Authors from A.S. Byatt to Ziplha Keatley Snyder–By Robyn Hall

I’m a bibliophile, a bookaholic, a reading freak, a lit lover.  My favorite room in the house is the library (the rest of my family wishes it were the kitchen – oh well, I’ll get to that in my next life!).  My library is organized by topic – historical fiction, outdoor/travel,  writing,  business and marketing, classics, contemporary literature, gritty biographies, inspirational women, hilarious humor, etc.  Thanks to a cool new web site called Shelfari (http://www.shelfari.com/), I’ve also been able to organize my favorite authors alphabetically.  This is the most amazing online place, where book lovers come to share.  So check out my stash, friends: http://www.shelfari.com/o1517842601/shelf And let me know what’s on your Shelfari.

Here’s my list of faves from A to Z (and here’s to being a little too type A) – and to 26 wonderful people who have made my life richer . . .  beyond words.

A is for A.S. Byatt – Possession

B is for Christopher Buckley – Thank You for Smoking

C is for Tim Cahill – Road Fever, Pecked to Death by Ducks, Pass the Butterworms,  Jaguars Ripped My Flesh

D is for David James Duncan – The River Why

E is Ellen Gilchrist – Light Can Be Both Wave and Particle, Nora Jane, I Cannot Get You Close Enough, Rhoda, The Anna Papers

F is for Frank McCourt – Angela’s Ashes

G is for Geraldine Brooks – People of the Book,  March

H is for Ernest Hemingway – The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls,  A Moveable Feast,  A Farewell to Arms

I  is for John Irving – The World According to Garp,  A Prayer for Owen Meany

J is for Jim Harrison – Legends of the Fall,  Julip,  The Woman Lit by Fireflies,  Dalva

K is for Barbara Kingsolver – The Bean trees,  The Poisonwood Bible,  Animal Dreams

L is for Doris Lessing – The Golden Notebook

M is for Larry McMurtry – Lonesome Dove

N is for George Nakashima – The Soul of a Tree:  A Master Woodworkers Reflections

O is for Michael Ondaatje – The English Patient

P is for Ann Patchett – Truth & Beauty,  Run,  Bel Canto

Q is for Karen Quinn – Holly Would Dream,  Wife in the Fast Lane,  The Ivy Chronicles (full disclosure:  I actually haven’t read any of these chick lit treats but I was desperate for a “Q” and she comes highly recommended)

R is for Rosina Lippi – Homestead

S is for William Styron – Sophie’s Choice,  Lie Down in Darkness

T is for Truman Capote – Breakfast at Tiffany’s,  In Cold Blood,  Other Voices Other Rooms

U is for Ursula Hegi – Stones from the River

V is for Virginia Woolf – A Room of One’s Own

W is for Wallace Stegner – Angle of Repose

X is Xu Xi – Daughters of Hui (Ha! – you thought I couldn’t come up with an “X,” didn’t you?  I worked with “Sussy” Chako in Hong Kong and this is her first book)

Y is for You – what have you written?  I love to discover new authors – so please share.  And keep your eye out for Suzanne and Jean’s debut book, Aging But Dangerous!

Z is for Zilpha Keatley Snyder – The Egypt Game (one of my favorite books as a child!)