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And we're off! Ok, so 2025's lists worked out well. Haven't completed them all but gave it a good try. Will do similar challenges. May change some books since we still have a month to decide.

First 12+4 Challenge aka Books from my Shelves
12:
1. Aguirre, Ann Devil's Punch
2. Allison, John & Lissa Treiman (Illustrator) Giant Days, Vol. 1
3. Chamoiseau, Patrick Solibo Magnificent
4. Everett, Percival Watershed
5. Kibuishi, Kazu The Stonekeeper
6. King, Thomas DreadfulWater DreadfulWater #1
7. May, Peter Lockdown
8. McArthur, Maxine Time Future Time Future #1
9. Mott, Jason Hell of a Book
10. Parmandandka, Karan The Monsoon Murders
11. Pek, Jane The Rivals
12. Shafak, Elif The Architect's Apprentice



+4:
1. Black, Sue Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
2. Curtis, Wayne And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
3. Frankopan, Peter The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
4. Hawk, Shane & Theodore C Van Alst, Jr (Editors) Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Second 12+4 Challenge aka 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Nominees (preliminary list, might change a couple as I'm iffy on them)

12:
1. Baker, Kylie Lee Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng Horror
2. Boggs, Nicholas Baldwin: A Love Story Biography
3. Bostwick, Marie The Book Club for Troublesome Women Historical Fiction
4. Brown, Gareth The Society of Unknowable Objects Fantasy
5. Feeney, Alice Beautiful Ugly Mystery/Thriller
6. Gill, Nikita Hekate - The Witch YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi
7. Harris, Kamala 107 Days Memoir
8. Jimenez, Abby Say You'll Remember Me Romance
9. McKinney, Kelsey You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip Non-Fiction
10. Mottley, Leila The Girls Who Grew Big Contemporary Fiction
11. Truelove, Barbara Of Monsters and Mainframes Sci-Fi
12. Weaver, Brynne Tourist Season Audiobook



+4:
1. Jackson, Tiffany D The Scammer YA Fiction
2. Mandanna, Sangu A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Romantasy
3. Miller, Joanna The Eights Debut Author
4. Venditozzi, Zoe & Claire Mitchell How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women Non-Fiction History

Standalones
Goal is to read 3 of each category. All would be preferable.

Contemporary:
1. Brown, Natasha Universality
2. Cauley, Kashana The Survivalists
3. Chong, Jinwoo I Leave It Up to You
4. Pattee, Emma Tilt
5. Serrano, Beatriz Discontent
6. Smith, Cynthia Leitich (Editor) Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories



Historical:
1. Anthony, Jessica The Most
2. Chevalier, Tracy The Glassmaker
3. Godfrey, Jennie The List of Suspicious Things
4. Martin, Madeline The Secret Book Society
5. Shafak, Elif There Are Rivers in the Sky
6. Van Alst Jr, Theodore C The El



Mystery/Thriller:
1. Thomas, Sherry The Librarians
2. Gentill, Sulari Five Found Dead
3. Eskens, Allen The Quiet Librarian
4. Dunn, Matt The Armchair Detectives
5. Kim, Angie Happiness Falls
6. Roberts, Nora Hidden Nature
7. Lansdale, Joe R The Donut Legion



Fantasy:
1. Armstrong, Kelley The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
2. Gailey, Sarah Upright Women Wanted
3. Jones, Stephen Graham The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
4. Kingfisher, T A Sorceress Comes to Call
5. Rogerson, Phoenicia Aphrodite
6. St James, Simone A Box Full of Darkness



Science Fiction:
1. Basu, Samat The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
2. Binge, Nicholas Dissolution
3. Gregory, Daryl When We Were Real
4. Lau, Jackie Time Loops & Meet Cutes
5. Naylor, Ray The Tusks of Extinction
6. Newitz, Annalee Automatic Noodle
7. Thompson, Tade Far from the Light of Heaven
8. Wassmer, MJ Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend



Young Adult:
1. Alameda, Courtney & Valynne E Maetani Seven Deadly Shadows
2. Boulley, Angeline Sisters in the Wind
3. Danzenbaer, Rebecca Soulmatch
4. Greenwalk, Carlyn Murder Land
5. Jackson, Tiffany D White Smoke
6. Treuer, Anton Where Wolves Don't Die



Non-Fiction:
1. Bohannon, Cat Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
2. Cooke, Lucy Bitch: On the Female of the Species
3. Good, Michelle Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
4. Hannah-Jones, Nikole The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
5. Johnson, Alex The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists
6. Kennedy, Jonathan Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Books Published in 2026:
Goal is to read all unless publication date is changed or is unavailable at the library in 2026

1. Chakraborty, Shannon The Tapestry of Fate Amina al-Sirafi #2 [may 19]
2. Chen, Mike A Magical Science [jan 1]
3. Desamours, Channelle They Call Her Regret [feb 17]
4. Fforde, Jasper Dark Reading Matter Thursday Next #8 [sep 1]
5. George, Jessica Love by the Book [apr 7]
6. McGuire, Seanan Through Gates of Garnet and Gold Wayward Children #11 [jan 6]
7. Perrin, Kate How to Cheat Your Own Death: A Novel Castle Knoll Files #3 [apr 28]
8. Quinn, Kate The Astral Library [apr 28]
9. Robb, JD Stolen in Death In Death #62 [feb 3]
10. Waite, Olivia Nobody's Baby Dorothy Gentleman #2 [mar 10]
11. Wells, Martha Platform Decay Murderbot #8 [may 5]
12. Yamamoto, Makana The Obake Code [feb 17]

Real Life Book Club:

TBD

First Books in a Series
Goal is to read 3 out of each category

Fantasy :
1. Cathrall, Sylvie A Letter to the Luminous Deep The Sunken Archive #1
2. Hossain, Saad Z Djinn City Djinn City #1
3. Khaw, Cassandra The Dead Take the A Train Carrion City #1
4. Vee, Julia Ebony Gate Phoenix Hoard #1



Mystery/Thriller :
1. Bass, Jefferson Carved in Bone The Bone Factory #1
2. March, Nev Murder in Old Bombay Captain Jim and Lady Diana #1
3. Nagendra, Harini The Bangalore Detectives Club Bangalore Detectives Club #1
4.



Science Fiction :
1. Carey, MR Infinity Gate Pandominion #1
2. Hart, Rob Detour Detour #1 [jan 13]
3. Jacobs, Bethany These Burning Stars The Kingdom Trilogy #1
4. Ludington, Andrew Splinter Effect Splinter Effect #1

Continuing Books in a Series

Continuing in Fantasy :
1. Bennett, Robert Jackson A Drop of Corruption Shadow of Leviathan #2
2. Islington, James The Strength of the Few Hierarchy #2
3. O'Malley, Daniel Royal Gambit The Checquy Files



Continuing in Mystery/Thriller :
1. Muller, Marcia Ice and Stone Sharon McCone #34
2. Massey, Sujata The Satapur Moonstone Perveen Mistry #2
3. Pitts, Delia C Death of an Ex Vandy Myrick #2
4. Rendon, Marcie R Broken Fields Cash Blackbear #4



Continuing in Science Fiction :
1. Lawrence, Mark The Book That Broke the World The Library Trilogy #2
2. Revis, Beth How to Steal a Galaxy Chaotic Orbits #2
3. Taylor, Jodi Lies, Damned Lies, and History The Chronicles of St Mary's #7

Possible other challenge

Phew... :)

Bill wrote: "Phew... :)"

You're too funny Bill :)

This is a great mix and looks very doable, Lillie. Thank goodness I already have a few of those on my tbr.

I'm waffling on The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, so may wait and see what you think of it.

Good luck, Lillie!!