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message 1: by Amy (last edited 1 hour, 6 min ago) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments ATY group logo

Main Challenge Finished June 21, 2025! 🥳

🕵️‍♀️ Agatha Christie Novels Completed 29/66

🍂Goodreads Fall Challenge 11/12

📚 Year End Kindle Challenge 12/15

🧵Tailored Titles Challenge 0/6

Currently reading and where they fit into these challenges:
N or M? - Agatha Christie challenge

My tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Completed Challenges:

❄️ ATY 2024-25 Winter Reading Challenge 15/15 💯
🔖 Goodreads Community Favorites Challenge 6/6 💯
🌷ATY 2025 Spring Reading Challenge 15/15 💯
🌻Goodreads Seasonal Challenge 7/7 💯
🗓️ 2025 ATY Completed 52/52 💯
🍾ATY 2025 Anniversary List 10/10 💯
🌞ATY 2025 Summer Reading Challenge 7500/5000 points 💯 or 25/25 💯
🌴Goodreads Summer Challenge 9/9 💯
🕶️Kindle Summer Challenge 15/15 💯
💻 2025 Popsugar Reading Challenge 50/50 💯
🍁ATY Autumn Reading Challenge 18/18 💯

2026 thread


message 2: by Amy (last edited Jul 06, 2025 09:34AM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Around the Year in 52 Books
52/52
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The Secret Life of Stories From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read by Michael Bérubé Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey Song for the Unraveling of the World Stories by Brian Evenson The Snakehead An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe The Unfit Heiress The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler Boys Weekend (Pantheon Graphic Library) by Mattie Lubchansky Slewfoot A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) by Rachel Gillig The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Rajneeshpuram Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia by Russell King Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) by Emily Tesh The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Demon of Unrest A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell Swordheart by T. Kingfisher The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel The Vegetarian by Han Kang Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9) by Agatha Christie Lucky Loser How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1) by Agatha Christie Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) by Ariana Franklin Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill The Disappearing Spoon And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Erebus The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin The Terror by Dan Simmons The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien Hillsborough - The Truth by Professor Phil Scraton The Garden by Clare Beams Rupetta by Nike Sulway Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) by Agatha Christie A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher A Day of Fire A Novel of Pompeii by Kate Quinn How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

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message 3: by Amy (last edited Nov 18, 2025 08:09PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Agatha Christie Novels

29/66

(as listed at https://everythingagatha.com/home/eve...)

These might tend to be audiobooks more than other books I read, as I've read some of them many many times. My goal is to get half read in 2025 and the rest in 2026!

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie The Secret Adversary (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #1) by Agatha Christie The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) by Agatha Christie The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1) by Agatha Christie The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) by Agatha Christie The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5) by Agatha Christie The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6) by Agatha Christie The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) by Agatha Christie The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9) by Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11) by Agatha Christie Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) by Agatha Christie Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) by Agatha Christie Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17) by Agatha Christie Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17) by Agatha Christie Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20) by Agatha Christie And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22) by Agatha Christie One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #23) by Agatha Christie Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1920 audiobook
The Secret Adversary - 1922
The Murder on the Links - 1923
The Man in the Brown Suit - 1924
The Secret of Chimneys - 1925
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - 1925 audiobook
The Big Four - 1927 audiobook
The Mystery of the Blue Train - 1928 audiobook
The Seven Dials Mystery - 1929
Murder at the Vicarage - 1930
The Sittaford Mystery - 1931 audiobook
Peril at End House - 1932 audiobook
Lord Edgeware Dies - 1933
Murder on the Orient Express - 1934 audiobook
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - 1935 audiobook
Three Act Tragedy - 1935 audiobook
Death in the Clouds - 1935 audiobook
The A.B.C. Murders - 1936 audiobook
Murder in Mesopotamia - 1936 audiobook
Cards on the Table - 1936 audiobook
Death on the Nile - 1937 audiobook
Dumb Witness - 1937 audiobook
Appointment with Death - 1938 audiobook
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - 1938 audiobook
And Then There Were None - 1939 audiobook
Murder Is Easy - 1939 audiobook
Sad Cypress - 1940
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 1940 audiobook
Evil Under the Sun - 1941 audiobook
N or M? - 1941
The Body in the Library - 1942
Five Little Pigs - 1942
The Moving Finger - 1942
Towards Zero - 1944
Death Comes as the End - 1944
Sparkling Cyanide - 1945
The Hollow - 1946
Taken at the Flood - 1948
Crooked House - 1949
A Murder Is Announced - 1950
They Came to Baghdad - 1951
Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 1952
They Do It With Mirrors - 1952
A Pocket Full of Rye - 1953
After the Funeral - 1953
Destination Unknown - 1954
Hickory Dickory Dock - 1955
Dead Man's Folly - 1956
4:50 from Paddington - 1957
Ordeal by Innocence - 1958
Cat Among the Pigeons - 1959
The Pale Horse - 1961
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - 1962
The Clocks - 1963
A Caribbean Mystery - 1964
At Bertram's Hotel - 1965
Third Girl - 1966
Endless Night - 1967
By the Pricking of My Thumbs - 1968
Hallowe'en Party - 1969
Passenger to Frankfurt - 1970
Nemesis - 1971
Elephants Can Remember - 1972
Postern of Fate - 1973
Curtain - 1975
Sleeping Murder - 1976


