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Seasonal Challenge — Autumn 2025
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September 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025O-
K -Kelly Rimmer Truths I Never Told You
T - Touch & Goby Lisa Gardner
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B-Bochica-Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro
E - Elaine Welteroth More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are
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L - Laura Lipman Murder Takes a Vacation
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A - Amanda Flower Farm to Trouble
Z -Zukas, Markus The Book Thief
E - Emily Henry Great Big Beautiful Life
Seasonal Challenge — Autumn 2025Sep 1 - Nov 30
Progress: 8/8 COMPLETED
B - Wires Crossed: A Graphic Novel by Beth Fantaskey - Sep. 18
L - Reel Life: A Graphic Novel by Kane Lynch - Sep. 9
A - Alexis Cool as a Cupcake by Coco Simon - Sep. 6
C - Cassi and the House of Memories by Dean Stuart - Oct. 2
K - Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina - Sep. 15
C - Camp Frenemies by Liz Montague - Sep. 22
A - Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson - Oct. 15
T - Cat's Café by Gwen Tarpley - Oct. 7
Progress: 8/8 COMPLETED
M - Murder on the Green by Christine Knapp - Sep. 4
I - In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks: A Graphic Novel by Don Brown - Sep. 5
S - Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle - Sep. 6
C - Crystal Cave by Nancy Deas - Sep. 12
H - Murder at the High School Reunion by Lee Hollis - Sep. 19
I - I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011: The Graphic Novel by Lauren Tarshis - Sep. 11
E - Millie of the Manor: A Graphic Novel by Karina Evans - Sep. 9
F - Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan - Sep. 6
Progress: 7/7 COMPLETED
P - Paper Planes by Jennie Wood - Sep. 5
U - Unsupervised: A Crabgrass Comics Adventure by Tauhid Bondia - Sep. 23
M - My Trip with Drip: A Graphic Novel by Josephine Mark - Oct. 4
P - Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide by Pablo Leon - Sep. 17
K - Karate Prom by Kyle Starks - Oct. 10
I - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Sep. 29
N - The Snowcat Prince by Dina Norlund - Sep. 8
CM AutumnSep 01 - Nov 30. 2025
F - Judy Fitzwater -Dying to Remember 09/26
A - Magda Alexander - Murder at the Masked Ball 09/21
L - Laurien Berenson - Death of a Dog Whisperer 09/12
L - Linda Howard - After Sundown 09/15
C - Charles Finch - A Beautiful Blue Death 09/11
H - Carolyn Haines - Ham Bones 09/09
I - Irina Shapiro -Murder in Bloody Weald 10/21
L - Laurie Cass - Checking Out Crime 09/05
L - Leena Clover - Raspberry Chocolate Murder 09/19
B - Barbara Allen - Antiques Carry On 09/06
A - A G Barnett - The Tiger and the Coronet 10/17
T - Traude Ailinger - Near Miss 11/02
B - Rhys Bowen - Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure 10/20
L - Lucy Burdette - A Scone of Contention 11/12
A - Alyssa Maxwell - Murder at Chateau sur Mer 11/11
C - Caimh McDonnell - Last Orders 09/18
K - K. T. Lee - A Nose for Mischief 11/13
C - Vivien Chien - The Chow Maniac 09/19
A - Donna Andrews - For Duck's Sake 09/28
T - Robert Thorogood - The Queen of Poisons 09/28
🍂🍁🍎☕Autumn 2025 Challenge 🍂🍁🍎☕September 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025
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🍎A - The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 9/13/25
🍎P - The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson 9/8/25
🍎P - Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 9/10/25
🍎L - The Key Lime Crime by Lucy Burdette 10/3/25
🍎E - Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano 9/8/25
🍎S - The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/6/25
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🍁A - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 9/28/25
🍁U - Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood 10/17/25
🍁T - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 9/2/25
🍁U - A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham & Ursula K. Le Guin 11/29/25
🍁M - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 9/9/25
🍁N - Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 5 by Natsuki Takaya 9/26/25
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☕C - The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury 9/9/25
☕I - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell 9/12/25
☕D - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa 10/4/25
☕E - Shot Through the Book by Eva Gates 9/11/25
☕R - Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 9/21/25
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🍂L - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo 10/21/25
🍂E - Weyward by Emilia Hart 10/2/25
