2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Table of Contents
Yearly Theme: Seasons

Book Lists
Book List Part 1
Book List Part 2

Yearly Challenges
Popsugar
TBR Jar
Out On a Limb
Serial Reader
I'm With the Banned
Magical Mystery Tour
A-Z Titles

Quarterly Challenges
Q1: Winter Words
Q2: TBR Spring Cleaning
Q3: Summer Bucket List
Q4: Balancing it Out

Monthly Challenges
January: Marathon
February: Dragon Spells
March: Easy as 1-2-3
April: A Musical Eclipse
May: Literary Lilies
June: Life Changes
July: The Road Less-Traveled
August: Smooth as Silk
September: Discovering the Seven Summits
October: Shades of Orange
November: Voices Unbound

Personal Challenges
12 Recommendations
To Boldly Go (Ongoing)

Previous Member Corners
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

Book List

January
The Winter Over by Matthew Iden
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Snowflakes by Ruth Ware
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Snow Angels by James Thompson
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

February
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The Armor of Light by Ken Follett
Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Gift by Alison Gaylin
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine
Saga, Volume 11 by Brian K. Vaughan
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

March
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
The Cleaners by Ken Liu
Hazel and Gray by Nic Stone
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse
Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors (Volume 4)
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One False Move by Harlan Coben
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Whale Done by Stuart Gibbs
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

April
He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Chivalry in Westeros: The Knightly Code of A Song of Ice and Fire
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
My Love Story by Tina Turner
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
Small Game by Blair Braverman
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

May
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
Skellig by David Almond
Xingu by Edith Wharton
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
The Other People by C.J. Tudor

June
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up by Evanna Lynch
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Girl at War by Sara Nović
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year

Book List Part 2

July
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Big Book of Horror by Steve Niles
The Secret by R.L. Toalson
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
IDW's Tales of Terror
Flip-Flops by Joe Costello
The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan
When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers by Marcellino D'Ambrosio
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh
Poem: An Anthology

August
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Wool by Hugh Howey
Gingerbread by Robert Dinsdale
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman
Slow Time Between the Stars by John Scalzi
The Beautiful Dead: A Tale of K-Pop, Ghosts, and Nine-Tailed Fox Women by Jun Prince
Roses of May by Dot Hutchison
Desert Places by Blake Crouch

September
Exiles by Jane Harper
The Vorrh by Brian Catling
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Before You Leap by Keith Houghton
He Started It by Samantha Downing
Elektra by Jennifer Saint

October
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by Nnedi Okorafor
Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris
Zero K by Don DeLillo
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer

November
Steampunk by Ann VanderMeer
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

December
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
The Land of the Undying Lord by J.T. Wright
Batman, Vol. 2: The Joker War by James Tynion IV
Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
The Wickeds by Gayle Forman
Batman, Vol. 3: Ghost Stories by James Tynion IV
A Righteous Man by Tochi Onyebuchi
Treasure by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Bloody Summer by Carmen Maria Machado
What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

Popsugar

Message 8

50/50 (view spoiler)[

1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
Before You Leap by Keith Houghton
2. A bildungsroman
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
3. A book about a 24-year-old
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams (also unreliable narrator)
4. A book about a writer
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
5. A book about K-pop
The Beautiful Dead: A Tale of K-Pop, Ghosts, and Nine-Tailed Fox Women by Jun Prince
6. A book about pirates
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
One False Move by Harlan Coben
8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
9. A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author
Girl at War by Sara Nović
10. A book by a self-published author
The Secret by R.L. Toalson
11. A book from a genre you typically avoid
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd (Biography)
12. A book from an animal's POV
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
13. A book originally published under a pen name
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
14. A book recommended by a bookseller
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
15. A book recommended by a librarian
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
16. A book set 24 years before you were born
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh
18. A book set in space
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
19. A book set in the future
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
20. A book set in the snow
The Winter Over by Matthew Iden
21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
The Women by Kristin Hannah
22. A book that centers on video games
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
23. A book that features dragons
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
25. A book that was published 24 years ago
The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone
26. A book that was turned into a musical
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (also about a writer)
29. A book with a neurodivergent main character
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
30. A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
33. A book with an unreliable narrator
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
34. A book with at least three POVs
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
35. A book with magical realism
Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar
36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek
37. A book written during NaNoWriMo
Wool by Hugh Howey
38. A cozy fantasy book
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
40. A horror book by a BIPOC author
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
41. A memoir that explores queerness
Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
42. A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
43. A second-chance romance
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
My Love Story by Tina Turner
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
47. A book with 24 letters in the title
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
48. A collection of at least 24 poems
Poem: An Anthology
49. The 24th book of an author
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
50. A book that starts with the letter "X"
Xingu by Edith Wharton (hide spoiler)]

