The Big Author ABC Challenge

[Frankie]

THE BIG AUTHOR ABC CHALLENGE
Date: September 7, 2020, Open

[jingles]

Welcome to the challenge, Frankie!!

[Kerry]

THE BIG AUTHOR CHALLENGE
Open
Start Date: September 1, 2020 - End Date: ??????

✱A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter A.
✱B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter B.
✱C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter C.
✱D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter D.
✱E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.

[Kerry]

✱F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.
✱G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.
✱H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.
✱I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.
✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.

[Kerry]

✱K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K.
✱L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.
✱M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.
✱N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.
✱O - Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.

[Kerry]

✱P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.
✱Q - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.
✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.
✱S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.
✱T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.

[Kerry]

✱U - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.
✱V - Read 5 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter V.
✱W - Read 4 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter W.
✱X - Read 3 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter X.
✱Y - Read 2 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Y.
✱Z - Read 1 book by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Z.

[jingles]

Great to see you, Kerry! Welcome to the challenge!!

[Tammie]

✱A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter A.
✱B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter B.
✱C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter C.
✱D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter D.
✱E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.
✱F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.
✱G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.
✱H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.
✱I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.
✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.
✱K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K.
✱L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.
✱M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.
✱N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.
✱O - Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.
✱P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.
✱Q - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.
✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.
✱S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.
✱T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.
✱U - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.
✱V - Read 5 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter V.
✱W - Read 4 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter W.
✱X - Read 3 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter X.
✱Y - Read 2 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Y.
✱Z - Read 1 book by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Z

[Tammie]

A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter

B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter


C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter


D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter.

[Tammie]

✱E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.
✱F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.
✱G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.
✱H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.
✱I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.
✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.
✱K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K. The Sign of the Twisted Candlesby Carolyn Keene 9/28
✱L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.
✱M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.
Deep Harbor By Fern Michaels 10/5
vampires academy by richelle mead 10/19

[Tammie]

N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.
✱O - Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.
✱P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.
✱Q - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.
✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.
10/19
✱S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.
✱T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.
✱U - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.
✱V - Read 5 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter V.
✱W - Read 4 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter W.
✱X - Read 3 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter X.
✱Y - Read 2 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Y.
✱Z - Read 1 book by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Z

[Tammie]

9/28

10/5

[jingles]

Welcome, Tammie!

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THE BIG AUTHOR ABC CHALLENGE
Date: 10/15/20 to ...

✔✱A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter A.
(view spoiler)[1. Alfred Lansing/Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 10/25/20 4.5☆
2. Amy Stewart/Dear Miss Kopp 11/10/20 3.5☆
3. Alex Dalton/A View from the Mountain 11/24/20 2.75☆
4. Robbie Arnott/The Rain Heron 12/13/20 4☆
5. Allen Eskens/The Guise of Another 1/13/21 2.5☆
6. Andy Charman/Crow Court 1/15/21 2.5☆
7. Hala Alyan/The Arsonists' City 1/27/21 3☆
8. Andrew J. Graff/Raft of Stars 2/5/21 4☆
9. Arturo Pérez-Reverte/The Flanders Panel 2/12/21 2☆
10. Alice McDermott/The Ninth Hour 3/10/21 2☆
11. Ann Patchett/The Dutch House 3/14/21 2☆
12. Ann Shin/The Last Exiles 3/23/21 3.75☆
13. Alan Bradley/I Am Half-Sick of Shadows 4/27/21 3☆
14. Alan Brennert/Moloka'i 5/3/21 3.75☆
15. Alan Richardson/Hello, Cupcake 5/7/21 5☆
16. Lisa Angle/Whiskey and Old Stogies 5/22/21 4.25☆
17. Amanda Skenandore/The Second Life of Mirielle West 6/14/21 2.75☆
18. Amy Stewart/Miss Kopp Investigates 6/18/21 4☆
19. Addison Armstrong The Light of Luna Park 6/19/21 3☆
20. Anthony Doerr/Cloud Cuckoo Land 8/9/21 2☆
21. A.J. West/The Spirit Engineer 8/30/21 4☆
22. Elizabeth Acevedo/Clap When You Land 11/19/21 3☆
23. Leah Angstman/Out Front the Following Sea 12/1/21 3.75☆
24. The Stranger/Albert Camus 12/14/21 4☆
25. Laurie Halse Anderson/Ashes 11/25/21 4☆
26. Arthur Conan Doyle/A Study in Scarlet 12/16/21 3☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter B.
(view spoiler)[1. Blake Crouch/Snow Bound 10/29/20 2☆
2. Leo W. Banks/Champagne Cowboys 11/3/20 4☆
3. Pearl S. Buck/East Wind: West Wind: The Saga of a Chinese Family 11/4/20 3.5☆
4. Melanie Benjamin/The Children's Blizzard 11/13/20 3☆
5. Russell Banks/Foregone: A Novel 11/14/20 2☆
6. Mary Behan/A Measured Thread 12/3/20 2.75☆
7. Greg Bear/The Unfinished Land 12/17/20 2.5☆
8. Larry Brown/Joe 1/8/21 4☆
9. Barbara Taylor Bradford/Master of His Fate 1/11/21 2☆
10. Nevada Barr/Track of the Cat 1/14/21 2☆
11. Joseph Bottum/Dakota Christmas 1/22/21 2☆
12. Biddy Wells/Scrabble in the Afternoon 2/23/21 2.75☆
13. Bob Drury/Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier 3/10/21 2.75☆
14. Barb Lanell/They Fly Silent 4/11/21 2.5☆
15. Kerry Barrett/The Secrets of Thistle Cottage 5/15/21 2☆
16. Justine Bothwick/In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced 5/20/21 2.75☆
17. Bethany W Pope/The Hungry and the Lost 6/3/21 2☆
18. Nickolas Butler/Godspeed 6/11/21 2.75☆
19. Alan Bradley/Speaking from Among the Bones 6/18/21 2.75☆
20. Kim Taylor Blakemore/After Alice Fell 7/1/21 3☆
21. C.J. Box/Open Season 7/22/21 3.75☆
22. Bernhard Schlink/Olga 8/5/21 2.75☆
23. Lou Berney/November Road 10/1/21 3.75☆
24. Sandra Brown/Rainwater 10/10/21 3.25
25. C.J. Box/Savage Run 10/21/21 3.25☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter C.
(view spoiler)[1. Chris Harding Thornton/Pickard County Atlas: A Novel 11/6/20 4☆
2. Celeste Ng/Little Fires Everywhere 11/22/20 3☆
3. C.M. Oslund/Deadman's Stagecoach 12/2/20 3☆
4. Cornell Woolrich/The Bride Wore Black 12/5/20 3.25☆
5. Catherine C. Heywood/Ground Sweet as Sugar 12/8/20 2.75☆
6. Christina Baker Kline/The Exiles 12/14/20 3.25☆
7. Tracy Chevalier/The Last Runaway 12/27/20 3☆
8. Megan Chance/A Splendid Ruin 1/6/21 2.75☆
9. Carol Edgarian/Vera 1/17/21 3.25☆
10. Chris Whitaker/We Begin at the End 1/19/21 3.75☆
11. Christopher M. Struck/8: A Song for the Peach Tree In My Master's Garden 1/30/21 2.25☆
12. Carys Davies/West 3/6/21 2☆
13. Willa Cather/Death Comes for the Archbishop (Annotated Edition) 3/24/21 2.75☆
14. Craig Johnson/Next to Last Stand 3/27/21 3☆
15. Carlos Ruiz Zafón/The Shadow of the Wind 5/12/21 3☆
16. Michael Connelly/The Black Echo 5/26/21 4☆
17. Lisa Childs/The "I Love My Instant Pot®" Cooking for One Recipe Book: From Chicken and Wild Rice Soup to Sweet Potato Casserole with Brown Sugar Pecan Crust, 175 Easy and Delicious Single-Serving Recipes 6/4/21 4☆
18. Michael Connelly/The Black Ice 7/8/21 4☆
19. Charlotte McConaghy/Migrations 7/11/21 3.75☆
20. Christine Carbo/The Wild Inside 7/23/21 2.75☆
21. Tracy Chevalier/The Virgin Blue 7/27/21 2.75☆
22. Carson McCullers/The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 8/17/21 2.75☆
23. Diane Chamberlain/Necessary Lies 8/20/21 3.75☆
24. Claire Oshetsky/Chouette 8/23/21 3☆ (hide spoiler)]

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✔✱D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter D.
(view spoiler)[1. Robert Dugoni/The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell 10/28/20 3.25☆
2. Doris Lessing/The Grass Is Singing 11/11/20 1☆
3. Tatiana de Rosnay/Flowers of Darkness 12/26/20 2.75☆
4. Emma Donoghue/Frog Music 1/18/21 4☆
5. Sean Dietrich/The Incredible Winston Browne 1/26/21 3.75☆
6. Marjorie DeLuca/The Savage Instinct 1/29/21 3.75☆
7. Dewey Lambdin/What Lies Buried: A Novel of Old Cape Fear 2/11/21 2.5☆
8. David Loux/Chateau Laux 2/19/21 3.25☆
9. Jasmin Darznik/The Bohemians 3/9/21 3.75☆
10. David R. Davis/The Unusual Man 4/2/21 4☆
11. Julia Drosten/The Girl with the Golden Scissors 4/3/21 2.5☆
12. Deborah Goodrich Royce/Ruby Falls 4/16/21 4.25☆
13. Sandra Dallas/Alice's Tulips 9/8/21 3.75☆
14. Dianne K. Salerni/The Caged Graves 10/17/21 4☆
15. Emma Donoghue/Room 12/18/21 1.5☆
16. Daphne du Maurier/My Cousin Rachel 12/19/21 4.25☆
17. David Housewright/A Hard Ticket Home 12/8/21 3.25☆
18. Donna Everhart/The Saints of Swallow Hill 12/22/21 3.25☆
19. Edwidge Danticat/The Farming of Bones 12/24/21 3.25☆
20. David Rhodes/Driftless 12/23/21 2.75☆
21. Kate DiCamillo/The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread 12/27/21 3.75☆
22. Dorothy L. Sayers/Whose Body? 12/28/21 2☆
23. Lindsey Davis/The Ides of April 2/17/22 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.
(view spoiler)[1. Emily English Medley/From the Moon I Watched Her 11/22/20 4.25☆
2. Erina Reddan/The Serpent's Skin 1/13/21 2.75☆
3. Walter Echo-Hawk/The Sea of Grass: A Family Tale from the American Heartland 2/3/21 1.5☆
4. Louise Erdrich/The Night Watchman 3/6/21 3.75☆
5. Eleanor Morse/Margreete's Harbor 4/4/21 3.75☆
6. P.D. Eastman/Are You My Mother? 4/11/21 5☆
7. Louise Erdrich/Love Medicine 4/25/21 4☆
8. Louise Erdrich/The Beet Queen 6/6/21 4.5☆
9. Eoin Dempsey/Toward the Midnight Sun 6/20/21 2.75☆
10. E.J. Levy/The Cape Doctor 6/27/21 3.25☆
11. Elizabeth Hill/Killing The Girl 7/5/21 2☆
12. Louise Erdrich/Tracks 7/18/21 2.75☆
13. Donna Everhart/The Road to Bittersweet 8/6/21 4☆
14. The Bingo Palace/Louise Erdrich 8/11/21 3.25☆
15. Louise Erdrich/Tales of Burning Love 9/18/21 3.75☆
16. Ernest K. Gann/Island in the Sky 10/3/21 4☆
17. Louise Erdrich/The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse 10/20/21 2.75☆
18. Louise Erdrich/Four Souls 11/3/21 3☆
19. Shea Ernshaw/A History of Wild Places 11/16/21 2.75☆
20. E.T.A. Hoffmann/The Nutcracker And The Mouse King 12/2/21 2.75☆
21. Edward Carey/Little 12/4/21 4☆
22. Emmuska Orczy/The Scarlet Pimpernel 12/21/21 2.5☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔️✱F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.
(view spoiler)[1. Faith Merino/Cormorant Lake 11/29/20 2.75☆
2. Greg Fields/Through the Waters and the Wild 12/7/20 2.5☆
3. Robert Frost/The Road Not Taken and Other Poems: The Robert Frost ebook collection 1/14/21 4☆
4. Michelle Fagone/The "I Love My Instant Pot®" 5-Ingredient Recipe Book: From Pot Roast, Potatoes, and Gravy to Simple Lemon Cheesecake, 175 Quick and Easy Recipes 1/17/21 5☆
5. Tana French/The Witch Elm 1/29/21 2.5☆
6. Jamie Ford/Songs of Willow Frost 7/13/21 2.75☆
7. David Field/A Far Distant Land: A saga of British survival in an unforgiving new world 7/31/21 2.75☆
8. David Field/Eye For An Eye: The epic historical saga continues... 8/18/21 2☆
9. Jeff Fields/A Cry of Angels 10/27/21 3☆
10. Brian Freeman/Immoral 10/30/21 3.75☆
11. Colin Falconer/Harem 12/31/21 4.5☆
12. Elinor Florence/Wildwood 1/2/22 2☆
13. Colin Falconer/Lord of the Atlas 6/13/22 4☆
14. Karen Joy Fowler/Booth 1/26/22 3☆
15. Hester Fox/A Lullaby for Witches 1/5/22 2.25☆
16. Brian Freeman/The Deep, Deep Snow 2/21/22 3☆
17. Patry Francis/All the Children Are Home 2/18/22 4☆
18. Kim Fu/The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore 3/17/22 2☆
19. Patricia Falvey/The Yellow House 4/12/22 2☆
20. Colin Falconer/Stigmata 4/23/22 4☆
21. Kali Fajardo-Anstine/Woman of Light: A Novel 5/7/22 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

