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The Bibliophile's Alphabet Quartet of Authors

For each letter, four novels from four authors with a surname beginning with that letter. For every letter except one or two, there are two male and two female authors, and I tried to make sure each letter contained a classic author/novel and a recent, 21st century author/novel. I was bored and needed to pass some time in hospital, and this worked like a charm.
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Hawksmoor (Peter Ackroyd)
Hawksmoor
1
Peter Ackroyd
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
2
Isaac Asimov
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
4
Jane Austen
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
5
John Banville
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
6
Samuel Beckett
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
7
Roberto Bolano
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Brontë
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
9
Peter Carey
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
10
Michael Chabon
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
11
Agatha Christie
Claudine at School (Colette)
Claudine at School
12
Colette
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
13
Charles Dickens
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
14
Joan Didion
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
15
Anthony Doerr
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
16
Emma Donoghue
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
17
Bret Easton Ellis
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
18
Jennifer Egan
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
19
George Eliot
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
20
Ralph Ellison
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
21
Sebastian Faulks
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
22
Elena Ferrante
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
23
Gustave Flaubert
Hideous Kinky (Esther Freud)
Hideous Kinky
24
Esther Freud
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
25
Diana Gabaldon
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
26
Bonnie Garmus
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
27
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
28
Graham Greene
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
29
Joseph Heller
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black
30
Susan Hill
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
31
S. E. Hinton
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
32
Aldous Huxley
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
33
Henrik Ibsen
Wow, No Thank You (Samantha Irby)
Wow, No Thank You
34
Samantha Irby
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
35
Kazuo Ishiguro
Fault Lines (Emily Itami)
Fault Lines
36
Emily Itami
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
37
Henry James
The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
38
N.K. Jemisin
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
39
Tayari Jones
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
40
James Joyce
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