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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books


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.

Anne FINISHED
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Caraina FINISHED
Catsalive FINISHED
Chrissie FINISHED
Christina (AKA Babbling) FINISHED
Crystal FINISHED

Denise FINISHED

Elle FINISHED

Ferenc FINISHED
Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Holly FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
Jan
JoAnne FINISHED
Julesy FINISHED

Katrina FINISHED
Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED
Laura Z FINISHED

Maritza FINISHED
Mary
Melissa A FINISHED

Natasha

Shari
Susan
Suzanne

Vicky FINISHED

Zenobia2016 FINISHED

August | Stand Alone
Read: 1

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1. A Grave Mistake Kate Maclean 8/20/26

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

5/5-6 Completed. Finish

1.Best House on the Block-T.R. Ragan 8/14/26
2.Paper Wife-Laila Ibrahim 8/20/26
3.This Book Made Me Think of You-Libby Page 8/21/26
4.The Devoted Game-Debra Webb 8/25/26
5.You Can Have Manhattan-P. Dangelico 8/29/26

August Stand Alone
Duration: 1/8/26 - 31/8/26
6/6

#1. Billion Dollar Ransom by James Patterson 5★s 22/8/26
#2. Just Like the Night by Michael Caleb Tasker 5★s 4/8/26
#3. I Pittie the Yule by Kathryn Mykel 3★s 10/8/26
#4. Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey 5★s 25/8/26
#5. The Sweet Tea Odyssey by Catherine Mann 5★s 7/8/26
#6. The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen 5★s 1/8/26

Welcome Frankie and Brenda!

Stand-Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Completed: 6/6

1. The Stranger - Albert Camus 8/1/26
2. The Vacation - John Marrs 8/5/26
3. The Book of Unknown Americans - Cristina Henríquez 8/6/26
4. The Club - Ellery Lloyd 8/7/26
5. The Ball at Versailles - Danielle Steel 8/8/26
6. The Return of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean 8/9/26

Welcome Caraina!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1) Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport - 8/4/26
2) The Map Trap by Andrew Clements - 8/5/26
3) Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum - 8/4/26
4 ) The Stray Dog by Marc Simont - 8/19/26
5) The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley - 8/20/26
6) A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher - 8/31/26

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
2. Shop of Horrors by Bill G. Cox
3. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
4. Heaven's Fury by Stephen W. Frey

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. My Tokyo Summer by Abby Denson - Aug. 2
2. Bad Kid (A Graphic Memoir): My Life as a "Troubled Teen" by Sofia Szamosi - Aug. 5
3. Steam by Shaenon K. Garrity - Aug. 7
4. Hand-Me-Down: A Graphic Memoir by Damian Alexander - Aug. 7
5. My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Vol. 1: Big Love in Small Moments by Fishball - Aug. 9
6. Out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell - Aug. 11

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

1. John Grebble Is Gone by Peter James 8/12/2026
2. The Replacement by Liv Constantine 8/18/2026
3. Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?: Confessions of a Gay Dad by Dan Bucatinsky 8/31/2026

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1) Manhattan Transfer - John Dos Passos 23/08/26

Welcome Holly, Jan, Julesy, Genevieve and Katrina!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Level: Single: Read 3-4 books

4/4 books

1. The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 8/3/26
2. The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay 8/5/26
3. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 8/10/26
4. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 8/28/26

August | Stand Alone
Read: 5 COMPLETED!

Solitary: Read 5-6 books


1.) The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett 8/18/2026
2.) Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher 8/22/2026
3.) A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer 8/24/2026
4.) The Writer by James Patterson 8/28/2026
5.) More Than Words by Jill Santopol 8/28/2026

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge-FINISHED
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
1. The Reckoning by John Grisham 8/5/26

2. James by Percival Everett 8/7/26
3. To Build a Fire by jack London 8/10/26

Welcome Natasha, Anne and Zenobia!

