New Author Challenge Wrap-Up

New Authors Challenge
January 1 – December 31, 2009

Challenge: Read 20 Books By Authors New-To-Me (Fiction)
Status: 38/20

Ames, Greg – Buffalo Lockjaw
Anderson, Laurie Halse – Speak
Baggott, Julianna – The Madam
Bluestein, Eleanor – Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales
Boyne, John – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bradbury, Ray – Fahrenheit 451
Center, Katherine – Everyone is Beautiful
Clayton, Meg Waite – The Wednesday Sisters
Collins, Suzanne – The Hunger Games
Curtis, Christopher Paul – Bud, Not Buddy
Cushman, Karen – The Midwife’s Apprentice
Edgerton, Clyde – Walking Across Egypt
Ford, Jamie – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Freymann-Weyr, Garret – After the Moment
Gortner, C. W. – The Last Queen
Headley, Justina Chen -North of Beautiful
Hosseini, Khaled – The Kite Runner
Johnson, Maureen & Myracle, Lauren – Let It Snow
Kluger, Steve – My Most Excellent Year
Lenski, Lois – Strawberry Girl
Lockhart, E. – The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Mahajan, Karan – Family Planning
Martel, Yann – Life of Pi
McCarthy, Cormac – The Road
McCaughrean, Geraldine – The White Darkness
Meyer, Philipp – American Rust
Mitchell, Margaret – Gone with the Wind
Myers, Walter Dean – Monster
Pearson, Mary E. – The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Raskin, Ellen – The Westing Game
Richmond, Michelle – No One You Know
Rose, M.J. – The Memorist
Rosoff, Meg – How I Live Now
Schaenen, Inda – Rainy Day Rescue (Saddle Wise)
Sorenson, Toni – Master
Van Booy, Simon – Love Begins in Winter
Wroblewski, David – The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Yang, Gene Luen – American Born Chinese

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I read a lot of new authors this year. My favorite new discovery is probably Steve Kluger. I’ve put his other books high on the TBR list! Thanks to Jackie at Literary Escapism for hosting.