Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

By a Local Author
Instead of shop local, consider reading local. Pick up a book by an author with ties to your location (or one from your hometown). 
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The Book Burner's Daughter by Izzy Borg

The Book Burner's Daughter

Izzy Borg

17 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction science fiction short stories young adult
Chasing Dust by Dani Keen

Chasing Dust

Dani Keen

435 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction romance
The Twelve Terrors of Christmas by John Updike

The Twelve Terrors of Christmas

John Updike

32 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction art funny reflective slow-paced
The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown

The Lilac Bouquet

Carolyn Brown

301 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction romance emotional fast-paced
The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics by Dan Kaufman

The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics

Dan Kaufman

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica

The Other Mrs.

Mary Kubica

11 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

243 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box

Blue Heaven

C.J. Box

344 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Αρχαιολογία αγάπη μου… έλα πάρε με από δω by Δρ Θεόδωρος Παπακώστας

Αρχαιολογία αγάπη μου… έλα πάρε με από δω

Δρ Θεόδωρος Παπακώστας

360 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history