The Book Challenge discussion

So in an online book club that I am in we have a author challenge going that we have to read a book in which the author's name ends with a different letter from the alphabet. I joined late in the year and so I will be doing the challenge from the start next year. So I will say that I will readat least 26 books next year.Probably will read more, but will start Jan 1 2008. Since that should be easy enough I will make it harder by reading from at least 10 different genres of books. For example...historical fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, biography, self help, chic lit,classic fiction, mystery, horror or thriller, book to movie, young adult fiction....
(I know I'm missing some, any ideas on more/different genres???/)

I think I will add another part to my challenge. Since my to-read list is getting so long here on good reads I will try to read as many of these as possible.

Multicultural fiction, graphic novels, novels in verseBJ

1. Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA by Ellen Meister(chic lit, Letter E in the Author Challenge)

2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls(Non fiction/biography, Letter W for the Author Challenge)
3. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Letter S for Author Challenge)

4. Blessings by Anna Quindlen (Letter Q for Author Challenge)
5. The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
6. Honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Letter P for the Author challenge/ thriller)

7. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
8. Rasputin's Daughter by Robert Alexander (A in the Author Challenge-- Historical fiction)

9. The Good Guy by Dean Koontz (K in the Author Challenge--thriller)
10. Things I Overheard while Talking to Myself by Alan Alda(Nonfiction/Memoir)
11. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (B in the Author Challenge--Nonfiction/travel)
12. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (Book made into movie/F in the Author Challenge)
13. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
14.The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (chic lit/ Letter m in the author challenge)
15. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
16. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Letter I in the author challenge)

17. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (YA Lit)
18. Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
19. Clay's Quilt by Silas House
20. Piece of Work by Laura Zigman (Z in the author challenge)
21. Summer Reading by Hilma Wolitzer

22. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
23. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
24. Saturday by Ian McEwan
25. Uglies by Scott Westerfield
25. Stardust by Neil Gaiman

26. Julie and Julia-My year of cooking dangerously by Julie Powell

27. The Giver by Lois Lowry (L in the author challenge)
28. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
29. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden by Kathleen Cambor (C in the author challenge)I

30. Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger(U in Author challenge)
31. Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut (V in author challenge)

32. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
33 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brasheres