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)

..

26/26 numbers with 45 books as at 03/18

📚 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 = #2 + #3 + #4
Void (The Far Reaches #2) by Veronica Roth -Read 01/23
Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse -Read 01/23
The Long Game (The Far Reaches #4) by Ann Leckie -Read 01/23

📚 6 - Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches #6) by John Scalzi -Read 01/23

📚 9 = #5 + #4
Gentlemen Formerly Dressed (Rowland Sinclair #5) by Sulari Gentill -Read 01/30
A Heart Divided (The Legend of the Condor Heroes #4) by Jin Yong -Read 02/03

📚 6 - A Murder Unmentioned (Rowland Sinclair #6) by Sulari Gentill -Read 02/15

📚 36 = (3 x #1) + (3 x #2) + #3 + #24
Behind the Crimson Curtain (The Crimson Curtain #1) by E.B. Golden -Read 02/22
The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1) by Jack Beaumont -Read 02/23
Fallen City (Fallen City Duology #1) by Adrienne Young -Read 02/27
King Foretold (Realm of Four Kingdoms #2) by Jayci Lee -Read 03/03
Thorns & Fire (The Ashes of Thezmarr #2) by Helen Scheuerer -Read 03/13
The Laeduin (Disharmony #2) by Leah Giarratano -Read 03/10
The House of Gaian (Tir Alainn #3) by Anne Bishop -Read 03/18
Murder in the Cathedral (Phryne Fisher #24) by Kerry Greenwood -Read 02/24

📚 8 = #1 + #7
Dark Rise (Dark Rise #1) by C.S. Pacat -Read 02/19
Give the Devil His Due (Rowland Sinclair #7) by Sulari Gentill -Read 03/07

📚 13 = (3 x #1) + #10
The Canopy Keepers (The Scorched Earth #1) by Veronica G. Henry -Read 02/05
Way of the Argosi (Argosi trilogy #1) by Sebastien de Castell -Read 02/10
The Spellshop (Spellshop #1) by Sarah Beth Durst -Read 02/15
Date with Destiny (The Dales Detective #10) by Julia Chapman -Read 02/21

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

📚 33 = #30 + #3
Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House #3) by Charlie N. Holmberg -Read 02/17
Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher #30) by Lee Child & Andrew Child -Read 02/14

📚 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 - A Gift to Remember (New York Romance #3) by Melissa Hill -Read 01/27

📚 16 = (4 x #1) + (2 x #2) + #3 + #5
Naomi's Gift (A Point in Time #1) by Martha Hall Kelly -Read 01/25
Daughter of Chaos (The Dark Pantheon #1) by A.S. Webb -Read 01/26
The Missing Nurse (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #1) by Roger Silverwood -Read 01/30
The Sharp Edge of Fate (The Belladonna Trilogy #1) by T.F. Johnson -Read 02/05
Ash Wednesday (A Point in Time #2) by Paula McLain Read 01/27
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree -Read 02/03
Landing (A Point in Time #3) by Olivia Hawker -Read 01/27
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches #5) by Nnedi Okorafor -Read 01/23

📚 3 = 3 x #1
The Apricot Colonel (The Apricot Colonel #1) by Marion Halligan -Read 01/22
Orphan X (Orphan X #1) by Gregg Hurwitz -Read 01/22
How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches #1) by James S.A. Corey -Read 01/23

📚 7 = (5 x #1) + #2
The Forsaken (Logan Booth #1) by Matt Rogers -Read 01/09
Prime Cut (Cato Kwong #1) by Alan Carter -Read 01/09
Crows Nest (Dana Gibson #1) by Nikki Mottram -Read 01/10
Mystery in Provence (Miss Ashford Investigates #1) by Vivian Conroy -Read 01/16
Wattle Creek (Wattle Creek #1) by Fiona McCallum -Read 01/19
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom #2) by Amélie Wen Zhao -Read 01/13

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: 26/26 - finished 10 July 26

✔ 8 = 8
Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries #8) by Martha Wells, 12 May 26
✔ 6 = 6
Without Fail (Jack Reacher #6) by Lee Child, 11 Feb 26
✔ 6 = 2(11) + 4
Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn #11) by Ngaio Marsh, 26 May 26
Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg #4) by Michael Gilbert, 23 May 26
✔ 3 = 3
On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle, 13 Feb 26
✔ 1 = 1
The Judge and His Hangman (Kommissar Barlach #1) by Friedrich Durrenmatt, 6 Jan 26
✔ 2 = 2
The Serpent Sea (Books of the Raksura #2) by Martha Wells, 17 Jan 26
✔ 4 = 0.4 + 3.6
Stories of the Raksura (Books of the Raksura 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 3.6) by Martha Wells, 25 Feb
✔ 3 = 3
The Siren Depths (Books of the Raksura #3) by Martha Wells, 17 Feb 26
✔ 3 = 1 + 2
The Blood Strand (Faroes #1) by Chris Ould, 8 Feb 26
Ego Is the Enemy (The Way, the Enemy, and the Key #2) by Ryan Holiday, 17 Mar 26
✔ 2 = 2
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (The Cat Who #2) by Lilian Jackson Braun, 2 Mar 26
✔ 5 = 5
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham #5) by Anthony Berkeley, 14 Jan 26
✔ 6 = 5(41) + 1
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot #41) by Agatha Christie, 11 Jun 26
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 22 May 26
✔ 4 = 2 + 2
Bolt (Kit Fielding #2) by Dick Francis, 12 Apr 26
Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field (Martin Pippin #2) by Eleanor Farjeon, 29 Apr 26
✔ 4 = 4
The Edge of Worlds (Books of the Raksura #4) by Martha Wells, 30 Apr 26
✔ 5 = 5
The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Gamache #5) by Louise Penny, 16 Jun 26
✔ 3 = 2 + 1
Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels, Vol 2 (Enola Holmes Graphic Novels #2) by Serena Blasco, 18 Mar 26
Picture Miss Seeton (Miss Seeton #1) by Heron Carvic, 14 Apr 26
✔ 5 = 5
Damsel in Distress (Daisy Dalrymple #5) by Carola Dunn, 17 Feb 26
✔ 7 = 2 + 3 + 2(11)
Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne #2) by Mark Billingham, 16 Jun 26
Wings Above The Diamantina (Inspector Bonaparte #3) by Arthur W. Upfield, 21 Jun 26
Lessons for Idle Tongues (Cambridge Fellows #11) by Charlie Cochrane, 30 Jun 26
✔ 6 = 6(15)
Living Dead (Psycop #15) by Jordan Castillo Price, 25 Jun 26
✔ 8 = 2 + 6
The Luck of the Bodkins (Monty Bodkin #2) by P.G. Wodehouse, 30 Jun 26
The Maze (Anthony Gethryn #6) by Philip MacDonald, 10 Jul 26
✔ 1 = 1
Death at the President's Lodging (Sir John Appleby #1) by Michael Innes, 30 Jan 26
✔ 9 = 9
Clown Town (Slough House #9) by Mick Herron, 13 Mar 25
✔ 4 = 2 + 2
Body Breaker (DI Avison Fluke #2) by M.W. Craven, 2 May 26
Death is No Sportsman (Inspector Mallett #2) by Cyril Hare, 19 May 26
✔✔ 63 = 63
Maigret on the Defensive (Maigret #63) by Georges Simenon, 12 Feb 26
✔ 4 = 3 + 1
The Unnamable (The Trilogy #3) by Samuel Beckett, 4 May 26
Down Cemetery Road (Oxford Investigations #1) by Mick Herron, 28 May 26

Seriously Serial '26 - Round 1 - DONE!

✅47 = 34 + 11 + 2
Return of the Spider (Alex Cross, #34) - Completed 1/11/26
The Cuckoo (Patrik Hedström, #11) - Completed 2/5/26
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2) - Completed 1/19/26

✅4 = 2 + 1 + 1
The Shadows of Pike Place (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #2) - Completed 1/17/26
False Positive (Detective Cooper Devereaux, #1) - Completed 1/10/26
Reckoning Hour (Dean Lincoln Legal Thriller, #1) - Completed 1/26/26

✅9 = 3 + 3 + 2 + 1
The Summer Children (The Collector, #3) - Completed 1/18/26
A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Cursebreakers, #3) - Completed 1/24/26
The Medusa Protocol (Assassins Anonymous #2) - Completed 1/22/26
The Plot (The Book Series, #1) - Completed 1/25/26

✅6 = 5 + 1
Badlands (Nora Kelly #5) - Completed 2/6/26
Nash Falls (Walter Nash #1) - Completed 1/31/26

✅55 = 20 + 18 + 15 + 2
The Big Empty (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #20) - Completed 3/17/26
The Disappeared (Joe Pickett #18) - Completed 3/5/26
Hard Sun (Jon Reznick #15) - Completed 1/25/26
Looking Glass (The Naturalist #2) -Completed 3/3/26

✅14 = 13 + 1
Deadly Defense (Cass Leary #13) - Completed 3/22/26
Mr. Whisper (The Specialists #1) - Completed 3/15/26

✅5 = 2 + 3
Stone Cold Heart (Cat Kinsella, #2) - Completed 3/9/26
Shed No Tears Cat Kinsella #3) - Completed 3/12/26

✅7 = The Accomplice (Eddie Flynn, #7) - Completed 1/18/26

✅25 = Creation in Death (In Death, #25) - Completed 4/12/26

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

✅6 = Gunmetal Gray (Gray Man, #6) - Completed 2/11/26

✅31 = 30 + 1
Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher, #30) - Completed 1/5/26
Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe, #1) - Completed 1/4/26

✅24 = Innocent in Death (In Death, #24) - Completed 2/5/26

✅44 = 26 + 8 + 8 + 2
Strangers in Death (In Death, #26) - Completed 4/17/26
The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8) - Completed 2/1/26
The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike #8) - Completed 3/2/26
The Sequel (The Book Series #2) - Completed 3/6/26

✅6 = 3 + 3
Thicker than Blood (Zoe Bentley Mystery #3) - Completed 3/23/26
Buried Lies (Dean Lincoln Legal Thriller #3) - Completed 3/28/26

✅7 = Darkwater Lane (Stillhouse Lake #7) - Completed 2/7/26

✅4 = 2 + 2
Because It Is My Blood (Birthright #2) - Completed 3/27/26
Fatal Verdict (Dean Lincoln Legal Thriller #2) - Completed 3/28/26

✅7 = Agent in Place (Gray Man, #6) - Completed 4/5/26

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 The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1)✔️
➕

6 The Wolf Tree (George Lennox and Richie Stewart #1)✔️
➕The Cursed Road (George Lennox and Richie Stewart #2)✔️
➕Pheasants Nest (Kate Delaney #1)✔️
➕Shellybanks (Kate Delaney #2)✔️

9 I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki (I Want to Eat Tteokpokki #1)✔️
➕The Gambler (PI Vince Reid #2)✔️
➕An Academic Affair (Love Notes #1)✔️
➕Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2) ✔️
➕Scarlet Morning (Scarlet Morning, #1)✔️
➕The Midnight Train (Midnight #2)✔️

4 About Time (The Time Police, #4)

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

9 Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1)✔️

7 On the Calculation of Volume III (Om udregning af rumfang #3)✔️
➕On the Calculation of Volume IV (Om udregning af rumfang #4)

12 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)

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

6

1 The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)

14 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14)

5

5

6

1 Scattered All Over the Earth (Trilogy #1) ✔️

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

6

2

8

7

13 (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13)

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 18/26

✔9 - 1+2.5+1+4.5=9
Chocolate Centered Mystery #1, Murderbot Diaries #2.5, Gilead #1, Murderbot Diaries #4.5
The Sweet Smell of Murder - Read 2/28/26
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Read 3/1/26
Gilead - Read 3/21/26
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory - Read 5/9/26

✔7 - 1+6=7
Wings of Fire #16
The Hybrid Prince - Read 4/29/26

✔1 - Marie Antionette #1
Becoming Marie Antoinette - Read 1/24/26

✔2 - The Queens of Renthia #2
The Reluctant Queen - Read 1/20/26

✔9 - 1+1+3+2+2 = 7
Forgotten Castles #1, Paper Magician #1, Secrets of Ormdale #3, Heart of the Rockies #2, Paper Magician #2
The Guardian Duke - Read 4/10/26
The Paper Magician - Read 4/16/26
Castle of the Winds - Read 4/28/26
A Love Forbidden - Read 5/9/26
The Glass Magician - Read 5/15/26

✔6 - Murderbot Diaries #6
Fugitive Telemetry - Read 1/7/26

✔7 - 6+1 = 7
Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #6, Kingdom on Fire #1
Moon Rising: The Graphic Novel - Read 5/14/26
A Shadow Bright and Burning - Read 6/14/26

✔5 - Murderbot Diaries #5
Network Effect - Read 5/3/26

✔7 - Murderbot Diaries #7
System Collapse - Read 6/3/26

7 (2+3+_=5)
The Invisible Library #2, The Invisible Library #3
The Masked City - Read 7/24/26
The Burning Page - Read 7/28/26

8 (4+_=4)
The Invisible Library #4,
The Lost Plot - Read 7/31/26

✔9 (2+4+3 = 9)
Forgotten Castles #2, Paper Magicians #4, Forgotten Castles #3
The Forgiven Duke - Read 6/6/26
The Plastic Magician - Read 6/20/26
A Duke's Promise - Read 7/ 4/26

✔3 - Wives of the Patriarchs #3
Rebekah - Read 2/18/26

8
6

✔3 - Mistborn #3
The Hero of Ages - Read 3/31/26

6

✔3 - Paper Magician #3
The Master Magician - Read 5/23/26

✔2 - The Secrets of Ormdale #2
Drake Hall - Read 1/27/26

7

9 (4+_=4)
The Secrets of Ormdale #4
City of Serpents - Read 7/11/26

✔3 - Queens of Renthia #3
The Queen of Sorrow - Read 5/24/26

✔5 - 3+2 = 5
Hercule Poirot Short Story #32
Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story - Read 5/27/26

✔2 - Wives of the Patriarchs #2
Rebekah - 2/10/26

✔5 - Secrets of Ormdale #5
Valley of Dragons - 7/22/26

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:19/26

✅7- Cat Laughing Last #7 in series Read 4/3/26
✅2- Changeling # 2 in series Read 1/31/26
✅7- Up from the Grave # 7 in series Read 3/24/26
✅4- Bring Out Your Dead #4.5 in series Read 1/31/26
✅6- Gentlemen Prefer Voodoo #6.9 in series Read 2/19/26
8
✅9-(2x#1)+ (1x#3)+(1x#4)=9
Kaleidoscope #3 in series 7/13/26
Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not #4 in series 7/15/26
One Dark Window #1 in series 7/15/26
Bewitched in Oz #1 in series 7/16/26

✅3- Ship Wrecked #3 in series Read 1/31/26
✅2- Vampire's Tango #2.2 in series Read 3/30/26
✅5-First Among Sequels #5 in series Read 1/29/26
8
✅4-(1 x #1)+(1 x #3)
Three Bags Full # 1 in series Read 4/10/26
Hunting Kat #3.2 in series Read 3/29/26
6
✅4-Broken Homes #4 in series 5/8/26
6
✅2. Carl's Doomsday Scenario # 2 in series 4
✅2. Takedown Twenty #20 in series= 2- 4/14/26
8
✅2- The Fall Risk #2 in series Read 3/26/26
6
✅7 (5 x #1) = (1 x #2)=7
A Familiar Magic #1 in series 4/23/26
Red Rising #1 in series 6/12/26
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy #1 in series 6/26/26
The Lost Soul of the City #1 in series 6/30/26
Gentle Is the Angel of Death #2 in series 6/30/26
Woods of the Raven # 1 in series 7/1/26
✅3- A Spelling Mistake #3 in series Read 2/18/26
✅5- Someplace to Be Flying # 5 in series Read 3/18/26
7
✅3-Blueberry Muffin Murder #3 in series read 2/25/26
✅1- Blackwater Falls #1 in series Read 2/12/26



The Abandoned #0.5 in series 4/21/26
Jack #1 in series 7/20/26

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

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 2/26

1
6
5
9
7
9
4
3
9
7
✔2 Three Men on the Bummel (#2 Three Men) - Read 14/2/26
3
4
2
7
7
4
3
3
8
1
3
6
9
9
✔2 Lightning Men (#2 Darktown) - Read 26/3/26

Seriously Serial 2026
Read: 23/26

✅6 = The Yellow Dog (Maigret 6) - 1/19/26
✅4 = 2 + 2
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (Singing Hills Cycle 2) - 12/13/25 (carryover from SS 25)
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency 2) - 1/10/26
✅9 = 2 + 7
Moon Witch, Spider King (Dark Star Trilogy 2) - 2/27/26
Tempting the Domme (Stronghold Doms 7) - March 2026
✅4 = 3 + 1
On the Calculation of Volume III (OtCoV 3) - Apr. 2026
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Goon Squad 1) - Apr. 2026
✅1 = Fourth Wing (The Empyrean 1) - 1/9/26
✅6 = Stripping the Sub (Stronghold Doms 6) - March 2026
✅9 = 8 (26 = 2 + 6) + 1
Thief of Time (Discworld 26) - 5/20/26
We Were Liars (We Were Liars 1) - 5/10/26
✅1 = Inferno (Beneath the Blaze 1) - 1/17/26
✅3 = The Last Emperox (Interdependency 3) - April 2026
✅6 = 1 + 2 + 3
Torment Me (Rough Love 1) - July 2026
Taunt Me (Rough Love 2) - July 2026
Trust Me (Rough Love 3) - July 2026
✅1 = Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan 1) - 2/3/26
✅5 = Bound to the Past (Stronghold Doms 5) - 3/1/26
✅5 = 2 + 1 + 1 + 1
Graceless (Grace Notes 2) - June 2026
Black Velvet (Velvet Rooms 1) - June 2026
To Catch a Sub (Club Alibi 1) - June 2026
His Wicked Games (Cunningham Family 1) - June 2026
✅1 = Falls From Grace (Grace Notes 1) - March 2026
5
5
✅1 = Great Sky Woman (Great Sky Woman 1) - 2/1/26
✅8 = 4.5 + 3.5
The Seduction Epilogue (The Seduction 4.5) - 2/5/26
Pieces of Stronghold (Stronghold Doms 3.5) - 2/6/26
✅1 = Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham 1) - March 2026
✅8 = Hardcore Vanilla (Stronghold Doms 8) - March 2026
✅4 = Breaking the Chain (Stronghold Doms 4) - 2/13/26
✅1 = She Who Knows (She Who Knows 1) - May 2026
5
✅3 = Onyx Storm (The Empyrean 3) - March 2026
✅4 = 2 + 1 + 1
Iron Flame (The Empyrean 2) - 1/28/26
The Venus School (Venus Rising 1) - May 2026
The Full Moon Coffee Shop (Full Moon Coffee Shop 1) - June 2026
✅4 = The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 4) - June 2026

Need additional books to complete:
Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries 1) - July 2026
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl 1) - Aug. 2026
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut 2) - July 2026

Future possibilities:
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 1)
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier 2)
Twelve Months (Dresden Files 18)
The Magicians (Magicians 1)
Us Against You (Beartown 2)

☕️📚Seriously Serial '26📚☕️
Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2026

5/26 Numbers Completed ✔️
10/?? Books Completed

🔲7 = #7
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🔲9 = #9
-🔲
🔲4 = #4
-🔲
🔲7 = #7
-🔲
✔️4 = #4
-✔️A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4) - July 4th
🔲9 = #1 + #8
-✔️Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) - Read May 7th
-🔲
🔲3 & 1 (31) = (#1 x 2) + #29
-✔️The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) - Read July 31st
-🔲
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✔️5 = #5
-✔️The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5) - Read Jan 15th
🔲9 = #2 + #7
-🔲
-✔️Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) - Read Jan 29th
✔️1 = #1
-✔️Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) - Read Mar 18th
🔲6 = #6
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🔲8 = #8
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✔️3 = #3
-✔️The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) - Read Jan 7th
🔲7 = #7
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✔️4 = #4
-✔️The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) - Read Jan 13th
🔲7 = #1 + #2 + #4
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🔲6 = #6
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🔲3 = #3
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🔲8 = #8
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🔲9 = #3 + #6
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🔲4 = #4
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🔲2 & 7 (27) = #3 + #24
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🔲5 = #5
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🔲7 = #1 + #2 + #4
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-✔️The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) - Read Jan 5th
-✔️Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) - Read Jan 21st

Late getting this one started! But will see how it goes.

2 - On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (#2)
3 - Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (#3)
5 - Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (#5)
9 - Stop in the Name of Pants! (#9)
2 - How to Make Any Twit Fall in Love With You (#10.5) = (1+0+0.5=1.5) The Dismal Dinner (#0.5)
1 - Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (#10) = (1+0=1)
5 - Among the Brave (#5) - Read 4/1/26
2 - Among the Imposters (#2) - Read 3/27/26
6 - Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (#6)
1 - The Eyre Affair (#1) - Read 4/13/26
5 - The Daughter of Time (#5)
1 - First Contact (#1)
5 - First Among Sequels (#5)
2 - Idoru (#2)
2 - Lost in a Good Book (#2)
4 - Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants (#4)
2 - The Light Fantastic (#2)
1 - The Raven Boys (#1)
2 - The Dream Thieves (#2)
4 - A Shiloh Christmas (#4)
9 - Startled by His Furry Shorts (#7) + Girls Under Pressure (#2)
4 - Among the Barons (#4)
9 - Love Is a Many Trousered Thing (#8) + Girls in Love (#1)
2 - The Grim Grotto (#11) = (1+1=2)
2 - Pretties (#2)
5 - Survival (#5)

Round 2
26/26 numbers with 59 books as at 07/28

📚 7 - The Scrooge Conspiracy (Homefront Sleuths #7) by Anna Elliott & Charles Veley -Read 04/10

📚 6 = #2 + #4
Ravensong (Green Creek #2) by T.J. Klune -Read 07/08
Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle #4) by Nghi Vo -Read 07/01

📚 5 - Phantom of Fire Dylan Maples Adventures #5) by Shane Peacock -Read 07/12

📚 7 - The Comfort Food Café (Comfort Food Café #7) by Debbie Johnson -Read 06/23

📚 8 - A Dangerous Language (Rowland Sinclair #8) by Sulari Gentill -Read 03/21

📚 27 = (2 x #1) + (2 x #2) + #3 + #18
Murder on the Oxford Canal (DI Hillary Greene #1) by Faith Martin -Read 04/30
Murder with a Side of Bacon (Ivy Clark Mysteries #1) by Kristy Dixon -Read 04/29
Murder at the University (DI Hillary Greene #2) by Faith Martin -Read 05/01
Murder with a Hint of Cinnamon (Ivy Clark Mysteries #2) by Kristy Dixon -Read 05/01
Death at the Chateau (Follet Valley Mysteries #3) by Ian Moore -Read 04/27
Murder in New York (Miss Underhay #18) by Helena Dixon -Read 05/17

📚 7 = #3 + #4
Heartsong (Green Creek #3) by T.J. Klune -Read 07/8
The Traitor (Wolf Girl #4) by Anh Do -Read 07/24

📚 8 - The Valentine Cipher (Homefront Sleuths #8) by Anna Elliott & Charles Veley -Read 06/21

📚 9 - All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair #9) by Sulari Gentill -Read 04/04

📚 5 - Across the Sea (Wolf Girl #5) by Anh Do -Read 07/25

📚 7 = (2 x #2) + #3
Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove #2) by Shelby Mahurin -Read 07/20
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor #2) by Laurie Gilmore -Read 07/21
The Secret Cave (Wolf Girl #3) by Anh Do -Read 07/22

📚 3 = 3 x #1
Betrothed (Betrothed #1) by Wanda Wiltshire -Read 07/14
My Grandfather, the Master Detective (名探偵のままでいて #1) by Masateru Konishi -Read 07/17
The Marked Son (Keepers of Life #1) by Shea Berkley -Read 07/17

📚 4 - The Ink Stain (Monsarrat #4) by Meg Keneally -Read 03/31

📚 12 = (2 x #1) + #10
Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1) by Philipp Schott -Read 07/04
Murder at Haven's Rock (Haven's Rock #1) by Kelley Armstrong -Read 07/06
A Testament of Character (Rowland Sinclair #10) by Sulari Gentill -Read 06/30

📚 6 = (4 x #1) + #2
A Killer in King's Cove (Lane Winslow #1) by Iona Whishaw -Read 07/07
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama - Read 07/09
The Case of the Missing Men (Hobtown Mystery Stories #1) by Kris Bertin - Read 07/09
The Unquiet Past (Secrets #1) by Kelley Armstrong -Read 07/11
Mate (Bride #2) by Ali Hazelwood -Read 07/16

📚 4 - Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Volume 4 by Sholly Fisch -Read 05/01

📚 5 = (3 x #1) + #2
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel (Cleopatra Fox #1) by C.J. Archer -Read 06/27
Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan -Read 06/28
Forceful Intent (Porter #1) by R.A. McGee -Read 06/29
The Body in the Beach House (Getaway Bay #2) by Catherine Lee -Read 06/22

📚 4 - The Vet's Country Holiday (Chalk Hill #4) by Lily Malone -Read 06/26

📚 8 = (4 x #1) + (2 x #2)
A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines #1) by Ai Jiang -Read 06/14
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop (銀座「四宝堂」文房具店 #1) by Kenji Ueda -Read 06/17
Arson at the Art Gallery (Getaway Bay #1) by Catherine Lee -Read 06/21
Kingdom of Waves (Kingdom of Waves #1) by Melissa de la Cruz -Read 06/21
The Hidden Way (Heartwood #2) by Juliet Marillier -Read 06/14
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells -Read 06/19


📚 4 - Exit Wound (Veranda Cruz #4) by Isabella Maldonado -Read 06/07

📚 6 = (4 x #1) + #2
A Darkness Returns (Dragonwar Saga #1) by Raymond E. Feist -Read 06/06
Vesselless (The Merciless Realms #1) by Cortney L. Winn -Read 06/07
Death by Dickens (A Mike Atwell Mystery #1) by Penelope Cress -Read 06/13
The Enchanted Wood (The Faraway Tree #1) by Enid Blyton -Read 06/13
Best Wishes from The Full Moon Coffee Shop (満月珈琲店の星詠み #2) by Mai Mochizuki -Read 05/31

📚 9 = (4 x #1) + #2 + #3
The Sedleigh Hall Murder (Eric Ward #1) by Roy Lewis -Read 05/19
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) by Rick Yancey -Read 05/23
Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastien de Castell -Read 05/25
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea #1) by Rebecca Thorne -Read 05/26
2 Sisters Murder Investigations (2 Sisters Detective Agency #2) by James Patterson & Candice Fox -Read 05/29
Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #3) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer -Read 05/31

📚 6 = (4 x #1) + #2
A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal -Read 04/30
Fool Me Once (Detective Roger 'Sami' Kierce #1) by Harlan Coben -Read 05/06
Sloth (The Last Girls on Earth #1) by Hayley Anderton -Read 05/07
Ned’s Circus of Marvels (Ned’s Circus of Marvels #1) by Justin Fisher -Read 05/09
Murder in the Pacific: Mt Yasur (Murder in the Pacific #2) by Matt Francis -Read 05/16

📚 5 = (3 x #1) + #2
A Man With One of Those Faces (Dublin Trilogy (Publication order) #1) by Caimh McDonnell -Read 03/21
Songs of Insurrection (The Dragon Songs Saga #1) by J.C. Kang -Read04/01
The Amber Owl (Heartwood #1) by Juliet Marillier -Read 04/12
Daughter of Lies and Ruin (Tales of the Blackbone Witches #2) by Jo Spurrier -Read 04/27

Round 2

✅27 = Salvation in Death (In Death #27) - Completed 5/4/26

✅8 = 5 + 3
The Rebel Son (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #5) - Completed 4/30/26
The Laughing Dead (Steinbeck and Reed #3) - Completed 5/1/26

✅3 = 2 + 1
The Passengers (Dark Future #2) - Completed 4/7/26
Valor's Choice (Confederation of Valor #1) - Completed 4/17/26

✅5 = 4 + 1
First Sign of Danger (Haven's Rock, #4) - Completed 6/1/26
A Deadly Influence (Abby Mullen Thrillers #1) - Completed 4/18/26

✅6 = 5 + 1
My Dead Body (Joe Pitt, #5) - Completed 6/2/26
The Cold Call Killer (DI Bethany Smith, #1) - Completed 4/22/26

✅3 = The Fallen of Foulweather Bluff (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #3) - Completed 4/22/26

✅5 = 3 + 2
In the Age of Love and Chocolate (Birthright #3) - Completed 7/1/26
The Creepy Crawly Killer (DI Bethany Smith #2) - Completed 7/3/26

✅2 = 1 + 1
No One Is Safe (Noone #1) - Completed 6/19/26
All Our Tomorrows (The Heirs, #1) - Completed 6/19/26

✅67 = 36 + 28 + 3
Revenge Prey (Lucas Davenport #36) - Completed 6/27/26
Promises in Death (In Death, #28) - Completed 6/25/26
Light It Up (Peter Ash #3) - Completed 6/23/26

✅7 = 3 + 2 + 2
The Minders (Dark Future #3) - Completed 7/9/26
Murder in Mind (Sloane Monroe #2) - Completed 5/7/26
A Visible Darkness (Max Freeman, #2) - Completed 6/13/26

✅7 = 3 + 2 + 2
Murder Theory (The Naturalist #3) - Completed 7/11/26
Ironwood (Catalina, #2) - Completed 7/10/26
Hope Rises (Walter Nash #2) - Completed 7/12/26

✅4 = 2 + 2
Imposter Syndrome (The Specialists, #2) - Completed 7/18/26
We Will See You Bleed (Babs Dionne #2) - Completed 7/21/26

✅51 = 32 + 19
And to All a Good Bite (Andy Carpenter #32) - Completed 6/16/26
Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett #19) - Completed 7/3/26

✅24 = 20 + 3 + 1
The Right to Remain (Jack Swyteck #20) - Completed 7/19/26
Her Cold Justice (Keera Duggan #3) - Completed 7/15/26
Don't Even Breathe (Maggie Novak, #1) - Completed 7/4/26

✅31 = 17 + 14
Desolation Mountain (Cork O'Connor, #17) - Completed 5/8/26
Code of Secrets (Cass Leary, #14) - Completed 6/11/26

2
4
2
1
5

✅9 = 8 + 1
Witness 8 (Eddie Flynn #8) - Completed 5/6/26
The Blue Edge of Midnight (Max Freeman, #1) - Completed 4/28/26


Two Kinds of Stranger (Eddie Flynn #9) - Completed 7/2/26
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1) - Completed 7/9/26
Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo #2) - Completed 7/25/26
26 Beauties (Women's Murder Club, #26) - Completed 7/29/26
Fox Creek (Cork O'Connor #18) - Completed 8/1/26
Kiss Her Goodbye (Frankie Elkin #4) - Completed 8/4/26
The Screwdriver Killer (DI Bethany Smith, #3) - Completed 8/5/26