35 - A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter

[Sara]

Kevin Kwan

That's all I've got! Who else??

[Anabell]

Rick Riordan

Edit: Just remembered that ATY 2018 had the same prompt so totally copied their suggestions. Hope it is okay!?

- A: Amy Alward, Amanda Ashby, Ania Ahlborn, Aravind Adiga, Adi Alsaid, Anita Anand.

- B: Bernard Beckett, Brené Brown, Bill Bryson, Brit Bennett, Brett Battles, Ben Blatt, Bill Buford, Belinda Bauer.

- C: Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Clarke, Catherine Coulter, Caleb Carr, Chris Cleave, Cathrina Constantine, Colin Cotterill, Carol Cassella, Clive Cussler, Caela Carter, Caroline B. Cooney, Chelsea M. Cameron, Cora Carmack, Craig Childs.

- D: Debra Driza, Daniel Defoe, Don DeLillo, Delilah S. Dawson, Dominic Dromgoole.

- E-F: Elizabeth Eulberg, Emily Evans, Eleanor Estes, Emily Eden, Elizabeth Eisenstein, Fannie Flagg, F. Scott Fitzgerald.

- G: Günther Grass, Graham Greene, Gregory Galloway, Germaine Greer.

- H: Hayden Herrera, Helene Hanff, Helen Humphries, Hazel Holt, Hermann Hesse, Heinrich Harrer, Harry Harrison, Hannah Harrington.

- I-J-K-L: James Joyce, Joshilyn Jackson, Jill Jonnes, Jonas Jonasson, J.R. Johansson, John H. Johnson, Kody Keplinger, Ken Kesey, Katie Kitamura, Lois Lowry, Laura Lippman, Lisa Lutz.

- M: Marissa Meyer, Mary Alice Monroe, Michael Moorcock, Melanie Mühl, Morgan Matson, Mia McKenzie, Meg Medina, Michael Moss, Mary McCarthy, Mindy McGinnis, Molly Guptill Manning, Mathias Malzieu, Mary Kay McComas, Megan Miranda, Melita Maschmann, Mark Monmonier, Michelle Moran.

- N-O-P-Q: Naomi Novik, Olaf Olafsson, Per Petterson, Philip Pullman, Phaedra Patrick.

- R: Rick Riordan, Robin Roe, Rainbow Rowell, Richard Russo, Ransom Riggs, Ruth Reichel.

- S: Samanta Schweblin, Scott B. Smith, Sherri L. Smith, Scott Snyder, Sheryl Sandberg, Samantha Shannon, Susan Sontag, Stacy Schiff, Samuel Shem, Sam Shepard, Shalanda Stanley, Sarah Strohmeyer, Sara Saedi, Susan Sontag, Steve Silberman, Sonia Shah.

- T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z: Tony Tulathimutte, Victor Villaseñor, Vernor Vinge, Wendy Wunder, Weike Wang, Wil Wheaton.

[El]

Jerome K. Jerome

[Josie]

Philip Pullman

[The Chapter Conundrum (Stacey)]

Rainbow Rowell
Marissa Meyer
Naomi Novik
Madeline Miller
Helen Hoang
Kimberly Karalius
Bree Barton

[Edie]

Ron Rash Serena is a favorite read of mine.

[Linda]

Monica McInerney is one of my favorite authors.

[Katy]

Sidney Sheldon.

[Alisia]

Megan Miranda
Brené Brown

[Theresa]

My resource is the author index here www.fantasticfiction.com

Just pick a letter and start scrolling.

[Sarah]

If you life mystery/suspense books, I recommend Ruth Rendell for this prompt. I also like Frederick Forsyth books.