message 4: by Amy (last edited Jul 09, 2025 12:01PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments 2024-25 ATY Winter Reading Challenge
December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025

15/15 💯

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey In. by Will McPhail The Garden by Clare Beams The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) by Benjamin Stevenson Challenger A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1) by Veronica Roth Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister The Demon of Unrest A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

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message 5: by Amy (last edited Oct 19, 2025 07:37PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Popsugar challenge logo

50/50 💯

The Book of Delights Essays by Ross Gay My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen Boys Weekend (Pantheon Graphic Library) by Mattie Lubchansky Paperbacks from Hell The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix The Snakehead An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder Rajneeshpuram Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia by Russell King Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Rupetta by Nike Sulway Mrs. Dalloway The Original 1925 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Virginia Woolf Classics) by Virginia Woolf The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Hours by Michael Cunningham Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) by Emily Tesh The Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin, #4) by M.C. Beaton 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Lucky Loser How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner Hillsborough - The Truth by Professor Phil Scraton The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1) by Sōsuke Natsukawa A Day of Fire A Novel of Pompeii by Kate Quinn Slewfoot A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom The Secret Adversary (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #1) by Agatha Christie And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) by Rachel Gillig A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell The Unfit Heiress The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1) by Emily Tesh The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Husbands by Chandler Baker The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1) by Hannah Kaner The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1) by Agatha Christie You Like It Darker by Stephen King The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) by Stephen King The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) by Agatha Christie Erebus The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5) by Agatha Christie The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) by Shannon Chakraborty The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

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message 6: by Amy (last edited Aug 01, 2025 09:25PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Goodreads Community Favorites Challenge
January 1 through April 30

6/6 💯

buzzy books bookmark epic quest bookmark era explorer bookmark era explorer bookmark era explorer bookmark her story bookmark

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message 7: by Amy (last edited Jul 09, 2025 12:01PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments 2025 ATY Spring Reading Challenge
March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

15/15 💯

In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell The Barbizon The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology, #1) by Emily Tesh Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) by Emily Tesh The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6) by Agatha Christie Slewfoot A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Employees by Olga Ravn American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder Song for the Unraveling of the World Stories by Brian Evenson The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

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message 8: by Amy (last edited Sep 14, 2025 05:26AM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments 2025 ATY Anniversary List 💯
10/10


The Employees by Olga Ravn Mrs. Dalloway The Original 1925 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Virginia Woolf Classics) by Virginia Woolf My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen The Disappearing Spoon And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher The Unfit Heiress The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien

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message 9: by Amy (last edited Jul 06, 2025 08:21PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Goodreads Seasonal Challenge
May 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025

7/7 💯

page-turner bookmarkspeed reader bookmark book boss bookmark armchair explorer bookmark heritage reads bookmark centennial picks bookmark rainbow reads bookmark

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message 10: by Amy (last edited Sep 14, 2025 05:36AM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments 2025 ATY Summer Reading Challenge
June 1, 2025 through August 31, 2025

