2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I failed miserably with all my challenges last year,so hopefully i'll do better this year.
My challenges will be
Reading a set amount of books
Reading a paid and free book purchased in the current month from a previous year
A freebie challenge
I was going to do a listopia challenge, but can't find a list i like, so i'm going to pick an author and read a minimum of 1 of their books a month

Yearly challenge

1) Uprising Scott G. Mariani

2) Shakedown Joel Goldman

3) Family Secrets Jamie Hill

4) Too Close to Home Lynette Eason

5) Laidlaw William McIlvanney

6) Dane Liliana Hart

7) Stare Me Down Riley Murphy

8) Her Nemesis Master Dan Bruce

9) Betrayal Aleatha Romig

10) Bound and UndoneAshley Black

11) Cunning Aleatha Romig

12) Owned by the Mob Boss Ashley Hall

13) 10th Anniversary James Patterson

14) Bound Samantha Jacobey

15) Angel of Death Ben Cheetham

16) Hellfire Vengeance Charles Shea

17) Evil Games Angela Marsons

18) Playing The Game Simon Gould

19) SpoiltJoanne Ellis

20) Darkness on the Edge of Town J. Carson Black

21) No More Tears Andrew Barrett

22) Shadow Unit 1 Emma Bull

23) Cold Killing Luke Delaney

24) The Unburied Dead Douglas Lindsay

25) Shallow Waters Rebecca Bradley

26) Pierced Sydney Landon

27) Fractured Sydney Landon

28) Mended Sydney Landon

29) Ruthless People J.J. McAvoy

30) Making Her His Lucy Leroux

31) Deception Aleatha Romig

32) Vice Jayne Blue

33) Truth Dare Kill Gordon Ferris

34) Lost in Shadows Alex O'Connell

35) The Dead Place Stephen Booth

36) Trunk Music Michael Connelly

37) Entrapment Aleatha Romig

38) Fidelity Aleatha Romig

39) The Treatment Mo Hayder

40) Hooked Polly Iyer

41) Retribution Gary C. Atkins

42) Consequences Aleatha Romig

43) Jigsaw Man Elena Forbes

44) Hank & Kate: New York Spankings Book One Jenna L. Spring

45) Their Kidnapped Bride Vanessa Vale

46) Darkroom Poppet

47) Thursday's Child Nicci French

48) Truth Aleatha Romig

49) Sansa Rayne

50) Legally Binding Cleo Peitsche

51) Open House Tamara Larson

52) Seven, Eight...Gonna Stay Up Late Willow Rose

53) The Caller Chris Carter

54) When the Music's Over Peter Robinson

55) Convicted Aleatha Romig

56) Revealed: The Missing Years Aleatha Romig

57) Mr. & Mrs. Rush: Stand Alone: Dark Erotic Love Story Angela March

58) Pretty Stolen Dolls Ker Dukey

59) Wake D.S. Wrights

60) Spanking Ms. Whitman Kate Richards

61) Daddy Takes the Reins Kelly Dawson

62) Bait Jade West

63) A Harmless Little Game Meli Raine

64) The Submissive School Girl Jane Pearl

65) The Thirteenth Coffin Nigel McCrery

66) Theirs to Play Kenya Wright

67) A Perfect Husband Douglas Wickard

68) My Wife's Seduction: Cuckolding Isn't Just For Wimps Laran Mithras

69) Keeping Her: Prequel Angela Snyder

70) Keeping Her Angela Snyder

71) Silent Slaughter C.E. Lawrence

72) Dark Dawn Matt McGuire

73) The Delilah Complex M.J. Rose

74) Betrayed Jaye Frances

75) Layers Deep Lacey Silks

76) Ruby Tuesday Mari Carr

77) Masks Evangeline Anderson

78) Terminal Consent S.W. Vaughn

79) Seeing White Charlotte E. Hart

80) Jack-Knifed Wonny Lea

81) Sorrow Bound: The 3rd DS McAvoy Novel David Mark

82) Hers to Take Talia Ellison

83) Shameless Lora Leigh

84) The Magpies Mark Edwards

85) S.P. Feates

86) One Ride Chelsea Camaron

87) The Needle House Robin Roughley

88) Roped Eliza Gayle

89) Owned M. Never

90) This Darkest Man Sinden West

91) Under His Command Kristine Cayne

92) Hush Adam Nicholls

93) Crossing Lines Keith Houghton

94) Messy and Shattered Mercy Cortez

95) Retrieval Aly Martinez

96) Liars, Cheaters, & Thieves L.J. Sellers

97) Implicated Peter Michael Rosenberg

98) Just Dessert Kelly Collins

99) Little Girl Gone Brett Battles

100) His Gift Aubrey Dark

101) Six James Crow

102) Wrong L.P. Lovell

103) The Chosen Dead M.R. Hall

104) Altered State Ella Dominguez

105) A Debt Repaid N. Isabelle Blanco

106) Promises of Mercy Vella Day

107) Masterful Jesse Joren

108) Sin of love Tracy Williams

109) San Francisco Nightmare Matthew Lee

110) Inside The Whispers A.J. Waines

111) The Crush Carl East

Monthly challenge


2011
January------------ N/A------------- Scott G. Mariani

February-------------- ----------------------
-------------------Simon Gould-------------------Joanne Ellis
March----------------- -------------------------
-------------------Gordon Ferris-------------------Alex O'Connell
April---------------N/A----------------
-------------------------------------------Evangeline Anderson
May--------------------N/A------------------------N/A
June-------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------Carl East
2012
January--------------- -----------------------
--------------------Joel Goldman-------------------Jamie Hill
February----------------N/A-----------------------
----------------------------------------------J. Carson Black