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✔✱G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.
(view spoiler)[1. Greer Macallister/The Arctic Fury 10/17/20 3.5☆
2. Pam George/Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure 11/5/20 2.5☆
3. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz/Prodigal Son 11/18/20 2.5☆
4. Victoria Gosling/Before the Ruins 12/4/20 2☆
5. Yaa Gyasi/Transcendent Kingdom 1/8/21 2.75☆
6. Milan Gupta/These Scars Called Home 4/29/21 3☆
7. W. Michael Gear/Dissolution 5/13/21 2.75☆
8. Rivka Galchen/Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch 5/14/21 3☆
9. William Gay/Fugitives of the Heart 5/28/21 3.75☆
10. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz/The List 5/29/21 4☆
11. Glendon Swarthout/The Shootist 7/20/21 4.25☆
12. Herman Gorter/May 8/3/21 2☆
13. Zane Grey/Riders of the Purple Sage 9/15/21 4☆
14. Kimi Cunningham Grant/These Silent Woods 10/8/21 2.75☆
15. Sally Cabot Gunning/Painting the Light 11/6/21 3.25☆
16. Matt Goldman/Gone to Dust 11/22/21 4☆
17. Matt Goldman/Broken Ice 12/13/21 4☆
18. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz/Dark Horse 1/11/22 2.75☆
19. Robert Gwaltney/The Cicada Tree 1/14/22 4☆
20. Gloria Whelan/Silver 1/12/22 4☆ (hide spoiler)]


✔✱H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.
(view spoiler)[1. Henry James/The Turn of the Screw 10/31/20 2☆
2. Sumi Hahn/The Mermaid from Jeju: A Novel 11/2/20 2.75☆
3. Peter Hedges/What's Eating Gilbert Grape 11/9/20 3☆
4. Kristin Hannah/The Four Winds 11/27/20 4☆
5. Laird Hunt/Zorrie 12/11/20 4☆
6. Sandy Hill/The Blue Car 12/27/20 2☆
7. Victoria Holt/Mistress of Mellyn 1/3/21 3.25☆
8. Heidi von Palleske/Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack 1/20/21 1☆
9. John Hansen/Secrets of the Gros Ventre 2/10/21 4☆
10. Sue Harrison/Cry of the Wind 2/15/21 3.5☆
11. Heather Wardell/Fiery Girls 3/15/21 3☆
12. Robert Hicks/The Widow of the South 3/23/21 2.5☆
13. Jason M. Hough/Instinct 3/25/21 4☆
14. Sue Harrison/Call Down the Stars 4/29/21 3☆
15. Robert A. Heinlein/Variable Star 5/18/21 2.75☆
16. Hannah Tinti/The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley 5/29/21 2.25☆
17. Heidi W. Durrow/The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 7/19/21 3☆
18. Harlan Coben/The Boy from the Woods 9/28/21 3☆
19. Klara Hveberg/Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine 10/14/21 4☆ (hide spoiler)]

✱I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.
1. Matthew Inman/How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You 9/3/21 2☆
2. Henrik Ibsen/A Doll's House 3/18/22 3☆
3. Isak Dinesen/Winter's Tales 4/2/22 3☆
4. Ian McEwan/Amsterdam 4/10/22 3☆
5. Iris Murdoch/The Sea, the Sea 5/1/22 1.5☆
6. Imogen Hermes Gowar/The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 5/9/22 2☆
7. Kazuo Ishiguro/A Pale View of Hills 6/15/22 3.25☆
8. John Irving/Last Night in Twisted River
9. Ingrid Rojas Contreras/Fruit of the Drunken Tree
10. Iain Reid /Foe 5/19/22 4☆
11. Washington Irving/Rip van Winkle 5/3/22 3☆
12. Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg/The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules 6/14/22 2☆
13. Ian Fleming/Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car 5/2/22 3.75☆
14. Ian Rankin/Knots and Crosses 5/12/22 2.75☆
15. Iain Reid/We Spread 8/20/22 4.25☆
16. Kazuo Ishiguro/When We Were Orphans
17. Irene Hunt/Across Five Aprils

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✅✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.
(view spoiler)[1.William W. Johnstone/ The Shotgun Wedding 10/20/20 3.25☆
2. John Isaac Jones/A Quiet Madness: A biographical novel of Edgar Allan Poe 11/1/20 3.75☆
3. Julia Kelly/The Last Garden in England 11/16/20 2.75☆
4. John Legg/Flintlock Trail 11/25/20 3☆
5. Karla M. Jay/It Happened in Silence 12/1/20 4.25☆
6. William W. Johnstone/A Quiet, Little Town 12/23/20 4☆
7. Jennifer Ryan/The Kitchen Front 12/25/20 3☆
8. John J. Jacobson/All the Cowboys Ain't Gone 12/28/20 1.75☆
9. Jack Livings/The Blizzard Party 12/29/20 1☆
10. Jeffrey Rosen/Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law 1/2/21 2☆
11. William W. Johnstone/By the Neck 1/10/21 4☆
12. Jojo Moyes/The Giver of Stars 1/22/21 3☆
13. Paulette Jiles/Simon the Fiddler 1/25/21 2.75☆
14. J.D. Robb/Naked in Death 2/4/21 4☆
15. JoAnne Tompkins/What Comes After 3/19/21 3.25☆
16. J.D. Robb/Rapture in Death 3/29/21 3☆
17. William W. Johnstone/Go West, Young Man 4/1/21 3☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K.
(view spoiler)[1. Stephen King/11/22/63 10/21/20 4☆
2. Kelli Estes/The Girl Who Wrote in Silk 10/23/20 2☆
3. Martha Hall Kelly/Sunflower Sisters 2/8/21 2.75☆
4. Mary Krugerud/The Girl in building C 2/20/21 3☆
5. William Kent Krueger/Heaven's Keep 3/21/21 4☆
6. William Kent Krueger/Red Knife 3/30/21 3☆
7. Karen Tucker/Bewilderness 5/6/21 3.75☆
8. Katharine Schellman/Silence in the Library 6/5/21 2.75☆
9. Lesley Krueger/Time Squared 8/12/21 2☆
10. Susanna Kearsley/The Rose Garden 9/2/21 2.75☆
11. Stephanie Knipper/The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin 9/4/21 2.75☆
12. Kristen Kittscher/The Wig in the Window 9/7/21 3.25☆
13. William Kent Krueger/Lightning Strike 9/21/21 4☆
14. Under an Outlaw Moon/Dietrich Kalteis 10/15/21 3.75☆
15. Claire Keegan/Small Things Like These 10/24/21 3☆
16. William Kent Krueger/The Devil's Bed 11/2/21 3☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.
(view spoiler)[1. Lisa Menzel/Stel Parad 10/25/20 2☆
2. L.K. Simonds/Stork Bite 1/1/21 4☆
3. Louis L'Amour/Galloway 1/21/21 3,25☆
4. Lauren Willig/The Summer Country 2/15/21 3.5☆
5. Louis L'Amour/The Sky-Liners 2/28/21 3.75☆
6. Lesley Pearse/Remember Me 3/13/21 4☆
7. Lori McMullen/Among the Beautiful Beasts 5/1/21 3☆
8. J. William Lewis/The Essence of Nathan Biddle 5/8/21 2.25☆
9. Louis L'Amour/End of the Drive 6/8/21 3☆
10. Leah Weiss/All the Little Hopes 6/10/21 3.75☆
11. Liza Nash Taylor/In All Good Faith 6/22/21 2.75☆
12. Rich Landau/V Street: 100 Globe-Hopping Plates on the Cutting Edge of Vegetable Cooking 7/11/21 3☆
13. Walter Lord/A Night to Remember: The Sinking of the Titanic 7/28/21 4☆
14. Larry D. Sweazy/Lost Mountain Pass 8/22/21 4☆
15. Lori Gottlieb/Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 9/1/21 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

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✔✱M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.
(view spoiler)[1. Miriam Murcutt/In a Town Called Paradox 12/10/20 3.75☆
2. Philipp Meyer/The Son 12/23/20 3☆
3. Mary Sharratt/Revelations 4/6/21 3.75☆
4. Michael Punke/Ridgeline 5/4/21 2.75☆
5. Max O'Hara/Hell's Jaw Pass 6/7/21 3☆
6. Robert R. McCammon/Boy's Life 6/24/21 4☆
7. Maud's Circus/Michelle Rene 6/29/21 3☆
8. Matt Stanley/I Am the Sea 7/27/21. 4.25☆
9. Michael Rose/The Sorting Room 8/3/21 3.75☆
10. Marguerite de Angeli/The Door in the Wall 8/17/21 4☆
11. Jennifer McVeigh/The Fever Tree 9/12/21 2☆
12. Michael Connelly/The Concrete Blonde 9/19/21 3.25☆
13. Margaret Lukas/The Broken Statue 9/21/21 2☆
14. Nathaniel Ian Miller/The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven 10/12/21 3.25☆ (hide spoiler)]

✱N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.
1. Shelley Nolden/The Vines 2/2/21 4☆
2. Kim Neville/The Memory Collectors 2/22/21 2.75☆
3. Natasha Pulley/The Kingdoms 4/22/21 2☆
4. Claire North/The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 7/3/21 2☆
5. Louise Nealon/Snowflake 7/29/21 2.25☆
6. Nikki Dinki/More Veggies Please!: Easy Kid-Approved Meals and Family-Friendly Comfort Foods with Surprising Veggie Twists 12/16/21 4☆
7. Håkan Nesser/The Summer of Kim Novak 1/9/22 4☆
8. Nora Roberts/Born in Fire 4/9/22 2.5☆
9. Trevor Noah/Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 2/20/22 3☆
10. Noah Gordon/The Physician 7/16/22 3.75☆
11. Namwali Serpell/The Old Drift 8/17/22 2☆

