Vanna Goes Out of Business Part 7

Here's the rules of the game:

1. All entries must be the title of a fictional book.

2. Take the latest valid entry on the post. Determine which vowel was used the most frequently in that previous post.

3. If there is a tie in which vowel was used the most frequently, take the vowel whose first occurrance comes earliest in the entry title.

(For example, if the last entry was "Black Order" by James Rollins, since A, O, and E equally occur once, in that order, and no vowel occurs more than once, you take the A because the A comes first in the title).

4. For the sake of this game, a "Y" is always a consonant, even if it makes the sound of a vowel (like in the word "spy").

5. All entries must contain at least 1 vowel.

6. The vowel that you came up with in steps 2 and/or 3 is the vowel you are forbidden from using in the next entry. Note that you are only forbidden from using it in the title. The Author's name may contain the forbidden vowel.

Rolandperkins played last with:

By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozznes
E

New play:

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

I

John Brownʻs Body by Stephen Vincent Benet

omitting O....

Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

A

The Intruders by Stephen Coonts

E

651. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (read 8 May 1961) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1961)

Vowel to be omitted: I

Summer by Edith Wharton

U

Night by Elie Wiesel

I

Blood Lure by Nevada Barr

O

Ties That Bind by Phillip Margolin

I

The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
E

Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

O

983. The Reivers A Reminiscence, by William Faulkner (read 30 Nov 1968) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1963)

Vowel to be omitted: E

#10 should have been O as the letter to avoid. I'll play avoiding O.

The Australian Pen Pal by Michelle Linn-Gust

A

Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

O

Quentin Durward y Walter Scott
U

Werewolves by Jon Izzard

E

Wild Animus by Rich Shapero

I

#13 says O is the vowel which should have been avoided in #10 but #10 has four e's in the title and four o's in the title so since the first e comes before the first o the author of #10 was correct to indicate E was the vowel to be avoided. # 18 correctly avoids E so I am playing on #18:

3842. The Known World, by Edward P. Jones (read 1 Jan 2004) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 2004) (National Book Critics Circle fiction award for 2003)

Vowel to be avoided: O

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

U

Hawaiians, Globalization, and APEC
by Umi Perkins
A

On 13, 19.

Thanks Schmerguls youʻre right that it was E, not O.

Bookwoman, (13) I almost said "O" on my first count of letters, but then I remembered that the E of "the" does count, so it was a tie -- with E
having been mentioned before O.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

E

Roland, is #21 fiction??

2677. Paris Trout, by Pete Dexter (read 20 Nov 1994) (National Book award fiction prize in 1988)

Vowel to be avoided: A

Oy! Sorry about that! I know that "e" in "the" counts, but I probably just didn't even notice the word "the"!

True Grit by Charles Portis

U

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

A

". . .Is 21 fiction?"

Definitely NOT! Sorry, I forgot Rule 1 (in #1 of 10/20) again.
Iʻve been forgetting which games it is that are required to be fiction, (most can be fic. or non-fic.) and I also sometimes forget to check the rules.

Playing on 20

Forbidden letter: U

Moby Dick by Herman Melville
O

Thanks, Roland That's what I was going to play on, but it was just so tangled, and I mistaken before, so I wasnt' 100% sure.

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Forbidden letter: I

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
A

You're welcome, bookwoman (30); I don't really think that
a mistake in 21 (mine)
cancels 22-26, but that's
the way we've been playing --with the understandinig that the
whistle should be blown, as it was now, in a reasonable time --
not after dozens of entries.

Oobleck by Carl I. Sneider

O

One of the assets of this game is that if after the invalid entry someone has played a title omitting the vowel which should have been omtted by the invalid entry, that cures it. So #26 in effect played on #20 and on #25. I am playing on #32:

4712. tinkers, by Paul Harding (read 25 May 2010) (Pulitzer fiction prize in 2010)

Vowel to be omitted: I

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

E

The Far Pavillions: Volume 1 by M. M. Kaye

A

The Clone Codes by Patricia Mckissack

E

Natural by Leialoha Apo Pekrins
A

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

U

# 35 is invalid, since the title posted has two e's or one for sure. But #37 has no e's so that cures the error in #35.

Playing on #38:

554. A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (read 16 Sep 1958) (Pulitzer fiction prize for 1945)

Vowel to be avoided: A

The Finishing School by Muriel Spark

I

*I have this on Mt. TBR

Preface to Plato
by Eric A. Havelock
E

1362. Romola, by George Eliot (read 25 Oct 1975)

Vowel to avoid: O

Candide by Voltaire

A

Sixth Sense by Ramona Stewart
E

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling

I

Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
A

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

E

Dona Barbara* by Romulo Gallegos

* the n of "Dona" is supposed to have a tilde,
which I can't make on this ckeyboard.

