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Unread Authors Challenge

August 5, 2007 at 10:17 pm · Filed under Books Etc

The second of my new challenges, the Unread Authors Challenge: 6 books by authors you’ve never read before, September 2007-February 2008.

Update: Challenge complete! I got the chance to try out some great authors who were new to me. Orson Scott Card and Kenneth Oppel were definitely my favourites; I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend their books to anyone interested in SFF. I also wouldn’t mind picking up more books by Elizabeth George, Diana Gabaldon, and Liz Williams. I don’t think I’ll ever touch Colleen Gleason again, though—her books definitely aren’t for me!

  1. A Great Deliverance » Elizabeth George
  2. The Rest Falls Away » Colleen Gleason
  3. Lord John and the Private Matter » Diana Gabaldon
  4. Airborn » Kenneth Oppel
  5. Ender’s Game » Orson Scott Card
  6. Snake Agent » Liz Williams

Alternates:

  • In the Skin of a Lion » Michael Ondaatje
  • The Stone Diaries » Carol Shields
  • Barney’s Version » Mordecai Richler
  • Ender’s Game » Orson Scott Card
  • Water for Elephants » Sara Gruen
  • Independent People » Halldor Laxness
  • Abandon » Pico Iyer
  • Smilla’s Sense of Snow » Peter Hoeg
  • Don Quixote » Cervantes
  • The Opium Clerk » Kunal Basu
  • A Recipe for Bees » Gail Anderson-Dargatz
  • A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali » Gil Courtemanche
  • The Joy Luck Club » Amy Tan
  • The Inheritance of Loss » Kiran Desai
  • Fugitive Pieces » Anne Michaels
  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress » Robert A. Heinlein
  • Hyperion » Dan Simmons

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6 Comments »

Sycorax Pine wrote, on August 5th, 2007 at 11:18 pm:

What a great list, Poodlerat! “Hyperion” is on my Book Awards Challenge list, and “The Inheritance of Loss” is on my NY Times Notable Books Challenge list. Not mention the many others that I wish were on my Unread Authors list. Welcome to the Challenge!

Poodlerat wrote, on August 6th, 2007 at 12:40 am:

Thanks! I’m looking forward to it.

Literary Feline wrote, on August 6th, 2007 at 12:57 am:

That is a great list. There are several authors from both your lists I would like to try. I really enjoy Heinlein’s writing, although I haven’t read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Amy Tan is also good.

Poodlerat wrote, on August 6th, 2007 at 1:00 am:

Thanks! Yes, I’ve heard good things about both Heinlein and Amy Tan (well, about all the authors on the list, I guess, since that’s why I picked them….)

Heather wrote, on August 6th, 2007 at 10:35 am:

Oooh, Hyperion and Ender’s Game. Two that I eventually got around to and very much enjoyed. I hope you like them!

Poodlerat wrote, on August 6th, 2007 at 10:39 am:

Thanks! From what I’ve heard, it seems like I will….

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