2026 Reading Challenge

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDéjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Fearless Females
768 books — 921 voters
Framed For Murder by Marla A. WhiteCoyote by Kelly OliverVampire Elite by Irina ArgoThree Strikes, You're Dead by Elena HartwellBlind Corners by Jemir Robert Johnson
Women's Mysteries
63 books — 72 voters

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall SmithThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMedicus by Ruth DownieThe Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth PetersThe Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Great Mystery Series of the 00's
65 books — 45 voters
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunDog on It by Spencer QuinnThree Bags Full by Leonie SwannWish You Were Here by Rita Mae BrownFelidae by Akif Pirinçci
Animal Detectives
208 books — 39 voters

Amateur City by Katherine V. ForrestThe News in Small Towns by Iza MoreauHunter's Way by Gerri HillMadness in Small Towns by Iza MoreauMurder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest
Novels about Lesbian Sleuths
94 books — 37 voters
Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeleonTrouble in Mudbug by Jana DeleonThe Cost of Living by Rachel WardThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeOne for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Best Humorous Cosy Crime Books
122 books — 20 voters

Chill Run by Russell BrooksDrowning Ophelia by Eva NatsumiThe Assassins Club by Dixon RiceThe Cavalier of the Apocalypse by Susanne AlleynSketches from the Spanish Mustang by Benjamin X. Wretlind
Blood red sheets
21 books — 12 voters
Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsPeter by Gina Marinello-SweeneyThe Seasons in the Garden by Peggy Kopman-OwensMojado by R. Allen ChappellDeadly Holiday Reunion by Lenora Worth
"Mysteries for the Inspired Traveler"
28 books — 9 voters

The Maid by Nita ProseMagpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzYou Are Fatally Invited by Ande PliegoCrooked House by Agatha ChristieO Crime no Edifício Giallo by Luiz Biajoni
Readalikes: Knives Out
61 books — 8 voters
Murphy's Law by Rhys BowenThe Venice Sketchbook by Rhys BowenDeath of Riley by Rhys BowenCity of Darkness and Light by Rhys BowenWild Irish Rose by Rhys Bowen
Best Book by Rhys Bowen
27 books — 6 voters

Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann JaffarianGhost a la Mode by Sue Ann JaffarianSympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn FarmerHooked on Murder by Betty HechtmanMy Dirty California by Jason Mosberg
Southern California Amateur Sleuths
92 books — 5 voters
The Dead Boy Detectives by Ed BrubakerThe Sandman, Vol. 4 by Neil GaimanRetribution by C.M. SutterThis Monster of Mine by Shalini AbeysekaraDead Boy Detectives by Pornsak Pichetshote
Psychic, Spectral or Magical Crime Solvers in Fiction
21 books — 1 voter

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