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

Avoiding E:

Snow in April by Rosamunce Pilcher

I

The Masters by C.P. Snow
E

Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson

I

2625. The Chamber, by John Grisham (read 10 Jul 1994)

Vowel to avoid: E

Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney

U

Native Son by Richard Wright

A

Soul Eyes by Wayne L. Wilson

E

Autobiography of a Catholic Anarchist
by Ammon Hennacy
A

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte

E

Hawaiian Grammar by Samuel H. Elbert*
A

*Met author

Schooled by Gordon Korman

O

Bernard Carr* by James T. Farrell
A

*There was a law suit about this title, and part of the settlement
was the changing of its former title "Bernard Clare" to
Bernard Carr. I preferred using "Carr" because "Clare"
would produce the all too recurrent "Forbidden Letter: E".

Killshot by Elmore Leonard

I

Early Plays by Henrik Ibsen
A

Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting

I

I don't think #57 and #59 are fiction, but if I am wrong about that I am playing not only on #56 (avoid E) but also on #64 (avoid I):

4212. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (read 21 Sep 2006) (National Book Critics Circle fiction award for 1977)

I used Guard of Honor previously so I am changinig it, but the same vowel to be avoided so #66 is right

Vowel to be avoid in a fictional title: O

Black Hands, White Sails by PAtricia Mckissack

A

Schooling by Heather McGowan

O

Christiad by Marco Girolamo Vida*
I

*a Wish Lilst item

Armadale by Wilkie Collins

A

The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov

E

Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy
A

Zorro by Isabel Allende

O

Crime and Punishment / Prestuplenye i Nakazanye
by Fedor Dostoevskii
I (taking the forbidden letter only from the English title)

Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney

Avoiding O:

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

I

Eunuchus / The Eunuch by Terence
U taking the forbidden letter from the Laitn title only

Batman: Motorized Mayhem by Bob Kane

A

bought for my 4 yr. old nephew

The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
E

Sold by Patricia McCormick

O

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

I

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

E

#78 does not avoid A, but #79 does. So I am playing on #81:

2896. World's Fair, by E. L. Doctorow (read 13 Aug 1996) (National Book Award fiction prize in 1986)

Vowel to be avoided in a fictional title: O

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collons

I

Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd

O

Pirate: A Thriller by Ted Bell

I

Donkey Boy by Henry Williamson

O

Seawitch by Alistair MacLean

E

Imago by Octavia E. Butler

I

The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton

E

Thirsty by M. T. Anderson

I

Meet My Maker the Mad Molecule by J. P. Donleavy

E

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

I

Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd

A

Bronxwood by Coe Booth

O

Bear Island by Alistair MacLean

A

Poppy by Avi

O

Invader by C. J. Cherryh

I

Ragweed by Avi

E

Glory Road
by Bruce Catton
O

Blameless by Gail carriger

E

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
O

The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard

E

Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
O

The Clerkenwell Tales by Peter Ackroyd

E

Lycidas by John Milton
I

Full Moon by P. G. Wodehouse

O

Paradise Regained by John Milton
A

The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett

E

In #92 o comes before i so it seems to me that o, not i, is the vowel to be avoided. #95 does avoid o

Roland, I don't think Glory Road is fiction (#99) but #101 avoids e so I will play on #109:

280. So Big, by Edna Ferber (read 2 Sept 1946) (Pulitzer Fiction prize for 1925)

Vowel to be avoided in a fictional title: O

The Princess Casamassima by Henry James

A

Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George

I

The Scandaroon by Henry Williamson

A

(Sorry; I did forget the ban on non-fiction in 99).