TBR Jar
Message 38

44/44
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Randomizer

1. The Long Weekend
2. He Started It
3. The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
4. Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
5. The World That We Knew
6. The Other People
7. The Armor of Light
8. Hidden Pictures
9. Small Game
10. City of Saints and Madmen
11. Once Upon a Broken Heart
12. The Subtle Knife

Prompts

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
The Gift by Alison Gaylin
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number.
Steampunk by Ann VanderMeer
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
The Winter Over by Matthew Iden
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
Chivalry in Westeros: The Knightly Code of A Song of Ice and Fire
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
Snow Angels by James Thompson
20. Read a book that you own.
Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors (Volume 4)
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
My Love Story by Tina Turner
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
The Once and Future King by T.H. White (hide spoiler)]

Out On a Limb
Message 37

15/15

Dad's Tree
Books off of my dad's shelf- all branches relate to the trunk by being on that shelf
Trunk: The Hobbit
🌳Branch: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
🌳Branch: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
🌳Branch: Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
🌳Branch: An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
🌳Branch: Poem: An Anthology
🌳Branch: Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
🌳Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices

Trunk: Mere Christianity
🌴Branch: He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek
🌴Branch: Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year
🌴Branch: When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers by Marcellino D'Ambrosio
🌴Branch: Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
🌴Branch: Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

Trunk: Saga, Volume 1
🌲Branch: Saga, Volume 11
🌲Branch: Big Book of Horror
🌲Branch: IDW's Tales of Terror
🌲Branch: Batman, Vol. 2: The Joker War
🌲Branch: Batman, Vol. 3: Ghost Stories

Serial Reader

Message 44

30/30

read previously
✔ Read 2024

Aaron Falk by Jane Harper
The Dry
Force of Nature
✔Exiles

Alex Stern by Leigh Bardugo
✔Ninth House
✔Hell Bent
Book 3

Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
✔City of Saints and Madmen

The Atlas by Olivie Blake
✔The Atlas Six
The Atlas Paradox
The Atlas Complex

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Tales from the Café
✔Before Your Memory Fades
Before We Say Goodbye

Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
✔From Blood and Ash
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

Cadfael by Ellis Peters
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
Monk's Hood
Saint Peter's Fair
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Virgin in the Ice
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Devil's Novice
Dead Man's Ransom
The Pilgrim of Hate
✔An Excellent Mystery
✔The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent
The Hermit of Eyton Forest
The Confession of Brother Haluin
The Heretic's Apprentice
The Potter's Field
The Summer of the Danes
The Holy Thief
Brother Cadfael's Penance

The Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
✔Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Heart of the Sun Warrior

The Collector by Dot Hutchison
✔The Butterfly Garden
✔Roses of May
✔The Summer Children
✔The Vanishing Season

Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
House of Earth and Blood
House of Sky and Breath
✔House of Flame and Shadow

Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett
✔Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 2/11/25

The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros
✔Fourth Wing
✔Iron Flame
Onyx Storm 1/21/25

Fairendale by R.L. Toalson
✔The Secret
The Pursuit
The Crossing
The Dragons
The Aftermath
The Separation
The Boy Who Spun Gold
The Boy Who Robbed the Rich

Funjungle by Stuart Gibbs
Bear Bottom
✔Whale Done

Hawthorne & Horowitz by Anthony Horowitz
✔The Word is Murder

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass
✔The Subtle Knife

Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man's Fear
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Narrow Road Between Desires

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
✔King of Scars
✔Rule of Wolves

Kingsbridge by Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth
World Without End
A Column of Fire
The Evening and the Morning
✔The Armour of Light

Molly the Maid by Nita Prose
The Maid
✔The Mystery Guest

Nightingale Mysteries
Last Call at the Nightingale
✔The Last Drop of Hemlock
✔The Last Note of Warning

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
✔Once Upon a Broken Heart
✔The Ballad of Never After
✔A Curse for True Love

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
✔Red Rising
Golden Son

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
✔Shadow and Bone
✔Siege and Storm
✔Ruin and Rising

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
✔Six of Crows
✔Crooked Kingdom

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
✔Wintersong
✔Shadowsong

Options...
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The Cat Who... by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

