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2026 Annual Challenges
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A Book A Week Challenge
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A Book A Week Challenge
Dates: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
How to participate: Comment below to indicate you're participating and how many books you are planning to read. List the name of the book you read and which prompt it was for.
Each book is worth 1 point.
What rank will you achieve?
Weekend Whodunit-Warrior: 1 - 7 points
Chapter Clue-Chaser: 8 - 14 points
Story Sleuth: 15 - 21 points
Library Lead-Locator: 22 - 28 points
Yearlong Yarn-Yielder: 29 - 35 points
Page Perp-Profiler: 36 - 42 points
Casefile Conqueror: 43 - 49 points
Master Mystery-Mind: 50+ points
Read mystery books that fit the following prompts:
01) unreliable narrator
02) cozy mystery
03) dual timeline
04) yellow dust jacket or spine
05) female author
06) protagonist has skeletons in the closet
08) nosy neighbor
09) political thriller
10) set during the summer
11) crime is blackmail
12) set in Australia
13) femme fatale character
14) paranormal mystery
15) victim is drowned
16) crime caught on video/CCTV
17) character has amnesia
18) psychiatrist character
19) a classic (over 75 years old)
20) academic mystery/set on college campus
21) purple dust cover or spine
22) detective with a sidekick
23) character having an affair
24) crime takes place on a boat
25) gothic mystery
26) murder to cover up past crime
27) the body is missing
28) Asian author
29) locked room mystery
30) suspect is innocent but confesses
31) true crime
32) medical mystery/thriller
33) food is a clue
34) inspired by Sherlock Holmes
35) Edgar winner
36) Hispanic author
37) is a religious mystery
38) senior sleuth
39) hidden room
40) a group of offenders
41) gold as a motive
42) natural disaster covers up a crime
43) element (earth/water/wind/air/fire/wood) is used in a crime
44) character is hanged
45) takes place on more than one continent
46) written by your favorite author
47) murder was accidental
48) set in the summer
49) detective consults with a criminal
50) cybercrime
51) gang/organized crime or turf war
52) animal is used to hide a crime
Final Note: I can open a new folder so we can make suggestions for each prompt if that would help, just let me know.