[Spring]

John Jakes

[Nullifidian]

Bjørnsterne Bjørnson
Maurice Maeterlinck
Ford Madox Ford
Walt Whitman

[Yuval]

Going to read one of Ransom Riggs's books.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Louis L'Amour for classic westerns

Marissa Meyer for the Lunar Chronicles, or other YA

Mindy McGinnis for YA

Heather Hildenbrand for YA dystopian

Steven Stickler for middle grade

Rousas John Rushdoony for Christian nonfiction

Jerome K. Jerome for classic humor

Hannah Hurnard for classic Christian YA

F. Scott Fitzgerald for classics

Chris Claremont for classic X-Men comics

I may go with The Grave Winner by Lindsey R. Loucks

or

Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen by Hannah Howard

[Nadine in NY]

I think this is finally the year I read Serena by Ron Rash. I usually love Marissa Meyer but I'm not super enthusiastic about Archenemies, so I don't know. Ron Rash is looking pretty good.

[Denise]

I MIGHT read The Line Painter by Claire Cameron. I discovered her while researching a 2018 prompt, but didn't end up reading her book. She is also Canadian (I'm Canadian, but so many authors that I read are American, so it's a nice break when someone isn't American)

[Jennifer]

I have 3 Naomi Novik books on by shelf to read.

But! I love Wendy Webb and she has a brand new book out The Daughters of the Lake that I will save for this challenge. I highly recommend all of her books, I love ❤️ them!!

[Rachel]

Anthony Adeane - Out of Thin Air: The Peculiar Story of Iceland's Most Infamous Criminal Cases

Lisa Lutz - The Passenger

Martin McKenzie-Murray - A Murder Without Motive: The Killing of Rebecca Ryle

Philip Pullman -The Amber Spyglass

Susie Steiner - Missing, Presumed

[Corinna]

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan is on my TBR list.

[Tracy]

Jennifer wrote: "I have 3 Naomi Novik books on by shelf to read.

But! I love Wendy Webb and she has a brand new book out The Daughters of the Lake that I will save for this challenge. I highly recommend ...her..."


So funny, I've never heard of her but this was my kindle first pick this month so it was the first book I came across in my search. Glad to hear that someone loves her!!

My other thought is See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt ( about Lizzy Borden).

I've already exhausted Ransom Riggs and I love Cassandra Clare but I can't restart her series this year, I have too many others I already am throwing around.

[VanesGirl]

Lora Leigh for a little bit steam :-)

[Jenny]

I think I will reading Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer. I've been wanting to get to the series for awhile.

[Shannon]

I think I will go for the second in the Temeraire series Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik.

[Summer]

I've had Holy Cow by David Duchovny on my TBR for a while, and it's a short one! I think he also wrote a book about baseball, but I've never read it.

[poshpenny]

Chris Colfer's The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell: Book 1 series is very popular. I might try one. Or the next Peregrine. Maybe.

[Dani]

If you’re keeping up with the series, Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth is speculated to be released in 2019

[Johanne]

Michael Morpurgo
Homer Hickam

[Rachael]

I'm going to scour my previous/current Popsugar and Book Riot lists for author suggestions

Ken Kesey
Daphne du Maurier (that probably doesn't count though)
Mark Millar
Adi Alsaid
Philip Pullman
Sathnam Sanghera
Jonas Jonasson
Cassandra Clare
Chris Colfer
Rainbow Rowell
Romina Russell
Kevin Kwan
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ransom Riggs
Bill Bryson
Magnus Magnusson
Randy Ribay

[Rachael]

Personally I am finally going to get round to reading The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, my brother gave it to me a couple of years ago and I have still not got to it

[Johanne]

I am tempted to go with the Danish author Helle Helle, because that´s beautiful for this, right?

