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A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022

17/26
O. Barack Obama. Dreams From My Father
Z. Zanika Harris. The Other Black Girl


I'm copying Allie by creating two different lists.
Thank you for the inspiration, Allie!
Round 1: Crime Fiction & True Crime (10)
Round 2: Any Book Genres (8)

The progress of everyone who's posted recently has been updated on the Page 1 rosters.
Great progress, everyone!

Progress 12/52
Regular 9/26
T Amor Towles The Lincoln Highway
M Michelle Zauner Crying in H Mart
C Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog

A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 26 out of 26
This year’s A-Z challenge involves the names of authors. Read books by authors whose names fit a letter of the alphabet. You may count the first letter of an author’s given name, middle name, or family name, whether it be their nom de plume or birth name. Each book, however, may only be counted once within this challenge.
A: Andrew MacLean; Head Lopper, Vol. 3: Head Lopper & The Knights of Venora - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 224 Pages
B: Betty White; Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages
C: Colleen A.F. Venable; Kiss Number 8 - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 320 Pages
D: Diana Gabaldon; Drums of Autumn - ***** - 1/28/2022 - 880 Pages
E: Eve Epstein; X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story - **** - 1/18/2022 - 191 Pages
F: Leah Franqui; Mother Land - ***** - 2/13/2022 - 384 Pages
G: William Gibson; Neuromancer - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages
H: Charlaine Harris; Shakespeare's Champion - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 214 Pages
I: Samantha Irby; We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 288 Pages
J: Jen Wang; Stargazing - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 224 Pages
K: Kristen Callihan; Firelight - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages
L: Hope Larson; All Summer Long - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 176 Pages
M: Kayla Miller; Act - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 224 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Hard Bitten - **** - 2/16/2022 - 350 Pages
O: Alice Oseman; Heartstopper: Volume Four - ***** - 1/26/2022 - 353 Pages
P: David Petersen; Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 - ***** - 1/18/2022 - 192 Pages
Q - Julia Quinn; The Viscount Who Loved Me - ***** - 6/22/2022 - 480 Pages
R: Taylor Jenkins Reid; The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages
S: Sarah MacLean; Bombshell - ***** - 1/25/2022 - 288 Pages
T: Laura Terry; Graveyard Shakes: A Graphic Novel - ***** - 1/1/2022 - 206 Pages
U: Ursula Hegi; Intrusions - *** - 6/19/2022 - 276 Pages
V: Victor Hugo; Les Misérables - * - 1/6/2022 - 928 Pages
W: Whitney Gardner; Fake Blood - ***** - 1/17/2022 - 336 Pages
X - Qiu Xiaolong; A Loyal Character Dancer - ***** - 12/31/2022
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Ghost of a Chance - ***** - 3/7/2022 - 354 Pages
Z - Yara Zgheib; The Girls at 17 Swann Street - **** - 10/30/2022 - 373 Pages



























6/20
B: Holly Black : The Wicked King
O: Orhan Pamuk : My Name Is Red
S: Stephanie Perkins : Anna and the French Kiss

Roop wrote: "I am in for 23 books:
A - Andy Weir (Project Hail Mary)
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M - Mhairi McFarlane ( Just Last Night)
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O - Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Sower)
P - Penelope Ward (The Day he came back)
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T - Toshikazhu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
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V - Kurt Vonnegut Jr (Cat's Cradle)
W - Sariah Wilson (The Paid Bridesmaid)
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A-Z Challenge: Authors
Progress: 10/26
A: Kim Anderson - Alena
B: Brendan Slocumb - The Violin Conspiracy
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D: Aminder Dhaliwal - Cyclopedia Exotica
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H: Han Kang - The Vegetarian
I: Junji Ito - Frankenstein
J: Bella James - Blind Date
K: Patrick Radden Keefe – Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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R: Rachel Reid - Game Changer
S: Stella Starling – All I Want
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Books mentioned in this topic
Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates (other topics)No God in Eden 01 (other topics)
Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs (other topics)
Kiss Number 8 (other topics)
Drums of Autumn (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Eve Epstein (other topics)Betty White (other topics)
Diana Gabaldon (other topics)
Yara Zgheib (other topics)
Colleen A.F. Venable (other topics)
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C The Last house on the street by Diane Chamberlain
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Z: All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin