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1fdholt
Back in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 I tried to do the alphabet for both authors and books:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/112064
https://www.librarything.com/topic/129935
https://www.librarything.com/topic/152634
https://www.librarything.com/topic/164161
I've decided to combine those and make this a lifetime challenge. So I won't add all the books or authors (editors will not count) that start with a letter; just a sampling. But my one rule is that I must review the book for it to count in this challenge.
I am also doing the lifetime Dewey decimal challenge at:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/112013
It's much more difficult but I've made progress in the last 9 years.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/112064
https://www.librarything.com/topic/129935
https://www.librarything.com/topic/152634
https://www.librarything.com/topic/164161
I've decided to combine those and make this a lifetime challenge. So I won't add all the books or authors (editors will not count) that start with a letter; just a sampling. But my one rule is that I must review the book for it to count in this challenge.
I am also doing the lifetime Dewey decimal challenge at:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/112013
It's much more difficult but I've made progress in the last 9 years.
2fdholt
Authors
A. Natalie Angier, The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science
B. Derrick Bang, Vince Guaraldi at the piano
D. Tobias Dantzig, Number : the language of science
E.
F. Richard P. Feynman, Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman! : adventures of a curious character
G. A. Bartlett Giamatti, Take time for paradise : Americans and their games
H. Louis J. Heizmann, The library that would not die : the turbulent history of the Reading Public Library
Abraham Joshua Heschel, I asked for wonder
I.
J. Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's stories
K. Martin Luther King, Jr., Why we can't wait
John F. Kennedy, Profiles in courage
L. Kathryn Lesieur, Here in this garden : schoolgirl samplers of Berks County
M. John McPhee, Encounters with the archdruid, The deltoid pumpkin seed
N. Naomi Novik, His Majesty's dragon
O. B. H. St. J. O'Neil, Castles : an introduction to the castles of England and Wales
P. Edith Pargeter, The brothers of Gwynedd, the 21 Cadfael chronicles (written as Ellis Peters)
Q.
R. Gene Ruyle, The stuff of a lifetime
Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Mighty justice : my life in civil rights
S. Dava Sobel, Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
Colin Stuart, Shoot an arrow to stop the wind
T. Josephine Tey, The franchise affair, The daughter of time
U.
V. E. L. Voynich, The gadfly
W. Deane Waldman, Uproot U.S. healthcare : to reform U.S. health care
X.
Y. William A. Young, John Tortes "Chief" Meyers : a baseball biography
Z.
A. Natalie Angier, The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science
B. Derrick Bang, Vince Guaraldi at the piano
D. Tobias Dantzig, Number : the language of science
E.
F. Richard P. Feynman, Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman! : adventures of a curious character
G. A. Bartlett Giamatti, Take time for paradise : Americans and their games
H. Louis J. Heizmann, The library that would not die : the turbulent history of the Reading Public Library
Abraham Joshua Heschel, I asked for wonder
I.
J. Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's stories
K. Martin Luther King, Jr., Why we can't wait
John F. Kennedy, Profiles in courage
L. Kathryn Lesieur, Here in this garden : schoolgirl samplers of Berks County
M. John McPhee, Encounters with the archdruid, The deltoid pumpkin seed
N. Naomi Novik, His Majesty's dragon
O. B. H. St. J. O'Neil, Castles : an introduction to the castles of England and Wales
P. Edith Pargeter, The brothers of Gwynedd, the 21 Cadfael chronicles (written as Ellis Peters)
Q.
R. Gene Ruyle, The stuff of a lifetime
Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Mighty justice : my life in civil rights
S. Dava Sobel, Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
Colin Stuart, Shoot an arrow to stop the wind
T. Josephine Tey, The franchise affair, The daughter of time
U.
V. E. L. Voynich, The gadfly
W. Deane Waldman, Uproot U.S. healthcare : to reform U.S. health care
X.
Y. William A. Young, John Tortes "Chief" Meyers : a baseball biography
Z.