🍂A - Archenemies by Marissa Meyer 10/4/25
🍂V - The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle 11/15/25
🍂E - The Cure for What Ales You by Ellie Alexander 10/31/25
🍂S - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 9/8/25
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🍂S - Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui Ishida 9/8/25
🍂E - Evil-ish by Kennedy Tarrell 11/25/25
🍂P - The 24th Hour by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/10/25
🍂T - The Trial by James Patterson 9/13/25
🍂E - Estranged by Ethan M. Aldridge 11/25/25
🍂M - The Medical Examiner by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/11/25
🍂B - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 9/11/25
🍂E - The Changeling King by Ethan M. Aldridge 11/25/25
🍂R - Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen 10/21/25
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🍂S - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt 9/25/25
🍂W - Chemistry by Weike Wang 9/7/25
🍂E - Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez 11/26/25
🍂A - Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 10/6/25
🍂T - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 9/28/25
🍂E - Eldest by Christopher Paolini 11/29/25
🍂R - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer 11/11/25
Seasonal Challenge — Autumn 20259/1 - 11/30
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N Natural Barn Killer Amanda Flower 10/22
U Unplugged Gordon Korman 10/7
T Toxic Prey John Sandford 9/27
S Sinner's Gin Rhys Ford 10/11
B Behind the Badge Johnny Joey Jones 9/22
O Off the Air: A Mystery Christina Estes 10/8
O Odd Job Annie Beth Riner 10/21
T Thread and Buried Janet Bolin 9/22
H How I Became a Famous Novelist Steve Hely 9/18
A Arcana Academy Elise Kova 10/12
N Next of Sin Lisa Gordon 10/10
K Key To The Dark Alexa Michaels 9/21
S Southern Fried Tonya Kappes 9/18
G Gum Fields and Ghosts Casey Swan 9/20
I Immortal by Morning Lynsay Sands 10/3
V Vice and Virtue Libby Klein 10/12
I I Will Find You Harlan Coben 10/4
N Nipped in the Bud Sheila Connolly 9/18
G Grave Expectations Alice Bell 9/19
H House of Cards Michael Dobbs 9/15
A Autumn Chaos Olena Nikitin 9/20
R Rogue Ops T.R. Cameron 9/14
V V is for Venom: Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death Kathryn Harkup 9/17
E Every Step She Takes K.L. Armstrong 9/16
S Seven Secret Spellcasters Lynn Cahoon 9/13
T Torch Scene Renee Pawlish 9/17
A Atlanta Fish Fry Anthony Aj Joiner 9/9
P Poison and Pudding Kat Bellemore 9/8
P Peking Duck and Cover Vivien Chien 9/6
L Lifeless in the Lilies Dale Mayer 9/5
E Evening Star Sigmund Brouwer 9/11
S Spring Break Slaying Jody Holford 9/1
O One Dark Kiss Rebecca Zanetti 9/3
K Keepers Sacha de Black 9/3
T Task Force Bride Julie Miller 9/7
O Off With His Head Ngaio Marsh 9/12
B Broken Fields Marcie R. Rendon 9/5
E Every Time We Touch J.E. Parker 9/11
R Red Rising Pierce Brown 9/6
F Finding Ryan's Mother Noreen Mayer 9/15
E Even in Arcadia Cecil Fayne 9/13
S Sniffing Out Murder Kallie E. Benjamin 9/4
T Two Tiny Heartbeats Fiona McArthur 9/3
C Chocolate Cherry Murder Rosie A. Point 9/3
H Hibiscus Heights Jan Moran 9/7
I Innocence David Hosp 9/7
L Lethal S.A. Dalton 9/16
L Laidlaw William McIlvanney 9/20
Autumn 2025 ChallengeDuration: 1/9/25 - 30/11/25
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Autumn Seasonal ChallengeSeptember 1 - November 30, 2025
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J - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 9/6/25
A - Criminally Cocoa by Amanda Flower 9/5/25
C - Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle 9/17/25
K - Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs by Diane Kelly 9/13/25
O - Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O'Connor 9/27/25
L - Long Shadows by David Baldacci 9/7/25
A - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25
N - The Hub by Nicola May 10/30/25
T - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 9/9/25
E - Knitty Gritty Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 9/2/25
R - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25
N - No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly 10/27/25
M - The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 9/8/25
O - One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon 10/20/25
N - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 10/31/25
S - The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 9/4/25
T - Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna 9/20/25
E - The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce 9/14/25
R - Murder at Monticello by Rita Mae Brown 10/3/25
W - The Witch Is Back by Angela M. Sanders 9/21/25
I - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 9/25/25
T - To Die Fur by Dixie Lyle 10/15/25