FINISHED! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026 (08/04/26)

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
5/5-6

1. The Devil Is a Southpaw Brandon Hobson 08/01/26
2. The Things We Never Say Elizabeth Strout 08/03/26
3. It Girl Allison Pataki 08/03/26
4. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 08/04/26
5. The Romance Revival Christina Lauren 08/04/26

Welcome Laura and Melissa!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

01. Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke - 8/3
02. The Heirs, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - 8/9
03. A Night at the Tropicana, Chanel Cleeton - 8/10
04. Two Women Walk into a Bar, Cheryl Strayed - 8/10
05. The Beach, R. S. Grey - 8/16
06. You Are Fatally Invited, Ande Pliego - 8/31

Welcome Ariel!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 5/8 3★
2. Whispers of her Memories by Iris Blobel 7/8 3★
3. The Burn by Jessica Mansour-Nahra 8/8 3.5★
4. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 22/8 2.5★
5. Withnail and I: the Original Screenplay by Bruce Robinson 22/8 4★

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Goal: 6/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

• Deep End - Ali Hazelwood - 08/06/26
• Anima: A Wild Pastoral - Kapka Kassabova - 08/11/26
• The Half Life - Rachel Beanland - 08/17/26
• Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo - 08/23/26
• Black Tide - K.C. Jones - 08/25/26
• The Easy Way to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr - 08/31/26

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. One Italian Summer Rebecca Serle 3 Aug
2. Expiration Dates Rebecca Serle 8 Aug
3. Slouching Towards Bethlehem Joan Didion 15 Aug
4. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife Anna Johnston 29 Aug
5. The Secret to Superhuman Strength Alison Bechdel 29 Aug

🐫August | Stand Alone🐫
Read:

Solitary: Read 5-6 books ✅COMPLETE on 15/8/26-thanks JoAnne!

1.Memorial DaysbyGeraldine Brooks
⭐✔1/8/26★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2.That Eye, the SkybyTim Winton
⭐✔4/8/26★ ★ ★ ★
3.Don't Stop Believin': The bestselling memoir of Australia's sweetheartbyOlivia Newton-John
⭐✔6/8/26★ ★ ★ ★
4.The Sunflower HousebyAdriana Allegri
⭐✔8/8/26★ ★ ★ ★
5.Adventures of the Little Wooden HorsebyUrsula Moray Williams
⭐✔15/8/26★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Stand-Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

Completed: 6/6

1. Summer of Love by Kerri Maher - 8/12/26
2. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo - 8/13/26
3.The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel - 8/14/26
4. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston - 8/15/26
5. In the Dream House by Carmen Marie Machado - 8/15/26
6. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue - 8/17/26

Welcome Catsalive, Ferenc, Denise, Vicky and Susan!

August | Stand Alone
Read: 6/6

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books FINISHED!

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 8/5/26
2. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren 8/10/26
3. The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa 8/11/26
4. When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon 8/12/26
5. King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby 8/13/26
6. A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett 8/14/26

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1 Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury - 8/1/26
2 The Life Impossible by Matt Haig - 8/3/26
3 Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates - 8/7/26
4 Orlando by Virginia Woolf - 8/9/26
5 The Time Machine by H.G. Wells - 8/10/26
6 Home Before Dark by Riley Sager - 8/14/26
7 The Big Field by Mike Lupica - 8/20/26
8 A Room with a View by E.M. Forster - 8/23/26
9 The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 8/24/26
10 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - 8/24/26
11 The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson - 8/26/26
12 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 8/28/26
13 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - 8/30/26
14 Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter - 8/31/26

Finished: 2026/08/29

Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

Stand Alone:
Du lässt mich zittern: Ein bewegender Boys-Love-Manga über Vertrauen, Akzeptanz und Liebe am Arbeitsplatz by Niyama (26/08/04)
Weißer Sommer by Eva Pramschüfer (26/08/08)
Das Dämmern der Welt by Werner Herzog (26/08/29)

other:

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Single: Read 3-4 books

1. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 9 August 2026 ★★★★
2. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 15 August 2026 ★★★★
3. Famous by Blake Crouch 15 August 2026 ★★★
4. Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser 27 August 2026 ★★★★

Welcome Becky, Mary, Jackie, Chrissie and Christina!