Disney Villains by Serena Valentino
Fairest of All
The Beast Within
Poor Unfortunate Soul
Mistress of All Evil
Mother Knows Best
The Odd Sisters
Evil Thing
Cold Hearted
Never, Never
Fire & Fate
Kill the Beast 7/2024

The Carls by Hank Green
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

Matthew Corbett by Robert McCammon
Speaks the Nightbird
The Queen of Bedlam
Mister Slaughter
The Providence Rider
The River of Souls
Freedom of the Mask
Cardinal Black
The King of Shadows

Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch
Pines
Wayward
The Last Town

Gentleman Bastard by Scott Lynch
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Republic of Thieves
The Thorn of Emberlain

Ouroboros Cycle by G.D. Falksen
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book One: A Monster's Coming of Age Story
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Two: A Cautionary Tale for Young Vampires
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Three: A Long-Awaited Treachery
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Four: A Sojourn in Bohemia
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 5: House of the Far Earth

Tempting Monsters by Kathryn Moon
A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor
The Company of Fiends
Sanctuary with Kings 6/20/23

The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir
Gideon the Ninth

Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Gilded
Cursed

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks
Blood Rites
Dead Beat
Proven Guilty
White Night
Small Favor
Turn Coat
Changes
Ghost Story
Cold Days
Skin Game
Peace Talks
Battle Ground
Twelve Months
Mirror Mirror (hide spoiler)]

I'm With the Banned

Message 19

4/4 (view spoiler)[

🦉O: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
🦉W: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
🦉L: Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
🦉S: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (hide spoiler)]

Magical Mystery Tour

Message 43

35/30

Who: 7/7
1. Military (active, veteran, or reserve duty)
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
2. Plants (landscaper, florist, arborist, etc.)
The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters (herbalist)
3. First response (EMT, firefighter, deputy, etc.)
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
4. Security (cybersecurity, night watchmen, bodyguard, etc.)
The Woman in the Library (the blurb has them more involved than they are but whatever; they're there... sort of)
5. Travel (train driver, pilot, cruise staff, etc.)
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
6. Animal Care (zoo, veterinarian, rescue, etc.)
Whale Done by Stuart Gibbs
7. Building (carpenter, contractor, electrician, etc.)
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

What: 7/7
1. An orange cover
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh (also where4)
2. A tree on the cover
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
3. A flower on the cover
Roses of May by Dot Hutchison
4. A number in the title
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
5. A place name in the title (city, state, etc.)
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
6. A geographical feature in the title (river, lake, etc.)
Desert Places by Blake Crouch
7. A season in the title
The Winter Over by Matthew Iden

When: 7/7
1. In spring
Exiles by Jane Harper
2. In the second half of 20th century
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
3. During a trip (business or pleasure)
He Started It
4. Between noon and midnight
The Other People by C.J. Tudor
5. During a romantic celebration (engagement, wedding, anniversary)
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (also Who6, When6, Where3)
6. In the season you were born
The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb (also Where1)
7. Published in a Year of the Dragon (2024, 2012, 2000, etc.)
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Where: 7/7
1. In a small town or village
An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
2. On a mountain
Dead of Winter
3. In a vacation rental (cabin, resort, etc.)
The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan
4. On an island
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
5. On a train or plane
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
6. Near the equator
Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
7. Above the Arctic Circle
Snow Angels by James Thompson

How: 7/7
1. One False Move by Harlan Coben (view spoiler)[shot (hide spoiler)]
2. The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose (view spoiler)[poisoned honey pot (hide spoiler)]
3. The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison (view spoiler)[formaldehyde (hide spoiler)]
4. The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (view spoiler)[Strangled (hide spoiler)]
5. The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman (view spoiler)[Stabbed (hide spoiler)]
6. Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris (view spoiler)[blunt force trauma (hide spoiler)]
7. Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh (view spoiler)[Car Wreck (hide spoiler)]

Why: 7/7
1. A favorite mystery author or series
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
2. A favorite mystery subgenre
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (fantasy/paranormal)
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (Which one?)
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (Can't Wait 2021)
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (Which one?)
Edgar: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
5. A challenged or banned crime book
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year)
The Last Drop of Hemlock
7. Average Goodreads rating of 4 stars or above
The Whisper Man

Bonus Cases: 0/8
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. Oceania
5. Caribbean
6. North America
7. Central America
8. South America