✔*O- Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.
(view spoiler)[1. Max O'Hara/Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective 2/6/21 2.75☆
2. Robin Oliveira/I Always Loved You 2/17/21 2.25☆
3. C.M. Oslund/Deadman's Daughters 3/14/21 3☆
4. Olivia Hawker/The Rise of Light 6/25/21 2.75☆
5. C.M. Oslund/Deadman's Preacher 7/16/21 2☆
6. Jussi Adler-Olsen/The Keeper of Lost Causes 11/7/21 4☆
7. Oliver La Farge/Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story 1/13/22 2.75☆
8. Scott O'Dell/Zia 2/8/22 4☆
9. Daphne Oz/The Happy Cook: 125 Recipes for Eating Every Day Like It's the Weekend 2/28/22 3☆
10. Téa Obreht/The Tiger's Wife 3/2/22 2☆
11. Osamu Dazai/No Longer Human 3/4/22 3.75☆
12. Olga Tokarczuk/Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3/7/22 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.
(view spoiler)[1. P.J. Tracy/Snow Blind 11/30/20 3☆
2. Sara Paretsky/Indemnity Only 12/9/20 3☆
3. Sarah Penner/The Lost Apothecary 1/4/21 3☆
4. Pearl S. Buck/Peony 1/24/21 2.5☆
5. Pamela Terry/The Sweet Taste of Muscadines 3/4/21 3.25☆
6. P.J. Tracy/Off the Grid 4/21/21 3.25☆
7. Sara Paretsky/Deadlock 6/12/21 2☆
8. P.J. Tracy/The Sixth Idea 7/2/21 3☆
9. Paulette Jiles/Enemy Women 7/7/21 3.75☆
10. P.J. Tracy/Nothing Stays Buried 7/15/21 3☆
11. Tammy Pasterick/Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash: A Novel 8/7/21 3☆ (hide spoiler)]

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✱Q - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.
1. Kirstin Valdez Quade/The Five Wounds 2/26/21 4☆
2. Anna Qu/Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor 7/14/21 3☆
3. Ellery Queen/The Roman Hat Mystery 12/12/21 4☆
4. Ellery Queen/The French Powder Mystery 1/16/22 3☆
5. Patrick Quentin/A Puzzle for Fools: A Peter Duluth Mystery 2/23/22 3.75☆
6. Robert M. Quackenbush/Sherlock Chick and the Case of the Night Noises 2/25/22 4☆
7. The Dutch Shoe Mystery/Ellery Queen 3/21/22 2☆
8. The Greek Coffin Mystery/Ellery Queen 6/12/22 2☆
9. Patrick Quentin/Puzzle for Players 6 /17/22 3☆

✔✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.
(view spoiler)[1. Dianna Rostad/You Belong Here Now: A Novel 3/2/21 3.25☆
2. Nora Roberts as J.D. Robb/Glory in Death 3/5/21 3☆
3. J.D. Robb/Immortal in Death 3/17/21 3☆
4. Ragnar Jónasson/The Girl Who Died 4/8/21 3.25☆
5. J.D. Robb/Ceremony in Death 4/17/21 3☆
6. J.D. Robb/Vengeance in Death 5/7/21 4☆
7. J.D. Robb/Holiday in Death 6/1/21 4☆
8. Robert Reiss/Death, Where Is Your Sting?: Dying and Death Examined 6/16/21 3☆
9. J.D. Robb/Midnight in Death 6/18/21 4☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.
(view spoiler)[1. Yaara Shehori/Aquarium 3/28/21 2☆
2. Suzanne Simonetti/The Sound of Wings 4/9/21 2.75☆
3. Dr. Seuss/Green Eggs and Ham 4/13/21 5☆
4. Samantha Silva/Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft 4/18/21 2.75☆
5. Dr. Seuss/One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish 4/24/21 5☆
6. J. Ryan Stradal/The Lager Queen of Minnesota 5/20/21 2.75☆
7. Ron Schwab/Old Dogs 6/30/21 2.5☆
8. Skye Wade/Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking Cookbook for Kids and Teens 7/16/21 3☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.
(view spoiler)[1. P.J. Tracy/Shoot to Thrill 2/8/21 3.25☆
2. P.J. Tracy/The Guilty Dead 8/15/21 3☆
3. P.J. Tracy/Ice Cold Heart 8/24/21 2☆
4. Taylor Caldwell/Captains and the Kings 10/13/21 3☆
5. Timothy Browne/Larimer Street 11/12/21 2.75☆
6. P.J. Tracy/Deep into the Dark 12/6/21 3☆
7. P.J. Tracy/Desolation Canyon 12/15/21 2.75☆ (hide spoiler)]

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✔✱U - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.
(view spoiler)[1. Sigrid Undset/Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows 10/14/20 4.5☆
2. Luis Alberto Urrea/Into the Beautiful North 6/15/21 4☆
3. Sigrid Undset/Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence 7/4/21 4☆
4. Umberto Eco/The Island of the Day Before 10/2/21 1.5☆
5. John Updike/Rabbit, Run 11/13/21 2☆
6. Ursula Dubosarsky/The Golden Day 10/28/21 3.75☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔️✱V - Read 5 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter V.
(view spoiler)[1. Valerie Wilson Wesley/A Glimmer of Death 11/23/20 2☆
2. Louis Joseph Vance/The Lone Wolf 8/28/21 2.75☆
3. V.E. Schwab/The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 1/30/22
4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe/The Sorrows of Young Werther 11/11/21 2☆
5. Susan Vreeland/Girl in Hyacinth Blue 11/15/21 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔️✱W - Read 4 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter W.
(view spoiler)[1. Pip Williams/The Dictionary of Lost Words 2/28/21 3.25☆
2. Phoebe Wynne/Madam 4/13/21 2.5☆
3. William Kent Krueger/Vermilion Drift 4/24/21 3☆
4. Monica West/Revival Season 4/27/21 3.25☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔✱X - Read 3 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter X.
(view spoiler)[1. Xavier Navarro Aquino/Velorio 8/13/21 2.5☆
2. Xhenet Aliu/Brass 10/25/21 3.25☆
3. Qiu Xiaolong/Death of a Red Heroine 11/12/21 2.75☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔️✱Y - Read 2 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Y.
(view spoiler)[1. Harry Yamanaka/Kauai In My Heart 10/26/20 3☆
2. Yann Martel/Life of Pi 10/30/20 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

✔️✱Z - Read 1 book by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Z.
(view spoiler)[1. Markus Zusak/Bridge of Clay 4/18/21 2☆ (hide spoiler)]

[jingles]

Welcome to the challenge, Karen!

[thecozyreader420]

SCC: The Big Author ABC Challenge
0/351 Completed

✱A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter A.
✱B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter B.
✱C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter C.
✱D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter D.
✱E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.
✱F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.
✱G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.
✱H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.
✱I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.
✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.
✱K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K.
✱L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.
✱M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.
✱N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.
✱O - Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.
✱P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.
✱Q - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.
✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.
✱S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.
✱T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.
✱U - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.
✱V - Read 5 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter V.
✱W - Read 4 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter W.
✱X - Read 3 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter X.
✱Y - Read 2 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Y.
✱Z - Read 1 book by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Z.

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[jingles]

Welcome, cozy!

[Connie N.]

I finally have an update!

Author whose first or last name begins with C
1. The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
3. The Marrying Kind by Jean Carew - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
6. The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
7. What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
8. Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
9. How to Walk Away by Katherine Center - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
10. Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
11. The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
12. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter - 8/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
13. Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew - 8/14/20 ♥♥♥
14. Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley - 8/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
15. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥
16. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard - 10/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
17. The Unyielding Bachelor by Miranda P. Charles - 10/31/20 ♥♥♥
18. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell? by Vivian Cook - 12/3/20 ♥♥
19. One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥
20. The Last Real Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 2/24/21 ♥♥♥♥
21. Unleashed by Caitlin Crews - 2/26/21 ♥♥♥
22. Undone by Caitlin Crews - 4/2/21 ♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with J
1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
2. Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
5. Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
6. Saving Grapes by J.T. Lundy - 5/13/20 ♥♥
7. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
8. Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
10. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
11. You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson - 7/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
12. The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥
13. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 10/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
14. Off Limits by Jules Barnard - 10/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
15. Must Love Dogs...and Hockey by Kelly Jamieson - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
16. Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey - 11/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
17. Take Me Harder by Jackie Ashenden - 1/18/21 ♥♥♥♥
18. Blue Flame by Jill Shalvis - 2/17/21 ♥♥♥♥
19. The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson - 2/21/21 ♥♥♥♥
20. Love Unbroken by J.H. Croix - 3/26/21 ♥♥♥♥
21. In It to Win It by Kelly Jamieson - 4/15/21 ♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with A
1. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. Blackmail by Anna James Watson - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
4. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie - 9/2/20 ♥♥♥
6. For One More Day by Mitch Albom - 11/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
7. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter - 12/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
8. N or M? by Agatha Christie - 3/2/21 ♥♥♥
9. Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen - 3/4/21 ♥♥♥♥
10. Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter - 3/13/21 ♥♥♥♥
11. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter - 4/9/21 ♥♥♥♥

[jingles]

Fantastic challenge work, Connie!

[Maureen]

The Big Author ABC Challenge
February 5th, 2022 - ???
0/351

A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter A.

B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter B.

C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter C.

[Maureen]

D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter D.

E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.

F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.

[Maureen]

G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.

H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.

I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.

J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.

[Maureen]

K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K.

L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.

M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.

N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.

O - Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.

[Maureen]

P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.

Q - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.

R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.

S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.

T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.

U - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.

V
1. Glendy Vanderah wrote Where the Forest Meets the Stars
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3.
4.
5.

W
1. Andy Weir wrote Artemis
2. Lisa Williamson wrote The Art of Being Normal
3.
4.

X
1.
2.
3.

Y
1. Kelly Yang wrote Private Label
2. Samantha Young wrote Much Ado About You

Z
1. Mariana Zapata wrote All Rhodes Lead Here

[Diane L]

Finished this back in February but didn't realize it.

