Examine Your Authors in 2015

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

edited 12/2/15...

This is a one book challenge to finish the year.
Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with x, y, or z.

[Melissa]

Hope you have suggestions, but count me in!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Oh, um, not really. The idea came out of the planning discussion. I figure we'll have to help each other the way we did for Alphabet Soup. :D

[Melissa]

Yes, that was fun and came up with some interesting reads, too. :D

[Happy]

I'm in! I'm doing lots of international reading this year, so hopefully I'll run across some unusual (by Western standards) names to share, here and in the alphabet soup thread.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Suggested Z authors (These are others but these are authors I know something about)

Rodger Zelazny (scifi)
Yevgany Zamyatin (We)
Emile Zola
Markus Zusak
Charlotte Zolotow (children's)

[Izavel]

Taking a quick look at my kindle, here's my options:


The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

More Y possibilities...

Jane Yolen
Banana Yoshimoto
Rebecca York (romance)
Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road)

[Happy]

I found this one, and got excited, but then came back to the thread and saw it was surnames! lol


A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I had an entertaining time browsing the Libivox catalog by author, looking for potentials for this mini-challenge. Link below, starting with A...

https://librivox.org/search?primary_k...

[Leo]

Timothy Zahn, if you're into the sci-fi genre.

[Danielle]

Some suggestions:

For X Xinran;
For Y Akira Yoshimura; Marguerite Yourcenar
For Z Rachel Zadok; Stefan Zweig

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Hmm. This challenge never took off, so let's change it up.
New XYZ Mini...

Read one book by an author whose first or last name starts with x, y, or z.
End of the Alphabet for the End of the Year.