A-Z: Titles

Message 23

26/26- (view spoiler)[

A: The Armor of Light
B: Before Your Memory Fades
C: Chivalry in Westeros: The Knightly Code of A Song of Ice and Fire
D: Ducks, Newburyport
E: An Excellent Mystery
F: Fourth Wing
G: Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors (Volume 4)
H: Hidden Pictures
I: Iron Flame
J: Just Out of Jupiter's Reach
K: King of Scars
L: Lone Wolf
M: Mexican Gothic
N: Ninth House
O: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
P: Piranesi
Q: Quiet in Her Bones
R: Rock Paper Scissors
S: Shadow and Bone
T: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
U: Under the Whispering Door
V: The Vorrh by Brian Catling
W:The Winter Over
X: Xingu by Edith Wharton
Y: You Have Arrived at Your Destination
Z: Zero K by Don DeLillo (hide spoiler)]

Quarter 1: Winter Words
January 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024

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1. The Winter Over
2. Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
3. Snowflakes
4. Rock Paper Scissors (cover)
5. The Stroke of Winter
6. The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (Ice)
7. Snow Angels
8. Wintersong
9. Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar
10. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (setting) (hide spoiler)]

January Marathon
January 1, 2024- January 31, 2024
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1. The Winter Over by Matthew Iden
2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
3. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
5. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
6. Snowflakes by Ruth Ware
7. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
8. The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
9. The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
10. Snow Angels by James Thompson
11. Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (hide spoiler)]

February: Dragon Spells
February 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024
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🐉S: Siege and Storm
🐉M: Mexican Gothic
🐉A: The Armor of Light
🐉U: Under the Whispering Door
🐉G: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (hide spoiler)]

☑️Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
☑️Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
☑️Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
☑️Skellig by David Almond
☑️Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
☑️The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up by Evanna Lynch
☑️Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
☑️The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
☑️When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers by Marcellino D'Ambrosio
☑️Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
☑️Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
☑️The Land of the Undying Lord by J.T. Wright

March: Easy as 1-2-3
March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024

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9️⃣Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
9️⃣Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
6️⃣The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
1️⃣One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1️⃣One False Move
1️⃣The Once and Future King (hide spoiler)]

A MUSICAL ECLIPSE
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2024

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1. Eclipse is a song by the rock band, Pink Floyd.
Read a book featuring astronomy, or read a book featuring a band.
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd

2. Pink Floyd was formed in London in 1965.
Read a book set in London, or read a book published or set in 1965.
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain (set in 1965)

3. Eclipse is the tenth and final track on the album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
Read a book with 10 chapters, or read a book that is the final book in a series.
Shadowsong (final in series)

4. An eclipse occurs when one celestial body is obscured by another, or passes into the shadow of another.
Read a book with the word eclipse, moon, or sun in the title, or read a book featuring an eclipse, moon or sun.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

5. Eclipse was published in 1973 on one of Pink Floyd's most successful albums.
Read a book published or set in 1973, or read a book that was a best seller.
He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek (Published in 1973 and a bestseller)

6. The band had several names before settling on Pink Floyd, derived from the name of two blues musicians -- Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Read a book with pink on the cover, or read a book featuring music.
My Love Story by Tina Turner (featuring music)

7. Eclipse is often paired with the ninth track, Brain Damage.
Read a book with two authors, or read a book featuring mental health.
A List of Cages by Robin Roe (mental health)

8. Eclipse was written and sung by Roger Waters.
Read a book with an author or character named Roger or Waters, or read a book with any form of water on the cover.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (water on cover) (hide spoiler)]

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

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🟪The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
🟪The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
🟪The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
🟪The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
🟪 The unknown - a book with few reviews
Chivalry in Westeros: The Knightly Code of A Song of Ice and Fire
🟪The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
🟪 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
🟪The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
🟪 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
A List of Cages
🟪The ancient - a book written long ago
Xingu by Edith Wharton
🟪The sequel - a continuation
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
🟪 The special - a must read
The Women by Kristin Hannah
🟪The good - a book with the best ratings
Remarkably Bright Creatures
🟪 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
🟪The popular - a book with many reviews
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
🟪The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
🟪The cheap - a reduced-price book
Skellig by David Almond
🟪The expensive - a high-priced book
Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year
🟪The given - a free book
An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
🟪The new - a new release
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose (hide spoiler)]

LITERARY LILIES
Duration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024

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Lily Potter: Harry Potter
Read a book by JK Rowling or a book featuring magic
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Lily Bart: The House of Mirth
Read a book by Edith Wharton or a book with an emotion in the title
Xingu by Edith Wharton

