Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Challenge Instructions:

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2026

We are mixing this up a bit this year so we hope you like this edition!

1. Go to: https://www.random.org/integers/
2. Generate "26" random integers
3. Each integer should have a value between "1" and "9"
4. Format in "1" column
5. Get Numbers

You then read the serial # book/s as per each number OR you may put together numbers that are next to each other and read that serial # book/s

ONLY series books are allowed in this challenge BUT there are no page limitations so feel free to read any of the .5 books/stories to make up your sum ;)

*series name are usually in grey font next to the title and will have a number denoting its place in the series

WARNING: you will need some arithmetic skill for this challenge

EXAMPLE

1 4 9 8 3 6 6 2 2 8 2 5 8 9 9 5 7 3 3 9 7 6 4 8

1 - Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal #1)
4 - Cat in the Dark (Joe Grey #4)

OR
14 - The Hidden One (Kate Burkholder #14)

OR
14
Cat in the Dark (Joe Grey #4)
Murder on Board (Miss Underhay #10)
4 + 10 = 14

OR
9
Date with Deceit (The Dales Detective Series #6)
Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #3)
6 + 3 = 9

OR
5 (3 + 2)
Alex Cross Must Die (Alex Cross #32)

..

10/26 numbers with 11 books as at 01/08

📚 5 - Undercover (Into Shadow #5) by Tamsyn Muir -Read 01/01

📚 6 - The Candles Are Burning (Into Shadow #6) by Veronica G. Henry -Read 01/08

📚 5 - Firestorm (Weather Warden #5) by Rachel Caine -Read 01/05

📚 29 = #23 + #6
Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher #23) by Kerry Greenwood -Read 01/02
Thin Air (Weather Warden #6) by Rachel Caine -Read 01/07

9
6
9
6
3
6
8
1
3

📚 7 - Out of the Mirror, Darkness (Into Shadow #7) by Garth Nix -Read 01/08

3
3
📚 4 - What the Dead Know (Into Shadow #4) by Nghi Vo -Read 01/01

📚 4 - A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple #4) by Agatha Christie -Read 01/08

📚 28 = (2x #1) + #26
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1) by Callie Hart -Read 01/03
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails #1) by Brandon Sanderson -Read 01/05
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot #26) by Agatha Christie -Read 01/07

3
1
6
3

7 =
The Forsaken (Logan Booth #1) by Matt Rogers
Unearthly (Unearthly #1) by Cynthia Hand

Seriously Serial '26

Numbers:
1 Moloka'i
6 The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
6 The Bone Yard
1 How the Penguins Saved Veronica
1 From Blood and Ash
4 A Room Full of Bones
8 Six Easy Pieces
2 Thereby Hangs a Tail
9 Aunt Bessie Invites
5 The Impossible Fortune
5 The Sins of the Wolf
7 The Jefferson Key
8 The Silent Cry
1 The Cruel Prince
9 One Dog Night
4 Silent Partner
1 A Letter to the Luminous Deep
7 The Secret Servant
7 A Noble Radiance
2 Murder in the Library
7 Liberty Falling
1 Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
6 Bluegate Fields
7 Persuader
8 Deep South
2 Foundation and Empire

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 0/26

8
6
6
3
1
2
4
3
3
2
5
6
4
4
5
3
5
7
6
8
1
9
4
6
3
4

Seriously Serial '26

47 = 34 + 11 + 2
Return of the Spider (Alex Cross, #34)
The Cuckoo (Patrik Hedström, #11)
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2)

4
9
6
5
5
1
4
5

7 = The Accomplice (Eddie Flynn, #7)

25 = Creation in Death (In Death, #25)

✅24 = Edge of Honor: A Thriller (Scot Harvath, #24) - Completed 1/4/26

6 = Gunmetal Gray (Gray Man, #6)

31 = 30 + 1
Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher, #30)
Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe, #1) - Completed 1/4/26

24 = Innocent in Death (In Death, #24)

4
4
6
7
4
7

Seriously Serial 2026
Completed: 3/26

5 =

4 = 13 (1 +3)
War Lord

3 = 12 (1+2)
Sword of Kings

9 =

1 = 1
The Pumpkin Spice Café (1/3)

9 =

5 =

8 = 8
Barbarian's Taming

2 = 2
Trespasser (1/4)

7 = 7
Barbarian's Touch (1/4)

1 =

7 = 7
The Shattering Peace

3 =

4 =

9 =

9 =

6 =

2 =

7 =

7 =

9 =

4 =

7 =

4 =

8 =

9 =

Unused:

Seriously Serial 2026
Completed: 0/26

7 Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)
➕The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman's Legacy (#3)
➕ Two Steps Forward (#1)

3 On the Calculation of Volume III

6

9

4 About Time (The Time Police, #4)

2 Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

9

7

12 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)

8 And the Rest Is History (The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #8)

6

1 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

14 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)

5 Santa Grint (The Time Police, #4.5)
➕ (#0.5)

5

6

1

2 The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2)

6

2

8

7

13 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13)

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 0/26

9
7
1
2
9
6
7
5
7
7
8
9
3
8
6
3
6
3
2
7
9
3
5
2
5
5

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2026

We are mixing this up a bit this year so we hope you like this edition!

1. Go to: https://www.random.org/integers/
2. Generate "26" random integers
3. Each integer should have a value between "1" and "9"
4. Format in "1" column
5. Get Numbers

You then read the serial # book/s as per each number OR you may put together numbers that are next to each other and read that serial # book/s

ONLY series books are allowed in this challenge BUT there are no page limitations so feel free to read any of the .5 books/stories to make up your sum ;)

*series name are usually in grey font next to the title and will have a number denoting its place in the series

WARNING: you will need some arithmetic skill for this challenge

3
2
1
9
6
6
6
3
2
2
8
6
1
9
1
2
1
6
5
3
4
9
8
8
7
2

my spot

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 0/26

7
2
7
4
6
8
9
3
2
5
8
4
6
4
6
2
2
8
2
6
7
3
5
7
3
1

I always do terribly at this challenge, but am always hopeful!

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 0/26

1
6
5
9
7
9
4
3
9
7
2
3
4
2
7
7
4
3
3
8
1
3
6
9
9
2

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 0/26

6
4
9
4
1
6
9
1
3
6
1
5
5
1
5
5
1
8
1
8
4
1
5
3
4
4

Need additional books to complete:
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (Singing Hills Cycle 2) - 12/13/25 (carryover from SS 25)

Future possibilities:
The Venus School (Venus Rising 1)
The Seduction Epilogue (The Seduction 4.5)
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 1)
Moon Witch, Spider King (Dark Star Trilogy 2)
Inferno (Beneath the Blaze 1)
The Yellow Dog (Maigret 6)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean 1)
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency 2)
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan 1)
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier 2)