Tillys Shelf | Belated BB18: Failing at the Alphabet Challenge @tillysshelf | Uploaded January 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Last year I participated somewhat half-heartedly in a challenge to read a book for every letter of the alphabet. I failed by 6 letters, but here is the usual chatty discussion of the ones I managed.

Books mentioned:
A - American War by Omar El Akkad
B - Bed 12 by Alison Murdoch
C - The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
D - (Harry Potter and the) Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
E - Ebola: Behind the Mask by Andy Dennis and Anna Simon (this was in Sierra Leone)
F - The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkein
G - (The Saga of) Gunnlaug Wormtongue
H - The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca
I
J
K - Kristin Lavaransdattar - The Garland by Sigrid Undset
L - Light in August by William Faulkner
M - Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie
N - The New Odyssey by Patrick Kingsley
O - Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
P - Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
Q
R - The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
S - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
T - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
U - Unequal Affections by Lara Armiston
V - Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
W - White Tears by Kari Kunzru
X - Xantippe by Amy Levy
Z