Reading Challenges for Maw Books

New Author Challenge hosted by Jackie at Literary Escapism

1. The challenge will run from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
2. Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels.  They can definitely be from other challenges.  However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels, but anthologies are also a great way to try someone new.

In 2008, I read over 100 new to me authors.  I think I’ll go with 75 for this challenge just to see how I do.  I’ll update this page as I read new authors.  EDIT:  Originally, I included picture books.  I have since deleted those totals and am only counting from middle grade fiction and up.

1. The Sisters Grimm, The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
2. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
3. Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight
4. The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine
5. Losing Kei by Suzanne Kamata
6. The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris
7. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
8. Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese
9. Feathered by Laura Kasischke
10. I Know It’s Over by C.K Kelly Martin
11. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
12. Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
13. The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories by Catherine Brady
14. Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
15. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
16. Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki, Illustrated by Steve Rolston
17. Chiggers by Hope Larson
18. Letters from a Slave Girl, The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons
19. The Way He Lived by Emily Wing Smith
20. Jellaby by Kean Soo
21. Longhorns and Outlaws by Linda Aksomitis
22. The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
23. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
24. The Well by Mildred D. Taylor
25. Freedom Walkers, The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russel Freedman
26. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
27. Surviving Ben’s Suicide, A Woman’s Journey of Self Discovery by C. Comfort Shields
28. Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
29. Ruby Among Us by Tina Ann Forkner
30. Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West
31. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
32. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
33. Lily’s Crossing by Patricia ReillyGiff
34. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
35. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
36. The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
37. Alvin Ho:  Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
38. Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
39. Savvy by Ingrid Law
40. Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
41. Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka
42. Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
43. A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman
44. Wife of the Gods, An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery by Kwei Quartey
45. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
46. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
47. Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
48. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
49. Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
50. First Comes Loves, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite
51. That Went Well, Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan
52. Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller
53. Zlata’s Diary, A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic
54. Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
55. Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
56. I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher
57. Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
58. Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
59. Girl in the Arena by Lise Haine
60. Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
61. Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
62. Standing Still by Kelly Simmons
63. The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinksi
64. Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
65. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
66. Thanksgiving at the Inn by Tim Whitney
67. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
68. War Child, A Child Soldier’s Story by Emmanuel Jal
69. They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys From Sudan by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernstein
70. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
71. Standing Still by Kelly Simmons
72. Secrets of a Christmas Box by Steven Hornby
73. Picking Cotton, Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo
74. The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie
75. The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
76. Torn by God by Zoe Murdock
77. Searching for Eternity by Elizabeth Musser
78. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
79. Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
80. Silver Shoes by Paul Miles Schneider
81. Boys, Girls and Other Hazardous Materials by Rosalind Wiseman
82. The Dark Divine by  Bree Despain
83. Nothing but Ghosts by Beth Kephart
84. A Loser’s Guide to Life and Love by Ann Cannon
85. The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer
86. Slob by Ellen Potter
87. Binky, The Space Cat by Ashley Spires
88. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
89. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
90. Long Shot, Comeback Kids by Mike Lupica
91. My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
92. Dessert First by Hallie Durand
93. A Child’s Journey Out of Autism: One Family’s Story of Living in Hope and Finding a Cure by Leeann Whiffen
94. The Mistress’s Daughter by A.M. Homes
95. Tone Deaf in Bangkok and Other Places by Janet Brown, Photographs by Nana Chen