Serapis
2. The Crown of Ptolemy
3. Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
J.K. Rowling
1. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
2. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
3. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
4. Quidditch Through the Ages: 002
5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Robert Galbraith
1. The Cuckoo's Calling
2. The Silkworm
3. Career of Evil
An Author's Works Challenge - 2018I'm in for 3 authors and 12 books.
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Sebastian Fitzek (2/4)
Amokspiel
Das Paket
Cassandra Clare (4/5)
Clockwork Princess
Linda Castillo (2/3)
Her Last Breath
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I'm in!Shakespeare it is with 6 plays
Starting with Henry V.
I'll try for 10 books from two authors12/10
Deborah Harkness
Series - All Souls Trilogy
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The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life
Author: Johanna Lindsey
Quick, light romances.
1. Defy Not the Heart by Johanna Lindsey
2. The Heir by Johanna Lindsey
3. A Gentle Feuding by Johanna Lindsey
4. The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey
5. A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey
6. Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey
7. The Pursuit by Johanna Lindsey
8. Joining by Johanna Lindsey
I have 6 Jean Auel books on my bookshelf. The Clan of the Cave Bear Finished 1/6/18
The Valley of Horses Finished 1/19/18
The Mammoth Hunters
The Plains of Passage
The Shelters of Stone
The Land of Painted Caves
I am going to read 3 books each for 2 different authors. I will post books after I choose the 2 authors.
Everyone is added to the list.
I'd like to do two authors I really like, Drew Hayes and Gail Carriger. I discovered Drew Hayes last year and fell in love with his writing but I've only read one series by him so far. This year I plan to explore more of his writing.
I've been a fan of Gail Carriger for a few years now but I haven't read some of her newer work.
I want to read 6 new works by Drew Hayes (0/6)
1. Super Powereds: Year 1
2. Super Powereds: Year 2
3. Super Powereds: Year 3
4. NPCs
5. Split the Party
6. Going Rogue
I want to read 6 works by Gail Carriger (0/6)
1. Etiquette & Espionage
2. Curtsies & Conspiracies
3. Waistcoats & Weaponry
4. Manners & Mutiny
5. Prudence
6. Imprudence
0/12
Count me in. 5 Books from 1 author, Arthur Conan Doyle.
An Author's Works ChallengeJan. 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2018
I'll read 3 books from 3 authors
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Author :
Margarita Engle1.
Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words2.
The Firefly Letters3.
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist 4/29 - 30Author :
Derek Landy1.
The Faceless Ones 5/23 - 2. dark days
3. mortal coil
Author :
Adam Hochschild1.
King Leopold's Ghost2.
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–19393.
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918author :
Robert Crais1.
The Wanted 2/23 - 4/162.
Taken3.
author :
Naguib Mahfouz1.
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma 4/1 - 22.
Karnak Café3.
author :
José Eduardo Agualusa1. The Book of Chameleons 4/23 - 25
2. A General Theory of Oblivion 5/5 - 6
Hi, I'd like to join this challenge please!AN AUTHOR'S WORKS CHALLENGE - 2018
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
Progress: 19/18 (of 4 Authors) (Completed)
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
- 1. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- 2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
- 3. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- 4. Outliers: The Story of Success
Author: Richelle Mead
- 1. Succubus Revealed
- 2. The Immortal Crown
- 3. Bloodlines
- 4. The Golden Lily
- 5. The Indigo Spell
Author: James Patterson
- 1. Murder Games
- 2. Along Came a Spider
- 3. The Store
- 4. Kiss the Girls
- 5. Jack & Jill
Author: Rick Riordan
- 1. The Lightning Thief
- 2. The Sea of Monsters
- 3. The Titan's Curse
- 4. The Battle of the Labyrinth
- 5. The Last Olympian
I am definitely picking Ross King - A Canadian Biographer, who has won 2 Governor General Awards and just recently the RBC Taylor Prize for his newest book. Webpage: rosskingbooks.comRoss King's Author Works in publication order:
Domino 1995
Ex-Libris 1998
Brunelleschi's Dome 2000
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling 2002
Judgement of Paris 2006
Machiavelli : Philosopher of Power 2007
Defiant Spirits 2010
Fantasia of Leonardo da Vinci 2010
Leonardo and the Last Supper 2011
Florence - The Paintings and Frescoes co-authored with Anja Grege 2015
Mad Enchantment 20160/11
I love this challenge. Sometimes, when I read an author and really like their books, I go to the used book store and find all the books they have written I can and get them. Don't always get to all of them though! So I am in for 10. Don't know which authors yet.Update 1/17: For my first author I am choosing John Grisham, an author I haven't read since high school. For the popsugar challenge I read his book Calico Joe for a book set in the decade I was born and decided I wanted to read more of his non-legal thriller books. So I am choosing the few of those that exist, his only book of short stories, and a book that is a sort of "prequel" featuring Lucien Wilbanks of "A time to Kill", which is the book that made me love Grisham when I was 16.
1. Calico Joe
2. Playing for Pizza
3. A Painted House
2. Ford County
5. Sycamore Row
6. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
7. The Last Juror
Update 2/20: My second author I am going to do Lisa Genova. She only has 3 books left that I haven't read and one that I just finished. So I am going to do 4 total for her. But I am doing 6 for John Grisham!
1. Every Note Played
2. Left Neglected
3. Inside the O'Briens
4. Love Anthony
Total: 8/11
Hello! I’m in for this challenge. I haven’t chosen my authors yet, but I will choose two for a total of 10 books.
This is right up my alley. I'd like to go for Stephen King. I've read him for about ten years but haven't even scratched the surface. Not sure what I'll read yet other than Needful Things though... and I only know I'll read that because I have a beautiful hardcover edition laying around already.
5 books of Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks
1 Μια στροφή του δρόμου
2 Το τελευταίο τραγούδι
3 Το καταφύγιο της αγάπης
4 Πρόταση γάμου
5 Το πανδοχείο στη Ροδάνθη
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I am in for 6 authors. I am going to use this challenge to spur me on to read more classics.William Shakespeare
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Charles Dickens
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Emile Zola (Rougeon Macquart)
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Toni Morrison
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E.M Foster
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Finished two books so far off my list. :)Rick Riordan (2/3 read)
The Staff of Serapis
Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
I'm in for 5. Louisa May Alcott is the most obvious choice for me so I'll start there.An Author's Works Challenge
Duration: January-December 2018
Completed: 0/5
1. Jo's Boys
2. Eight Cousins
3. Rose in Bloom
4. An Old-Fashioned Girl
5. Jack and Jill
I had picked authors but changed my mind....Rick Riordan
1.The Sea of Monsters 3/15/18
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Jennifer L. Armentrout
1. Don't Look Back2/2/18
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Holly Black
1. The Cruel Prince2/19/18
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Holly Smale
1. Geek Girl2/25/18
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Sarah J. Maas
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Marissa Meyers
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Libba Bray
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Liane Moriarty
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First update of the year posted! Congrats to those of you who have finished your first books.
Hi! I'm interested! My authors are Toni Morrison, Stephen King, Octavia Butler, and Anne Rice! Reading at least three (3) for each! Will edit and add books as I go!UPDATE:
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Stephen King
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Hi, I'm in for five from George Eliot and five from James Baldwin
I am in. I will read at least 5 by Anthony Trollope. I have read 15, mostly his most famous, but I will delve more deeply. Orley Farm is definitely on the list, but after that I am not sure yet. :-)
Im in for 5 from 1 author ive been meaning to try:Agatha Christie
#1 The Mysterious Mr. Quin
#2 Murder on the Orient Express
#3 Destination Unknown
#4 The Hound of Death
#5 Surprise! Surprise!
I would like to join this challenge! I was planning to read Sue Grafton's Alphabet series throughout the year. So I'll commit to the first ten books in the series at least.
I'm going for 7 books by Brandon Sanderson.1.
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson - finished January 1Completed: 1/7
An Author's Works Challenge 2018
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
I'm in for three authors - 3 books each
Completed Books: 0/9
Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Author: Rainbow Rowell
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Author: Sophie Kinsella
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Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
I'm in for three authors - 3 books each
Completed Books: 0/9
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Might as well give this a crack:Put me down for 20 books by 3 authors
Tony Benn:
Years of Hope
Out of the Wilderness
Office Without Power
Against the Tide
Conflicts of Interest
The End of an Era
Free at Last!
