If you haven't yet signed up for my Birthday Month Reading Challenge or my Hard Core Re-Reading Challenge be sure to check them out! There's still time to sign up.
So for the birthday month reading challenge the goal is every month to read a book by an author who has their birthday in that month. To help y'all out, I am including a list of some famous authors who have birthdays in January. :)
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Wilkie Collins
- J.D. Salinger
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Benjamin Franklin
- Edith Wharton
- Zora Neale Hurston
- John Piper
- Zane Grey
- Max Lucado
- Francis Schaffer
- Lee Strobel
- Horatio Alger
- Bill Peet
- Harriet Tubman
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Lloyd Alexander
- Walter Brooks
- Arthur Ransom
- Anne Bronte
- A.A. Milne
- E.M. Forster
For a more complete list of authors check out THIS website. I just included the ones that immediately caught my eye.
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I'm reading Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge for this month! It's one of my favorite books!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great one! I read that one when I was younger. :)
DeleteThanks for putting this list together. I'm *thinking* I'll choose either Wilkie Collins or J.R.R. Tolkien!
ReplyDeleteGreat choices! I'll be reading some of them this year myself. :)
DeleteI haven't joined this challenge...but I'll be reading me some Tolkien this month. :D
ReplyDeleteGood for you! He's on of my favorite authors. :)
DeleteI am reading the Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal this month, enjoying it so far!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this one! I'll be interested to hear about it. :)
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