O/T - need book recommendations

[AMBush]

I challenged myself at the beginning of the year to read 26 books by "new" authors (that is, authors whose books I had never read before). I then invited a number of family members to join me -- I now find myself behind everyone else in numbers, and I am looking for suggestions. At this point, I need books by authors whose names start with the following letters:
F
I
J
N
O
Q
T
U
V
X

I welcome any suggestions y'all might have...

[MegNJaxMom]

I really love how Ursula Hegi writes... I read her book "Stones From the River".

I enjoyed "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison.

And I don't know if you are going by first or last name... I haven't read a good adult book in a while. I am a fan of books based around WWII and love Steinbeck. My advisor at school told me to stop taking lit. classes cause they weren't doing me much good as far as a degree.

Good luck though! Very ambitious!

[AMBush]

Most of my reading has been from the Young Adult section lately...I looooooved the Twilight series....

As much as I like to read (which is a lot, actually) -- I had to abandon English Literature as a major because I just can't stand assigned literature reading. So now I'm majoring in sociology, with minors in Spanish and Health care communication.

[hope9]

Jodi Picoult! She is an excellant author, and her books are right at the edge of young adult, going into mature..

Btw, I'm majoring in Sociology too!