Jubb
by Keith Waterhouse
U

Almost Like Being in Love by Christina Dodd

I

Spy Hook by Len Deighton

O

Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis
A

The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James

O

Waylander by David Gemmell

A

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

E

2386. Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (read 27 May 1991) (Pulitzer fiction prize for 1982) (National Book Award fiction prize for 1982) (National Book Critics Circle fiction award for 1981)
Oops, Roland used it as recently as Oct 16. Let's try:

270. Valiant Dust, by Percival Christopher Wren (read 21 Jun 1946)

Vowel to be avoided in a fictional title: A

First Light by Peter Ackroyd

I

Pay the Two Dollars! by Alexander Rose
A

The Evening News - Arthur Hailey

Avoid "E"

Schultz by J. P. Donleavy

U

Ajeemah and His Son by James berry

A

The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells

E

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

A

273. Soldiers of Misfortune The Story of Otho Belleme, by Percival Christopher Wren (read 7 Aug 1946)

Avoid O

Bevis by Richard Jefferies

E

Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen

O

The Card by Arnold Bennett

E

Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf

A

The Mint by T. E. Lawrence

E

Ilias / Iliad
by Homer
I

The Crock of Gold by James Stephens

O

Chew Chew Chew by

Lucy Lawrence

Avoid "W"

In #133 the vowel to be avoided was O, since the first of the three O's came before the first E. But #134 did avoid O as welll as E, so no problem.

W is not a vowel. The vowel to avoided is E (but I also avoid W!

244. Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh (read 9 Mar 1946)

Avoid O

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

I

A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka

O

What I Meant... by Mmarie Lambda

A

The Thunder Keeper
by Margaret Coel
E

Flying Colours by C. S. Forester

O

A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
A

The Gun by C. S. Forester

U

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

O

>147 bookwoman247: Where did that apostrophe come from?

The Longest Journey by E. M. Forster

E

#148 played on #147 which was subsequently/simultaneously deleted.

So now playing on #146

The Ship by C. S. Forester

I

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

A

Oops! Sorry! I deleted it, because it contained an "O". I was actually playing on 145. but 146 beat me to it.

Carry on playing on 150, forbidden letter A.

*What the heck, we have two responses numbered 150? Well, carry on playing on forbidden letter A, nonetheless.

The Hungry Stones by Rabindranath Tagore
E

( >151 bookwoman247: "... two responses numbered 150?" I've noticed that it looks like you're going to get duplicate numbering when editing. Then it seems to sort itself out.)

A Singular Man by J. P. Donleavy

A

Milk In My Coffee by Eric Jerome Dickey

I

" Two responses numbered 150. . ." (151, 153)

I've noticed that, in mentioning a previous post, it often doesn't have the number I was expecting from the regular sequence, (It's one higher or one lower) so
I guess two could temporarily have the same number. Either I'm terrible at recording the intended number, or they do change during
a discusson of them like this.

The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
by Randy Shilts

RP... #156 has the fobidden letter I in it.

#157: Would RP have got away with #156 if he hadn't included the sub-title. I have to admit that I have either ignored or included sub-titles wherever necessary.

". . .has the forbidden letter I..." (158 on 156)

Yes, sorry; AQuite a shock when I scrolled up to the top of this thread, and found that this was the "Vanna. . ." thread. I was playing by "Silly Game..." rules, and didn't give forbidden letters a thought.

So playing on #154

The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts (?)

E

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

O

Doctor Zhivago -

Boris Pasternak

AVOID " O "

The Bell by Iris Murdoch

E

Mandingo by Kyle Onstott

A

Gold From Crete C. S. Forester

O

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

E

Last Chorus by Humphrey Lyttelton

A

2459. The Firm, by John Grisham (read 31 Aug 1992)

Avoid E

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

O

The Trial by Franz Kafka

E

The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
O

The Beautiful Life by Edwin Gilbert

E

Hooray for Yiddish by Leo Rosten

#171 did not avoid E, Roland. But #173 did.