The Big Author ABC Challenge

Part One

351/351

M
1. On the Run by Lorena McCourtney, 29 Nov 2019
2. Micah S. Hackler wrote The Shadowcatcher, 5 Dec 2019
3. Monica Ferris wrote Crewel Yule, 23 Dec 2019
4. Debbie Macomber wrote Return to Promise, 29 Dec 2019
5. Robert D. Morris wrote The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink, 2 Jan 2020
6. Lise McClendon wrote Blue Wolf, 9 Jan 2020
7. Susan Meissner wrote As Bright as Heaven, 24 Mar 2020
8. Edward Marston wrote The Stallions of Woodstock, 6 Apr 2020
9. Tamar Myers wrote The Crepes of Wrath, 19 Apr 2020
10. Edward Marston wrote The Hawks of Delamere, 30 Apr 2020
11. John F. MacArthur Jr. wrote Twelve Ordinary Men, 1 Jun 2020
12. H. Warner Munn wrote King of the World's Edge, 7 Jun 2020
13. Catherine Gilbert Murdock wrote The Book of Boy, 9 Jun 2020
14. Liane Moriarty wrote The Husband's Secret, 21 Jun 2020
15. Jenn McKinlay wrote Better Late Than Never, 2 Jul 2020
16. A. Merritt wrote Dwellers in the Mirage, 5 Jul 2020
17. Peter Mayle wrote The Diamond Caper, 18 Jul 2020
18. Kristina McMorris wrote The Edge of Lost, 31 Jul 2020
19. Debbie Macomber wrote Dakota Home, 3 Aug 2020
20. Thomas Merton wrote The Sign of Jonas, 23 Aug 2020
21. Henning Mankell wrote Faceless Killers, 28 Aug 2020
22. Heather Morris wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz, 24 Sep 2020
23. Raoul McLaughlin wrote The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China, 10 Oct 2020
24. Paula McLain wrote Circling the Sun, 25 Oct 2020
25. Alistair MacLean wrote Athabasca, 29 Oct 2020
26. David McCullough wrote The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, 28 Nov 2020

B
1. Lois McMaster Bujold wrote Komarr, 18 Dec 2019
2. Rhys Bowen wrote Evan Only Knows, 21 Dec 2019
3. Lois McMaster Bujold wrote A Civil Campaign, 9 Feb 2020
4. Robin Burcell and Clive Cussler wrote The Oracle, 15 Feb 2020
5. Dan Brown wrote Inferno, 28 Feb 2020
6. Lilian Jackson Braun wrote The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, 20 Apr 2020
7. Emily Brightwell wrote The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries, 23 May 2020
8. Paul Bailey wrote Uncle Rudolf, 7 Jun 2020
9. Sara Baume wrote Spill Simmer Falter Wither, 27 Jun 2020
10. Veronica Black wrote Vow of Devotion, 15 Jul 2020
11. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley wrote The War I Finally Won, 17 Jul 2020
12. Jan Burke wrote Liar, 25 Jul 2020
13. Rhys Bowen wrote Evan Can Wait, 29 Aug 2020
14. Ray Bradbury wrote The Halloween Tree, 30 Aug 2020
15. C.J. Box wrote Back Of Beyond, 4 Sep 2020
16. Derf Backderf wrote My Friend Dahmer, 7 Sep 2020
17. Mary Harelkin Bishop wrote Tunnels of Time, 5 Oct 2020
18. Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing by Christy Wilson Beam, 8 Nov 2020
19. Jay Bonansinga wrote Twisted, 10 Nov 2020
20. Peter Brannen wrote The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses, 19 Dec 2020
21. Keith Billington wrote House Calls by Dogsled: Six Years in an Arctic Medical Outpost, 26 Dec 2020
22. Rita Mae Brown wrote Murder, She Meowed, 2 Jan 2021
23. Mike Brown wrote How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, 6 Jan 2021
24. Sue Bender wrote Plain and Simple: A Journey to the Amish, 7 Jan 2021
25. Lois McMaster Bujold wrote Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, 9 Apr 2021

S
1. Lisa See wrote Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, 16 Dec 2019
2. Susan Wittig Albert wrote Spanish Dagger, 29 Jan 2020
3. Meagan Spooner wrote Hunted, 4 Feb 2020
4. Daniel Suarez wrote Influx, 11 Feb 2020
5. Dana Stabenow wrote A Cold-Blooded Business, 26 Mar 2020
6. Warner Shedd wrote Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife, 12 Apr 2020
7. Brandon Sanderson wrote Steelheart, 15 May 2020
8. Brandon Sanderson wrote Firefight, 27 May 2020
9. Dana Stabenow wrote Play With Fire, 31 May 2020
10. Graham Shelby wrote The Knights of Dark Renown, 8 Jun 2020
11. Oliver Sacks wrote Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, 13 Jun 2020
12. LaVyrle Spencer wrote Morning Glory, 11 Jul 2020
13. Clifford D. Simak wrote City, 20 Jul 2020
14. Ruta Sepetys wrote Between Shades of Gray, 26 Jul 2020
15. Polly Shulman wrote The Grimm Legacy, 13 Aug 2020
16. Polly Shulman wrote The Wells Bequest, 17 Aug 2020
17. Lee Smith wrote Guests on Earth, 22 Aug 2020
18. Jill Eileen Smith wrote Rebekah, 24 Aug 2020
19. K.M. Shea wrote Apprentice of Magic, 12 Sep 2020
20. Brandon Sanderson wrote Calamity, 15 Sep 2020
21. Connie Shelton wrote Spooky Sweet, 13 Oct 2020
22. Denise Grover Swank wrote Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, 24 Oct 2020
23. Will Schwalbe wrote The End of Your Life Book Club, 7 Nov 2020
24. George Shipway wrote Imperial Governor, 17 Dec 2020

H
1. Julie Hyzy wrote Hail to the Chef, 8 Dec 2019
2. Charlaine Harris wrote All the Little Liars, 27 Dec 2019
3. Clint Hill wrote Five Days in November, 3 Jan 2020
4. Jean Hager wrote Seven Black Stones, 28 Jan 2020
5. Elin Hilderbrand wrote Summer of '69, 31 Jan 2020
6. UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn, 22 Feb 2020
7. Richard P. Henrick wrote Under The Ice, 10 Mar 2020
8. Shannon Hale wrote River Secrets, 5 May 2020
9. Anna Lee Huber wrote The Anatomist's Wife, 11 May 2020\
10. Charlaine Harris wrote Sleep Like a Baby, 11 Jun 2020
11. Georgia Hunter wrote We Were the Lucky Ones, 16 Jun 2020
12. Susan Hill wrote The Various Haunts of Men, 23 Jun 2020
13. Jean Hager wrote Blooming Murder, 16 Jul 2020
14. Jean Hager wrote Masked Dancers, 24 Jul 2020
15. Frank Herbert wrote The Godmakers, 12 Aug 2020
16. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel wrote My Servant Brigham, 16 Aug 2020
17. Lyn Hamilton wrote The African Quest, 8 Sep 2020
18. Irene Hannon wrote Deadly Pursuit, 23 Sep 2020
19. Alice Hoffman wrote The World That We Knew, 29 Sep 2020
20. Edgar Harrell wrote Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, 1 Nov 2020
21. Margaret Peterson Haddix wrote Among the Hidden, 6 Nov 2020
22. Joel M. Hoffman wrote The Bible's Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing from Your Bible, 15 Nov 2020
23. Julia Heaberlin wrote We Are All the Same in the Dark, 10 Dec 2020

[Diane L]

The Big Author ABC Challenge

Part Two
W
1. Jack Weatherford wrote Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, 14 Dec 2019
2. Beatriz Williams wrote The Golden Hour, 5 Jan 2020
3. Irving Wallace wrote The Fabulous Showman: The Life and Times of P.T. Barnum, 10 Jun 2020
4. Julie V. Watson wrote Ghost Stories and Legends of Prince Edward Island, 3 Nov 2020
5. Del Quentin Wilber wrote Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, 22 Nov 2020
6. Jennifer Wright wrote Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, 18 Dec 2020
7. Florence Williams wrote The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, 13 Jan 2021
8. Simon Winchester wrote The Man Who Loved China: Joseph Needham & the Making of a Masterpiece, 23 Feb 2021
9. Kevin Wignall wrote When We Were Lost, 26 Mar 2021
10. Michael Z. Williamson wrote A Long Time Until Now, 30 Mar 2021
11. William Kent Krueger wrote This Tender Land, 3 Apr 2021
12. William R. Forstchen wrote One Second After, 19 Apr 2021
13. Woody Holton wrote Abigail Adams, 20 Apr 2021
14. Jacqueline Winspear wrote Among the Mad, 3 May 2021
15. Walt Whitman wrote Memoranda during the War, 29 May 2021
16. Dana Walrath wrote Like Water on Stone, 1 Jun 2021
17. Bill Wasik wrote Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus, 16 Jun 2021
18. S. Michael Wilcox wrote Out of the Best Books: Eternal Truths from Classic Literature, 6 Jun 2021
19. Phyllis A. Whitney wrote The Singing Stones, 25 Jun 2021
20. Phyllis A. Whitney wrote Feather on the Moon, 14 Jul 2021
21. Jacqueline Winspear wrote Elegy for Eddie, 7 Oct 2021
22. Jesmyn Ward wrote Men We Reaped, 11 Nov 2021

C
1. Elizabeth Lynn Casey wrote Pinned for Murder, 10 Dec 2019
2. Elizabeth Lynn Casey wrote Reap What You Sew, 13 Dec 2019
3. Gail Carriger wrote Manners & Mutiny, 24 Dec 2019
4. Agatha Christie wrote The Thirteen Problems, 24 Jan 2020
5. Jack L. Chalker wrote Horrors of the Dancing Gods, 23 Jul 2020
6. Tracy Chevalier wrote At the Edge of the Orchard, 29 Jul 2020
7. Melody Carlson wrote Finding Alice, 1 Aug 2020
8. Diane Chamberlain wrote The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes, 10 Aug 2020
9. Carol K. Carr wrote India Black and the Widow of Windsor, 21 Aug 2020
10. Paul Christopher wrote The Sword of the Templars, 3 Sep 2020
11. Alisa Craig wrote A Dismal Thing to Do, 22 Sep 2020
12. Linda Castillo wrote Sworn to Silence, 16 Oct 2020
13. John Carreyrou wrote Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup,26 Oct 2020
14. Colin Cotterill wrote I Shot the Buddha, 27 Oct 2020
15. Clive Cussler wrote Celtic Empire, 21 Oct 2020
16. Jared Cohen wrote Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, 29 Nov 2020
17. Irin Carmon wrote Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 28 Dec 2020
18. Ron Chernow wrote Washington: A Life, 15 Jan 2021
19. Ron Chernow wrote Alexander Hamilton, 23 Jan 2021
20. Liv Constantine wrote The Last Mrs. Parrish, 26 Jan 2021
21. Elizabeth Lynn Casey wrote Sew Deadly, 4 Mar 2021

K
1. Karen M. McManus wrote One of Us Is Lying, 25 Jan 2020
2. Epic by Conor Kostick, 23 Feb 2020
3. The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan, 26 Feb 2020
4. Kathy Lynn Emerson wrote Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross, 3 Mar 2020
5. Hannah Kent wrote Burial Rites, 18 Mar 2020
6. Andrew Klavan wrote Werewolf Cop, 3 Apr 2020
7. Kathryn Meyer Griffith wrote Dinosaur Lake, 30 Apr 2020
8. Welwyn Wilton Katz wrote Out of the Dark, 8 Aug 2020
9. Raymond Khoury wrote Rasputin's Shadow, 27 Aug 2020
10. Spencer Kope wrote Collecting the Dead, 1 Sep 2020
11. Unlocked by Karen Kingsbury, 9 Oct 2020
12. Welwyn Wilton Katz wrote Witchery Hill, 20 Oct 2020
13. Amie Kaufman wrote Illuminae, 21 Nov 2020
14. Beth Kendrick wrote Cure for the Common Breakup, 4 Dec 2020
15. Stephen P. Kiernan wrote The Baker's Secret, 1 Jan 2021
16. Kevin Henkes wrote Olive's Ocean, 15 Feb 2021
17. Jan Karon wrote A Light in the Window, 16 Feb 2021
18. Christina Baker Kline wrote A Piece of the World, 17 Feb 2021
19. Kim Vogel Sawyer wrote Waiting for Summer's Return, 21 Feb 2021
20. Susanna Kearsley wrote The Winter Sea, 25 Feb 2021

