Now I know my A, B, C, won’t you read along with me.
I borrowed this idea from Mogsy at the Bibliosanctum – (who borrowed it from Bionic Book Worm, who hosts the meme Top 5 Tuesdays where for the month of July the themed topics are books that start with a letter of the alphabet. I decided, like the Bibliosanctum, to see if I could come up with an A-Z of books. As I’ve missed the July Theme this sounds like a way to still take part. So here’s my A-Z list of books – this is not some sort of definitive ‘best of’ list. Just an A-Z to see if I could come up with books for each – as it is, I couldn’t find a book that I’ve read beginning with ‘x’ – but there are some mighty find books on here so feast your eyes on my A-Z:
A Time of Dread by John Gwynne
Blue Girl (The) by Charles deLint
Company Town by Madeline Ashby
Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Generation V by M L Brennan
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
I am Legend, Richard Matheson
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Lord of the Rings by JRRTolkien
Mayhem and Murder by Sarah Pinborough
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Prince of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Vampire Empire by Clay and Susan Griffith
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
You Die When you Die by Angus Watson
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Very cool! I’m definitely doing this as well. Great choices, and you’ve even given me some ideas for my own list😁
I have to confess that I changed my list about three times – and then I realised this isn’t a best of list – they’re all books that I like of course, but the challenge is to find titles from A-Z – and of course I failed being unable to come up with a book for X. I look forward to seeing your list.
Lynn 😀
I’m so glad you decided to do this too! I had a lot of books on this list that I wanted to put on my list, but in some cases it got edged out 😀
I know what you mean – I changed my mind three times with most of these!
Lynn 😀
Lol almost all your books here are ones I want/need to read, like I Am Legend and the Juliet Marillier book, Kushiel’s Dart, Jane Steele, and Prince of Thorns. Great list!
Thanks – and of course that’s the problem isn’t it – we can’t read all the books, there simply isn’t enough time, but we can all keep plugging away at our favourites in the meantime.
Lynn 😀
Lol! Yup!
This is a great list. I think I’ve read about a quarter of these and a bunch of others are on my list (like Zoo City, which I hope to get to this Fall).
I love Lauren Beukes and Zoo City is so original.
Lynn 😀
Ah cool! I really love both Tammy’s and your lists – very tempted to try this out … although I think it’s going to be a struggle! 😀
Well, I failed on the letter ‘x’ – that was a tough one. I hope you give it a shot – I would be keen to see what you come up with.
Lynn 😀
Very pleased to see The Lord of the Rings and Jane Steele made onto the list 😀 I love the idea of this… if only I had time!
NGL – it was quite time consuming, but I enjoyed it all the same.
Lynn 😀
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