# The Atoz Game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 497

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9922 "2025-11-17T22:39:26Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
Brave New World - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9923 "2025-11-18T05:13:37Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9924 "2025-11-18T05:24:20Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9925 "2025-11-18T05:53:08Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9926 "2025-11-18T05:55:04Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9927 "2025-11-18T05:58:28Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9928 "2025-11-18T13:35:28Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9929 "2025-11-18T13:50:40Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9930 "2025-11-18T14:18:26Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9931 "2025-11-18T16:12:43Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9932 "2025-11-18T18:42:04Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9933 "2025-11-18T18:49:21Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery

Pseudonym of Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay.

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9934 "2025-11-18T19:53:05Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9935 "2025-11-19T04:34:08Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9936 "2025-11-19T14:43:29Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie  
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ - Harper Lee

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9937 "2025-11-19T15:29:17Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie  
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ - Harper Lee  
Updike, John

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9938 "2025-11-19T15:56:36Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie  
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ - Harper Lee  
Updike, John  
Vonda McIntyre - wrote the novelizations for _Star Trek II, III,_ and _IV_

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9939 "2025-11-19T17:57:51Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie  
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ - Harper Lee  
Updike, John  
Vonda McIntyre - wrote the novelizations for _Star Trek II, III,_ and _IV_  
_Wuthering Heights_ - Emily Bronte

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**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9940 "2025-11-19T18:18:39Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
R.U.R  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie  
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ - Harper Lee  
Updike, John  
Vonda McIntyre - wrote the novelizations for _Star Trek II, III,_ and _IV_  
_Wuthering Heights_ - Emily Bronte  
_Xenocide: Ender’s Game #3_ - Orson Scott Card

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9941 "2025-11-19T20:40:31Z")

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**November is National Novel Writing Month: Novelists or Novel titles**

Austen, Jane  
_Brave New World_ - Huxley  
Chalker, Jack L.  
Dickens, Charles  
Ellison, Harlan  
_Fahrenheit 451_ - Ray Bradbury  
Grisham, John  
_Hotel_ - Arthur Hailey  
_In the Woods_ - Tana French  
Juster, Norton - author of _The Phantom Tollbooth_  
Ken Kesey  
Lewis, Sinclair  
McCaffrey, Anne  
Norton, Andre  
Orwell, George  
Powers, Tim  
Queen, Ellery  
_R.U.R_  
_Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie  
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ - Harper Lee  
Updike, John  
Vonda McIntyre - wrote the novelizations for _Star Trek II, III,_ and _IV_  
_Wuthering Heights_ - Emily Bronte  
_Xenocide: Ender’s Game #3_ - Orson Scott Card  
_Y: The Last Man_ - Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra

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