An Abecedarium of Authors

(The rule: You can retain the books of only one author per letter of the alphabet. Which authors do you choose?)

A: César Aira (favorite book: Ghosts)
B: J. G. Ballard (favorite book: The Complete Short Stories)
C: Italo Calvino (favorite book: The Baron in the Trees)
D: Samuel R. Delany (favorite book: Tales of Nevèrÿon)
E: Loren Eiseley (favorite book: The Unexpected Universe)
F: E. M. Forster (favorite book: A Passage to India)
G: Mavis Gallant (favorite book: Paris Stories)
H: Donald Harington (favorite book: The Cockroaches of Stay More)
I: Rachel Ingalls (favorite book: Mrs. Caliban)
J: Denis Johnson (favorite book: The Largesse of the Sea Maiden)
K: Franz Kafka (favorite book: The Complete Stories)
L: Clarice Lispector (favorite book: The Passion According to G. H.)
M: William Maxwell (favorite book: All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories)
N: Lewis Nordan (favorite book: The Sharpshooter Blues)
O: Peter Orner (favorite book: Esther Stories)
P: Daniel Pinkwater (favorite book: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars)
Q: Raymond Queneau (favorite book: Exercises in Style)
R: Marilynne Robinson (favorite book: Housekeeping)
S: José Saramago (favorite book: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ)
T: Walter Tevis (favorite book: The Man who Fell to Earth)
U: Deb Olin Unferth (favorite book: Wait Till You See Me Dance)
V: Georgi Vladimov (favorite book: Faithful Ruslan)
W: Virginia Woolf (favorite book: To the Lighthouse)
X: Can Xue (favorite book: Vertical Motion)
Y: Yan Ge (favorite book: Strange Beasts of China)
Z: Alejandro Zambra (favorite book: The Private Lives of Trees)

— September 27, 2021