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1s
Georgette Heyer
Mary S. Lovell (no link)
Mary Stewart
William Martin
Raymond E. Feist
Kathy Reichs
Edith Pargeter
2s - none
3s
David Eddings
Rhys Bowen
4s
Steven Saylor
Sharon Kay Penman
Mary Renault
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
4 is obviously the refuge of historical novelists
5s
Leon Uris
Edward Rutherfurd
Ellis Peters (The problems of pen names, she is also a 1)
Morgan Llewelyn
Susan Orleans (no link)

Maybe I just read a lot of historical novels???

Tired of links..
6s
Anya Seton
Patricia Monaghan
Elizabeth Marie Pope
Brandon Sanderson
Sandra Worth
7s
Gregory David Roberts
Julian May
James A. Michener
Barbara Pym
8s
Alison Weir
Terry Pratchett
9s
Elizabeth Peters
Kenneth C. Davis
Nigel Tranter
Barbara Hamilton
Salman Rushdie
10s - none
11s
Isabel Allende
Dru Pagliassotti
J K Rowling
Iain Peters
Jill Churchill

Donna Jo wrote: "Rachel--I found these 1s:
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee 1 The Yarn Harlot
Sarah Vowell 1 The Word Shipmates non-fiction
Jane Stevenson 1 The winter Queen
Elizabeth Moon 1 Science Fiction
Georgette ..."

Rachael wrote: "Any suggestions for a 1?"

Thanks. I am going to use Nora Roberts.

Amanda wrote: "Help! I'm a four, and the characteristics are: A foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

Ok, for one thing- I'm nothing like that, hah. For another thing, anyone have ..."

That sounds like Sacred Hearts- historical fiction about a defiant novice in a 1570 Italian convent

From my list...
Douglas Carlton Abrams - 9
Poppy Adams - 9
Sheila Kay Adams - 3
Cecelia Ahern - 3
Theresa Alan - 5
Louisa May Alcott - 7
Tamera Alexander - 7
Sarah Addison Allen - 4
Lauren Allison - 9
Carol Alt - 1
Anita Amirrezvani - 1
Mary Kay Andrews - 7
V.C. Andrews - 1
Bridget Asher - 8
Margaret Atwood - 8
Jean M. Auel - 1
Jane Austen - 11
Ron Base - 11
Josh Bazell - 11
Lauren Belfer - 11
Melanie Benjamin - 1
Vanora Bennett - 7
Maeve Binchy - 8
Terri Blackstock - 5
Christine Blevins - 8
Shane Bolks - 7
Lynn Kiele Bonasia - 6
Tatiana Boncompagni - 4
Barbara Boyer - 9
John Boyne - 9
Alan Bradley - 5
Libba Bray - 9
Gerri Brightwell - 11
Sybil G. Brinton - 4
Anne Bronte - 9
Charlotte Bronte - 5
Emily Bronte - 3
Geraldine Brooks - 11
Amanda Brown - 7
Janelle Brown - 5
Sheramy Bundrick - 9
Meg Cabot - 3
Patricia Cabot - 1
Alexander Campion - 11
Julie Carobini - 11
Josephine Carr - 6
Lizette Carter - 9
Richard Castle - 4
Michael Chabon - 4
Ella March Chase - 1
Geoffrey Chaucer - 11
Tracy Chevalier - 6
Kate Chopin - 3
Bridie Clark - 11
Susanna Clarke - 4
James Collins - 6
Charlotte Connors - 11
Claire Cook - 11
Jacquelyn Cook - 8
David Cristofano - 7
Katie Crouch - 6
Jennifer Crusie - 3
Linwood Custalow - 8
Laura Dave - 4
Andrew Davidson - 9
Diane Mott Davidson - 9
Agnes Desarthe - 9
Jude Deveraux - 5
Charles Dickens - 5
Amy Dickinson - 11
Gail Drago - 11
Steve Dublanica - 3
Pamela Duncan - 6
Amy Holman Edelman - 3
Kim Edwards - 8
Kate Emerson - 9
Janet Evanovich - 5
Harriet Evans - 5
Chris Ewan - 1
Pamela Binnings Ewen - 3

I'll do more later...sorry no 2's yet.

