I noticed this challenge at Karen's Insane Rants last year when I was cruising around Blog-city and when I Googled it, found it was a serious deal over on Bookcrossing, which is a fun place even though I haven't had too much to do with it (though I did free a library donation or two into the wild last year). It's called the Alphabet Challenge and it's a 2-parter. First, read an author new to you whose last name starts with each letter of the alphabet. Part 2 is to read a book with a title starting with each letter of the alphabet. I have a feeling I can probably fill in the Titles one almost entirely with books on my To Read list, but it'll be fun to seek out new authors for Part 1.
If you're interested, I'll update the list as I go below:
Part 1 - Authors A-Z
| Author | Title | |
| A | Armstong, Lisa | Bad Manors |
| B | Barker, Bradley (and Hepler, Heather) | Scrambled Eggs at Midnight |
| C | Cox, Jennifer | Around the World in 80 Dates |
| D | Didion, Joan | The Year of Magical Thinking |
| E | Evanovich, Janet | One For The Money |
| F | Fforde, Jasper | The Big Over Easy |
| G | Galant, Debra | Rattled |
| H | Harper, Karen | The Queene's Christmas |
| I | Ireland, Liz | Three Bedrooms in Chelsea |
| J | ||
| K | King, Cassandra | The Same Sweet Girls |
| L | Lowe, Steve (and MacArthur, Alan) | Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? |
| M | Murdock, Catherine Gilbert | Dairy Queen |
| N | Noble, Elizabeth | Alphabet Weekends |
| O | Olson, Shannon | Welcome to my Planet |
| P | Palmer, Liza | Conversations With The Fat Girl |
| Q | Quick, Amanda | Wicked Widow |
| R | Rankin, Ian | Fleshmarket Close |
| S | Shulman, Polly | Enthusiasm |
| T | Triollope, Joanna | The Girl From The South |
| U | Urquhart, Jane | A Map of Glass |
| V | ||
| W | Wolitzer, Meg | The Position |
| X | ||
| Y | ||
| Z | Zadoorian, Michael | Second Hand |
Part 2 - Titles A-Z
| Title | Author | |
| A | The Anglophile | Laurie Gwen Shapiro |
| B | Bombshell | Lynda Curnyn |
| C | Chloe Does Yale | Natalie Krinsky |
| D | Digging to America | Anne Tyler |
| E | ||
| F | Faking 19 | Alyson Noel |
| G | Goodnight Nobody | Jennifer Weiner |
| H | Hazing Meri Sugarman | M. Apostolina |
| I | It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder | Rosemary Martin |
| J | Just Listen | Sarah Dessen |
| K | Kiss Me Quick | Julie Highmore |
| L | Love, Cajun Style | Diane Les Becquets |
| M | My Saucy Stuffed Ravioli | Cherry Whyock |
| N | Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| O | The Other Woman | Jane Green |
| P | Playing James | Sara Mason |
| Q | The Queen's Fool | Philippa Gregory |
| R | Rococo | Adriana Trigiani |
| S | The Sunday Philosophy Club | Alexander McCall Smith |
| T | Tongue in Cheek | Fiona Walker |
| U | Undomestic Goddess | Sophie Kinsella |
| V | Valiant | Holly Black |
| W | The Wives of Bath | Wendy Holden |
| X | ||
| Y | A Year in the Merde | Stephen Clarke |
| Z |