C - Swift River by Essie J. Chambers 9/22/25
H - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh 9/1/25
T - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 11/2/25
H - A History of Murder by Brook Peterson 10/1/25
A - Botched Butterscotch by Amanda Flower 9/17/25
N - The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet 11/17/25
K - The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 10/7/25
S - Something Whiskered by Miranda James 9/23/25
G - Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero 9/16/25
I - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 9/28/25
V - Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25
I - I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley 10/8/25
N - Let It Snow by Nancy Thayer 11/29/25
G - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 10/5/25
B - Just My Type by Falon Ballard 9/30/25
L - Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park 9/24/25
A - Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington 9/19/25
C - Death by Irish Whiskey by Catie Murphy 9/26/25
K - The Fatal Flying Affair by T.E. Kinsey 11/3/25
C - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 9/29/25
A - Uprooted by Andrea Wiseman 10/10/25
T - Rotten to the Core by T.E. Kinsey 11/19/25
M - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 10/4/25
A - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen 10/21/25
S - Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard 10/24/25
K - The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang 11/23/25
Books read - 7 of 7 - Finished 11/30/2025S - Sticks & Scones - Diane Mott Davidson
A - All Tied Up - Sonia Parin
M - Murder Off Mike - Joyce Krieg
H - Hot and Sour Suspects - Vivien Chien
A - Armadillos & Old Lace - Kinky Friedman
I - Nevada Barr Ill Wind by Barr, Nevada Reissue Edition MassMarket(2004/6/1) - Nevada Barr
N - Nightshade - Michael Connelly
Alice's spotP Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
U The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
M The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly
P Haunted Is Always in Fashion by Rose Pressey
K Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews
I Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens
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H Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O'Connor
A Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
N The Novice's Tale by Ann Swinfin
K The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman
S The Sixth Spell by Michelle M. Pillow
G The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore
I We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
V A Fatal Booking by Victoria Gilbert
I The Intruder by Freida McFadden
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C The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, Bk 3) by Laurie Gilmore
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A By Anna Loan-Wilsey A Lack of Temperance (Hattie Davish Mysteries) (Original) Paperback
S Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
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O One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
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F Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano
A The Affairs of Witches by Paula Lester
L The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
L Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
B Doggone Deadly by Deborah Blake
A Beyond a Reasonable Stout by Ellie Alexander.
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Stopping at seven, I think.F = {F}lower Power Trip, James J Cudney – 10/09/25
A = A Bird in the Hand, {A}nn Cleeves – 11/09/25
L = Murder on Wheels, {L}ynn Cahoon – 15/09/25
L = {L}ioness: My Journey to Glory, Beth Mead – 29/09/25
B = Murder with Ganache, Lucy {B}urdette – 19/09/25
A = Farm to Trouble, {A}manda Flower – 24/09/25
T = {T}owards Zero, Agatha Christie – 01/10/25
S = The {S}hadow, Kathi Daley – 01/09/25
E = {E}ric, Terry Pratchett – 04/09/25
P = A Mind To Murder, {P}.D. James – 12/09/25
T = Pyramids, {T}erry Pratchett – 03/09/25
E = The Zig Zag Girl, {E}lly Griffiths – 16/09/25
M = {M}urder at Pope Investigations, Kathi Daley – 06/09/25
E = The {E}xcursion Train, Edward Marston - 05/10/25
R = Navajo Autumn, {R}. Allen Chappell – 04/09/25
C= The {C}ult of Trump, Steven Hassan – 08/10/25
O = The Space Cat, Nnedi {O}korafor – 03/09/25
R = {R}aven Black, Ann Cleeves – 08/09/25
N = Crimson Peak, {N}ancy Holder – 21/10/25
M = {M}olly and the Cat Cafe, Melissa Daley – 09/10/25
A = Murders and Metaphors, {A}manda Flower – 05/09/25
Z = A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger {Z}elazny – 29/10/25
E = The {E}mpty House and Other Ghost StoriesAlgernon Blackwood – 25/10/25