Lily the dragon: Temeraire series
Read a book by Naomi Novik or a book featuring dragons
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Lily Bloom: It Ends with Us
Read a book by Colleen Hoover or a hyped book
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (hyped)

Lily Campanello: Mad Honey
Read a book by Jodi Picoult or a book featuring a trans character
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Lily and the Octopus
Read a book by Steven Rowley or a book where an animal is a main character.
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

Lily: Dash and Lily
Read a book by Rachel Cohn or an epistolary book
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

Tiger Lily: Peter Pan
Read a book by J.M. Barrie or a middle grade/young adult book
Skellig by David Almond

Lily Kintner: Lily Kintner series
Read a book by Peter Swanson or a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for any year
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Lily Bard: Lily Bard series
Read a book by Charlaine Harris or a cozy mystery
An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters (cozy) (hide spoiler)]

LIFE CHANGES
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

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🦋Growing up, Instant fame, Eating disorder
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
🔴Status change
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
🚁Going to war (and many other spoilery things)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
🐶From puppy to "breaking" to sled-dog to wild dog
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
👧War (and many other spoilery things)
Girl at War by Sara Nović (hide spoiler)]

THE ROAD LESS-TRAVELED
Duration: July 1 - July 31, 2024

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📚Poem: An Anthology
📚The Secret by R.L. Toalson
📚IDW's Tales of Terror
📚Big Book of Horror
📚Flip-Flops (hide spoiler)]

SUMMER BUCKET LIST
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024

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Go Fishing
Light from Uncommon Stars
Ride a Bike
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (the boys ride their bikes from place to place)
Watch Fireworks
Three Wishes
Make a Craft
Wool
Plant a Garden
The Butterfly Garden
Sing and Dance
The Last Note of Warning
Go Swimming
What Alice Forgot
Solve a Puzzle
The Word is Murder
Bake Cookies
Gingerbread
Go to a Wedding
A Curse for True Love
Sleep in a Cabin
Dead of Winter
Stargaze
Slow Time Between the Stars
Visit a Relative
When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers
Try Something New
Never Have I Ever
Wear Flip-Flops
Flip-Flops by Joe Costello
Get a Tattoo
King of Scars
Bird Watching
The Butcher of the Forest
Do Magic Tricks
House of Flame and Shadow
Have a Cocktail
The Last Drop of Hemlock
Go Out with Girlfriends
The Long Weekend
Sunbathe
A Madness of Sunshine
Attend a Concert
The Beautiful Dead: A Tale of K-Pop, Ghosts, and Nine-Tailed Fox Women
Fly a Kite
Desert Places (Luther Kite series)
Go Wine Tasting
Exiles
Visit a Library
Quiet in Her Bones - because you have to be quiet there. And I got this from the library
Go Sailing
The Sea Road
Go on a Holiday
Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life
Take Kids to the Park
The Summer Children
Learn to Surf
Before You Leap
Go on a Road Trip
He Started It


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SMOOTH AS SILK
Duration: August 1 - August 31, 2024

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1. Smooth as silk – Read a book with a texture in the title (e.g., rough, fluffy, bumpy).
Wool

2. Dead as a doornail – Read a book with a door or window on the cover.
Never Have I Ever

3. Easy as pie – Read a book with food in the title or on the cover.
Gingerbread

4. Light as a feather – Read a book with a vehicle or animal that flies in the title or on the cover (e.g., airplane, balloon, bird).
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

5. Blind as a bat – Read a book with an animal in the title or on the cover.
Rule of Wolves

6. Happy as a clam – Read a book with a sea creature in the title or on the cover.
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

7. Cute as a button – Read a book with an article of clothing in the title or on the cover.
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

8. Hard as a rock – Read a book with a mineral or rock in the title or on the cover.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

9. Clean as a whistle – Read a book with a noise in the title (e.g., whistle, song, rumble).
The Whisper Man

10. Hot as hell – Read a book with a red cover or a mythical creature on the cover.
The Butcher of the Forest (hide spoiler)]

DISCOVERING THE SEVEN SUMMITS
Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2024

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🏔️ 1. Mount Everest - 8,849 m (29,032 ft): Earth's highest mountain above sea level, Everest is set in the Himalayan mountain range, with the China-Nepal border running across its summit. It attracts many climbers, and has become a pollution hot-spot.
Read a book set where people cross borders (literally or figuratively), one that involves climbing or tourism, or about pollution.
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices (crossing borders)