R
1. Francine Rivers wrote Unspoken: Bathsheba, 1 Dec 2019
2. Francine Rivers wrote Unafraid: Mary, 15 Dec 2019
3. Tom Rinaldi wrote The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy., 6 Jan 2020
4. Rick Riordan wrote The Throne of Fire, 22 Jan 2020
5. Deanna Raybourn wrote Silent in the Grave, 9 Mar 2020
6. Rick Riordan wrote The Serpent's Shadow, 30 Mar 2020
7. John Ringo wrote There Will Be Dragons, 26 Apr 2020
8. Jennifer Reeder edited At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women, 10 May 2020
9. Michael Rutter wrote Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West, 22 May 2020
10. Kim Michele Richardson wrote The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, 29 May 2020
11. Taylor Jenkins Reid wrote The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, 6 Jun 2020
12. Brad Reynolds wrote Deadly Harvest, 12 Jul 2020
13. Rainbow Rowell wrote Eleanor & Park, 20 Aug 2020
14. Laura Ruby wrote Bone Gap, 25 Aug 2020
15. Carlo Rovelli wrote The Order of Time, 26 Nov 2020
16. Amy E. Reichert wrote The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, 2 Dec 2020
17. Gretchen Rubin wrote The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better, 5 Jan 2021
18. Michael Rutger wrote The Anomaly, 10 Feb 2021
19. Russell Shorto wrote Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives, 9 Mar 2021

P
1. Philip Kerr wrote March Violets, 8 Jan 2020
2. P.T. Deutermann wrote Zero Option, 2 Apr 2020
3. Poul Anderson wrote The Star Fox, 4 Apr 2020
4. Douglas Preston wrote The Kraken Project, 10 Apr 2020
5. Susan Price wrote The Sterkarm Handshake, 3 May 2020
6. John Allen Paulos wrote Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories, 15 Jul 2020
7. Charles C. Mann and Mark L. Plummer wrote Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species, 30 Aug 2020
8. Louise Penny wrote Kingdom of the Blind, 6 Sep 2020
9. Anne Perry wrote A Christmas Promise, 5 Dec 2020
10. Anne Perry wrote A Christmas Odyssey, 7 Dec 2020
11. Nathaniel Philbrick wrote Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution, 19 Jan 2021
12. Peter Shankman wrote Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain, 4 Feb 2021
13. Nathaniel Philbrick wrote Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, 24 Feb 2021
14. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote Fever Dream, 6 Mar 2021
15. Jerry Pournelle wrote Clan and Crown, 12 Mar 2021
16. Jodi Picoult wrote Off the Page, 4 May 2021
17. Tracie Peterson wrote Out of the Ashes, 10 May 2021
18. Ann Purser wrote Weeping on Wednesday, 11 May 2021

[Diane L]

The Big Author ABC Challenge

Part Three

A
1. Merritt Parmelee Allen wrote Red Heritage, 16 Jan 2020
2. Adam Makos wrote A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II, 18 Jan 2020
3. Alice Hoffman wrote The Marriage of Opposites, 14 Mar 2020
4. Christine Andreae wrote Grizzly, 28 Apr 2020
5. Sarah Addison Allen wrote The Girl Who Chased the Moon, 1 May 2020
6. Jussi Adler-Olsen wrote The Hanging Girl, 11 Jun 2020
7. Susan Wittig Albert wrote Nightshade, 16 Jun 2020
8. Tomi Adeyemi wrote Children of Blood and Bone, 21 Sep 2020
9. Poul Anderson wrote The Trouble Twisters, 12 Oct 2020
10. Isabel Allende wrote The House of the Spirits, 8 Jan 2021
11. Anne Holt wrote Blessed Are Those Who Thirst, 3 Mar 2021
12. Traci Hunter Abramson wrote Mistaken Reality, 7 Mar 2021
13. Alonzo L. Gaskill wrote Sacred Symbols: Finding Meaning in Rites, Rituals, & Ordinances, 18 Apr 2021
14. Alex Messenger wrote The Twenty-Ninth Day, 20 Apr 2021
15. Amy Harmon wrote What the Wind Knows, 30 Apr 2021
16. James Abel wrote Protocol Zero, 24 Jun 2021
17. Alejo Carpentier wrote The Kingdom of This World, 24 Jun 2021

E
1. Kathleen Ernst wrote The Light Keeper's Legacy, 17 Dec 2019
2. Jeffrey Eugenides wrote Middlesex, 6 Feb 2020
3. Emma Donoghue wrote Room, 8 Feb 2020
4. Earlene Fowler wrote Spider Web, 17 Apr 2020
5. Pamela Binnings Ewen wrote An Accidental Life, 9 Jun 2020
6. Richard Paul Evans wrote The Broken Road, 4 Jul 2020
7. Charlotte Elkins wrote Nasty Breaks, 29 Aug 2020
8. Allan W. Eckert wrote Incident at Hawk's Hill, 13 Sep 2020
9. Anne Emery wrote Sign of the Cross, 12 Nov 2020
10. Chris Ewan wrote Safe House, 15 Dec 2020
11. Allan W. Eckert wrote Return to Hawk's Hill: Sequel to the Newbery Honor-Winning Incident at Hawk's Hill, 11 Jan 2021
12. Sarah M. Eden wrote The Lady and the Highwayman, 24 Jan 2021
13. Emily Suvada wrote This Mortal Coil, 2 Feb 2021
14. Mary Anna Evans wrote Undercurrents, 8 Apr 2021
15. Aaron Elkins wrote On the Fringe, 14 Apr 2021
16. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote North and South, 21 Apr 2021

D
1. The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan, 30 Dec 2019
2. Debbie Macomber wrote Twenty Wishes, 30 Jan 2020
3. Franklin W. Dixon wrote The Mysterious Caravan, 7 Mar 2020
4. J.P. Delaney wrote The Perfect Wife, 12 May 2020
5. Keith R.A. DeCandido wrote Cycle of Hatred, 30 Jun 2020
6. Lynda Durrant wrote The Beaded Moccasins: The Story of Mary Campbell, 13 Jul 2020
7. Laura Dave wrote Eight Hundred Grapes, 30 Jul 2020
8. Kate DiCamillo wrote Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, 13 Aug 2020
9. Shirley Damsgaard wrote Witch Way to Murder, 19 Oct 2020
10. Diane Mott Davidson wrote Chopping Spree, 13 Dec 2020
11. Julianne Donaldson wrote Blackmoore, 18 Jan 2021
12. David McCullough wrote John Adams, 28 Jan 2021
13. Paul Doherty wrote Satan in St Mary's, 3 Feb 2021
14. Julianne Donaldson wrote Edenbrooke, 7 Feb 2021
15. Dorothy L. Sayers wrote Unnatural Death, 2 Mar 2021

L
1. Lynn Joseph wrote The Color of My Words, 7 Mar 2020
2. Anne Graham Lotz wrote Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God's Love Heals Our Hearts, 19 Apr 2020
3. Norah Lofts wrote How Far to Bethlehem?, 8 Jul 2020
4. Margaret Lawrence wrote The Burning Bride, 22 Jul 2020
5. Karen Levine wrote Hana's Suitcase: A True Story, 14 Aug 2020
6. Louis L'Amour wrote Jubal Sackett, 18 Aug 2020
7. David Liss wrote The Coffee Trader, 14 Dec 2020
8. Dalai Lama XIV wrote Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World, 20 Dec 2020
9. Thanhha Lai wrote Inside Out & Back Again, 4 Jan 2021
10. Murray Leinster wrote The Pirates of Zan, 6 Feb 2021
11. David R. Larsen wrote How to Remember Everything in the New Testament and General Conference, 21 Mar 2021
12. Laura Ruby wrote The Clockwork Ghost, 26 Apr 2021
13. C.S. Lewis wrote God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, 23 May 2021
14. The Game by Laurie R. King, 15 Jun 2021

T
1. Tamar Myers wrote Gruel and Unusual Punishment, 8 May 2020
2. Kathy Hogan Trocheck wrote Every Crooked Nanny, 28 May 2020
3. Charles Todd wrote A Test Of Wills, 19 Jun 2020
4. Harry Turtledove wrote Werenight, 25 Jun 2020
5. P.F.J. Turner wrote The Real King Arthur: A History of Post-Roman Britannia, A.D. 410-A.D. 593, Volume I, 29 Jun 2020
6. Adriana Trigiani wrote Home to Big Stone Gap, 19 Jul 2020
7. Patrick Taylor wrote An Irish Country Courtship, 9 Aug 2020
8. M.J. Trow wrote Cnut: Emperor of the North, 11 Aug 2020
9. Steven Torres wrote Burning Precinct Puerto Rico, 9 Sep 2020
10. Sabaa Tahir wrote An Ember in the Ashes, 10 Sep 2020
11. Jacobo Timerman wrote Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number, 12 Jan 2021
12. Tony Hillerman wrote Dance Hall of the Dead, 16 Jan 2021
13. Tony Hillerman wrote Listening Woman, 25 Jan 2021

F
1. Joseph Finder wrote The Switch, 27 Mar 2020
2. Eric Flint wrote 1636: The Kremlin Games, 14 Apr 2020
3. Monica Ferris wrote Knitting Bones, 21 Apr 2020
4. Viktor E. Frankl wrote Man's Search for Meaning, 4 Jun 2020
5. Amanda Foody wrote Ace of Shades, 28 Jun 2020
6. Tana French wrote In the Woods, 2 Oct 2020
7. Lyndsay Faye wrote The Gods of Gotham, 23 Oct 2020
8. Tina Fey wrote Bossypants, 11 Nov 2020
9. Joel Fuhrman wrote Eat for Life: The Breakthrough Nutrient-Rich Program for Longevity, Disease Reversal, and Sustained Weight Loss, 23 Nov 2020
10. Eric Flint wrote 1635: A Parcel of Rogues, 25 Nov 2020
11. Graham Farmelo wrote The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets, 16 Dec 2020
12. Margaret Frazer wrote The Clerk's Tale, 20 Jan 2021

[Diane L]

The Big Author ABC Challenge

Part Four

G
1. The Racketeer by John Grisham, 18 Feb 2020
2. David Gemmell wrote Waylander, 2 Mar 2020
3. The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant, 18 Apr 2020
4. Outlaw Tales of South Dakota: True Stories of the Mount Rushmore State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats, Second Edition by T.D. Griffith, 23 Apr 2020
5. Tracey Garvis Graves wrote The Girl He Used to Know, 17 May 2020
6. Neil Gaiman wrote InterWorld, 14 Jul 2020
7. Antonio Garrido wrote The Corpse Reader, 27 Jul 2020
8. Anne George wrote Murder on a Girls' Night Out, 28 Jul 2020
9. Sarah Graves wrote Crawlspace, 4 Aug 2020
10. Lisa Genova wrote Love Anthony, 5 Aug 2020
11. Philip Gourevitch wrote We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by , 17 Apr 2021

N
1. Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø, 24 Feb 2020
2. Pamela Nagami wrote The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease, 16 Apr 2020
3. League of Dragons by Naomi Novik, 24 Apr 2020
4. Vera Nazarian wrote Cobweb Bride, 16 May 2020
5. Andre Norton wrote Star Guard, 9 Jul 2020
6. Naomi Novik wrote Blood of Tyrants, 4 Oct 2020
7. Larry Niven wrote The Ringworld Engineers, 31 Dec 2020
8. Tyler Nordgren wrote Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets, 13 Feb 2021
9. Andre Norton wrote Star Guard, 25 Jun 2021
10. Andre Norton wrote Star Rangers, 26 Jun 2021

J
1. J.A. Jance wrote Man Overboard, 7 Jun 2020
2. Jenni James wrote Beauty and the Beast, 7 Oct 2020
3. Jenni James wrote Rumplestiltskin, 8 Oct 2020
4. J.A. Jance wrote Proof of Life, 31 Oct 2020
5. Tim Junkin wrote Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA, 17 Nov 2020
6. Plum Johnson wrote They Left Us Everything: A Memoir, 9 Dec 2020
7. Joe Haldeman wrote The Forever War, 9 Jan 2021
8. Jo Marchant wrote Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body, 5 Feb 2021
9. D.B. Jackson wrote Thieves' Quarry, 20 Feb 2021