H = The Moonlight Market, Joanne {H}arris – 28/09/25
A = Maid of Murder, {A}manda Flower – 10/09/25
R = The Place of Tides, James {R}ebanks - 03/11/25
V = Midnight at Malabar House, {V}aseem Khan – 30/10/25
E = The {E}cho of Old Books, Barbara Davis – 22/10/25
S = A Shot of Scandal, Simone {S}tier – 08/10/25
T = {T}wist of Fate, Kathi Daley – 28/10/25
A = Marshmallow Malice, {A}manda Flower – 15/09/25
P = {P}ortent in the Pages, Kathi Daley – 29/10/25
P = Knit One, Die Two, {P}eggy Ehrhart – 19/11/25
L = Dial M for Mousse, {L}aura Bradford – 10/10/25
E = The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris, {E}vie Woods – 04/11/25
S = The {S}ecret of Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton – 18/09/25
G = The {G}rand Banks Café, George Simenon – 13/11/25
R = A {R}oom Full of Bones, Elly Griffiths – 13/11/25
A = Speaking from Among the Bones, {A}lan Bradley – 12/10/25
V = The {V}anishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop, Takuya Asakura – 10/11/25
E = Littered with Trouble, {E}ryn Scott – 14/10/25
Y = Death on Gokumon Island, Seishi {Y}okomizo – 21/11/25
A = A Clockwork Orange, {A}nthony Burgess – 07/10/25
R = The Last Devil to Die, {R}ichard Osman – 06/10/25
D = The Haunting, Kathi {D}aley – 02/05/25
I will add more words later, but my mom was just diagnosed with cancer, and caretaking has eaten up reading time (but I can read during her chemo appts)M
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Oh Laura, I'm so sorry to hear. I hope they've caught it early and she recovers well. Take care of you as well **hugs**
Autumn 2025 Challenge ~ Sept 1 to Nov 30B ~ Jenny Blackhurst wrote The Girl Who Left Sept 9
O ~ Kelly Oliver https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... wrote The Case of the Body on the Orient Express
O ~ Carissa Orlando wrote The September House
A ~ A Body at a Boarding School by Benedict Brown
P ~ Maulik Pancholy wrote Murder at the Patel Motel
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E - Ellie Alexander wrote A Body at the Book Fair
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L ~ Lord Edgington Investigates Death on the Night Train to Verona: A 1920s Mystery by Benedict Brown
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V ~ The Vacation by Kathryn Croft
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C ~ The Chateau by Avery Bishop
H ~ Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O'Connor
Autumn 2025 ChallengeSeptember 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025
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H -- Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross
A -- Arsenic and Old Lies by Benedict Brown
U -- The Umbrella by A.M. Stuart
N -- Network of Evil by Bill Kitson
T -- Tell Me Why by Sandi Wallace
E -- The Eleventh Grave by Rachel Amphlett
D -- Desert Heat by J.A. Jance
Autumn 2025 Challenge ~ Sept 1 to Nov 30Little late! Let's see if I can catch up with you all.
H - High Tea and Misdemeanors by Laura Childs 9/29
A - Apple Pie and Arsenic by C.A. Phipps
L - The Ladies’ Society for the Dead by Darcy Coates 10/16
L - Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen 11/5
O - One by One by Freida McFadden
W - Wine's Up? by Wendy Meadows 9/27
E - The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk 10/25
E - The End House by Michael Robertson Jr.
N - The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times by Guy de Maupassant 9/24
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B - Black Forest Warrants by Rosie A. Point 9/4
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T - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor: a Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie 9/12
S - The Seclusion by Jacqui Castle 10/6
C - Headless Hollow by Brooklyn Cross 10/9
A - Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
R - Spellbound by Murder: A Mystic Hollow Bookshop Mystery by Stacie Ramey 10/7
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R - Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt 10/24
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Duration: 1/9/25 - 30/11/25
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Seasonal Challenge — Autumn 20259/1 - 11/30
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N Natural Barn Killer Amanda Flower 10/22
U Unplugged Gordon Korman 10/7
T Toxic Prey John Sandford 9/27
S Sinner's Gin Rhys Ford 10/11
B Behind the Badge Johnny Joey Jones 9/22
O Off the Air: A Mystery Christina Estes 10/8
O Odd Job Annie Beth Riner 10/21
T Thread and Buried Janet Bolin 9/22
H How I Became a Famous Novelist Steve Hely 9/18
A Arcana Academy Elise Kova 10/12
N Next of Sin Lisa Gordon 10/10
K Key To The Dark Alexa Michaels 9/21
S Southern Fried Tonya Kappes 9/18
G Gum Fields and Ghosts Casey Swan 9/20
