Matthew at A Guy's Moleskin Notebook posted this meme in which you name your favorite book that starts with each letter in the alphabet. I couldn't resist, so here is mine.
B Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
C Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood
D The Dairy of A Young Girl, Anne Frank
E Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
F Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
G The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
H Haroun and The Sea of Stories, Salmon Rushdie
I Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
J Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
K Kindred, Octavia Butler
L Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
M Middlemarch, George Eliot
N Native Son, Richard Wright
O On Beauty, Zadie Smith
P The Painted Veil, W. Somerset Maugham
R The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid
S The Submission, Amy Waldman
T The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
U Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
V A Visit From the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
W White Noise, Don DeLillo
X Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Y The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Z Zeitoun, Dave Eggars
Full disclosure: I skipped "Q" because the only two titles I could count for this one (All Quiet on the Western Front and Q: A Novel) are books that I truly did not care for. If you've got any "Q" recommendations, I'd like to hear them because yes, I am bothered I couldn't really complete this list. I also cheated a bit for "U" and "X".
Wow, how long did it take you to come up with this list? I think I'd have to wait until all my books are unpacked before I could even attempt this lol. Have you read 'Q & A'? It's the original title for Slumdog Millionaire...I read it quite awhile before the movie (which I did love), but the book was also really, really good. Guess I got my 'Q'! ;p
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion! I have not read that one and like you, I really loved the movie, disturbing but also so touching.
DeleteAlso, it didn't take me too long to come up with the list. I used Goodreads to filter my already read books alphabetically, and went from there :)
You're right...as I sit here, titles keep popping into my head lol. Maybe I will play along...unfortunately, I haven't been on Goodreads long enough and have only been adding the books I read since joining.
DeleteQuiet by Susan Cain is a fantastic nonfiction book about introverts. That will work for Q!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie!
DeleteOooh! Oooh! I want to play! ALSO I'm glad you like Middlemarch because I just got it for my birthday and I'm a tiny bit iffy about reading it, so, yay!
ReplyDeleteYay you should play too! I had a tough time deciding between Middlemarch and Middlesex, but in the end Eliot won. Have you read any other Eliot?
DeleteI think I'm going to need to do this. Shout out to come :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAwesome I'll come check it out :)
DeleteThat sounds like so much fun and I was also going to ask how you came up with so many. I'll have to make my own list. I need to read All Quiet on the Western Front. Can you believe I've also never read The Yellow Wallpaper?!? Really. I like that you listed Atwood's work for two titles.
ReplyDeleteYellow Wallpaper I loved. I think you'd like it too. I found All Quiet on the Western Front quite boring, but that's just me.
DeletePlus, I love the new layout. The header is awesome! I also realize my last comment was all over the place.. crazy.
ReplyDeleteHey thanks! I needed something different :)
DeleteLove this, but I don't know if I'll be able to come up with X and Z! I've just recently read Zeitoun for my book group next week, coincidentally. I liked it a lot but I don't know if I can call it a favorite because I thought it was so depressing.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've decided to count To Kill a Mockingbird for the letter K. Is that cheating?
I really really liked Zeitoun. It was quite sad, and it made me angry, but I liked that it was eye-opening.
DeleteI cheated on a couple, you can too :)
Andreea
ReplyDeleteFor Q I've heard that Quiet:The power of introverts (non-fiction) is a great book, I'll give it a try soon.
I like your mix of genres here. Fun Home is one of those books I've meant to read for yearrrrrs. Missed your blog while I was out of the loop, Brenna!
ReplyDeleteCool list! I really didn't like Q: The Novel either. After the first couple of chapters I thought I would but it went downhill for me pretty fast.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea and so many of the books you listed. I did this with authors a couple years ago and realized how hard it is to fill some of the letter.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of this, but I don't think I could think of a book for every letter, or narrow down my favourites for some letters! I would cheat on U and X too. I have heard good things about Quiet, as was suggested above, but apart from that I wouldn't be able to think of a book title starting with Q.
ReplyDeleteI just posted this meme to my blog. I totally borrowed your cheat for X. I couldn't think of anything else! Also, I would not have known what to write for K if I hadn't read your list first. Kindred is an awesome book.
ReplyDeleteOh, my gosh, how fun! I am going to have to do this.
ReplyDelete