Monthly Author Reads

This is a group where we highlight one author a month with each month's author decided by group members' suggestions. During that month, you can read one or more books by the author or just jump in to discuss books you have already read by that person!

Current author: March: Sir Walter Scott

Forthcoming authors:
April 2024: Wilkie Collins
May 2024: Maggie O'Farrell
June 2024: Margaret Atwood


The list of the authors we've discussed can be found here. You are always welcome to join the older discussions as well.

Please check out the Author Theme Reads group for in-depth, long-term discussions on specific authors. (Note that group is currently 'dormant' and in need of an administrator.)

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VastgezetMarch 2024: Sir Walter Scott24 ongelezen / 24Tess_W, woensdag 2:39am
June 2024: Margaret Atwood8 ongelezen / 8kac522, dinsdag 8:29pm
May 2024: Maggie O'Farrell3 ongelezen / 3Tess_W, dinsdag 8:22am
April 2024: Wilkie Collins2 ongelezen / 2Tess_W, dinsdag 8:10am
April-June 2024 Nominations and Voting33 ongelezen / 33AnnieMod, maandag 4:29pm
February 2024: George Bernard Shaw26 ongelezen / 26kac522, februari 27
December 2023: Willa Cather8 ongelezen / 8kac522, februari 7
January 2024: Elizabeth Gaskell16 ongelezen / 16kac522, januari 27
john257hopper's 100 books of 20247 ongelezen / 7Tess_W, januari 26
January-March 2024 Nominations and Voting21 ongelezen / 21AnnieMod, december 31, 2023
November 2023: The Brontë Sisters17 ongelezen / 17Tess_W, december 2023
October 2023: Colson Whitehead16 ongelezen / 16booksaplenty1949, november 2023
June 2023: Edna Ferber48 ongelezen / 48kac522, november 2023
July 2023: Honoré de Balzac15 ongelezen / 15Maura49, oktober 2023
September 2023: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie9 ongelezen / 9cindydavid4, oktober 2023
October-December 2023 Nominations and Voting14 ongelezen / 14cindydavid4, september 2023
August 2023: Emily St. John Mandel14 ongelezen / 14cindydavid4, augustus 2023
July-September 2023 voting34 ongelezen / 342wonderY, juli 2023
January 2023: Anthony Trollope43 ongelezen / 43MissWatson, juli 2023
February 2023: Sylvia Townsend Warner14 ongelezen / 14fofema, juni 2023
May 2023: Elizabeth von Arnim31 ongelezen / 312wonderY, juni 2023
December 2022: J. G. Farrell14 ongelezen / 14MissWatson, mei 2023
April 2023: Chaim Potok27 ongelezen / 27Tara1Reads, mei 2023
April-June 2023 Nominations and Voting26 ongelezen / 26AnnieMod, april 2023
March 2023: Alan Brennert4 ongelezen / 4AnnieMod, maart 2023
January-March 2023 Nominations and Voting17 ongelezen / 17AnnieMod, december 2022
November 2022: Luis Alberto Urrea12 ongelezen / 12kac522, november 2022
October 2022: Sebastian Barry16 ongelezen / 16AnnieMod, oktober 2022
Q4 2022 Nominations and Voting15 ongelezen / 15cindydavid4, oktober 2022
November 2019: Louise Erdrich16 ongelezen / 16BookConcierge, september 2022
August-September 2022 - Catch up/Vacation time3 ongelezen / 3MissWatson, september 2022
August-September 2022 Nominations and Voting14 ongelezen / 14AnnieMod, september 2022
May 2022: W. Somerset Maugham8 ongelezen / 8MissWatson, september 2022
July 2022: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle25 ongelezen / 25MissWatson, augustus 2022
April 2022: M. M. Kaye13 ongelezen / 13dianelouise100, juli 2022
June 2022: Mary Elizabeth Braddon8 ongelezen / 8MissWatson, juni 2022
January 2022: Nevil Shute36 ongelezen / 36Maura49, juni 2022
April 2019: Margaret Atwood24 ongelezen / 24BookConcierge, mei 2022
February 2022: Wilkie Collins34 ongelezen / 34MissWatson, april 2022
March 2022: Jhumpa Lahiri6 ongelezen / 6MissWatson, april 2022
April-June 2022 Nominations and Voting14 ongelezen / 14AnnieMod, maart 2022
March 2021: George Eliot44 ongelezen / 44john257hopper, februari 2022
September 2018: Agatha Christie12 ongelezen / 12BookConcierge, januari 2022
December 2021: Edith Wharton20 ongelezen / 20sparemethecensor, januari 2022
November 2015: Peter Carey34 ongelezen / 34BookConcierge, januari 2022