[Chrissi]

Some suggestions from my GR shelves:

Little Bee, Everyone Brave is Forgiven-Chris Cleave
Mr. Rochester-Sarah Shoemaker
Crazy Rich Asians-Kevin Kwan
Eleanor & Park-Rainbow Rowell
Number One Chinese Restaurant-Lillian Li
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer-Michelle McNamara
84, Charing Cross Road-Helene Hanff
The Boy on the Wooden Box-Leon Leyson
At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Notes from a Small Island- or anything by Bill Bryson
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper-Phaedra Patrick
The Two-Family House-Lynda Cohen Loigman
The Giver- or other Lois Lowry titles

[Brittany]

I'm doing 2 year long challenges next year and trying not to overlap, so I won't have too much extra time to read outside of prompts. I really wanted to read Miss Ex-Yugoslavia: A Memoir and luckily it fits here as the author is Sofija Stefanovic

[Kenya]

Going with Radix by A.A. Attanasio

[Carrie]

I'll be reading Next Year in Havana for this one. I'm glad I was able to find a prompt for this one (written by Chanel Cleeton) because I've heard such great things about it.

[Rachelnyc]

Carrie wrote: "I'll be reading Next Year in Havana for this one. I'm glad I was able to find a prompt for this one (written by Chanel Cleeton) because I've heard such great things about it."

Oh yeah! This has been high on my list since I first heard about it. Washington Black is another one I really want to get to so I am now no longer dreading this prompt!

[Tina]

I'll be going with Rainbow Rowell or Cassandra Clare or Marissa Meyer or Sidney Sheldon.. :)

[Lindi]

I'll pick between The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson or The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.

[Christie]

Brene Brown is also an option if you want non-fiction for a read.

[Ingrid]

I recently discovered author Pierre Pevel who writes "historical fantasy" (Les lames du Cardinal are summarized by the author himself as "Cloak-and-dagger but with dragons and Cardinal Richelieu"). I really enjoyed The Cardinal's Blades even if I don't usually read fantasy. It is very well-done, credible, and the fantasy is integrated in a very realistic fashion into the historical background. I plan on reading another series of his (Wielstadt) that can fit two other prompts and for once, I see on Goodreads that the Cardinal blades series has been translated in English if you guys are curious! Greetings from France :-)

[Juliebean]

I haven't seen anyone mention Aziz Ansari. I know he was on the Goodreads Choice list one year.

[Megan]

At Home: A Short History of Private Life is my choice.

[Suaad (I just want a cat)]

Some authors from my TBR shelve

George Grossmith
Lois Lowry
Mark Manson (non-fiction)
Madeline Miller
Natasha Ngan
Naomi Novik
Roxie Rivera (erotica writer)
Scott Stossel (non-fiction)

[Lynna]

George Gissing

[jaadhimalli]

Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew lives for a day

[Kym]

Here's my 2 pence worth...

Ayobami Adebayo
Stay with Me - on my TBR list

Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles - loved this Circe - on my TBR list

Bill Bryson - loved both of these, lots of other books by him too
Notes from a Small Island
Down Under

Graham Greene
The Quiet American - read, quite good

Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind - classic, great read

Michelle Magorian
Goodnight Mister Tom - beautiful read

Andre Agassi's biography Open


Also lots of easy-reading "oldie-but-goodie" titles available by these authors:
Clive Cussler (author)
Frederick Forsyth
Sidney Sheldon
Barbara Taylor Bradford

Hope this helps :-)

[SadieReadsAgain]

On my physical shelves I have
Suhayl Saadi (The Burning Mirror)
Günter Grass (My Century)
Bella Bathurst (Special)
Beryl Bainbridge (Harriet Said...)

[Paju]

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman is my choice! I was going to start reading it soon anyway!

[Erin]

André Aciman's books are all FANTASTIC, and Call Me By Your Name is one of the books that had the biggest influence on me as I was struggling to figure myself out as a teenager.

BUT since I'm trying not to do re-reads, I'm going to do La Belle Sauvage because I never got around to it when it first came out, and His Dark Materials is one of my favorite trilogies of all time!

[Tabitha]

Jennifer wrote: "I have 3 Naomi Novik books on by shelf to read.

But! I love Wendy Webb and she has a brand new book out The Daughters of the Lake that I will save for this challenge. I highly recommend all of her..."

Ohhh you just reminded me that I bought Daughter of the Lake awhile back. That'll be my task choice.