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skjam ([personal profile] skjam) wrote2014-07-30 02:03 pm
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Goodreads Recommends the Letter "A"!

Let's try something different, since I have been away so long. This time, the Goodreads recommendations are based on books I've read with A-named authors. This gives us a rather wide selection of genres. I'll also list which authors got cited--see if you can figure out which book was suggested by fans of which author!


Books

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Aria, Volume 1 by Kozue Amano

Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Born to Kill by Peter J. Tomasi
Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Vol. 1 by Paul Dini
Batman: Gothic by Grant Morrison
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks

Descendants of Darkness, Volume 1 by Yoko Matsushita
Digital Knight by Rik E. Spoor

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen
Fallen Hopes, Taken Dreams by J.M. Barlog
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
For the Thrill of It by Simon Baatz
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
From Far Away, Vol. 1 by Kyoko Hikawa

Gateway by Frederik Pohl
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder and Stupefy by Rick Beyer

How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin
Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Imadoki! Nowadays, Vol. 01: Dandelion by Yuu Watase
Isaac Asimov's Caliban by Roger MacBride Allen

Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Vol. 01 by Arina Tanemura

Legacy by James H. Schmitz
The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven
The Lion of Comarre & Other Stories by Arthur C. Clarke
A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster
Love Monster, Volume 1 by Riko Miyagi

Mistress Fortune by Arina Tanemura
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell

The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc

Pandora's Legions by Christopher Anvil
Peter Panzerfaust, Vol. 1: The Great Escape by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Pixie Pop: Gokkun Pucho, Vol. 01 by Ema Toyama
The Princess and the Pea by Janet Stevens

Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets
Smallville Season 11, Volume 1: Guardian by Bryan Q. Miller
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen

The Tales of Mother Goose by Charles Perrault
The Tarot Cafe, #1 by Sang-Sun Park
That's Not in My American History Book by Thomas Ayres
Them Bones by Carolyn Haines
Thumbelina by Brad Sneed
The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst by Marion Davies

The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

Authors (by how influential they were on the list)

Asimov, Isaac-8

Aesop-4
Allston, Aaron-4
Andrews, Donna-4

Acker, Ben-3
Alcott, Louisa May-3
Anno, Moyoco-3
Azzarello, Brian-3

Abbott, Karen-2
Akino, Matsuri-2
Albert, Susan Wittig-2
Allende, Isabel-2
Andersen, Hans Christian-2
Aoyama, Gosho-2
Aron, Paul-2

Adachi, Mitsuru
Adams, Douglas
Aida, Yu
Anonymous
Austen, Jane
Azuma, Kiyohiko


So, thoughts on any of the suggested books, or on the authors beginning with A?

Have a good week,
SKJAM!