🍷 2. Aconcagua - 6,961 m (22,837 ft): This Andean mountain is located in the wine-making Mendoza Province of Argentina. It it has multiple glaciers, the longest of which is 10 km (6 mi) long.
Read a book set in South America, one that involves wine, or a book about climate.
Exiles by Jane Harper (wine festival)

🐻 3. Denali - 6,190 m (20,310 ft): This Alaskan mountain is the highest peak in North America. It has had a number of names from several languages, but in 2015, it officially went back to the name used by the local Koyukon people for centuries.
Read a book set in North America, about native people or culture, or involving some kind of name change.
Before You Leap by Keith Houghton (set in North America)

🌋 4. Kilimanjaro - 5,895 m (19,341 ft): This dormant volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world.
Read a book set in Africa, about doing something solo, or in which fire or a volcano play an important role.
The Vorrh by Brian Catling (solo)

🐧 5. Mount Vinson - 4,892 m (16,050 ft) : The highest peak in Antarctica, Vinson was first climbed in 1966-1967. During the summer season, there are 24 hours of sunlight, and the average temperature is −30 °C (−20 °F).
Read a book set in the 1960's, one set where there's a midnight sun or polar night, or a book with animals from either pole.
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov (polar animal)

🐴 6. Mount Elbrus - 5,642 m (18,510 ft): This dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountain range has two main peaks. Elbrus is either in Europe or Asia, depending on the boundary definition. The Titan Prometheus was punished here after stealing fire from the Greek gods to give to man. Both the eastern and western summits have been climbed with teams of horses.
Read a book involving horses, mythology, or with two authors.
Elektra by Jennifer Saint

⚪ 7. Mont Blanc - 4,806 m (15,766 ft): The 'white mountain' on the French-Italian border is the highest peak of the Alps. The peak was first climbed in 1786, marking the start of modern mountaineering, and the first Winter Olympics was held in neighboring Chamonix in 1924.
Read a book set in one of the eight Alpine countries, written between 1786 and 1924, or involving a sport played in the Winter Olympics.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo (Alpine country)

💀 8. Mount Wilhelm - 4,509 m (14,793 ft):Based on current political boundaries, this is the tallest mountain in Oceania. A World War II bomber crashed into the mountain during a reconnaissance mission, and a number of climbers have perished during attempts to ascend Wilhelm.
Read a history or historical fiction book, one set in Oceania, or involving a death.
The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone (hi-fi)

🏃‍♂️ 9. Mount Kosciuszko - 2,228 m (7,310 ft): The shortest mountain on the list is the tallest on Australia's mainland. Its first recorded ascent was in 1840, but a cartographical error mislabeled it as Mount Townsend until 1940. This summit is the finish line for the 240 km (150 mi) Coast to Kosci ultramarathon.
Read a book set in Australia, about a runner, or involving a case of mistaken identity.
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (Australia)

💰 10. Puncak Jaya - 4,884 m (16,024 ft): The world's 2nd largest gold mine is only 4 km (2.5 mi) from this peak, which is the highest island mountain in the world. Politically, this mountain lies in southeast Asia, but by biogeographical standards, it is part of the Australian continent and Oceania, leading to controversy among Seven Summits climbers.
Read a book set on an island, with gold in the cover or title, or involving a controversy.
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (set on island)

🗻 11. Mauna Kea - 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft): An inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaii, the peaks are considered to be sacred in the Native Hawaiian religion. Despite this, 13 research telescopes have been built by 11 nations at this summit due to its elevation and environment. Livestock and game animals arrived with early European settlers, and have become feral, threatening native species on the island.
Read a book written by a Pacific Islander, involving astronomy or research, or some kind of ecological threat.
Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh (Pacific Islander) (hide spoiler)]

SHADES OF ORANGE
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2024

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📙The Priory of the Orange Tree
📙📙📙📙 (hide spoiler)]

BALANCING IT OUT
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2024

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🌱 Earth 🌱

Season: Change of Seasons / Transformation
The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison

Associated with: harvest time, abundance, nourishment, fertility, mother-child relationships, stability/reliability, logic, governed by duty to others
The Land of the Undying Lord by J.T. Wright

Color: Yellow
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris (cover)

Body: digestive system, sense of taste
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Direction: Center
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Planet: Saturn (god of time)
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Taste: Sweet
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage (cover)

Symbol: Yellow Dragon or birds that prefer the comfort of the earth
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