March-------------------N/A---------------
-----------------------------------------------Polly Iyer
April--------------------N/A--------------
-----------------------------------------------Wonny Lea
May----------------------N/A--------------
------------------------------------------------Peter Michael Rosenberg
2013
January-----------------N/A------------------------
------------------------------------------------Lynette Eason
February-------------- -----------------------
------------------Andrew Barrett-------------------Emma Bull
March----------------N/A----------------------
----------------------------------------------Gary C. Atkins
April---------------------- -------------------
-----------------------Mark Edwards---------------------S.P. Feates
May---------------------N/A--------------
---------------------------------------------Brett Battles
2014
January--------------- -----------------------
-----------------William McIlvanney----------------Liliana Hart
February-------------- ----------------------
--------------------Luke Delaney-----------------Douglas Lindsay
March-------------------- -------------------
---------------------Matt McGuire---------------------Douglas Wickard
April---------------------N/A-----------------
-------------------------------------------------Robin Roughley
May-------------- -------------------
--------------M.R. Hall---------------------Tamara Larson
August-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------Willow Rose
2015
January---------------- ----------------------
--------------------Riley Murphy-------------------Dan Bruce
February--------------- ------------------------
-------------------Rebecca Bradley--------------------Sydney Landon
March-----------------N/A-----------------------------
--------------------------------------------------Jenna L. Spring
April----------- ----------------------
--------------------M. Never-----------------------Sinden West
May--------------- -----------------------
------------------David Mark-------------------Aubrey Dark
2016
January---------------- ----------------------
--------------------Aleatha Romig-----------------Ashley Black
February--------------- ----------------------
--------------------J.J. McAvoy----------------------Lucy Leroux
March--------------- ------------------
------------Lacey Silks-------------------------Vanessa Vale
April---------------------N/A---------------------
----------------------------------------------------Adam Nicholls
May----------------------N/A
August--------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------Charlotte E. Hart
2017
January---------------- -----------------------
--------------------Aleatha Romig------------------Ashley Hall
February---------------- -----------------------
--------------------Aleatha Romig--------------------Jayne Blue
March------------------- -------------------
---------------------Aleatha Romig----------------------Poppet
April--------------------N/A---------------
--------------------------------------------Aly Martinez

May-------------- ----------------------------
-------------------Sansa Rayne-------------------Cleo Peitsche

DE freebie challenge

1) Her Nemesis Master Dan Bruce

2) Bound and Undone Ashley Black

3) Owned by the Mob Boss Ashley Hall

4) Pierced Sydney Landon

5) Making Her His Lucy Leroux

6) Vice Jayne Blue

7) Their Kidnapped Bride Vanessa Vale

8) Darkroom Poppet

9) Legally Binding Cleo Peitsche

10) Open House Tamara Larson

11) Mr. & Mrs. Rush: Stand Alone: Dark Erotic Love Story Angela March

12) Pretty Stolen Dolls Ker Dukey

13) Spanking Ms. Whitman Kate Richards (instafreebie)

14) Daddy Takes the Reins Kelly Dawson

15) The Submissive School Girl Jane Pearl

16) Theirs to Play Kenya Wright

17) My Wife's Seduction: Cuckolding Isn't Just For Wimps Laran Mithras

18) Keeping Her: Prequel Angela Snyder

19) Keeping Her Angela Snyder

20) Ruby Tuesday Mari Carr

21) Seeing White Charlotte E. Hart

22) Hers to Take Talia Ellison

23) One Ride Chelsea Camaron

24) Roped Eliza Gayle

25) This Darkest Man Sinden West

26) Under His Command Kristine Cayne

27) Abduct: Messy & Shattered and EquivocalMercy Cortez

28) Retrieval Aly Martinez

29) Just Dessert Kelly Collins

30) His Gift Aubrey Dark

31) Six James Crow

32) Wrong L.P. Lovell

33) Promises of Mercy Vella Day

34) Masterful Jesse Joren

35) Sin of love Tracy Williams

36) San Francisco Nightmare Matthew Lee

Author challenge

2017 author Aleatha Romig

January
Betrayal
Cunning

February
Deception

March
Entrapment
Fidelity

April
Consequences

May
Truth

June
Convicted

July
Revealed: The Missing Years

notes to myself
Jan 1st stephen booth
james patterson
3rd michael connelly
samantha jacobey
scott g mariani
5th ben cheetham
6th joel goldman
7th
cherise sinclair
8th
9th nj cooper
10th angela marsons
jamie hill
11th

