Weekly Geeks: ABC's of Favorite Authors

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this week's weekly geek theme! 

You know how when someone asks you who your favorite author is? And you feel a bit crazy coming up with just one? Now is your chance to come up with 26 (at least) favorite authors by making a list of  them ABC style.  (See my above link from the past for an example.) There are no rules, list a couple per letter if you feel the need. Skip a letter if you draw a blank. Make it be categories if you want to.  For instance, a favorite YA author list. A favorite classic author list.  A favorite "new to me" author list. A favorite mystery author list.

Or simply an all time favorite author list... from A to Z! 

A -- Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma, Lady Susan, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park. Persuasion Revisited.

B -- Carrie Bebris. Pride and Prescience, North by Northanger, The Matters at Mansfield. Intrigue at Highbury.

C -- Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair At Styles. Murder on the Orient Express. Murder at the Vicarage. A Miss Marple Mystery. The A.B.C. Murders. (Hercule Poirot). The Body in the Library. (Miss Marple). Five Little Pigs. (Hercule Poirot), A Murder is Announced. 4:50 From Paddington. Cards on the Table. Agatha Christie. Appointment with Death. At Bertram's Hotel. Cat Among the Pigeons. Sad Cypress. And Then There Were None. The Moving Finger. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. A Caribbean Mystery. The Big Four. Evil Under the Sun. Taken at the Flood. Dead Man's Folly.

D -- Charles Dickens. Bleak House, Our Mutual Friend. Little Dorrit.

E -- Julie Edwards. Mandy.

F -- Nancy Farmer. The House of the Scorpion. The Sea of Trolls. The Land of Silver Apples (coming soon!)

G -- Elizabeth Gaskell.  Wives and Daughters. Mary Barton. Cranford. North and South. North and South Revisited. 

H -- Georgette Heyer! Civil Contract,  The Foundling, April Lady, Beauvallet,  Convenient Marriage, Audiobook. Venetia, Bath Tangle, Black Sheep, Sylvester,  Cotillion, The Nonesuch, Lady of Quality, Cousin Kate, Regency Buck, The Reluctant Widow, Charity Girl, Convenient Marriage, Frederica, The Talisman Ring, The Grand Sophy, The Corinthian, Arabella, These Old Shades, Devil's Cub, The Black Moth, The Toll Gate, and Sprig Muslin.

I -- Eva Ibbotson. Countess Below Stairs.
J -- Diana Wynne Jones. Howl's Moving Castle. Castle in the Air, House of Many Ways. Enchanted Glass. The Spellcoats.
K -- Kate diCamillo. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Tale of Despereaux, Mercy Watson Thinks Like A Pig, Mercy Watson to the Rescue, Mercy Watson Goes For A Ride, Mercy Watson Fights Crime, Mercy Watson Princess in Disguise, Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes. The Magician's Elephant.
L -- Lois Lowry. The Giver.  Gathering Blue. Messenger. Gossamer.  The Birthday Ball. The Willoughbys. Number the Stars.
M -- L.M. Montgomery! The Blue Castle, A Tangled Web, Chronicles of Avonlea, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, Emily's Quest, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Kilmeny of the Orchard.
N -- Patrick Ness. Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and The Answer, Monsters of Men. 
O -- ORSON Scott Card -- Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus, The Worthing Saga. Empire. Lost Boys; Ender's Game, (Ender's Game), War of Gifts, Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Pathfinder. The Lost Gate.
P -- Terry Pratchett  Nation, The Wee Free Men. A Hat Full of Sky. Wintersmith. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. Wyrd Sisters.
Q -- Julia Quinn: The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me, An Offer From A Gentleman, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, To Sir Phillip, With Love, When He Was Wicked, The Lost Duke of Wyndham. Mr. Cavendish, I Presume.What Happens in London. Ten Things I Love About You.

R -- Rick Riordan: The Red Pyramid, The Maze of Bones, The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, and The Battle of the Labyrinth. The Last Olympian.

S -- Dorothy Sayers! Whose Body?, Unnatural Death,  Strong Poison. Have His Carcase. Gaudy Night.

T -- Anthony Trollope!  The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, The Way We Live Now, Lady Anna, He Knew He Was Right. Framley Parsonage. The Small House At Allington.

U -- Anne Ursu. The Shadow Thieves, The Siren Song. The Immortal Fire.

V -- Vivian Vande Velde. Cloaked in Red. Tales From the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird.

W --Scott Westerfeld  Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras, Peeps, The Last Days, The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness, Blue Noon, Leviathan, Behemoth.

X

Y --  Jane Yolen.  Sword of the Rightful King

Z -- Markus Zusak. The Book Thief. I Am Messenger.

© 2011 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

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