Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Famous Author You've Avoided
We all have them, those famous authors we avoid reading because we have opinions about what their books will be like, even though we haven't read them. Time to set aside your judgement and try a famous author you've avoided.
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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dragons of Winter Night by Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis

Dragons of Winter Night

Dragonlance: Chronicles #2

Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis

358 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Dragonlance: Chronicles #1

Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis

448 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

306 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Wanted Man by Lee Child

A Wanted Man

Jack Reacher #17

Lee Child

624 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced
The Silver Key by H.P. Lovecraft

The Silver Key

Dream Cycle

H.P. Lovecraft

32 pages • first pub 1926 (editions) user-added

fiction classics horror adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker

Warbreaker #1

Brandon Sanderson

24 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
My Name Is Not Peaseblossom by Jackie French

My Name Is Not Peaseblossom

Shakespeare

Jackie French

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction young adult adventurous medium-paced
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

Same Time Next Year

Tessa Bailey

144 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance sports lighthearted fast-paced