O
1. Chibundu Onuzo wrote Welcome to Lagos, 8 Mar 2020
2. Mark D Ogletree wrote No Other Success: The Parenting Practices of David O. McKay, 5 Apr 2020
3. Carol Anne O'Marie wrote The Missing Madonna, 30 May 2020
4. Barack Obama wrote The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, 2 Nov 2020
5. Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz wrote You: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger, 30 Dec 2020
6. Dallin H. Oaks wrote Life's Lessons Learned: Personal Reflections, 17 Jan 2021
7. Oliver Pötzsch wrote The Beggar King, 28 Apr 2021
8. Beth O'Leary wrote The Switch, 18 Aug 2021

I
1. Isaac Asimov wrote Second Foundation, 17 Jan 2020
2. India Ink wrote Glossed and Found, 1 Mar 2020
3. Irene Hannon wrote Fatal Judgment, 28 Feb 2021
4. Ian Mortimer wrote The Outcasts of Time, 9 Apr 2021
5. Imogen Robertson wrote Instruments of Darkness, 29 Jul 2021
6. Ismail Kadare wrote Broken April, 25 Oct 2021
7. Isaac Asimov wrote The Currents of Space, 27 Oct 2021

Y
1. Ginny L. Yttrup wrote Words, 10 Feb 2020
2. Brenna Yovanoff wrote Paper Valentine, 20 Mar 2020
3. Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger wrote George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution, 22 Apr 2021
4. Anne Youngson wrote Meet Me at the Museum, 22 May 2021
5. Steve Young wrote QB: My Life Behind the Spiral, 22 Nov 2021
6. Malala Yousafzai wrote I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, 23 Nov 2021

V
1. Elaine Viets wrote Fixing to Die, 1 Jan 2020
2. Victoria Thompson wrote Murder on St. Mark's Place, 27 Jan 2021
3. Caroline Van Hemert wrote The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds, 27 May 2021
4. Veera Hiranandani wrote The Night Diary, 27 Jul 2021
5. Sarah Vowell wrote Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, 21 Nov 2021

Z
1. Carl Zimmer wrote She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity, 19 May 2020
2. Anne Zouroudi wrote The Lady of Sorrows, 26 May 2020
3. Anne Zouroudi wrote The Taint of Midas, 31 Aug 2020
4. Steve Zipp wrote Yellowknife: A Novel, 1 Dec 2020

U
1. Wendy Ulrich wrote Live Up to Our Privileges: Women, Power, and Priesthood, 16 May 2021
2. Uwem Akpan wrote Say You're One of Them, 11 Jan 2022
3. Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig Urban wrote It Starts with Food, 21 Jan 2022

Q
1. Kate Quinn wrote The Huntress, 12 Mar 2020
2. Qiu Xiaolong wrote A Loyal Character Dancer, 16 Feb 2022

X
1. Diana Xarissa wrote Arrivals and Arrests, 30 Nov 2021

[Ruth]

Awesome! I'm still working on this one!

[[deleted user]]

I'm still plugging away at it too. I's and Q's 🤔

[Connie N.]

Excellent job, Diane!

[Lesley]

finished just before midnight so it counts as a 2022 finish!!

THE BIG AUTHOR ABC CHALLENGE
Date: 12/01/19 - 12/31/2022


✱A - Read 26 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter A.
1 Naughty by Nature Addison Moore 12/28/19
2 Chasing the Dollar Ellie Ashe 1/2/2020
3 Edible Delectables Amy Wiseman 1/18/2020
4 Crave Adriana Locke 1/27/2020
5 Crazy Adriana Locke 1/29/2020
6 Taking Chances Ann Omasta 2/23/2020
7 Wait for You Jennifer L. Armentrout 4/27/2020
8 Trust in Me Jennifer L. Armentrout 4/28/2020
9 Cream of the Crop Alice Clayton 4/30/2020
10 Drowning to Breathe A.L. Jackson 5/3/2020
11 Unveiling Chaos Jeannine Allison 5/6/2020
12 Spring Rush Amy Chanel 5/16/2020
13 Waiting on Forever Ashley Wilcox 6/2/2020
14 Leslie's Journal Allan Stratton 6/6/2020
15 Every Little Kiss Marina Adair 6/6/2020
16 My Best Friend's Brother Alexis Winter 8/16/2020
17 Billionaire With Benefits Alexis Winter 8/18/2020
18 My Kind of Trouble Becky McGraw 10/1/2020
19 Squeeze Play Aven Ellis 12/18/2020
20 Swing and a Miss Aven Ellis 12/19/2020
21 Beware of Bad Boy April Brookshire 12/26/2020
22 Where Lightning Strikes A.L. Jackson 12/27/2020
23 Accidental Surprise Annie J. Rose 1/10/2021
24 Dirty Kisses Addison Moore 2/18/2021
25 Fully Involved Amy Knupp 2/23/21
26 Girls' Night Out Susan Arden 2/28/2021

✱B - Read 25 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter B.
1 Wrong Place, Right Time Brooke Williams 12/31/19
2 Worth the Risk Robin Bielman 1/8/2020
3 Private Practice Samanthe Beck 1/13/2020
4 Bishop Sawyer Bennett 1/19/2020
5 7 Months Bethany Lopez 2/9/2020
6 Trust Me Lacey Black 3/22/2020
7 Turn the Paige Roseanne Beck 4/5/2020
8 Foolproof Jennifer Blackwood 4/17/2020
9 Once Upon a Real Good Time Lauren Blakely 4/29/2020
10 Thoroughbreds and Trailer Trash Bev Pettersen 5/31/2020
11 Nailed Down Chelle Bliss 6/8/2020
12 A Fine Romance Christi Barth 6/20/20
13 Night After Night Lauren Blakely 6/22/2020
14 A Cowboy to Remember Barbara Ankrum 6/29/2020
15 My Kind of Trouble Becky McGraw 10/3/2020
16 The Shameless Hour Sarina Bowen 11/25/2020
17 The Silent Waters Brittainy C. Cherry 12/9/2020
18 The Choices I've Made J.L. Berg 1/16/2021
19 My Brother's Best Friend Becky Andrews 1/24/2021
20 Sugar on the Edge Sawyer Bennett 2/24/2021
21 Most Valuable Playboy Lauren Blakely 3/27/2021
22 Come Back To Me Julia Rachel Barrett 6/26/2021
23 All She Wants for Christmas Jaci Burton 6/30/2021
24 Game For Love Bella Andre 7/2/2021
25 Better Than Me Emme Burton 7/11/2021

✱C - Read 24 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter C.
1 Come Monday Mari Carr 12/9/19
2 Always the Last to Know Crystal Bowling 1/20/2020
3 Apple Die Chelsea Thomas 2/3/2020
4 Six Easy Pockets Cindy Blackburn 2/8/2020
5 Unbroken Jay Crownover 2/14/2020
6 Every Which Way Calia Read 3/7/2020
7 Breaking the Wrong Calia Read 3/19/2020
8 Necessary Restorations Kate Canterbary 4/16/2020
9 Paper Hearts Claire Contreras 4/18/2020
10 No Turning Back Casey Peeler 4/24/2020
11 Three Minutes to Happiness Sally Clements 4/25/2020
12 Losing Hope Colleen Hoover 6/13/2020
13 Claiming Her SEAL Kat Cantrell 7/9/2020
14 Need You Now Carly Phillips 11/7/2020
15 Rome Jay Crownover 12/7/2020
16 Sunrise over Paris Carolyn Eychenne 12/27/2020
17 Before You Break Christina Lee 2/3/2021
18 Whisper to Me Christina Lee 2/6/2021
19 Second Time Around Susan Coventry 3/4/2021
20 One and a Half Regrets J.A. Coffey 4/30/2021
21 Bad Teacher Clarissa Wild 5/24/2021
22 Wicked Games Jessica Clare 7/5/2021
23 Epic Fail Claire LaZebnik 7/7/2021
24 Why Now? Carey Heywood 9/20/2021


✱D - Read 23 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter D.
1 Opening Act: A Rocker Romance Dish Tillman 1/14/2020
2 Rough Terrain Cheryl Douglas 2/17/2020
3 Right of First Refusal Dahlia Adler 3/20/2020
4 One Of The Guys Dawn Doyle 4/2/2020
5 A Dead Red Heart R.P. Dahlke 5/21/2020
6 The Perfect Catch Maggie Dallen 2/6/2021
7 Montana Maverick Debra Salonen 2/16/2021
8 Love's Second Chance L.P. Dover 5/19/2021
9 Coming Undone Lauren Dane 7/4/2021
10 The Perfect Man Lynn Dare 9/15/2021
11 Incognito Siobhan Davis 11/22/2021
12 Now or Never Victoria Denault 12/22/2021
13 I Have People Taylor Dean 2/27/2022
14 Forever For You D.E. Haggerty 4/10/2022
15 My Forever Love D.E. Haggerty 5/2/2022
16 Stay For Forever D.E. Haggerty 7/15/2022
17 Only Forever D.E. Haggerty 9/17/2022
18 Meet Disaster D.E. Haggerty 10/10/22
19 Quarterbacks Don’t Fall For Invisible Girls Emma Dalton 11/25/2022
20 Better Than Perfect Tricia Drammeh 12/21/2022
21 Meet Not D..E. Haggerty 12/28/2022
22 Kissing Micky Ellen Devlin 12/30/2022
23 Fix My Heart Angel Devlin 12/31/2022

✱E - Read 22 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter E.
1 Twisted Twenty-Six Janet Evanovich 12/21/19
2 Starting Over Evan Grace 1/31/2020
3 No Going Back Erika Ashby 3/17/2020
4 Taking Something Elizabeth Lee 4/9/2020
5 Seriously... I'm Kidding Ellen DeGeneres 4/13/2020
6 Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality Elizabeth Eulberg 4/21/2020
7 Make it Right Megan Erickson 4/23/2020
8 Murder by the Book Lauren Elliot 5/31/2020
9 Finding You Elizabeth Lee 6/12/2020
10 Don't Stand So Close Eva Luxe 6/21/2020
11 Taking It Easy Erin Nicholas 6/25/2020
12 Erin Watt When It's Real 9/15/2020
13 Our Forever Elena Matthews 9/6/2020
14 Four Doors Down Emma Doherty 11/14/2020
15 Protecting Piper Cynthia Eden 11/16/2020
16 A Complete Game Aven Ellis 12/21/2020
17 Disaster at Roosevelt Ranch Elise Faber 12/22/2020
18 Unavailable Ella Sheridan 12/29/2020
19 Stealing His Heart Ella Jade 2/7/2021
20 Everything I Need A.K. Evans 2/20/2021
21 Eleven on Top Janet Evanovich 2/21/2021
22 Fortune and Glory Janet Evanovich 3/26/2021

✱F - Read 21 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter F.
1 Somewhere Only We Know Barbara Freethy 12/21/19
2 Taming Him Kennedy Fox 1/5/2020
3 Semper Mine Lizzie Ford 2/8/2020
4 Worth the Wait Lori Foster 2/15/2020
5 Moving to Love P.J. Fiala 4/1/2020
6 If I Didn't Know Better Barbara Freethy 4/18/2020
7 Want You Stacy Finz 6/13/2020
8 Breathing Underwater Alex Flinn 6/24/2020
9 Blowing on Dandelions Miralee Ferrell 10/23/2020
10 Jockblocked Jen Frederick 11/27/2020
11 Downed Jen Frederick 12/5/2020
12 Played Jen Frederick 12/29/2020
13 Dotted Line Elise Faber 1/9/2021
14 Her Best Friend's Brother M.B. Feeney 9/6/2021
15 Unexpected Attraction: A Billionaire Fake Marriage Romance Mia Faye 4/22/22
16 Georgia on My Mind Marie Force 5/22/2022
17 The Crush Next Door Jenna Fiore 7/6/2022
18 Everyone Loves a Hero Marie Force 9/5/2022
19 The Mac Brothers Angela Ford 9/9/2022
20 Home Sweet Home Frankie Bloom 10/2/2022
21 Waiting for Love Marie Force 12/9/2022