August Stand Alone

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1. Alchemy of Souls | Adriana Mather Aug 7
2. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books | Kirsten Miller Aug 9

August | Stand Alone
Read:

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris - 8/12
2. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder byCaroline Fraser - 8/14

Welcome Elle and Crystal!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston 08.04.26
2. The Compound by Aisling Rawle 08.07.26
3. Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica 08.10.26
4. Count My Lies by Sophie Stava 08.11.26
5. Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson 08.13.26
6. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali 08.17.26
7. The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros 08.24.26
8. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst 08.31.26

Stand Alone
August 2026

6/6

1. Persuasion by Jane Austen 8/3/26
2. Flirting in Spanish: What Mexico Taught Me about Love, Living and Forgiveness by Susan McKinney de Ortega 8/6/26
3. A Little Bit of Grace by Phoebe Fox 8/8/26
4. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne 8/10/26
5. When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén 8/14/26
6. These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett 8/16/26

August Stand Alone
Duration: Aug. 1st, 2026 - Aug. 31st, 2026

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

11/6

1. Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train by Stephen Rebello - Aug. 2nd
2. In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage by Michael J. Tougias - Aug. 4th
3. I Heard the Drums by Allen Sapp - Aug. 10th
4. Soundtrack: A Novel by Jason Reynolds - Aug. 10th
5. Chorus by Rebecca Kauffman - Aug. 11th
6. Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case by Lou Raguse - Aug. 12th
7. The Astral Library by Kate Quinn - Aug. 18th
8. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Aug. 21st
9. A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila - Aug. 24th
10. Antarctica by Claire Keegan - Aug. 28th
11. Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan - Aug. 30th

Welcome Maritza, Michelle and Kendra!

The Lost Challenges
August 2026 Stand Alone
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Progress: 1 out of 6

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - ***** - 8/12/2026 - 408 Pages
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Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*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. (hide spoiler)]

Welcome Suzanne!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solo: Read 1-2 books
1
2
Single: Read 3-4 books
3
4
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
5
6

Welcome Shari!

FINISHED!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. My Tokyo Summer by Abby Denson - Aug. 2
2. Bad Kid (A Graphic Memoir): My Life as a "Troubled Teen" by Sofia Szamosi - Aug. 5
3. Steam by Shaenon K. Garrity - Aug. 7
4. Hand-Me-Down: A Graphic Memoir by Damian Alexander - Aug. 7
5. My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Vol. 1: Big Love in Small Moments by Fishball - Aug. 9
6. Out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell - Aug. 11

WOOHOO Julesy!

🐫August | Stand Alone🐫
Read:

Solitary: Read 5-6 books ✅COMPLETE on 15/8/26-thanks JoAnne!

1.Memorial DaysbyGeraldine Brooks
⭐✔1/8/26★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2.That Eye, the SkybyTim Winton
⭐✔4/8/26★ ★ ★ ★
3.Don't Stop Believin': The bestselling memoir of Australia's sweetheartbyOlivia Newton-John
⭐✔6/8/26★ ★ ★ ★
4.The Sunflower HousebyAdriana Allegri
⭐✔8/8/26★ ★ ★ ★
5.Adventures of the Little Wooden HorsebyUrsula Moray Williams
⭐✔15/8/26★ ★ ★ ★ ★

WOOHOO Vicky!

COMPLETED 08.13.26


Stand-Alone Monthly Challenge: 6/6+
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026

🌻 Solitary: Read 5-6 books 🌻

🌻 1. A Separate Peace | John Knowles | 08.04.26
🌻 2. Cherry Baby | Rainbow Rowell | 08.06.26
🌻 3. The Calamity Club | Kathryn Stockett | 08.10.26
🌻 4. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet | Jamie Ford | 08.11.26
🌻 5. James | Percival Everett | 08.12.26
🌻 6. Angel Down | Daniel Kraus | 08.13.26