Avoiding O:

983. The Reivers A Reminiscence, by William Faulkner (read 30 Nov 1968) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1963)

Vowel to be avoided: E

Watch and Ward by Henry James

A

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

u

That Darcy, That Dancer, That Gentleman by J. P. Donleavy

A

Moo by Jane Smiley

O

Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett

A

The Summing Up by W. Somerset Maugham
U

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing

E

Lord Mountdrago by W. Somerset Maugham
O

Murphy by Samuel Beckett

U

375. The Ordeal of Richard Feveral A History of a Father and Son, by George Meredith (read 30 Jul 1950)

Vowel to be avoided: A

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

O

The Hydra Head by Carlos Fuentes

E

London Match by Len Deighton

O

The Blue Hammer by Ross MacDonald
E

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

O

The Real Thing by Henry James

E

The Bostonians by Henry James
O

Strangers At The Feast by Jennifer Vanderbes

A

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

looks like #192 has the forbidden E

True! .... but we could ignore 192/193 and and we would be back on track!

Of course!

Avoiding U

The Gale of the World by Henry Williamson

E

I don't think #186 is fiction, but #194 avoids A so that cures that.

#!92 does have the forbidden E, Roland, but #194 does not, so I am playing on #197:

3166. Charming Billy, by Alice McDermott (read 26 Feb 1999) (National Book Award fiction prize in 1998)

Vowel to be avoided in a fiction title: I

(>198 Schmerguls: you are correct, #186 is not fiction, I forgot the rule)

A Fox Under My Cloak by Henry Williamson

Avoid: A

Blood Lure by Nevada Barr

O

Imperial Palace by Arnold Bennett

A

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

E

Ripping Yarns by Michael Palin

I

The Blood of the Volsungs by Thomas Mann
O

The Black Swan by Thomas Mann

A

The Emperor by Ryszars Kapuscinski

E

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
A

The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth

O

Rules by Cynthia Lord

U

The Grapes of Paradise by H. E. Bates

E

David and Goliath by Tomie dePaola

A

4777. The Confession, by John Grisham (read 19 Nov 2010)

Vowel to avoid: E

Zami by Audre Lord

A

First Light by Peter Ackroyd

I

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

E

Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh

O

Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester

E

Four for Tomorrow by Roger Zelazny
O

Seven Tales and Alexander by H. E. Bates

E

Roughing it by Mark Twain
I

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

E

Magic City by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Avoiding I:

Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

A

The Secret School by Avi

E

3225. Spartina, by John Casey (read 3 Aug 1999) (National Book Award fiction prize in 1989)

Vowel to avoid: A

Everwild by Neal Shusterman

E

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson

A

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

U

A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss

A

The Edge of Midnight by Beverly Jenkins

E

WooHoo! I was able to use same title in 3 different games simultaneously. :)

3290. Waiting, by Ha Jin (read 30 Jan 2000) (National Book Award fiction prize in 1999)

Vowel to avoid: I

Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
E

Longshot by Dick Francis

O

2624. Jane and Prudence, by Barbara Pym (read 4 Jul 1994)

Avoid E

Calculus for Cats by Kenn Amdahl

A

King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

O

>236 bookwoman247:: Shouldn't "O" be the forbidden letter (3 x "O", 2 x "I") ?

Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard

E

#237 You're absolutely right! I obviously wasn't fully awake yet when I posted.

Good catch. Thanks! I changed it. You did a great job of avoiding both "I' and "O".

Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

I

Song of Roland by Anonymous

O

Where Are the Bugs? by Sue Kassirer

E

Running Wild by J. G. Ballard

I

Is #235 fiction? If not, #242 cures the non-response to #235,

21. Sandy Joe by Mary T. Waggaman (read in 1939)

Vowel to avoid: A

English Music by Peter Ackroyd

I

De Natura Deorum / On the Nature of the Gods
by Cicero
E

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

O

Roland, did Cicero write fiction? If not, #246 does avoid I

4342. Mrs. Ted Bliss, by Stanley Elkin (read 18 July 2007) (National Book Critics Circle fiction award for 1995)

Avoid: E

Tai-Pan by James Clavell

A

The Ghost Kings by H. Rider Haggard

E

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

O

The Future Has A Past by J. California Cooper

A

The Third Violet by Stephen Crane

avoiding E

Last Chorus by Humphrey Lyttelton

A

3296. The Brethren, by John Grisham (read 1 Mar 2000)

Avoid E

Gadfly in Russia by Alan Sillitoe

A

Night Fires by George Edward Stanton

I

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

O

Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli

A

The Big Money by John Dos Passos
E

93. Cupid of Campion by Francis J. Finn, S.J.(read in 1942)

Vowel to avoid: I

Code Red by nancy Fisher

E

Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott

Whirligig by paul Fleischman

I

End as a Man by Calder Willingham
A

Summer by Edith Wharton

U

Sovereignty in Hawaii: From the Earliest times to 2000
by Roland F. Perkins

Avoid which alphabet in the next posting ?

on 266, 267:

Oh, sorry. >Avoid I (6 I s and 5 E s)

Roland, is #266 fiction? If not, this entry also avoids U as requried by #265

1523. The Year of the French A Novel by Thomas Flanagan (read 28 June 1979) (National Book Critics Circle fiction award for 1979)

Vowel to avoid: E

Cut by Patricia McCormick

U

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

O

To Schmerguls (247)

Of course my "Sovereignty..." and Ciceroʻs De natura Deorum
are not fiction, not intentionally anyway. Itʻs just that again I forgot the fictional rule. In fact around that time I was just remembering that there is one thread that requires a fiction title, but I couldnʻt remember which one. Sorry.

(Playng on 271)
Electra by* Sophocles

*also a (less highly regarded) version by Euripides

Old Filth by Jane Gordon

O

2904. them, by Joyce Carol Oates (read 1 Sep 1996) (National Book Award fiction prize for 1970)

Vowel to be avoided: E

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

O

Frenemies by L. Divine

E

Utopia by Thomas More

U

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

I

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

E

Ajax by Sophocles
A

Threepenny Novel by Bertolt Brecht

E

Ion by Euripides
I

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

A

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

I

Blanche Among the Talented Tenth by Barbara Neely

E

1642. Humboldt's Gift, by Saul Bellow (read 8 July 1981) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1976)

Vowel to avoid in fiction title: U

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow (read late '70s)

E

The Victim by Saul Bellow
I

Herzog by Saul Bellow

E

Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
O

Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

U

Roland, #289 includes an e but #291 does not so I will play on #292:

2891. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie (read 27 Jul 1996)

(Actually, I also read most of it in the Saturday Evening Post in 1939)

Omit E

Knowing by Rosalyn McMillan

O

The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler

A

This Side of Eternity by Rosalyn McMillan

I

The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
by James T. Farrell
O

The Test by Peggy Kern

E

"289 (thE Victim) includes an E . . ." (293)

Yes, I still tend to forget the "Articles do count" rule in this game (and in no other, I think). All that came to mind when I thought
of The Victim was "perfect E-less title: I (2x) is the only vowel!"

An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor

O

The Bully by Anne E. Schraff

E

94. Strong Arm of Avalon by Mary T. Waggaman (read in 1942)

Omit in a fictional title: O

Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim

E

Natural Child by Calder Willingham
A

Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells

I

1554. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (read 10 Mar 1980)

Vowel to avoid in fictional title: A

Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner

O

Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis
A

The Innocent Moon by Henry Williamson

O

True Grit by Charles Portis

U

The Woman at Seven Brothers
by Wilbur Daniel Steele
E

Baudolino by Umberto Eco

O

A. Bronson Alcott: his Life and Philosophy
by F. B. Sanborn
O

Roland, #313 isn't fiction but I will play on #312 and so #313 is played on as well:

4646. Murder at the Vicarage A Miss Marple Mystery, by Agatha Christie (read 29 Nov 2009)

Vowel to avoid in a fictional title: E

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

A

The Wind from Nowhere by J. G. Ballard

E

Him with Foot in his Mouth by Saul Bellow
I

The Old Country by Alan Bennett

O

The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow
E

(almost forgot the E of "the" again!)

But the vowel to avoid was 'O', and 'The Bellarosa Connection' has three of them.

On 317 -- 320 ". . .the Bellarosa Connection has three (O s)" (320)

Sorry, I was playing on 317 (Forbidden letter: I). 318 wasnʻt on the screen yet.
But I shouldnʻt have played on 317, because it was my own.

At this point, Iʻd say 318 is the one to play on.

Playing on 318
forbidden letter: O

Mrs. Bridge by Evan Connell

Avoiding I:

Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

E

Saint Paul by Arthur Darby Nock*
A

*Met author.