3fdholt
Books
A. The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science by Richard Holmes
B. The brothers of Gwynedd by Edith Pargeter
C. The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science by Natalie Angier
Castles : an introduction to the castles of England and Wales by B. H. St. J. O'Neil
D. The deltoid pumpkin seed by John McPhee
E. Encounters with the archdruid by John McPhee
F. Facades by William J. Cunningham
G. The gadfly by E. L. Voynich
H. Here in this garden : schoolgirl samplers of Berks County by Kathryn Lesieur
I. Introducing RDA : a guide to the basics by Chris Oliver
I asked for wonder by Abraham Joshua Heschel
J. The jewel that was ours by Colin Dexter
K. Killing Lincoln : the shocking assassination that changed America forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
L. The library that would not die : the turbulent history of the Reading Public Library by Louis J. Heizmann
Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel
M. A magnificent old conflagration : Comet Halley in Washington D.C. and elsewhere by Gail S. Cleere
Mighty justice : my life in civil rights by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
N. Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history by Penny Le Couteur & Jay Burreson
Number : the language of science by Tobias Dantzig
O. Our hidden heritage : Pennsylvania women in history edited by Janice H. McElroy
P. Prize fight : the race and the rivalry to be the first in science by Morton A. Meyers
Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy
Q. The quest for Arthur's Britain edited by Geoffrey Ashe
R. Rubáyát of Omar Khayyám translated by Edward Fitzgerald
S. Skyscraper façades of the Gilded Age : fifty-one extravagant designs, 1875-1910 by Joseph J. Korom
Suffragette : the battle for equality by David Roberts
The stuff of a lifetime by Gene Ruyle
Shoot an arrow to stop the wind by Colin Stuart
T. Terra cotta warriors : guardians of China's first emperor by Jane Portal
Take time for paradise : Americans and their games by A. Bartlett Giamatti
U. Uproot U.S. healthcare : to reform U.S. health care by Deane Waldman
V. The Voynich manuscript : the mysterious code that has defied interpretation for centuries by Gerry Kennedy and Rob Churchill
Vince Guaraldi at the piano by Derrick Bang
W. With Walt Whitman, himself: in the nineteenth century, in America by Jean Huets
Why we can't wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
X.
Y. You gotta have heart : a history of Washington baseball from 1859 to the 2012 National League East champions by Frederic J. Frommer
Z.
A. The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science by Richard Holmes
B. The brothers of Gwynedd by Edith Pargeter
C. The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science by Natalie Angier
Castles : an introduction to the castles of England and Wales by B. H. St. J. O'Neil
D. The deltoid pumpkin seed by John McPhee
E. Encounters with the archdruid by John McPhee
F. Facades by William J. Cunningham
G. The gadfly by E. L. Voynich
H. Here in this garden : schoolgirl samplers of Berks County by Kathryn Lesieur
I. Introducing RDA : a guide to the basics by Chris Oliver
I asked for wonder by Abraham Joshua Heschel
J. The jewel that was ours by Colin Dexter
K. Killing Lincoln : the shocking assassination that changed America forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
L. The library that would not die : the turbulent history of the Reading Public Library by Louis J. Heizmann
Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel
M. A magnificent old conflagration : Comet Halley in Washington D.C. and elsewhere by Gail S. Cleere
Mighty justice : my life in civil rights by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
N. Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history by Penny Le Couteur & Jay Burreson
Number : the language of science by Tobias Dantzig
O. Our hidden heritage : Pennsylvania women in history edited by Janice H. McElroy
P. Prize fight : the race and the rivalry to be the first in science by Morton A. Meyers
Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy
Q. The quest for Arthur's Britain edited by Geoffrey Ashe
R. Rubáyát of Omar Khayyám translated by Edward Fitzgerald
S. Skyscraper façades of the Gilded Age : fifty-one extravagant designs, 1875-1910 by Joseph J. Korom
Suffragette : the battle for equality by David Roberts
The stuff of a lifetime by Gene Ruyle
Shoot an arrow to stop the wind by Colin Stuart
T. Terra cotta warriors : guardians of China's first emperor by Jane Portal
Take time for paradise : Americans and their games by A. Bartlett Giamatti
U. Uproot U.S. healthcare : to reform U.S. health care by Deane Waldman
V. The Voynich manuscript : the mysterious code that has defied interpretation for centuries by Gerry Kennedy and Rob Churchill
Vince Guaraldi at the piano by Derrick Bang
W. With Walt Whitman, himself: in the nineteenth century, in America by Jean Huets
Why we can't wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
X.
Y. You gotta have heart : a history of Washington baseball from 1859 to the 2012 National League East champions by Frederic J. Frommer
Z.
