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2026 A-Z Female Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

Goal: Read 26 books, each one with a female main character whose first or last name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.


EXAMPLE:
A - Amy Elliott Dunne - Gone Girl
B - Elizabeth Bennett - Pride and Prejudice
C - Catherine Earnshaw - Wuthering Heights

*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the character only needs to have that letter somewhere in their name.

EXAMPLE:
X - Lindsay Boxer - 4th of July


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Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter.
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge.

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

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Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

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Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

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2026 A-Z Female Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

Goal: Read 26 books, each one with a female main character whose first or last name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.
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Welcome Laura, Frankie, Susan, Caraina, Julesy and Angel!

2026 A-Z Female Characters Challenge
January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

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Goal: Read 26 books, each one with a female main character whose first or last name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

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2026 A-Z Female Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

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A Annie Murray - A Very Novel Murder by Ellie Alexander
B Emily Barnes - Gunpowder Creek by Alex Dook
C Caroline Crale - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
D Deborah Mitford - The Mitford Secret by Jessica Fellowes
E Elodie - You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews
F Detective April Fisher - Taken While She Slept by C.J. Grayson
G Lenny Gallienne - The Resistance Knitting Club by Jenny O'Brien
H Helen - Iluka by Cassie Stroud
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J Jane Hunter - A Deadly Clue by Victoria Gilbert
K Detective Kylie McDonald - NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority by Marshall Karp
L Detective Liz Moorland - Lest Angels Weep by Phillipa Nefri Clark
M Mathilde - The Secrets of Provence by Daisy Wood
N Nicky Gordon - Billion-Dollar Ransom by James Patterson
O Osla - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
P Phoebe Astin - The Potent Perfume by Helen Goltz
Q Josie Quinn - *** by Lisa Regan
R Sergeant Jesse Redpath - The Redline by Adrian Hyland
S DI Kim Stone - *** by Angela Marsons
T Temperance Brennan - Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs
U Kitty Underhay - Murder at Sea by Helena Dixon
V Verity Crawford - Verity by Colleen Hoover
W Fenella Woods - Boats and Bad Guys by Diana Xarissa
X Max - Siblings and Sneakiness by Karen Musser Nortman
Y Yuki Castilano - 26 Beauties by James Patterson
Z Zoe - Clouds over Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn

Welcome Michelle, Melissa and Brenda!

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Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

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