I Immortal by Morning Lynsay Sands 10/3
V Vice and Virtue Libby Klein 10/12
I I Will Find You Harlan Coben 10/4
N Nipped in the Bud Sheila Connolly 9/18
G Grave Expectations Alice Bell 9/19
H House of Cards Michael Dobbs 9/15
A Autumn Chaos Olena Nikitin 9/20
R Rogue Ops T.R. Cameron 9/14
V V is for Venom: Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death Kathryn Harkup 9/17
E Every Step She Takes K.L. Armstrong 9/16
S Seven Secret Spellcasters Lynn Cahoon 9/13
T Torch Scene Renee Pawlish 9/17
A Atlanta Fish Fry Anthony Aj Joiner 9/9
P Poison and Pudding Kat Bellemore 9/8
P Peking Duck and Cover Vivien Chien 9/6
L Lifeless in the Lilies Dale Mayer 9/5
E Evening Star Sigmund Brouwer 9/11
S Spring Break Slaying Jody Holford 9/1
O One Dark Kiss Rebecca Zanetti 9/3
K Keepers Sacha de Black 9/3
T Task Force Bride Julie Miller 9/7
O Off With His Head Ngaio Marsh 9/12
B Broken Fields Marcie R. Rendon 9/5
E Every Time We Touch J.E. Parker 9/11
R Red Rising Pierce Brown 9/6
F Finding Ryan's Mother Noreen Mayer 9/15
E Even in Arcadia Cecil Fayne 9/13
S Sniffing Out Murder Kallie E. Benjamin 9/4
T Two Tiny Heartbeats Fiona McArthur 9/3
C Chocolate Cherry Murder Rosie A. Point 9/3
H Hibiscus Heights Jan Moran 9/7
I Innocence David Hosp 9/7
L Lethal S.A. Dalton 9/16
L Laidlaw William McIlvanney 9/20
Here goes my seasonal challengeO- Order to Kill - Edward Marston
K - Killing the Mob - Bill O'Reilly
T - That's Not My Name - Megal Lally
O - The Other Emily - Dean Koontz
B - The Bookshop Murder -Merryn Allingham
E - Edith's Story - Edith Velmans
R - Requiem for a Mouse - Miranda James
F- For Whom The Book Tolls - Laura Gail Black
E - Edward Adrift - Craig Lancaster
S - Stillwater Island - Gregg Olsen
T - Thin Air - Lisa Gray
J - The Juror - George Dawes Green
A - Anarchy and Old Dogs - Colin Cotterill
C - Crime for the Books - Kate Young
K - Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn
O' - The Other Woman - Jane Green
L - Lies That Comfort and Betray - Rosemary Simpson
A - Antiques Fire Sale - Barbara Allan
N - No Plan B - Lee Child
T - Three Hours in Paris - Cara Black
E - Epilogue To A Christmas Murder - Lauren Elliott
R - Ruling Passion - Reginald Hill
N - No Mark On Her - Deborah Crombie
M - The Mystery Guest - Nita Prose
A - Anne's House of Dreams - L. M. Montgomery
S - The Secret Detective Agency - Helena Dixon
K - Killer on the Court - Jessica Fletcher
Finished my last book for this last night.S - S'more Murders by Maya Corrigan 9/19/25
E - Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle 9/12/25
P - Patricia Fisher: Ship's Detective by Steve Higgs 9/8/25
T - Mistletoe & Murder by Laina Turner 10/27/25
E - Pumped for Murder by Elaine Viets 10/3/25
M - Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance 9/15/25
B - Physical Education by Maggie Barbieri 9/9/25
E - Final Sail by Elaine Viets 10/21/25
R - Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen 9/3/25
F - Much Ado about Nutmeg by Sarah Fox 9/30/25
O - A Fatal Groove by Olivia Blacke 11/1/25
O - Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor 11/22/25
T - Tie Dyed and Dead by Sharon Short 10/29/25
B - Lethal in Old Lace by Duffy Brown 9/21/25
A - Dating Can Be Deadly by Amanda Flower 9/12/25
L - Checking Out Crime by Laurie Cass 9/6/25
L - A Deadly Brew by Lynn Cahoon 10/24/25
N - Here Comes the Fudge by Nancy CoCo 11/6/25
O - Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews 10/19/25
V - Muffin But Murder by Victoria Hamilton 10/6/25
E - Chance of a Ghost by E.J. Copperman 10/12/25
M - Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae 9/27/25
B - Bran New Death by Victoria Hamilton 9/19/25
E - Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams 10/21/25
R - Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen 9/18/25
B - Murder's No Votive Confidence by Christin Brecher 11/1/25
L - Deadly Daggers by Joyce Lavene 9/24/25
A - Mind Over Murder by Allison Kingsley 10/26/25
C - The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass 10/8/25
K - Hot Button by Kylie Logan 11/4/25
C - Don't Go Home by Carolyn G. Hart 10/9/25
A - Tempest in a Teapot by Amanda Cooper 11/7/25
T - A Troubling Tail by Laurie Cass 11/11/25
C - A Cold Brew Killing by Lena Gregory 11/13/25
H - Home for the Homicide by Jennie Bentley 11/25/25
I - Deadly Advice by Roberta Isleib 11/10/25
L - Merit Badge Murder by Leslie Langtry 11/18/25
L - Panic Button by Kylie Logan 11/19/25
FINISHEDAutumn Seasonal Challenge
September 1 - November 30, 2025
48/48
J - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 9/6/25
A - Criminally Cocoa by Amanda Flower 9/5/25
C - Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle 9/17/25
K - Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs by Diane Kelly 9/13/25
O - Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O'Connor 9/27/25
L - Long Shadows by David Baldacci 9/7/25
A - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25
N - The Hub by Nicola May 10/30/25
T - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 9/9/25
E - Knitty Gritty Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 9/2/25
R - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25
N - No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly 10/27/25
M - The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 9/8/25
O - One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon 10/20/25
N - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 10/31/25
S - The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 9/4/25
T - Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna 9/20/25
E - The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce 9/14/25
R - Murder at Monticello by Rita Mae Brown 10/3/25
W - The Witch Is Back by Angela M. Sanders 9/21/25
I - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 9/25/25
T - To Die Fur by Dixie Lyle 10/15/25
C - Swift River by Essie J. Chambers 9/22/25
H - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh 9/1/25
T - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 11/2/25
H - A History of Murder by Brook Peterson 10/1/25
A - Botched Butterscotch by Amanda Flower 9/17/25
N - The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet 11/17/25
K - The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 10/7/25
S - Something Whiskered by Miranda James 9/23/25
G - Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero 9/16/25
I - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 9/28/25
V - Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25
I - I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley 10/8/25
N - Let It Snow by Nancy Thayer 11/29/25
G - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 10/5/25
B - Just My Type by Falon Ballard 9/30/25
L - Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park 9/24/25
A - Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington 9/19/25
C - Death by Irish Whiskey by Catie Murphy 9/26/25
K - The Fatal Flying Affair by T.E. Kinsey 11/3/25
C - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 9/29/25
A - Uprooted by Andrea Wiseman 10/10/25
T - Rotten to the Core by T.E. Kinsey 11/19/25
M - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 10/4/25
A - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen 10/21/25
S - Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard 10/24/25
K - The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang 11/23/25
Mod
Mod
B = The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
O = The Oligarch's Daughter by Joseph Finder
O = Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
F = Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
A = Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria
L = Leprechaun in Late Winter by Mary Pope Osborne
L = Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
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Mod
Cozy Mysteries
Books mentioned in this topic
Along Came Amor (other topics)Legends & Lattes (other topics)
Of Mice and Men (other topics)
Farewell, My Lovely (other topics)
The Oligarch's Daughter (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Steinbeck (other topics)Raymond Chandler (other topics)
John Connolly (other topics)
Joseph Finder (other topics)
Travis Baldree (other topics)
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This challenge will last from September 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025
** This is a "spell-it-out" challenge, where you will spell out a word (or words) using one of two options:
1. Use ONLY the first letter of the first word of a title. (The words "the", "a" and "an" do not count.)
2. Use an author's first or last name.
Example:
A
U
T
U
M
N = Cold Pursuit by Carla Neggers
G = Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart
H
O
S
T
** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** Use a book only once for this challenge (but you can use it for other challenges, such as the monthly mini challenges).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance.
** You do not have to spell the same word as everyone else, but can choose to spell out one of the following words (or combination of words) — obviously some words will be more challenging than others.
Here are your Autumn Challenge words:
Apples
Autumn
Bat
Black Cat
Boo
Cemetery
Chill
Cider
Corn maze
Costume
Crypt
Fall
Football
Ghost
Ghoul
Grateful
Graveyard
Halloween
Harvest
Haunted
Hayride
Jack-o-lantern
Leaves
Mask
Mischief
Monster
November
Nuts
October
Oktoberfest
Pumpkin
Samhain
Scarecrow
School
September
Skeleton
Spooky
Sweater
Thanksgiving
Tombstone
Treat
Trick
Turkey
Vampire
Werewolf
Witch
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