Tropic of Ruislip by Leslie Thomas

I

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

O

What Maisie Knew by Henry James

A

I doubt that #325 is fiction, so I will play on #324, avoiding E, and on #328, avoiding A (a challenging thing to do):

1642. Humboldt's Gift, by Saul Bellow (read 8 July 1981) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1976)

Vowel to be avoided in fictional title: U

although #325 is not fiction, #326 avoided E (as well a A) and so played correctly on #324. Therefore #326 to #328 were OK (and so of course was #329).

The Onion Eaters by J. P. Donleavy

E

Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf

O

Kipps by H. G. Wells

I

On 325 -- 330:

If itʻs any help, I can say 325 definitely is NOT fiction.

It was my mistake, forgetting the "Fiction Only rule.
I agree that 326 plays correctly on 324.

Assuming 332 is the ne to play on at this point
(Forbidden letter I):

The Lost Men by Benedict Thielen
E

Nina Balatka by Anthony Trollope

A

Good point, Inkvisitor, re #325 and #324--I admit I did not check for #326 avoiding what #324 required be avoided. I should have.

985. The Fixer, by Bernard Malamud (read 5 Dec 1968) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1967) (National Book Award fiction prize for 1967)

Vowel to be avoided in a fictional title: E

Yurara, vol. 1 by Chika Shiomi

A

as the last letter in #337 would be an E (in onE), playing on #336:

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

I

One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters

O

It Was the Nightingale by Henry Williamson

I

War Dances by Sherman Alexie

A

2242. The Power of the Dog, by Thomas Savage (read 25 Oct 1989)

(This book blew me away)

Vowel to avoid in a fictional title: E

No Way Out by Peggy Kern

O

Nerve by Dick Francis

E

Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree

I

Proof by Dick Francis

O

Blinking Red Light by Mister Mann Frisby

I

Bonecrack by Dick Francis

O

The Deanʻs December by Saul Bellow
E

Blood Sport by Dick Francis

O

playing on #350 since #351 does not avoid O:

2628. The Shipping News, by E. Annie Proulx (read 19 Jul 1994) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1994) (National Book Award fiction prize in 1993)

Vowel to avoid in a fictional title: E

Satyricon* by Petronius Arbiter
A

*One of the few Greco Roman ancient titles that is really
(intentionally) fictional. I am trying (unsuccessfully?) to delete 351 which managed to violate 2 rules; I cant imagine why I used a title that has 2 of the forbidden letter in it.

Forged By Fire by Sharon M. Draper

E

Argonautica by Valerius Flaccus
A

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

O

Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett
E

Thomasina by Paul Gallico

A

The Snow Goose b y Paul Gallico
O

Scruffy by Paul Gallico

U

Watt by Samuel Beckett
A

Molloy by Samuel Beckett

O

Pride and Prejudice by

Jane Austen

Avoid: I

Murphy by Samuel Beckett
U

Happy Days by Samuel Beckett

A

Got the Look by James Grippando
O

A Happy Death by Albert Camus

A

Single Mom by Omar Tyree

I

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

O

Single & Single by John le Carré

I

224. Avalanche a novel by Kay Boyle (read 27 Dec 1945)

In #363 the vowel to avoid was E rather than I, and #364 did avoid it as well as I

Vowel to avoid: A

Drink With The Devil by Jack Higgins

"I"

Sula by Toni Morrison

U

The Ancestors by Brandon Massey

E

Strait is the Gate by André Gide

forbidden letter of 375: A

The Circle Home by Edward Hoagland

Omitting E

Last Things by C. P. Snow

A

Joel by Bible. O. T. 29th Book of the Old Testament
O

The Fallen by Paul Langan

E

Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
I

Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley

E

Rabbit Redux by John Updike
A

Das Kapital / Capital by Karl Marx
A

Blood is thicker by paul langan

O

What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
A

Demos by George Gissing

E

Roland, I don't think Marx intended Das Kapital to be considered fiction, but maybe it can pass as such?

#375 did not avoid E as requried, but #377 did. And #382 did not avoid E but the "fictional" #383 did

Playing on #387:

706. Antic Hay, by Aldous Huxley (read 25 Aug 1962)

Vowel to avoid in a fictional title: A

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

O

New Grub Street by George Gissing

E

Ibis by Ovid
I

Careful by Richard Madelin

A

Bellum Civile by Lucan
E

1Q84 by

Haruki Murakami

Avoid: Q

See above: Rule 5. All entries must contain at least 1 vowel.

#393 therefore fails