7500/5000 points 💯 or 25/25 💯

The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1) by Nghi Vo Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) by Agatha Christie Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me (Dark Lord Davi) by Django Wexler Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) by Agatha Christie Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Feeding Ghosts A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1) by T. Kingfisher Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) by Agatha Christie The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton The Disappearing Spoon And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3) by Hannah Kaner The Husbands by Holly Gramazio All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Sunbringer (Fallen Gods #2) by Hannah Kaner The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Stitches A Memoir by David Small Shift (Silo Trilogy #2) by Hugh Howey

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message 11: by Amy (last edited Sep 12, 2025 06:08PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Goodreads Summer Challenge
July 1, 2025 through September 14, 2025

9/9 💯

page turner bookmarkspeed reader bookmarkbook boss bookmarkchallenge faves bookmarkpoolside puzzlers bookmarkchart toppers bookmarkacclaimed titlesbookmarkdebut darlings bookmarkacclaimed titles bookmark

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message 12: by Amy (last edited Nov 24, 2025 12:14PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Kindle Challenges

These are the challenges found in the Kindle app.

New Year Kindle Challenge 💯
January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025
15/15

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Kindle Spring Challenge 💯
April 1, 2025 through June 20, 2025
15/15

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Kindle Summer Challenge 💯
July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025
15/15

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Year End Kindle Challenge
October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025
12/15

✅Bronze Reader - read for 15 days
✅Silver Reader - read for 40 days
Gold Reader - read for 75 days
✅Bookish - complete a book during this challenge
✅Bookworm - complete two books during this challenge
✅Bibliophile - complete three books during this challenge
✅x2Head Start - read one day each month (can be repeated)
✅x8Perfect Week - read each day Sunday through Saturday (can be repeated)
✅Perfect Month - reach each day for a full calendar month (can be repeated)
✅Pumpkin Prime - read any two days between Oct 5-12
✅Fall Colors - read a title from the Graphic Novels, Comics, & Manga selection Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
✅Scarecrow - read a title from the Mystery, Thriller & Suspense selection The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
✅House Cat- read on Kindle every Monday this November
Mystery
Mystery
Mystery


message 13: by Amy (last edited Oct 22, 2025 06:29PM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments ATY Autumn Reading Challenge
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)

18/18 💯

Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky The Hours by Michael Cunningham Against Technoableism Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew Mere by Danielle Giles Matrix by Lauren Groff The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey The Incandescent by Emily Tesh Weyward by Emilia Hart You Like It Darker by Stephen King How to Seal Your Own Fate (Castle Knoll Files #2) by Kristen Perrin Disfigured On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc Chouette by Claire Oshetsky Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2) by T. Kingfisher Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) by Stephen King

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message 14: by Amy (last edited Nov 11, 2025 07:10AM) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Goodreads Fall Challenge
September 15, 2025 - December 31, 2025

11/12

page turner bookmark speed reader bookmark book boss bookmark Community picks bookmark hispanic heritage bookmark spine tinglers bookmark heart warmers bookmark fiction faves bookmark memorable memoirs bookmark native voices bookmark bite size books bookmark blank bookmark

✅Page-Turner - any 2 books
✅Speed Reader - any 3 books
✅Book Boss - any 5 books
✅Community Picks The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
✅Hispanic Heritage Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
✅Spine Tinglers You Like It Darker by Stephen King
✅Heart-Warmers Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
✅Fiction Faves Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
✅Memorable Memoirs I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
✅Native Voices The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
✅Bite-Size Books Nicked by M.T. Anderson
Choice Awards


message 15: by Amy (last edited 22 minutes ago) (new)

Amy Smith | 91 comments Tailored Titles Challenge
through December 31, 2025

0/6

One of the libraries local to me has a program called "Tailored Titles" where you can fill out a survey and receive a short list of books the library staff thinks you might enjoy. I did the survey a few days ago and I'll use the list I received as a little mini-challenge for the end of the year. :)

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James by Percival Everett
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
The Bone Picker: Native Stories, Alternate Histories by Devon A. Mihesuah
Cinder House by Freya Marske


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