✱G - Read 20 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter G.
1 My Little Brother's Best Friend A.A. Gibson 1/15/2020
2 Boys South of the Mason Dixon Abbi Glines 2/1/2020
3 Jenna's Cowboy Sharon Gillenwater 3/24/2020
4 Inevitable Angela Graham 3/31/2020
5 Irreplaceable Angela Graham 3/31/2020
6 Blind Fury Gwen Hernandez 4/2/2020
7 Deadly in High Heels Gemma Halliday 5/2/2020
8 The Supermodel's Best FriendGretchen Galway 5/23/2020
9 Crazy Little Thing Called Dead Kate George 5/30/2020
10 Getting Lucky Kate Graykowski 8/24/2020
11 Making a Play Abbi Glines 11/9/2020
12 Sex, Lies, and Online Dating Rachel Gibson 12/24/2020
13 The Eye of Ra Ben Gartner 1/13/2021
14 Ice Hot Tracy Goodwin 2/14/2021
15 One is a Promise Pam Godwin 3/31/2021
16 Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics Chris Grabenstein 6/15/2021
17 Untamed Victoria Green 6/23/2021
18 Hollywood Secrets Gemma Halliday 6/29/2021
19 Almost Over It Kylie Gilmore 8/8/2021
20 Three Dates Grahame Claire 1/8/2022

[Lesley]

✱H - Read 19 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter H.
1 Undeniable C.A. Harms 12/1/19
2 Forever Pucked Helena Hunting 12/8/19
3 Tailgates & Truck Dates Haley Rhoades 2/13/2020
4 Pink Slips and Glass Slippers J.P. Hansen 3/21/2020
5 Play Holly S. Roberts 3/28/2020
6 Slap Shot Lily Harlem 4/13/2020
7 The Rookie Taylor Hart 5/28/2020
8 To All the Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 6/15/2020
9 Roadside Assistance Marie Harte 8/20/2020
10 Fix Her Up Carey Heywood 9/30/2020
11 Fractures in Ink Helena Hunting 11/8/2020
12 Pucked Off Helena Hunting 11/11/2020
13 Space Junk: Houston, We Have a Hottie Sara L. Hudson 12/21/2020
14 Second Chance With Her Athlete Hanna Hart 12/25/2020
15 End Zone Taylor Hart 1/12/2021
16 Pucked Love Helena Hunting 1/28/2021
17 The Perfect First Maya Hughes 2/8/2021
18 The Second We Met Maya Hughes 2/10/2021
19 The Third Best Thing Maya Hughes 2/13/2021

✱I - Read 18 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter I.
1 A Sweet Affair Isabella Rae 2/29/2020
2 The Nearness of You Iris Morland 3/22/2020
3 Mark Irish Winters 5/22/2020
4 Going for Gold Ivy Smoak 5/27/2020
5 Very Wicked Things Ilsa Madden-Mills 6/17/2020
6 Feels So Right Isabel Sharpe 8/2/2021
7 Not My Match Ilsa Madden-Mills 9/11/2021
8 The Seventh Sergeant Liz Isaacson 9/26/2021
9 I Dare You Ilsa Madden-Mills 12/25/2021
10 Made of Steel Ivy Smoak 1/2/2022
11 I Promise You Ilsa Madden-Mills 1/18/2022
12 Boyfriend Bargain Ilsa Madden-Mills 8/9/2022
13 The Summers Iva-Marie Palmer 8/10/2022
14 Boyfriend Material Ilsa Madden-Mills 8/16/2022
15 You Ruined Me Isabel Jordan 10/10/2022
16 Not My Romeo Ilsa Madden-Mills 10/12/2022
17 Opening Hearts Iona Findley 12/11/2022
18 Risking Hearts Iona Findley 12/16/2022

✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J.
1 In Too Fast Mara Jacobs 12/2/19
2 Instant Gratification Jill Shalvis 1/1/2020
3 Where the Road Takes Me Jay McLean 1/4/2020
4 Not You It's Me Julie Johnson 1/5/2020
5 Falling Away Jasinda Wilder 1/17/2020
6 Irresistible Lies Juliette White 1/30/2020
7 Hat Trick Kelly Jamieson 3/2/2020
8 Offside Kelly Jamieson 3/10/2020
9 The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden Jessica Sorensen 4/11/2020
10 The Redemption of Callie & Kayden Jessica Sorensen 4/11/2020
11 The Resolution of Callie & Kayden Jessica Sorensen 4/11/2020
12 Small as an Elephant Jennifer Richard Jacobson 4/22/2020
13 book:Beautiful Redemption|22717015] Jamie McGuire 6/7/2020
14 The Story of Us Lesley Jones 6/16/2020
15 From Dare to Due Date Christy Jeffries 10/19/2020
16 Instant Temptation Jill Shalvis 11/19/2020
17 Sacked Jen Frederick 11/22/2020

✱K - Read 16 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter K.
1 You Really Got Me Erika Kelly 12/22/19
2 Texas Wide Open K.C. Klein 12/27/19
3 Breathe, Annie, Breathe Miranda Kenneally 12/29/19
4 Sunrise Kisses Krista Lakes 2/2/2020
5 Roomie Wars Kat T. Masen 2/18/2020
6 Chasing CassidyD. Kelly 2/29/2020
7 Seducing Lauren Kristen Proby 4/9/2020
8 Close to You Kate Perry 4/14/2020
9 One Night of Trouble Elle Kennedy 5/8/2020
10 Wrapped Around My Finger Kristen Strassel 5/24/2020
11 Feel The Heat Kathryn Shay 6/11/2020
12 Remember That Night Katrina Marie 9/15/2020
13 Good Guy Kate Meader 8/20/2020
14 Remember That Night Katrina Marie 9/23/2020
15 Bodyguard Tabatha Kiss 12/18/2020
16 Turn My World Around Kait Nolan 12/31/2020

✱L - Read 15 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter L.
1 Crank Adriana Locke 12/5/19
2 Craft Adriana Locke 12/13/19
3 Be My Downfall Lyla Payne 1/12/2020
4 Cross Adriana Locke 1/26/2020
5 Promise You Won't Tell? John Locke 2/25/2020
6 Hurricane Kisses Krista Lakes 3/1/2020
7 Choices Sydney Lane 3/1/2020
8 The Valentine's Day Disaster Lori Wilde 3/13/2020
9 Just Say Yes Samantha Lind 3/16/2020
10 Edge of the Heat Lisa Ladew 3/28/2020
11 Edge of the Heat 2 Lisa Ladew 3/28/2020
12 Edge of the Heat 3 Lisa Ladew 3/29/2020
13 Killer Cruise Laura Levine 4/4/2020
14 Knocked Up Stacey Lynn 5/3/2020
15 Upside Down Lia Riley 5/8/2020

✱M - Read 14 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter M.
1 Beautiful Oblivion Jamie McGuire 12/29/19
2 Trusting Bryson Melanie Shawn 1/21/2020
3 Kisses for Lula Samantha MacKintosh 2/21/2020
4 Pretending He's Mine Mia Sosa 3/27/2020
5 Hope For Her Sydney Aaliyah Michelle 4/12/2020
6 No Kissing Allowed Melissa West 6/3/2020
7 No Falling Allowed Melissa West 6/7/2020
8 Tempting Love: Haley & Eddie Melanie Shawn 6/30/2020
9 In Too Hard Mara Jacobs 11/6/2020
10 The Wall of Winnipeg and Me Mariana Zapata 12/5/2020
11 The Muse and the Fairytale Mary Smith 12/10/2020
12 Complicate Me M. Robinson 12/14/2020
13 Back to You Jessica Mastorakos 1/15/2021
14 Sweet Reunion Melanie Shawn 1/23/2021

✱N - Read 13 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter N.
1 Actions Speak Louder Rosemarie Naramore 12/22/19
2 Best of Three Erin Nicholas 1/11/2020
3 Pink Balloons and Other Deadly Things Nancy Tesler 3/29/2020
4 Iris in Bloom Nancy Warren 5/31/2020
5 Sin and Ink Naima Simone 6/21/2020
6 See You Again Kait Nolan 1/2/2021
7 You Were Meant For Me Kait Nolan 1/17/2021 Wishful
8 No Perfect Hero Nicole Snow 2/27/2021
9 All of Me Natalie Ann 4/20/2021
10 All The Way Natalie Ann 4/21/2021
11 All or Nothing Natalie Ann 5/7/2021
12 All I Want Natalie Ann 6/7/2021
13 Love On Loan Nicole Smith 6/22/2021

✱O - Read 12 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter O.
1 Hooked on the Game C.M. Owens 3/8/2020
2 Dirty Secret Tess Oliver 4/19/2020
3 Last Heartbreak Amy Olle 10/24/2020
4 Beautiful Ruin Amy Olle 12/30/2020
5 Crashing Hard Kat Obie 1/6/2021
6 Falling Fast Kat Obie 2/22/2021
7 Rogue Olivia Hayle 5/13/2021
8 Ice Cold Boss Olivia Hayle 5/15/2021
9 Good Girl Tricia O'Malley 7/13/2021
10 Resort to Love Priscilla Oliveras 10/3/2021
11 Indecent Proposal Molly O'Keefe 1/1/2022
12 The Surprise Wedding Jean Oram 1/18/2022

✱P - Read 11 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter P.
1 Ryan Hunter Piper Shelly 12/17/19
2 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 12/31/19
3 Love On The Ropes Pat White 3/14/2020
4 Staying on Top Lyla Payne 4/7/2020
5 Living the Dream Lyla Payne 4/8/2020
6 Pies and Potions Rose Pressey 5/17/2020
7 Hot Shot: A Bad Boy Sports Romance Lulu Pratt 5/26/2020
8 A Love Song for Liars Piper Lawson 9/21/2020
9 Faith in You Caridad Pineiro 10/25/2020
10 Her Forbidden Love Match Theresa Paolo 12/14/2020
11 Breakaway Ali Parker 12/26/2020

✱Q - Read 3 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Q.
1 Insatiable Cari Quinn 1/10/2021
2 The Locker Room Meghan Quinn 2/8/2021
3 Players Break Rules Jillian Quinn 7/24/2022

✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R.
1 The Third Daughter's Wish Kaitlyn Rice 2/6/2020
2 Unexpected Reality Kaylee Ryan 3/15/2020
3 Undone Shannon Richard 4/4/2020
4 Undeniable Shannon Richard 4/4/2020
5 Unstoppable Shannon Richard 4/5/2020
6 Barefoot in the Rain Roxanne St. Clair 5/9/2020
7 A Real Cowboy Never Says No Stephanie Rowe 6/22/2020
8 The One You Fight For Roni Loren 6/27/2020
9 The One For You Roni Loren 9/17/2020

[Lesley]

✱S - Read 10 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S.
1 Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery 12/27/19
2 The Summer He Came Home Juliana Stone 12/30/19
3 You Are My Love Samantha Wolfe 1/27/2020
4 Silver Lining Jill Sanders 2/16/2020
5 You Are My Life Samantha Wolfe 3/3/2020
6 For Now and Forever Sophie Love 4/26/2020
7 Delayed Offsides Shey Stahl 6/14/2020
8 Decidedly Off Limits Stina Lindenblatt 10/23/2020
9 The Wilde One Savannah Young 12/27/2020
10 Remembering Us Stacey Lynn 1/7/2021