More Time for Politics
A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine
Yanis Varoufakis:
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
The Global Minotaur
Europe After the Minotaur
Adults in the Room
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Dominic Sandbrook:
Never Had It So Good
White Heat
State of Emergency
Seasons in the Sun
Mad as Hell
The Great British Dream Factory
I'm in for 6 books: 0/61.) Alyson Noel
- 1. Art Geeks and Prom Queens
- 2. Night Star
- 3. Everlasting
2.) Nicholas Sparks
- 1. See Me
- 2. The Lucky One
- 3. The Guardian
I've decided to change mine to 5 books from one author: Kasie West
Just completed my first book by Kristin Hannah - Distant Shores. An interesting, well-written book about a woman being brave enough to fight for her happiness. Good, complex characters and some nice twists along the way. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars1/10
I'm in for 10 but hope to increase that goal.P.G. Wodehouse
1. My Man Jeeves
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1st week of January is over and four more books read...7/12 books read, 1/2 authors completed
✅ The Crown of Ptolemy
✅ Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
✅ Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
✅ Quidditch Through the Ages: 002
An Author's Works28 completed from 8 authors
Neil Gaiman
1. Trigger Warning - 2/3 ★★★★
2. Stardust - 2/8 ★★★
3. The View from the Cheap Seats - 3/5 ★★★★
4. Neverwhere - 3/14 ★★★★
5. American Gods - 3/17 ★★★
6. Coraline - 3/23 ★★★
7. Fragile Things - 4/5 ★★★★
Mary Roach
1. Gulp - 1/12 ★★★★★
2. Grunt - 1/22 ★★★★
3. Stiff - 4/11 ★★★★
4. Spook - 5/5 ★★★★
M.R. Carey/Mike Carey
1. The Boy on the Bridge - 1/25 ★★★★★
2. Fellside - 2/24 ★★★★
3. The Devil You Know - 4/7 ★★★★
Terry Pratchett
1. A Slip of the Keyboard - 2/7 ★★★★
2. Going Postal - 2/18 ★★★★★
3. Guards! Guards! - 3/3 ★★★★
Oliver Sacks
1. The River of Consciousness - 2/16 ★★★
2. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - 3/15 ★★★★
3. A Leg to Stand On - 3/29 ★★★★
Bret Easton Ellis
1. American Psycho - 3/2 ★★★★★
2. The Rules of Attraction - 4/8 ★★
3. Glamorama - 4/30 ★★★
John Wyndham
1. The Day of the Triffids - 3/24 ★★★★★
2. Trouble with Lichen - 4/22 ★★★★
3. The Midwich Cuckoos - 5/10 ★★★
Ursula K. Le Guin
1. The Wave in the Mind - 5/19 ★★★★★
2. Very Far Away from Anywhere Else - 5/24 ★★★★
updated progress on msg 70. 1/5 books done.
Kadijah- I am doing 6 books not 50. I am # 58 on the message board. Thanks,
Leona
Hi moderators! I'm Peter/Eddy, and I'd LOVE to do this challenge, since my method of reading is quite of this accord.I'll be reading these writers for now (below) that I want to explore more thoroughly in 2018. I'll count the texts I've read in 2018 retroactively.
4/12 authors, 24/60 texts
- Albert Camus
1. A Happy Death
2. The Plague
3. Exile and the Kingdom
4. The Myth of Sisyphus
5. The Fall
- George Orwell
1. Down and Out in Paris and London
2. Homage to Catalonia
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- Aldous Huxley
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- Virginia Woolf
1. Mrs. Dalloway
2. The Waves
3. To the Lighthouse
4. Orlando
5. Night and Day
- George Eliot
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- Joseph Conrad
1. Heart of Darkness
2. The Nigger of the Narcissus
3. Almayer's Folly
4. The Outcast of the Islands
5. The Rescue
- Søren Kierkegaard
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- Franz Kafka
1. The Judgement
2. The Hunger Artist
3. A Country Doctor
4. The Trial
5. In the Penal Colony
- Margaret Atwood
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- Charles Baudelaire
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- Jean-Paul Sartre
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- T.S.Eliot
1. Four Quartets
2. Gerontion
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Updated message 61/5
Stephen King
1-11-18
I have updated the challenge. Welcome to all the new members.
2025 Reading Challenge
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Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018
I'm in for one author - 5 books
Author: Joshilyn Jackson
1. My Own Miraculous read 1/6/2018
2. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming read 1/19/2018
3. Backseat Saints read 3/18/2017
4. Between, Georgia read 7/12/2018
5. Gods in Alabama read 9/20/2018
5/5 Challenge completed!