Published January 04, 2014
Happy 2014 everyone! It’s a new year and that means new possibilities and challenges. I for one have decided to attempt an author A-Z challenge. I’m going read 26 Sci-fi or Fantasy books over the course of the year each by a different author and all by authors I’ve never read before. It’s going to be a lot of fun at least I hope so.
I’ve compiled an initial list over the Christmas holidays although I had to make Q and X wildcards as I wasn’t able to find any authors with those letters. But be that as it may, I think I’ve got some interesting reading ahead. Feel free to join in or attempt your own author A-Z challenge. Of course the list is subject to change and flux and I might very well make substitutions if something better comes along or a sword and laser pick falls in line with my next planned read.
Margaret Atwood – Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, #1)
Holly Black – The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Gail Carriger – Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
James Dashner – The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, #1)
Susan Ee – Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Sherry D. Ficklin – Extracted (The Lost Imperials, #1)
Lev Grossman – The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
A.G. Howard – Splintered (Splintered, #1)
Ian Irvine – A Shadow on the Glass (The View from the Mirror, #1)
J.V. Jones – A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows, #1)
Guy Gavriel Kay – Tigana
Demitria Lunetta – In the After (In the After #1)
China Miéville – Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)
Ramez Naam – Nexus (Nexus, #1)
Daniel O’Malley – The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
Marianne de Pierres – Burn Bright (Night Creatures, #1)
Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
A.G. Riddle – The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1)
John Scalzi – Redshirts
Laini Taylor – Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
George Udenkwo – Golgotha Falls Genesis
Jack Vance – The Dying Earth
Chris Wooding – Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #1)
Neal Stephenson – Snow Crash
Charles Yu – How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
David Zindell – The Broken God (A Requiem For Homo Sapiens, #1)
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