✱T - Read 7 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter T.
1 Tempted in the Tropics Tracy March 6/5/2020
2 Unexpected Love Tracy Reed 1/4/2021
3 The Date Dare Tara Sue Me 2/19/2021
4 Everything to Me, Book 1 Teresa Hill 4/22/2021
5 Everything to Me, Book 3 Teresa Hill 4/22/2021
6 Everything to Me, Book 4 Teresa Hill 4/23/2021
7 Everything to Me, Book 5 Teresa Hill 4/23/2021

✱U - Read 1 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter U.
1 Luscious Amanda Usen 12/31/2022

✱V - Read 4 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter V.
1 I Cross My Heart Vicki Lewis Thompson 7/8/2020
2 All Grown Up Vi Keeland 11/12/2020
3 Not What She Seems Victorine E. Lieske 1/16/2021
4 Bound to You Vanessa Holland 5/13/2021

√ ✱W - Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter W.
1 7 Days and 7 Nights Wendy Wax 1/19/2020
2 You Are My Air: Breathless Book 1 Samantha Wolfe 1/26/2020
3 Enforcer Samantha Whiskey 5/2/2020
4 Now, Please Willow Summers 5/25/2020
5 On a Tuesday Whitney G. 10/31/2020
6 Winger Samantha Whiskey 11/21/2020

✱X - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name contains the letter X.
1 Hope for Garbage Alex Tully 2/25/2020
2 I Hate You Lexy Timms 12/17/2022
3 I Hate You A Little Bit Lexy Timms 12/17/2022
4I Hate You A Little Bit More Lexy Timms 12/18/2022
5 Christmas Blizzard Lexie Nicholas 12/23/2022
6 Hometown Calling Lexy Timms 12/28/2022
7 A Perfect Moment Lexy Timms 12/29/2022
8 Thrown in Together Lexy Timms 12/29/2022

✱Y - Read 5 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Y.
1 Bentley M.L. Young 2/23/2020
2 Cash M. L. Young 4/21/2020
3 Unexpected Maisey Yates 7/6/2020
4 One Night Charmer Maisey Yates 11/2/2020
5 Shoulda Been a Cowboy Maisey Yates 12/17/2020

✱Z - Read 2 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter Z
1 Love on a Spring Morning Zoe York 5/16/2020
2 Love in a Small Town Zoe York 6/23/2020

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Finished the letter J:
✱J - Read 17 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter J
1. Ali Cross by James Patterson 12/5/19
2. 4th of July by James Patterson 12/12/19
3. Kiss the Girls by James Patterson 1/17/20
4. Jack & Jill by James Patterson 2/8/20
5. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 2/23/20
6. Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb 3/5/20
7. Zoo by James Patterson 3/16/20
8. Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb 3/28/20
9. Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 3/29/20
10. Killer Instinct by James Patterson 4/29/20
11, Mask of Duplicity by Julia Brannan 5/20/20
12. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6/11/20
13. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher 6/13/20
14. The Inn by James Patterson 8/29/20
15. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 8/31/20
16. Death Masks by Jim Butcher 10/9/20
17. Master of One by Jaida Jones 12/28/20

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Finished the letter S:
✱S - Read 8 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter S
1. Windwitch by Susan Dennard 12/9/19
2. Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas 1/31/20
3. It's a Wonderful Death by Sarah J. Schmitt 2/6/20
4. Journey Across the Hidden Islands by Sarah Beth Durst 2/9/20
5. Living on the Edge by Shannon K. Butcher 2/17/20
6. Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas 5/26/20
7. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer 8/11/20
8. The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning 9/20/20

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Finished the letter R:
✱R - Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the letter R
1. The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier 11/30/19
2. Beauty by Robin McKinley 3/14/20
3. The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware 3/15/20
4. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 4/17/20
5. The Baby-Sitter 3 by R.L. Stine 5/6/20
6. All We Can Do Is Wait by Richard Lawson 6/2/20
7. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 7/3/20
8. Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells 8/8/20
9. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 5/16/21

[Connie N.]

Not sure if there's anyone here to notice, but I'm happy to get this one off my list after 3 years!

THE BIG AUTHOR ABC CHALLENGE
Timeframe: 2/1/20 to 12/6/23
351/351
26/26 Letters

Author whose first or last name begins with S
1. M is for Malice by Sue Grafton - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. The Other Woman by Sandie Jones - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
6. Chocolate Dipped Death by Sammi Carter - 9/11/21 ♥♥♥♥
7. The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter - 10/11/21 ♥♥♥♥
8. Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. All He Ever Dreamed by Shannon Stacey - 10/23/21 ♥♥♥♥
10. The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
11. Flare Up by Shannon Stacey - 7/25/20 ♥♥♥
12. Misconduct by Samantha Kane - 8/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
13. Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline - 9/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
14. Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya M. Lane - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
15. Loving by Danielle Steel - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
16. Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
17. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan - 10/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
18. All Night with the Cowboy by Soraya M. Lane - 10/22/20 ♥♥♥
19. Van by Sawyer Bennett - 11/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
20. The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 11/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
21. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro - 11/10/20 ♥♥♥
22. The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane - 11/30/20 ♥♥♥
23. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - 1/2/21 ♥♥♥♥
24. Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery - 4/19/21 ♥♥♥♥
25. The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton - 6/13/21 ♥♥♥♥
26. Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands - 6/15/21 ♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with E
1. Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. A Season of You by Emma Douglas - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
6. Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck - 7/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
7. Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams - 10/9/21 ♥♥♥♥
8. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - 8/2/20 ♥♥♥
9. The Hyde Park Murder by Elliott Roosevelt - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
10. Wrong Place, Right Time by Elle Casey - 9/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
11. Sanctuary Island by Lily Everett - 10/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
12. Wrong Question, Right Answer by Elle Casey - 10/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
13. The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich - 11/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
14. At Wit's End by Erma Bombeck - 10/17/21 ♥♥♥
15. Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt - 12/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
16. The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths - 1/31/21 ♥♥♥♥
17. Wrong Turn, Right Direction by Elle Casey - 2/27/21 ♥♥♥
18. A Whisper of Desire by Bronwen Evans - 3/21/21 ♥♥♥♥
19. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch - 4/6/21 ♥♥♥♥
20b A Devil in Scotland by Suzanne Enoch - 4/20/21 ♥♥♥♥
21. The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich - 5/4/21 ♥♥♥♥♥
22. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - 5/5/21 ♥♥♥
23. Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy - 6/2/21 ♥♥
24. A Kiss of Lies by Bronwen Evans - 6/12/21 ♥♥♥
25. No Place Like You by Emma Douglas - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with R
1. Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. Tangled Thing Called Love by Juliet Rosetti - 9/22/21 ♥♥♥♥
3. Until July by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 10/8/21 ♥♥♥♥
4. Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
5. Just Good Friends by Rosalind James - 11/10/21 ♥♥♥
6. Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
7. Dark in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
8. First Degree by David Rosenfelt - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. The Highly Effective Detective by Richard Yancey - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
10. Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
11. Water by Robin McKinley - 9/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
12. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - 11/16/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
13. Christmas on Mistletoe Lane by Annie Rains - 12/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
14. The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas / Gabriel's Angel by Nora Roberts - 12/14/20 ♥♥♥
15. Connections in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/15/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
16. At Risk by S.G. Redling - 1/29/21 ♥♥♥♥
17. Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/16/21 ♥♥♥♥♥
18. On Her Watch by Rie Warren - 3/18/21 ♥♥♥
19. HearTBReak, Tennessee by Ruby Laska - 4/12/21 ♥♥♥
20b Until Lilly by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 4/17/21 ♥♥♥♥
21. Crazy for You by Juliet Rosetti - 4/29/21 ♥♥♥♥
22. Golden in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/3/21 ♥♥♥♥♥
23. Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/3/21 ♥♥♥♥
24. Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/14/21 ♥♥♥♥♥

[Connie N.]

BIG AUTHOR ABC - Part 2

Author whose first or last name begins with T
1. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
2. Dear Santa by Karen Templeton - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. Forged in Smoke by Trish McCallan - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
4. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. Forged in Ember by Trish McCallan - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
6. Ice Hot by Tracy Goodwin - 8/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
7. Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas - 9/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
8. Somewhere Along The Way by Jodi Thomas - 1/7/21 ♥♥♥♥
9. Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥
10. Royal Treatment by Tracy Wolff - 2/6/21 - ♥♥♥♥
11. The Comforts of Home by Jodi Thomas - 5/10/21 ♥♥♥♥
12. The Military Wife by Laura Trentham - 5/26/21 ♥♥♥♥
13. Just Down the Road by Jodi Thomas - 6/30/21 ♥♥♥♥
14. An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham - 7/14/21 ♥♥♥♥♥
15. Taste by Tracy Ewens - 7/31/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
16. Disintegration by Richard Thomas - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥
17. You Were Meant for Me by Elise Title - 12/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
18. Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
19. Kiss Me That Way by Laura Trentham - 10/27/21 ♥♥♥♥
20. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - 12/11/21 ♥♥
21. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - 12/21/21 ♥♥♥
22. Breakable by Tammara Webber - 3/21/22 ♥♥♥♥
23. Lies by T.M. Logan - 3/25/22 ♥♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with C
1. The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥
3. The Marrying Kind by Jean Carew - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
6. Secret Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 7/9/21 ♥♥♥
7. What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
8. Mystery at the Ski Jump by Carolyn Keene - 8/23/21 ♥♥♥
9. How to Walk Away by Katherine Center - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
10. Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
11. Nuts by Alice Clayton - 9/30/21 ♥♥♥
12. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter - 8/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
13. Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Childs - 10/14/21 ♥♥♥♥
14. Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley - 8/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
15. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥
16. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard - 10/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
17. The Unyielding Bachelor by Miranda P. Charles - 10/31/20 ♥♥♥
18. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell? by Vivian Cook - 12/3/20 ♥♥
19. One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥
20. The Last Real Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 2/24/21 ♥♥♥♥
21. Unleashed by Caitlin Crews - 2/26/21 ♥♥♥
22. Undone by Caitlin Crews - 4/2/21 ♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with J
1. Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay - 8/25/21 ♥♥♥♥
2. Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
5. The Sexiest Man Alive by Juliet Rosetti - 9/28/21 ♥♥♥♥
6. Saving Grapes by J.T. Lundy - 5/13/20 ♥♥
7. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
8. Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. Win Big by Kelly Jamieson - 10/4/21 ♥♥♥♥
10. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
11. You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson - 7/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
12. The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥
13. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 10/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
14. Off Limits by Jules Barnard - 10/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
15. Must Love Dogs...and Hockey by Kelly Jamieson - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
16. Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey - 11/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
17. Take Me Harder by Jackie Ashenden - 1/18/21 ♥♥♥♥
18. Blue Flame by Jill Shalvis - 2/17/21 ♥♥♥♥
19. The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson - 2/21/21 ♥♥♥♥
20. Love Unbroken by J.H. Croix - 3/26/21 ♥♥♥♥
21. In It to Win It by Kelly Jamieson - 4/15/21 ♥♥♥♥

Author whose first or last name begins with N
1. Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
2. Daddy's Game by Normandie Alleman - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
3. The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen by N.L. Wilson - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
4. Hell On The Heart by Nancy Brophy - 8/27/20 ♥♥♥
5. Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages by Nathan Belofsky - 9/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
6. Poor Little Daddy's Girl by Normandie Alleman - 9/27/20 ♥♥
7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - 10/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
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14. Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh - 9/5/21 ♥♥♥
15. Summer Desserts by Nora Roberts - 10/29/21 ♥♥♥
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18. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - 2/6/22 ♥♥♥♥
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