I missed doing an ABC challenge in 2018… So even though I’m not sure I’ll actually finish the challenge this year, I decided to just give in and give it a go. The catch? I’ll be doing not one, but TWO ABC challenges: one with the book titles and one with the last name of the authors. Like the title states: double trouble! But hopefully also double the fun. (I know there are lots of existing ABC challenges out there, but I’m just doing my own challenge this year to keep things simple.)
My rules:
TITLE: read one book that has a title with each letter of the alphabet. The A’s and The’s don’t count… Also, the Q, X and Z titles can have those letters anywhere in the title.
AUTHOR: read a book with an author’s last name for each letter. If there is more than one last name, it should be the first that counts… And the Q, X and Z names can have the letter anywhere in the last name.
Let’s go ABC crazy!!
BOOK TITLE ABC
>>> Last updated August 15th 2019 <<<
A: Artemis – by Andy Weir (2017)
B: Beneath The Sugar Sky – by Seanan McGuire (2018)
C: Crown Of Embers – Rae Carson (2012)
D: The Dry – by Jane Harper (2016)
E: The Enchanted – by Rene Denfeld (2014)
F: Friend Request – by Laura Marshall (2017)
G: Ghost Boys – by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018)
H: Heart Berries – by Terese Marie Mailhot (2018)
I: The Insect Farm – by Stuart Prebble (2015)
J: Jar Of Hearts – by Jennifer Hillier (2018)
K: Keeper – by Johana Gustawsson (2017)
L: The Last Time I Lied – by Riley Sager (2018)
M: Moon Over Soho – by Ben Aaronovitch (2011)
N: Navigating Early – by Clare Vanderpool (2013)
O: Outrun The Moon – by Stacey Lee (2016)
P: The Painted Veil – by W. Somerset Maugham (1925)
Q: The Kiss Quotient – by Helen Hoang (2018)
R: Release – by Patrick Ness (2017)
S: The Shattering – by Karen Healey (2011)
T: The Treatment – C.L. Taylor (2017)
U: Until The Day I Die – by Emily Carpenter (2019)
V: Verity – by Colleen Hoover (2018)
W: When Dimple Met Rishi – by Sandhya Menon (2017)
X: EXquisite – by Sarah Stovell (2017)
Y: Your Life Is Mine – by Nathan Ripley (2019)
Z: Alice In Zombieland – by Gena Showalter (2012)
I have found 26 out of 26 letters so far.
AUTHOR ABC
>>> Last updated August 15th 2019 <<<
A: Arikawa, Hiro: The Travelling Cat Chronicles (2012)
B: Backman, Fredrik: And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer (2015)
C: Carson, Rae: The Crown Of Embers (2012)
D: Dahl, Roald: The BFG (1982)
E: Emmich, Val: Dear Evan Hansen (2018)
F: Fernandez, Marc: Mala Vida (2015)
G: Green, Sally: Half Lies (2014)
H: Hoang, Helen: The Kiss Quotient (2018)
I: Irby, Samantha: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life (2017)
J: Jones, Tayari: An American Marriage (2018)
K: Kaufman, Amie: These Broken Stars (2013)
L: Lindstrom, Eric: A Tragic Kind Of Wonderful (2016)
M: McGuire, Seanan: Beneath The Sugar Sky (2018)
N: Ness, Patrick: Release (2017)
O: Owens, Delia: Where The Crawdads Sing (2018)
P: Prebble, Stuart: The Insect Farm (2015)
Q: Quick, Matthew: Every Exquisite Thing (2016)
R: Rhodes, Jewell Parker: Ghost Boys (2018)
S: Slater, K.L: Finding Grace (2019)
T: Taylor, C.L.: The Treatment (2017)
U: Unger, Lisa: The Sleep Tight Motel (2018)
V: Vanderpool, Clare: Navigating Early (2013)
W: White, Kiersten: Bright We Burn (2018)
X: RouX, Madeleine: House Of Furies (2017)
Y: Young, Rusty: Colombiano (2017)
Z: DenZil, Sarah A.: The Broken Ones (2016)
I have found 26 out of 26 letters so far.
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I’m doing the A to Z challenge this year! I’m yet to find titles for my Q, X and Z too but like you said, it can be anywhere in the title/last name so I know I’ll find some soon.
I hope you finish everything on the list. 🙂
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Those are always tricky letters! As for author last names, Jeff Zentner, Matthew Quick and Julie Buxbaum are the first that come to my mind. Titles with a Q are easier (anything queen). Good luck with your ABC challenge!
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I found the authors surprisingly hard to do last year!!! I thought it would be easy since I could just go to the library and pick out alphabetized authors in the Fiction section!!! haha good luck!
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Haha it does turn out to be harder than it seems… I remember not completing one of the two the last time I tried. Thanks!
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Looks like a fun challenge especially with the exceptions for the As, The’s, Q, X and Z.
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I think it would be too difficult otherwise. 😉
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This is a fun idea! I might give it a try, too. I’m glad there’s a caveat for those troublesome letters, though!
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Otherwise I wouldn’t have joined haha. Finding a title and last name with an especially an X just sounds too difficult. 😉
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