VOICES UNBOUND
Duration: November 1 - November 30
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✅V - Varied Narrators: Read books with an unconventional narrator. This could be a first-person account from an unusual perspective, like a child, an animal, or an inanimate object.
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage (child)

✅ O- Own Voices: Read books by a diverse or marginalized author whose main character shares that same trait with the author.
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

✅I - Intergenerational Voices: Read books that span multiple generations or perspectives.
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

✅C - Contemporary Voices: Read recent bestsellers or critically acclaimed books published in the last five years.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

✅ E - Empowered Voices: Read books that feature characters who overcome significant challenges or find their voice in the face of adversity.
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

✅S - Sympathetic Voices: Read books that are geared towards human emotion and relationships.
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (hide spoiler)]

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Serial Reader 2025

read previously
✔ Read 2025

Alex Stern by Leigh Bardugo
Ninth House
Hell Bent
Book 3

The Atlas by Olivie Blake
The Atlas Six
The Atlas Paradox
The Atlas Complex

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Tales from the Café
Before Your Memory Fades
Before We Say Goodbye
Before We Forget Kindness

Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
From Blood and Ash
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

Cadfael by Ellis Peters
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
Monk's Hood
Saint Peter's Fair
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Virgin in the Ice
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Devil's Novice
Dead Man's Ransom
The Pilgrim of Hate
An Excellent Mystery
The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent
The Hermit of Eyton Forest
The Confession of Brother Haluin
The Heretic's Apprentice
The Potter's Field
The Summer of the Danes
The Holy Thief
Brother Cadfael's Penance

The Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Heart of the Sun Warrior

Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 2/11/25

The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing
Iron Flame
Onyx Storm 1/21/25

Fairendale by R.L. Toalson
The Secret
The Pursuit
The Crossing
The Dragons
The Aftermath
The Separation
The Boy Who Spun Gold
The Boy Who Robbed the Rich

Funjungle by Stuart Gibbs
Bear Bottom
Whale Done
All Ears 5/13/25

Hawthorne & Horowitz by Anthony Horowitz
The Word is Murder
The Sentence is Death
A Line to Kill
The Twist of a Knife
Close to Death

Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man's Fear
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Narrow Road Between Desires

Molly the Maid by Nita Prose
The Maid
The Mystery Guest
The Mistletoe Mystery
The Maid's Secret 4/8/25

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red Rising
Golden Son

Susan Ryeland by Anthony Horowitz
Magpie Murders
Moonflower Murders
Marble Hall Murders 3/13/25

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The Cat Who... by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

Disney Villains by Serena Valentino
Fairest of All
The Beast Within
Poor Unfortunate Soul
Mistress of All Evil
Mother Knows Best
The Odd Sisters
Evil Thing
Cold Hearted
Never, Never
Fire & Fate
Kill the Beast 7/2024

The Carls by Hank Green
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

Matthew Corbett by Robert McCammon
Speaks the Nightbird
The Queen of Bedlam
Mister Slaughter
The Providence Rider
The River of Souls
Freedom of the Mask
Cardinal Black
The King of Shadows

Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch
Pines
Wayward
The Last Town

Gentleman Bastard by Scott Lynch
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Republic of Thieves
The Thorn of Emberlain

Ouroboros Cycle by G.D. Falksen
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book One: A Monster's Coming of Age Story
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Two: A Cautionary Tale for Young Vampires
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Three: A Long-Awaited Treachery
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Four: A Sojourn in Bohemia
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 5: House of the Far Earth

Tempting Monsters by Kathryn Moon
A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor
The Company of Fiends
Sanctuary with Kings 6/20/23

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks
Blood Rites
Dead Beat
Proven Guilty
White Night
Small Favor
Turn Coat
Changes
Ghost Story
Cold Days
Skin Game
Peace Talks
Battle Ground
Twelve Months
Mirror Mirror (hide spoiler)]