12th annmarie cleversey
willow rose
michelle gagnon
william mcilvanney

mj rose
14th mari carr
16th
cd reiss
17th nicci french
riley murphy
19th david mark
20th steve robinson
dan bruce
21st lora leigh
22nd
23rd aleatha romig
24th
25th eliza gayle
ashley hall
27th sinden west
29th keith houghton
30th lj sellers
aubrey dark

Feb1st simon gould
3rd mr hall
3rd
3rd kate kinsey
4th aj waines
6th james andrus
joanne ellis
j carson black
9th terry towers
12th alexis adaire
15 th courtney lane
15th marissa honeycutt
16th andrew chapman
18th jaden wilkes
19th rita herron
andrew barrett
20th dd prince

21st david anderson
21st bruce beckham
luke delaney
22nd lori king
douglas lindsay
22nd laila blake
22nd karen musser nortman
23rd c terry cline junior
rebecca bradley
24th sophie kisker
sydney landon
25th saffina desforges
25th rachel abbott
26th tom bale
jj mcavoy
26th shanora williams
28th roni loren
lucy leroux

mar1st elly griffiths
mel sherratt
2nd celia aaron
claire thompson
jayne blue
3rd gordon ferris
4th danielle ramsay
alex o connell
6th jeff miller
8th jaimie roberts
9th belinda bauer
cari silverwood
daniel campbell
10th lyndsey norton
11th hannah morgan mcdonald
carin gerhardsen
jane pearl

13th susan parry
kallypso masters
14th gillian galbraith
brian mcgilloway
16th stylo fantome
17th phil rickman

se lund
23rd peter james
chelsea cain
25th se reign
27th darren humphries
lisa gardner
mo hayder
29th kerry wilkinson
30th lexi revellian
31st polly lyer

apr1st jt ellison
4th ek blair
5th nick spalding
6th craig robertson

8th anna smith
9th ginger talbot
11th gemma james
chris carter
13th willow s brooks
14th marion stein
lexi blake
15th mark sennen
gm clark
16th brooke cumberland
17th pam godwin
18th annamarie morgan
19th alafair burke
24th cj roberts
25th jenna l spring
vanessa vale
26th jim cliff
cj box
30th alvin slater
kitty thomas

May
3rd bianca whitney
5th evelyn troy
jade west
11th jefferson bass
shayla black
oliver tidy
12th beverly barton
cassia brightmore
14th sj bolton
tiffany reisz
15th pepper winters
al daltry
16th lee weeks
sansa rayne
cleo peitsche
tamara larson
18th john verdon
19th annabel joseph
20th mark pearson
angela graham
22nd james carol
lili valente
27th lorelei james
28th ms parker
devon hartford
sadie haller
k webster
30th ella dominguez

June
1st nashoda rose
9th ma comley
11th neil white
16th simon beckett
18th amanda kyle williams
24th peter robinson
27th alan jacobson
28th leigh russell

July

4th josie leigh
cara bristol
willow madison
9th jr james
14th elena forbes
tiffani clark kemp
jm darhower
21st paul eknock
22nd dan waddell
jane casey
24th tania carver
dh sidebottom
30th ker dukey

August

3rd james oswald
jonathan nasaw
7th dana stabenow
karen clow
12th bo brennan
13th graham masterton
kelly dawson
21st caro ramsay
nigel mccrery
25th bill rogers

September

douglas wickard
17th karen rose
angela snyder
25th alex gray

October

8th alison bruce
12th richard montanari
claire seeber
16th nancy taylor rosenburg
17th lacey silks
19th sw vaughn
charlotte e hart
22nd wonny lea
29th talia ellison

November

chelsea camaron
2nd robin roughley
4th ll bartlett
rachael orman
6th m never
kristine cayne
7th claude boucharde
adam nicholls
9th frank muir
aly martinez
14th peter may
kelly collins
brett battles
15th james crow
16th lp lovell
18th stuart mcbride
19th isabelle n blanco
vella day
20th jesse joren
24th alex cava
jilliane hoffman
jo nesbo
29th jd robb

December

1st lee child
2nd eden greenwood
5th janet evanovich
sue grafton
jl beck
lyra parish
7th kathy reichs
9th ja huss
11th beverley connor
16th nicola diaz
20th chris mooney
22nd gregg olsen
26th fawn bailey
28th christine bell