Feb/March 2022 Authors: Open nominations & voting29 ongelezen / 29AnnieMod, december 2021
November 2021: George Orwell6 ongelezen / 6john257hopper, december 2021
Oct/Nov/Dec 2021 Nominations & Voting!20 ongelezen / 20AnnieMod, november 2021
October 2021: Evelyn Waugh13 ongelezen / 13john257hopper, november 2021
July 2021: N. K. Jemisin21 ongelezen / 21cindydavid4, november 2021
January 2021: Octavia Butler46 ongelezen / 46AnnieMod, november 2021
September 2021: Elena Ferrante9 ongelezen / 9Tara1Reads, oktober 2021
November 2018: Isabel Allende24 ongelezen / 24BookConcierge, oktober 2021
November 2017: Sherman Alexie32 ongelezen / 32BookConcierge, oktober 2021
August 2021: Flannery O'Connor21 ongelezen / 21Tara1Reads, september 2021
May 2020: Zadie Smith12 ongelezen / 12sweetiegherkin, september 2021
Aug/Sept/Oct 2017: Voting19 ongelezen / 19sweetiegherkin, augustus 2021
June 2021: Shirley Ann Grau31 ongelezen / 31sweetiegherkin, augustus 2021
January 2019: Anne Tyler16 ongelezen / 16sweetiegherkin, augustus 2021
Apr/May/Jun 2021 Author Nominations44 ongelezen / 44sweetiegherkin, juni 2021
Jul/Aug/Sep 2021 Author Nominations12 ongelezen / 12sweetiegherkin, juni 2021
May 2021: Alison Lurie9 ongelezen / 9spiralsheep, mei 2021
April 2021: Daphne du Maurier21 ongelezen / 21sparemethecensor, mei 2021
February 2021: H.G. Wells17 ongelezen / 17lilisin, maart 2021
October 2018: Stephen King41 ongelezen / 41sweetiegherkin, februari 2021
August 2020: Charles Dickens76 ongelezen / 76sweetiegherkin, december 2020
Jan/Feb/Mar 2021 Nominations38 ongelezen / 38sweetiegherkin, december 2020
November 2020: Chinua Achebe18 ongelezen / 18sweetiegherkin, december 2020
August 2019: Barbara Kingsolver15 ongelezen / 15sweetiegherkin, december 2020
December 2020: Nella Larsen11 ongelezen / 11sweetiegherkin, december 2020
January 2018: Lisa See15 ongelezen / 15sweetiegherkin, december 2020
July 2020: Adriana Trigiani13 ongelezen / 13sweetiegherkin, november 2020
October 2016: H.G. Wells28 ongelezen / 28sweetiegherkin, november 2020
October 2020: Amor Towles8 ongelezen / 8sweetiegherkin, november 2020
September 2020: Wallace Stegner29 ongelezen / 29sweetiegherkin, november 2020
June 2020: Zora Neale Hurston25 ongelezen / 25sweetiegherkin, september 2020
April 2020: Colson Whitehead31 ongelezen / 31sweetiegherkin, augustus 2020
Oct/Nov/Dec 2020: Author Nominations31 ongelezen / 31sweetiegherkin, augustus 2020
What happened to our wiki page?3 ongelezen / 3sweetiegherkin, juli 2020
July/Aug/Sept 2020 nominations15 ongelezen / 15sweetiegherkin, juni 2020
March 2020: E.M. Forster22 ongelezen / 22Yells, april 2020
Apr/May/Jun 2020 Nominations9 ongelezen / 9sweetiegherkin, maart 2020
January 2020: Julia Alvarez12 ongelezen / 12sweetiegherkin, februari 2020
February 2020: Jane Gardam12 ongelezen / 12annamorphic, februari 2020
Jan/Feb/Mar 2020 Author Nominations13 ongelezen / 13sweetiegherkin, januari 2020
December 2019: Gertrude Stein12 ongelezen / 12sweetiegherkin, januari 2020
Oct/Nov/Dec 2019: Author Nominations25 ongelezen / 25sweetiegherkin, november 2019
February 2013: Graham Greene50 ongelezen / 50sweetiegherkin, november 2019
September 2019: A.S. Byatt18 ongelezen / 18sparemethecensor, september 2019
October 2019: Ernest Hemingway4 ongelezen / 4sweetiegherkin, september 2019
February 2018: Toni Morrison18 ongelezen / 18sweetiegherkin, augustus 2019
June 2013: Paul Auster36 ongelezen / 36sweetiegherkin, juli 2019
July 2013: J.M. Coetzee21 ongelezen / 21sweetiegherkin, juli 2019
July 2019: Peter Mayle13 ongelezen / 13sweetiegherkin, juli 2019
June 2019: Patricia Highsmith24 ongelezen / 24Bookmarque, juli 2019
July/Aug/Sept 2019 nominations10 ongelezen / 10sweetiegherkin, juni 2019
August 2018: Liane Moriarty17 ongelezen / 17sweetiegherkin, juni 2019
May 2019: Emma Donoghue10 ongelezen / 10sweetiegherkin, juni 2019
March 2019: Kate Morton10 ongelezen / 10sweetiegherkin, juni 2019
December 2014: Jack London10 ongelezen / 10sweetiegherkin, maart 2019
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