2024: Authors of Well Written Works reading schedule

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

2024 Author Reading Schedule

January: Iris Murdoch (Ireland-Dublin)
February: Langston Hughes (American-Missouri)
March: Rumer Godden (England-Eastbourne)
April: Jean Rhys (Caribbean Island of Dominica)
May: D.H. Lawrence (England-Eastwood)
June: Zora Neale Hurston (American-Alabama)
July: William Faulkner (American-Mississippi)
August: Flannery O'Connor (American-Georgia)
September: Rebecca West (England-London)
October: Mrs. Oliphant (Scotland-Wallyford)
November: James Baldwin (American-New York City)
December: Joan Didion (American-California)

Lesle's Choice of Substitute Authors:(msg 99)
Patrick Hamilton (England-Hassocks)
Henry Green (England-Tewkesbury)
Chester Himes (American-Missouri)
Thomas Wolfe (American-North Carolina)

Layout for the Authors was contributed by Member Brian, appreciate your thoughts and time!

Thank you Members that contributed your suggestions and support!

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Members Suggestions with 3 supportive votes:

Patrick MacGill (John) -
D.H. Lawrence (Jen) - III
Mrs. Oliphant (Kathy) - III
William Faulkner (Luis) - IIII
Sinclair Lewis (Luis) -
Rebecca West (Luis) - III
James Baldwin (Jen) - III
Zora Neale Hurston (Jen) - III
Langston Hughes (Rosemarie) - III
Iris Murdoch (John) - III
Upton Sinclair (John) -
Thomas Wolfe (John) -
John Galt (John) -
Joan Didion (Jen) - III
Flannery O'Connor (Jonathan) - III
Jean Rhys (Nicky) - IIII
Rumer Godden (Brian) - III
Winifred Holtby (Brian) -
Patricia Highsmith (Brian) - II
Jack Kerouac (Brian) - I
Carson McCullers (Lorraine) -
Chester Himes (Carol) -


Made it to the top 12 list with support. This could be the final list or another vote may be required. We will see!
Iris Murdoch (John) - IIIII
D.H. Lawrence (Jen) - III
William Faulkner (Luis) - IIIII II
James Baldwin (Jen) - III
Rebecca West (Luis) - IIII
Zora Neale Hurston (Jen) - III
Langston Hughes (Rosemarie) - IIII
Mrs. Oliphant (Kathy) - IIII
Flannery O'Connor (Jonathan) - III
Joan Didion (Jen) - IIII
Jean Rhys (Nicky) - IIIII
Rumer Godden (Brian) - III

[Nidhi]

Lesle, how many authors one member can support?

[John]

Lesle, I'd like to propose Patrick MacGill, the Irish journalist, poet and novelist - a fine writer in a range of genres. His most famous books are probably Children of the Dead End and The Rat-Pit.

[Jen]

Ohhh. How does this work? Can I already give a supportive vote? Well I’m not sure you nominated DH Lawrence but he’s been high on my TBR list as far as classic authors go…

[Luís]

I'll support D. H. Lawrence, Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, and Rebecca West.

[Kathy]

I support D.H. Lawrence and Mrs. Oliphant.

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Nidhi wrote: "Lesle, how many authors one member can support?"

You can support as many as you like Nidhi! So have fun choosing :)

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Jen wrote: "Ohhh. How does this work? Can I already give a supportive vote? Well I’m not sure you nominated DH Lawrence but he’s been high on my TBR list as far as classic authors go…"

My thoughts that I have listed in message one are not suggestions they are just ones I have run across throughout the year, that I thought seemed interesting to me.

So I will make DH Lawrence one of your suggestions Jen.

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

All suggestions have been added and support for D.H. Lawrence notated.

This is a good start :)

[Jen]

How about some black writers? I personally am interested in James Baldwin and Zora Neale Hurston.

I’m new in the group, not sure if they’ve already been focused on plenty in the recent past.

[Luís]

Jen wrote: "How about some black writers? I personally am interested in James Baldwin and Zora Neale Hurston.

I’m new in the group, not sure if they’ve already been focused on plenty in the recent past."

I'm interested in James Baldwin, too.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

How about Langston Hughes?

[John]

If they have not previously been covered by the group, I'd also like to propose Iris Murdoch, Upton Sinclair, and Thomas Wolfe.

[Luís]

John wrote: "If they have not previously been covered by the group, I'd also like to propose Iris Murdoch, Upton Sinclair, and Thomas Wolfe."

Murdoch is a favorite author of mine!

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

All updated into msg 2.

I have not heard of Landston Hughes. I looked into him a little and would like to spend a little more time researching. Thank you Rosemarie! Unknown and never delved into!!

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

His poetry and prose are amazing, Lesle.

[Jen]

Oh yes. I would guess Langston Hughes is the biggest name as far as literature associated with the Harlem Renaissance. It could be you’ve heard some of his verse not realizing it was his.

[Tim]

Doestoevsky

[Jen]

I'm intimidated byFyodor Dostoevsky- haven't read any- but also interested :) I'd vote for that.

[Kathy]

I support Iris Murdoch.

[Luís]

I support Iris Murdoch, too.

