Alphabet Soup--Authors Edition 2019

Every year Lori at Escape with Dollycas sponsors the Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (A-Z titles)--which I will be signing up for momentarily (because it's a challenge and I can't resist). BUT this year she's added a version for reading the alphabet in authors as well: Alphabet Soup--Authors Edition. So--our mission is to read books by authors whose first or last name will allow us to read one book for every letter of the alphabet. If you'd like to join in, please click on the link above for full details and the sign-up. X is going to be a tricky one. Especially since I prefer to read from my own shelves, if possible.

A: An African Millionaire by Grant Allen (1/10/19)
B: The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W. E. Bowman (1/2/19)
C: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (1/18/19)
D: The Haunted Man & The Haunted House by Charles Dickens (1/16/19)
E: Gallows Court by Martin Edwards (4/13/19)
F: A Whiff of Cyanide by Guy Fraser-Sampson (1/15/19)
G: Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau (2/28/19)
H: Blood of the North by James B. Hendryx (2/15/19)
I:
J:
K: The Winter Women Murders by David A Kaufelt (1/5/19)
L: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (2/17/19)
M: Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh (1/7/19)
N: Code Talker by Chester Nez w/Judith Schiess Avila (3/8/19)
O: Becoming by Michelle Obama (3/27/19)
P: A Treasury of Great Recipes by Mary & Vincent Price (2/13/19)
Q: The Spanish Cape Mystery by Ellery Queen (8/28/19)
R: Hitler's First Victims by Timothy W. Ryback (1/24/19)
S: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (1/12/19)
T: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes by June Thomson (1/25/19)
U: The Barakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield (6/1/19)
V:
W: Death on a Warm Wind by Douglas Warner (5/8/19)
X:
Y: Blind Corner by Dornford Yates (1/27/19)
Z: