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Duration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
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A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
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A: Sarah AdamsThe Match
B: Allison Brennan The Prey
C: Katherine CenterThe Lost Husband
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E: Kendra Elliot Hidden
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J: Abby Jimenez Say You'll Remember Me
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M: Freida McFaddenWard D
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W: Georgia WagnerThe Bonekeeper's Bride: A Briar Calloway FBI Mystery Thriller Book 1
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A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
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B: B.K. Borison - And Now, Back to You
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E: Kendra Elliot - No One Knew
F: Carley Fortune - Every Summer After
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H: Rachel Hanna - The Book Club on Waverly Lane
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R: J.D. Robb - Encore in Death
S: Lyla Sage - Done and Dusted
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W: Monica Wood - How to Read a Book
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Z: Rebecca Zanetti - You Can Run
A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
Progress: 17/26
A: Kelley Armstrong - A Twist of Fate
B: Mary Balogh - Simply Unforgettable
C: Linda Castillo - The Hidden One
D: Charlie Donlea - Guess Again
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F: Joanne Fluke - Fudge Cupcake Murder
G: Stacy Green - Her Frozen Heart
H: Rita Herron - All the Beautiful Brides
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J: Aaron Johnson - Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park
K: Lisa Kleypas - Someone to Watch Over Me
L: Lauren Layne - Emergency Contact
M: Dervla McTiernan - The Unquiet Grave
N: Matthew Norman - Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon
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R: Karen Rose - Monster in the Closet
S: Caleb Stephens - You'll Never Know
T: Victoria Thompson - Murder in Rose Hill
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V: Louise Voss - The Blissfully Dead
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A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
Progress: 16/26
A: - Stacey Abrams - While Justice Sleeps
B: - David Baldacci - Long Shadows
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D: - Jeffery Deaver - Untouchable: A Novella
E: - Richard Paul Evans - The Christmas Stranger
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H: - David Housewright - From the Grave
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J: - Holly Jackson - Not Quite Dead Yet -
K: - Jayne Ann Krentz - The Vanishing
L: - Mike Lawson - The Asset: A Joe DeMarco Thriller
M: - Charlotte McConaghy - Wild Dark Shore
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O: - Keith O'Brien - Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
P: - James Patterson- The Invisible Woman
Q: - Matthew Quirk - The Night Agent
R: - J.D. Robb - Kindred in Death
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T: - Brad Thor - The Lions of Lucerne
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X: - Candice Fox - Black & Blue
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Z: - Rebecca Zanetti - You Can Hide
A-Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/26 – 12/31/26
Progress: 26/26
A: Isabel Allende - Lovers at the Museum
B: David Baldacci - Split Second
C: Bernadette Calonego - The Zurich Conspiracy
D: Barbara Davis - Every Precious and Fragile Thing
E: J.T. Ellison - A Very Bad Thing
F: Sharon Lynn Fisher : Tea & Alchemy
G: John Grisham - The Widow
H: Deborah Harkness - A Discovery of Witches
I: Greg Iles - Cemetery Road
J: Abby Jimenez - Worst Wingman Ever
K: T.J. Klune - The House in the Cerulean Sea
L: Christina Lauren - The Exception to the Rule
M: Isabella Maldonado - The Cipher
N: Loretta Nyhan - Digging In
O: Gregg OlsenThe Sound of Rain
P: Keenan Powell - Implied Consent
Q: Matthew Quirk - The Night Agent
R: Nora Roberts - The Key Trilogy
S: Jesse Q. Sutanto - The Reunion Dinner
T: Walter Tevis - The Queen's Gambit
U: NicolaUpson - An Expert in Murder A Josephine Tey Mystery EXPERT IN MURDER Paperback
V: Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
W: Edith Wharton -Xingu
X: Wu Xiaole - The Privileged
Y: Rebecca Yarros - The Last Letter
Z: Chad Zunker - Not Our Daughter
A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
Progress: 14/26
A: - Clued in to Love by Ellie Alexander
B: - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
C: - The Earl and the Spinster by Collette Cameron
D: - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
E: - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
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G: - Her Frozen Heart by Stacy Green
H: - Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
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J: - For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones
K: - Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
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Q: - The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
R: - Breathe Your Last by Lisa Regan
S: - The Redemption File by Marc Sinibaldi
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A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
Progress: 16/26
A: Sarah Adams - When in Rome 4/20
B: Kathleen Boland - Scavengers 2/2
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D: Matt Dinniman - Carl's Doomsday Scenario 1/14
E: John Edward - Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent’s Search for Hope and Justice 3/28
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G: Allegra Goodman - This Is Not About Us
H: Chuck Hogan - The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case 1/12
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J: Meg Josephson - Are You Mad at Me? 2/28
K: Robin Wall Kimmerer - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World 1/22
L: Victoria Lavine - Any Trope but You 1/8
M: Nina McConigley - How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder 2/26
N: Kathryn Nicolai - On the Street Where You Live: A Cozy Audio Novel 4/16
O: Megan Oliver - Secret Nights and Northern Lights 2/25
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R: J.D. Robb - Portrait in Death 1/29
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T: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 1/7
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W: Heather Webber - Midnight at the Blackbird Café 3/16
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Z: Michelle Zauner - Crying in H Mart 2/6
A - Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
Progress: 13/26
A: Ilona Andrews - Beast Business 2/11
B: Amanda Bouchet - A Promise of Fire 3/11
C: Anne Cleeland - A Death in Sheffield 1/22
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E: Cynthia Eden - On the Prowl 2/28
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G: Rachel Gillig - One Dark Window 4/13
H: Mick Herron - Slow Horses 2/5
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J: Holly Jackson - Not Quite Dead Yet 2/10
K: Crystal King - The Happiness Collector 1/15
L: Eric Van Lustbader - The Bourne Sanction 2/21
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R: Nora Roberts - Local Hero 1/6
S: Mia Sheridan - Seek 2/18
T: Tinnean - Houseboat on the Nile 2/15
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Candi wrote: "A-Z Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/26 – 12/31/26
Progress: 26/26
A: Isabel Allende - Lovers at the Museum
B: David Baldacci - [book:Split Second|204276..."
Complete 1/24/2026
Books mentioned in this topic
Guess Again (other topics)The Earl and the Spinster (other topics)
Trouble in Mudbug (other topics)
The Unquiet Grave (other topics)
The Good Earth (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Charlie Donlea (other topics)Collette Cameron (other topics)
Jana Deleon (other topics)
Dervla McTiernan (other topics)
Pearl S. Buck (other topics)
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Duration: 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026
Goal: Read books in 2026 by 26 authors whose last names begin with the letters of the alphabet.
1). For the letters "Q," "X" and "Z," any author's name with those letters in it are acceptable.
2). All books must be read in 2026.
3.) If there are multiple authors, all may be used.
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