[Tim]

Luís wrote: "I support Iris Murdoch, too."
Same for me.

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Tim wrote: "Doestoevsky"

Please review rules. Author thread is only North American and United Kingdom. The rest fall under Rosemarie's thread for Authors from Around the World. Plus I can find him currently in the Short Story Thread and at least 8 times in others that are still open. So I think he is a pass for this request of Suggestions.
Thank you though :)

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Lists are updated. John's request of Iris Murdoch has moved forward with 3 support votes for the final list! Please see msg 2 :)

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

I support James Baldwin and William Faulkner.

[John]

I'd like to cast a support vote for William Faulkner please, Lesle

[Nidhi]

I support Oliphant , Faulkner and Baldwin. Thank you.

[Pillsonista]

A supporting vote for Faulkner, Lawrence, and Rebecca West.

[Jen]

A vote for Langston Hughes please

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Msg 2 has been updated several Authors have moved forward to the top 12.

We got 4 of the 12!

[Jen]

Damn, no takers on Hurston, yet a lot for Faulkner. They could be very interesting to compare, as southern gothic writers of the same era but different gender and race.

[John]

I'd like to propose another author please - John Galt - a fairly prolific Scottish author of the 19th century. (He was also the first Superintendent of the Canada Company from 1826 -1829).

I'm guessing that the group won't have covered him previously.

[John]

Could I also add a supporting vote for Rebecca West please?

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Thank you John!

Message 2 is updated.

Members thoughts or support for any of the Authors in Message 2 or suggest your own?

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

Are we also including authors from North American countries other than the US and Canada - Mexico, Caribbean islands, Central America and Greenland?

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

I will support Zora Neale Hurston.

[John]

Pam wrote: "Are we also including authors from North American countries other than the US and Canada - Mexico, Caribbean islands, Central America and Greenland?"

Greenland????? I know Trump claimed he was going to buy it or trade it for Puerto Rico - but the less said about him the better - and Greenland remains part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

[Jen]

I guess Puerto Rico is a US territory but not a North American country so it shouldn't be included. So the countries of North America would only include the US and Canada...
I didn't know about this crazy statement by Tr*mp about Greenland! Yes, let's not talk about him. I come to Goodreads for FUN haha...

Would there be any interest in Joan Didion's older works? For example, Play It As It Lays or Run River...

[Jen]

or Kate Chopin?

[John]

Jen wrote: "I guess Puerto Rico is a US territory but not a North American country so it shouldn't be included. So the countries of North America would only include the US and Canada...
I didn't know about th..."

Jen, I add a supporting vote for Joan Didion - we'd probably only be able to include about 3 of her books, but that's good enough for me.

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Pam wrote: "Are we also including authors from North American countries other than the US and Canada - Mexico, Caribbean islands, Central America and Greenland?"

Yes Pam.
I did state "Authors from North American or United Kingdom"
Which actually is a mind typo. Should state "America"
Not stated was Country.

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

John wrote: "Greenland????? I know Trump claimed he was going to buy it or trade it for Puerto Rico - but the less said about him the better ..."

Who would trade Puerto Rico for any other island anyways. The poor thing is still quite devasted. Part of the US but with no real support or acknowledgment.
(As I shake my head and dumbfoundedness!!)

Sorry, debated on posting anything.

[Lesle, Appalachain Bibliophile]

Message 2 updated.

We have read Chopin in 2020 and 2022 she only has 2 novels but many short stories. Not sure but thinking maybe not here but under the Short Story thread with Samantha would be better.

[Jen]

Lesle wrote: "Message 2 updated.

We have read Chopin in 2020 and 2022 she only has 2 novels but many short stories. Not sure but thinking maybe not here but under the Short Story thread with Samantha would be b..."

I just noticed that she was covered recently, sorry. Was going to just delete the post with that suggestion but you've already replied to it...

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

John - Even though Greenland is part of Denmark, it is considered part of North America, which I didn’t realize until I queried North American countries. I looked for suggestions for Greenland but couldn’t find anything.

[Jen]

Pam wrote: "John - Even though Greenland is part of Denmark, it is considered part of North America, which I didn’t realize until I queried North American countries. I looked for suggestions for Greenland but ..."

Oh I had assumed we are speaking culturally, not actually geologically. Afterall, there is a separate thread for Latin American reading which includes literature of the Caribbean islands and Central America.

[John]

Pam wrote: "John - Even though Greenland is part of Denmark, it is considered part of North America, which I didn’t realize until I queried North American countries. I looked for suggestions for Greenland but ..."

Yes, it's a really interesting one - part of the continent of North America, an autonomous state that's part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and is also a territory of the European Union. Its population - mainly Inuit - have European Union citizenship. It's been politically and culturally linked with Europe - especially Norway and Denmark - for over a millennium. As you would expect, the Scandinavians have been very enlightened "rulers" but America has become very interested in it lately..... (cue theme from "Jaws").

[Maureen]

I support Iris Murdoch and William Faulkner

[Jen]

I’d support Flannery OConnor.

Unfortunately a quick scan of Rulfo doesn’t reveal anything in English so I guess it wouldn’t be an option for me…