1
Daniel Alarcon
Jennifer Lee Carrell

2

3

4
Susanna Clarke

5
Karen Connelly

6

7

8

9
Diane Ackerman
John Boyne



More later...

I've gone through part of my library here on goodreads (only 2 pages so far) and haven't found a 2 yet.

But, I've found some 4's...

Lois Lowry
E. L. Doctorow
Vicki Myron
Ellen DeGeneres
Garth Stein
Mary Higgins Clark

I got 5 - I plan to read The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia

Sorry, I did not keep track of all of the authors I checked (which was quite a few as I got all the way to Miller on my to-read list). That said, I feel like there was tons of 11s.

I think I have it easy for the second half, the description is "expansive, visionary, adventure, constructive use of freedom", which to me means pretty much any adventure/grand hero type will work.

1
Rafael Sabatini
Dan Brown
Ali Smith
Oscar Wilde
Adiga Aravind
Marina Lewycka
Roz Southey
Fannie Flagg
Arundhati Roy
Janice Y.K. Lee
Marilynne Robinson

2!!!!!!!
Philippa Gregory
Amy Tan

3
Diane Setterfield
Peter Ho Davies
Malcolm X
D.H. Lawrence
Gillian Slovo
George Pelecanos
Junot Diaz
Philip Hensher
Lewis Carroll
Seth Grahame-Smith
Valerie Martin

4
Colm Toibin
Neil Gaiman
Malorie Blackman
Belinda Bauer
Danuta de Rhodes
Gaile Parkin
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Julie Myerson

5
Sara Gruen
Victoria Hislop
Leo Tolstoy
Anita Shreve
Meg Rosoff
Mary Ann Shaffer
Monica Ali
Lloyd Jones
Walter Kirn
Bret Easton Ellis
Christa Dickason
Kate Atkinson
Tony Parons

6
Curtis Sittenfield
Liz Jensen
Chris Cleave
Jasper Fforde
Sue Townsend
Kate Grenville
Ian Sansom
Jonathan Safran Foer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anne Tyler
Tim O'Brien

7
Bella Pollen
Malcolm Bradbury
Zoe Heller
Paul Torday
Rosie Thomas
Dodie Smith
Penelope Fitzgerald
Gregory Maguire
Matthew Quick
A.S. Byatt
Sarah Waters
Jonathan Coe
Christopher Moore
Maya Angelou

8
Carol Shields
Anita Brookner
Greg Mortenson
Alexander McCall Smith
Christopher Paolini
Peter Carey
Glen David Gold
Magda Szabo
William Boyd
Tom Rob Smith
Beatrice Colin
Arthur Golden
Henry Sutton
Kurt Vonnegut
Andrea Camilleri
Erika Mailman
Evelyn Waugh

9
Mark Mills
Wilkie Collins
Nevil Shute
Cormac McCarthy
James Ellroy
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kate Mosse

11
Trudi Canavan
Bernhard Schlink
Rose Tremain
Sadie Jones
Tessa Hadley
Ian McEwan
Nick Hornby
Gail Jones
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tami Hoag
Pat Barker
Dennis Lehane
Isabel Allende
Haruki Murakami
John Burdett

22 C.J.Sansom

Some more authors from list...
Eileen Favorite - 11
Jodi Della Femina - 3
Jim Fergus - 9
Helen Fielding - 11
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 11
Matthew Flaming - 8
Bill Folman - 6
Karen Joy Fowler - 7
Therese Fowler - 6
Julia Fox - 8
Anne Frank - 3
Diana Gabaldon - 4
Julie Garwood - 5
Margaret George - 5
Emily Giffin - 7
Susan Gregg Gilmore - 8
Deeanne Gist - 4
Julia Glass - 3
Amanda Goldberg - 5
William Golding - 3
Germaine Greer - 8
Philippa Gregory - 2
Rebecca Gregson - 5
Lauren Groff - 6
Shannon Hale - 3
Meredith Hall - 7
Marek Halter - 4
Charlaine Harris - 9
Joanne Harris - 6
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 7
Steve Hely - 4
Robert Hicks - 11
Robert Hicks - 3
Nancy Horan - 5
Katherine Howe - 7
Dorothy Howell - 9
Karl Iagnemma - 6
John Irving - 9
Jane Jackson - 4
Joshilyn Jackson - 5
A.J. Jacobs - 7
Syrie James - 7
Brenda Janowitz - 9
Cheryl Jarvis - 6
Toni Jordan - 3

Janet Kaderli - 11
Advaita Kala - 11
Mitchell Kaplan - 11
Jennifer Kaufman - 4
Robin Kaye - 1
Kathleen Kent - 9
Marian Keyes - 4
Sue Monk Kidd - 9
Sophie Kinsella - 11
Julie Klassen - 3
William Klein - 4
Deborah Copaken Kogan - 4
Gerald Kolpan - 8
Lily Koppel - 7
Elizabeth Kostova - 11
Alisa Kwitney - 6
Alison Larkin - 9
Joyce Lebra - 6
Harper Lee - 7
Janice Y.K. Lee - 1
Billie Letts - 8
Johanna Lindsey - 7
Sophie Littlefield - 6
Penelope Lively - 11
Lorraine Lopez - 4
Stephen Lovely - 7
Victoria Lustbader - 1
Lisa Lutz - 3
Sarah Kate Lynch - 11
Kathryn Magendie - 11
Elizabeth Maguire - 9
Gregory Maguire - 7
Christopher Mahoney - 4
Simon Mawer - 4
Donald McCaig - 5
Louisa Mccormack - 4
Colleen McCullough - 1
Marion McGilvary - 9
Emma McLaughlin - 6
Leila Meacham - 11
Diane Meier - 11
Stephenie Meyer - 5
Sue Miller - 6
Margaret Mitchell - 3
²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð - 9
Johanna Moran - 7
Michelle Moran - 11
Kate Morton - 6
Marsha Moyer - 1
Janet Mullany -
Vicki Myron - 4
Audrey Niffenegger - 8
Elizabeth Noble - 1
Catherine O'Flynn - 7
Robin Oliveira - 5
Stewart O'Nan - 6
Rosemarie Ostler - 3
Sharon Owens - 7

I'll add more later.

I found a few 9s that no one has listed yet:

Jonathan Stroud
Matthew Reilly
Robert R. McCammon

I wonder if The City of Ember would work for part B with my number being 5 (expansive, visionary, adventure, constructive use of freedom).

Deirdre wrote: "I found a few 9s that no one has listed yet:

Jonathan Stroud
Matthew Reilly
Robert R. McCammon"

Another 9 is Tash Aw. I ran across him when looking at the lst/2d book task in the spring challenge.

I'm a five and my characteristics are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

The dictionary defines visionary as:
adjective
1 (esp. of a person) thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom : a visionary leader.
� archaic (of a scheme or idea) not practical.
2 of, relating to, or able to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition : a visionary experience.
� archaic existing only in a vision or in the imagination.

So could I read a book about someone who has premonitions for part B?

Using the archaic definition for visionary would open some sci-fi/fantasy books.

Rebecca wrote: "I'm a five and my characteristics are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

The dictionary defines visionary as:
adjective
1 (esp. of a person) thinking about or p..."

I am also a five. Would The Last Enchantment work? I think of both Arthur and Merlin as being adventurous.

Thanks,

Rachel

Rachel Lee wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "I'm a five and my characteristics are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

The dictionary defines visionary as:
adjective
1 (esp. of a person)..."
If you can justify the connection in your post that's fine.

Rebecca wrote: "I'm a five and my characteristics are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

The dictionary defines visionary as:
adjective
1 (esp. of a person) thinking about or p..."

Yes

I'm a 3, so the characteristics are "expression, verbalisation, socialization, the arts, the joy of living" ... Could I read The Tea House on Mulberry Street as one of the characters is a "struggling artist"?

SuzieR wrote: "I'm a 3, so the characteristics are "expression, verbalisation, socialization, the arts, the joy of living" ... Could I read The Tea House on Mulberry Street as one of the characters ..."

sure

Also for those of us who are 3s, would The Lacuna work?

Here's an explanation of how a name number is calculated and why no one is a 10 or 12.

Donna Jo wrote: "Also for those of us who are 3s, would The Lacuna work?"

sure

Hi everyone.

I am hoping you can help me find a great book for part two of this task. I am a #6. The positive traits are: responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance and sympathy. The negative traits are: worrying too much and self-sacrifice. I prefer to read literary fiction. I am about to go through my TBR books and read the synopsis pages again but thought I would post here in case someone has a good recommendation that pops into their mind.

Thanks!!

Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone.

I am hoping you can help me find a great book for part two of this task. I am a #6. The positive traits are: responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance and sympathy. T..."

Jennifer, I just finished a book that should work for these traits: Crow Lake. In fact, those words, both the positive and negative traits, describe it almost perfectly.

Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone.

I am hoping you can help me find a great book for part two of this task. I am a #6. The positive traits are: responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance and sympathy. T..."

You might consider Anne Tyler--I'm especially thinking of Saint Maybe but some of her other books work too.

Donna Jo wrote: "You might consider Anne Tyler--I'm especially thinking of Saint Maybe but some of her other books work too."

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Jennifer, I just finished a book that should work for these traits: Crow Lake. In fact, those words, both the positive and negative traits, describe it almost perfectly.

Hi Elizabeth and Donna Jo.

Those are both great suggestions and I really loved both novels, but I have read them already. This is also one of my dilemmas. LOL. I clearly read too much (is that even possible??); I have read all of Anne Tyler's works as well as Mary Lawson's.

On my bookshelf, I found:

Necessary Arrangements, The Palace of Strange Girls and He Drown She in the Sea: A Novel. All three sound like they have potential, but it is so hard to know until you are into the novel. Anyone read any of these?

Donna Jo wrote: "You might consider Anne Tyler--I'm especially thinking of Saint Maybe but some of her other books work too."


Anne Tyler is so special. I have been lucky enough to find a way to fit in two of hers this challenge.

Here are some that I found, I tried to go through and delete those that have already been said-sorry if they are repeated. I quite after awhile-I have over 1300 TBR books in my list :-)

1.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
David Rhodes
Alice Walker
Ann Pearlman
John Grogan
John Saul
Henry James
2.
(already said)
3.
David Sheff
Jonathan Maberry
Anne Frank
Cecelia Ahern
Nicholas Sparks
James Frey
Laurie Halse Anderson
Truman Capote
4.
Helene Cooper
Barbara Kingslover
Diana Gabaldon
Ron McLarty
5.
Muriel Barbery
Charles Dickens
James Patteron
Janet Evanovich
Julie Powell
Elie Wiesel
6.
Don Robertson
Madeleine L’Engle
James Herriot
Lilian Jackson Braun
Yann Martel
Sue Miller
Anne Rice
7.
Don Piper
David Sedaris
Tess Gerritsen
Michael Connelly
8.
Dean Knootz
Robert Whitlow
Audrey Niffenegger
Toni Morrison
L.M. Montgomery
Elizabeth Gilbert
9.
Charlaine Harris
Sue Grafton
Dalai Lama
C.S. Lewis
Diane Ackerman
Jamie Ford
Elizabeth Flock
Tana French
Anna Quindlen
11.
Meg Waite Clayton
Jane Austen
Mark Twain
Sophie Kinsella

Donna Jo wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone.

I am hoping you can help me find a great book for part two of this task. I am a #6. The positive traits are: responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, bala..."

Donna Jo, I loved Saint Maybe.

Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone.

I am hoping you can help me find a great book for part two of this task. I am a #6. The positive traits are: responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance and sympathy. T..."

Jennifer, I notice you have The Painted Veil on your tbr. That would absolutely work for both the positive and negative traits you listed.

Cait wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone.

I am hoping you can help me find a great book for part two of this task. I am a #6. The positive traits are: responsibility, protection, nurturing, ..."

I really liked Saint Maybe, too. We had a really good evening when we did it at the Library's Book Discussion.

Cait wrote: "Jennifer, I notice you have "The Painted Veil" on your tbr. That would absolutely work for both the positive and negative traits you listed."

Ooh...NICE!! Thanks Cait.

Cait wrote: "Jennifer, I notice you have "The Painted Veil" on your tbr. That would absolutely work for both the positive and negative traits you listed."

Ooh...NICE!! Thanks Cait.

I'm a 3, and I don't think I saw Harlan Coben listed anywhere. I'm going to read The Woods. I'm having trouble with the characteristics though, if anyone has any ideas. "Expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts and the joy of living"

Leigh Ann wrote: "I'm a 3, and I don't think I saw Harlan Coben listed anywhere. I'm going to read The Woods. I'm having trouble with the characteristics though, if anyone has any ideas..."

I'll look through my shelves, but one that came immediately to mind is My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park. It's a great book, provided you are ok with reading YA.

ETA: I think your best bet is a coming of age story, especially with those first 3 characteristics. Along with the above, I would also recommend:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Wednesday Wars
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Also, I haven't read this yet but it's on my tbr and it looks like it might fit:
Black Swan Green: A Novel

2nd ETA: The above books don't have just the first three characteristics, for example:

I know for sure that My Most Excellent Year, Wednesday Wars, and Absolutely True Diary all incorporate the arts, and 'the joy of living' theme fits them all.

Thank Cait! That went on my TBR list!

I was thinking about . I haven't read the book, but I've watched the movie, and I think it falls under "the joy of living".

Leigh Ann wrote: "Thank Cait! That went on my TBR list!

I was thinking about . I haven't read the book, but I've watched the movie, and I think it falls under "the jo..."

The female lead protagonist is an artist as well. :o)

9 - Sue Grafton & Laura Childs

Cait wrote: "Leigh Ann wrote: "Thank Cait! That went on my TBR list!

I was thinking about . I haven't read the book, but I've watched the movie, and I think it fal..."

Oh! That's right! Yay!!

From my list:


Marilynne Robinson-1
Julia Glass- 3
Dai Sijie- 3
Barbara Kingsolver-4
Neil Gaiman- 4
Sheridan Hay- 4
Ann Patchett- 5
Jen Lancaster- 5
Jasper Fforde-6
Tracy Chevalier- 6
Zadie Smith--6
Nicole Mones- 7
Dodie Smith- 7
Margaret Atwood- 8
Jodi Picoult- 8
Charlaine Harris- 9
John Irving- 9
John Steinbeck-9
Bill Bryson- 11
Isabel Allende- 11
Geraldine Brooks- 11
Wally Lamb- 11
Jane Austen- 11

I have 1. The characteristics are Initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual. Any ideas? I'm just drawing a blank!

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

I have not read this, but have heard good things about it. Certainly it would incorporate "pioneering".

Jamie wrote: "I have 1. The characteristics are Initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual. Any ideas? I'm just drawing a blank!"

Anything with a monarch as the main character.
A novel about obtaining civil rights.
An adventure novel with exploring.
One of those crime novels where a person independently solves a crime.
One of those fantasy novels where a single person has to go save the world.

Jamie wrote: "I have 1. The characteristics are Initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual. Any ideas? I'm just drawing a blank!"

Jamie, you might like The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss. Set in 1918, the main character certainly exhibits many of your characteristics. It's a charming story. I listened to it on CD and loved it (and I normally hate listening to books. This was good enough I missed the exit off the turnpike and had to pay extra toll to get to my sister's house.)

Laura wrote: "Jamie wrote: "I have 1. The characteristics are Initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual. Any ideas? I'm just drawing a blank!"

Anything with a monarch as the mai..."

Oooo Laura do a list for 8's. The characteristics are Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals

Cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

These are the characteristics of #2. I am drawing a blank on part 2. Any suggestions?? Thanks!!

Tryphena wrote: "Cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating."


The Hunger Games was the first thing that came to my mind. It fits every trait.

Angie wrote: "Tryphena wrote: "Cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating."


The Hunger Games was the first thing that came to my mind. It fits every trait."

Thanks Angie. I have heard a lopt about this book so I think I probably need to!

I am a 1 so am using Katie Fforde for section A. Suggestions for section B? xx
Edited to add - Characteristics are Initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.