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Time for a serial read!

This challenge runs from July 01, 2025 - December 31, 2025.

All tasks must relate to books in a series.
You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.
Rereads are allowed.
A book may only be used once, minimum 120 pages.

This is a Goldilocks version, so choose your level and then choose the number of tasks from the list below:

Baby Bear Choose 2 tasks from the list below - 6 books to complete the challenge
Mama Bear Choose 3 tasks from the list below - 9 books to complete the challenge
Papa Bear Choose 4 tasks from the list below - 12 books to complete the challenge
Goldilocks Choose 5 tasks from the list below - 15 books to complete the challenge

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
4. Read 3 books from series that started prior to 2000. (You can read any book in the series but the original publication date of the first book in the series must be prior to 2000).
5. Read 3 books from the same genre.
6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.
7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
8. Read 3 books from three different series where the authors first or last names start with the same letter (you must choose either first or last name for the task)
9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
10. Read 3 books set in the same season.

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
DCI Jack Logan #10: Ahead of the Game by J.D. Kirk
DCI Jack Logan #11: An Isolated Incident by J.D. Kirk
DCI Jack Logan #12: Colder than the Grave by J.D. Kirk

2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
North America: We Solve Murders #1: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Africa: Zeus van Wyngaardt en die Skrikgodin by Julio Agrella
Europe: Nathan Sutherland #7: The Angels of Venice by Philip Gwynne Jones

3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
1969: DS Logan McRae #8: Close to the Bone by Stuart MacBride
1965: DCI Daley #6: The Relentless Tide by Denzil Meyrick
1963: Ruth Galloway Mysteries #5: A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths

4. Read 3 books from series that started prior to 2000. (You can read any book in the series but the original publication date of the first book in the series must be prior to 2000).
1999: John Madden #1: River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
1993: Kate Brannigan #2: Kick Back by Val McDermid

5. Read 3 books from the same genre.
Police procedurals
DS Logan McRae #9: The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride
DI Simon Fenchurch #7: Dead Man's Shoes by Ed James
DI Angus Blue #2: The Dead of Jura by Allan Martin

6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.
Scotland
DI Rob Marshall #8: Our Debts to the Past by Ed James
DCI Jack Logan #13: Come Hell or High Water by J.D. Kirk
Dania Gorska #1: The Polish Detective by Hania Allen

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
Rutland crime #2: On Borrowed Time by Adam Croft
DS Logan McRae #7: Shatter The Bones by Stuart MacBride
DC Con Fairchild #2: Nothing to Hide by James Oswald (Spring)

8. Read 3 books from three different series where the authors first or last names start with the same letter (you must choose either first or last name for the task)
T - surname
DI Marjory Fleming #1: Cold in the Earth by Aline Templeton
Shetland Mystery #8: Death from a Shetland Cliff by Marsali Taylor
Marlow Murder Club #4: Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood

9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
Marlow Murder Club #3: The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood
Kate Brannigan #3: Crack Down by Val McDermid
Rutland Crime #3: In Cold Blood by Adam Croft

10. Read 3 books set in the same season.
Winter
DCI Jack Logan #9: A Snowball's Chance in Hell by J.D. Kirk
DCI Jim Daley #5: Well of the Winds by Denzil Meyrick
Nathan Sutherland #7: The Venetian Candidate by Philip Gwynne Jones


Starting the list:

Jonah Greene #2: Buzzard House: A gripping police procedural set in Wales by Graham H. Miller

Aiming for Goldilocks....

Total 12/15

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
* Cupcakes vs. Brownies
* Mermaids vs. Unicorns
* Genie vs. Djinn

2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
4. Read 3 books from series that started prior to 2000. (You can read any book in the series but the original publication date of the first book in the series must be prior to 2000).

5. Read 3 books from the same genre.
* A Hero's Honor
* A Hero's Devotion

6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.

* Second Chance Charmer
* Shared Between Them

8. Read 3 books from three different series where the authors first or last names start with the same letter (you must choose either first or last name for the task)
Last name
* Miracles and Marriage / Barbara McMahon
* August / Kit Morgan

9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
* Home In Heartsfield
* Advanced Physical Chemistry
* Thank You For Not Shifting

10. Read 3 books set in the same season.