To Boldly Go
Personal Ongoing Challenge

Africa 11/54
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Algeria
✔Angola: The Book of Chameleons
Benin
✔Botswana: Leaving Time
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde/Cape Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
✔Congo/Republic of the Congo: The Poisonwood Bible
✔Democratic Republic of the Congo: Heart of Darkness
Djibouti
✔Egypt: Ink and Bone
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
✔Ghana: Transcendent Kingdom
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast/Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali: Masquerade (Sangoyomi)
Mauritania
✔Mauritius: Last Chance to See
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
✔Nigeria: Ikenga
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
✔South Africa: Empire of Ivory
✔South Sudan: The Good Braider
✔Sudan: Who Fears Death
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Asia: 12/51
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✔Afghanistan: The Kite Runner
Armenia
✔Azerbaijan: The Orphan Sky
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory (UK territory)
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Georgia
Hong Kong (China - Special Administrative Region)
✔India: Siddhartha
✔Indonesia: The Night Ship
Iran
Iraq
✔Israel: The Book of Longings
✔Japan: Shōgun
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
✔Macau: Throne of Jade
✔Malaysia: The Night Tiger
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
✔Philippines: When the Elephants Dance
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
✔South Korea: The Hole
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste/East Timor
✔Turkey: Black Powder War
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
✔Vietnam: The Women
Yemen
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Europe: 29/45
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Albania
Andorra
✔Austria: The Mysterious Stranger
✔Belarus: Gingerbread
✔Belgium: Slaughterhouse-Five
✔Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Cellist of Sarajevo
✔Bulgaria: The Historian
✔Croatia: Girl at War
Cyprus
Czech Republic
✔Denmark: Hamlet
Estonia
✔Finland: The Year of the Hare
✔France: Les Miserables
✔Germany: Night
✔Greece: Ariadne
✔Greenland: Migrations
✔Hungary: The Historian
✔Iceland: The Sea Road
✔Ireland: Faithful Place
✔Italy: Inferno
Kosovo
Latvia
Lichtenstein
✔Lithuania: The Boy in the Suitcase
Luxembourg
Malta
✔Moldova: The Power
Monaco
Montenegro
✔Netherlands: The Black Tulip
North Macedonia
✔Norway: The Golden Compass
✔Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Portugal
✔Romania: Dracula
✔Russia: The Bear and the Nightingale
San Marino
Serbia
✔Slovakia: The Tiger's Wife
Slovenia
✔Spain: The Cello Suites
✔Sweden: Anxious People
Switzerland
✔Ukraine: Death of a Nightingale
✔UK: The Pillars of the Earth
✔Vatican: Angels & Demons
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North America: 7/24
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Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
✔Canada: Station Eleven
Costa Rica
✔Cuba: The Old Man and the Sea
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
✔Haiti: The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
Honduras
Jamaica
✔Mexico: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
✔Saint Martin: Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
✔Trinidad and Tobago: The Jumbies
✔United States of America: Deathless Divide
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Oceania: 7/15
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✔Antarctica: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
✔Australia: Nine Perfect Strangers
Fiji
✔Kiribati: Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story by J. Maarten Troost
Marshall Islands
✔Micronesia (The Federated States of): The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Nauru
✔New Zealand: A Madness of Sunshine
✔Palau: Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
Papua New Guinea
✔Samoa: Vā: Stories by Women of the Moana (also: Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Guam, New Zealand)
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
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South America: 5/12
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✔Argentina: Eartheater
✔Bolivia: Into the Jungle
✔Brazil: The Explorer
Chile
✔Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude
✔Ecuador: Wish You Were Here
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
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US States 42/50
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Alabama- The Almost Sisters
Alaska- The Snow Child
Arizona- The Andromeda Strain
Arkansas
California- Malibu Rising
Colorado – No Exit
Connecticut- The Last Mrs. Parrish
Delaware
Florida- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Georgia- Pretty Girls
Hawaii - Reckless Girls
Idaho - Pines
Illinois- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Indiana- Turtles All the Way Down
Iowa
Kansas- Bitter Harvest
Kentucky- The Giver of Stars
Louisiana- The Green Mile
Maine- 11/22/63
Maryland- The Shape of Water
Massachusetts- Practical Magic
Michigan- Middlesex
Minnesota- This Tender Land
Mississippi- A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
Missouri- Gone Girl
Montana- Fools Crow
Nebraska- Eleanor & Park
Nevada
✔New Hampshire- Lone Wolf
New Jersey- The Woods
New Mexico
New York- A Day Like This
North Carolina- All the Missing Girls
North Dakota
Ohio- The Rust Maidens
Oklahoma- The Grapes of Wrath
Oregon- The Sisters Brothers
Pennsylvania- Long Bright River
Rhode Island
South Carolina- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
South Dakota
Tennessee- Before We Were Yours
Texas- The Four Winds
Utah - The Fire and the Ore
Vermont- Small Spaces
Virginia- Gray Mountain
Washington- Midnight Sun
West Virginia- The Devil All the Time
Wisconsin- The Westing Game
✔Wyoming- Desert Places (hide spoiler)]