Both of Sha's A-Z Challenges in one Convenient Thread

[Sha]

Challenge Rules Reference

Normally an A-Z challenge is based on author's last name. A Abercrombie, B Brown, etc. These help readers interact and diversify but having done them you still stick to the same common sub genres. Also Q, X, Y and Z are a pain in the ass and you ending up reading crap to just get them done.

My A-Z proposal is on topics beginning with a the letter. I've tried to mix it up some being creatures, magical types, genres, etc. Most of these are straightforward and intuitive to figure out. Where they weren't usually it's because the letter is simply a pain in butt to fill so I'm stretching it a bit and will explain.

On some such as D I went with a less common option of Demons vs the ever popular Dragons again for diversification. With some like E I went with Elves simply because it's a tough letter.

I really don't care about the letter of the law on these. More about fun. You could find an interesting take on some of these.

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We were throwing the idea around the mod pod and we already do some non-fantasy BRs here. Second with everybody scurrying to get points for the team challenge we thought it a good idea so that people don't get totally burnt on fantasy. Plus maybe some of these will become buddy reads and it would be fun to interact with everybody on these different topics.

[Sha]

Challenge Tracker Post

FANTASY

Alchemy - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Banishing - Maybe This Time
Coven - Dime Store Magic
Demons - The Epic Crush of Genie Lo
Elves - Homeland
Fairies - Tithe
Griffin - Menagerie
Horror - Unnatural Creatures (2019)
Interstellar - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Joust - The Squire's Tale
Kraken -
Lucifer - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Mediums - Eglantine
Necromancy - Half-Resurrection Blues
Orcs - Critical Failures
Phoenix -
Quest - Deerskin, which is a quest to recover the self. Fight me.
Reincarnation - Aru Shah and the End of Time
Steampunk -
Tarot -
Unicorns - The Last Unicorn
Vampires - Dead Until Dark
Werewolves -Wolfsong
Xenomorph - The Tub of Happiness
Yeti - Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Zombies - Plants vs. Zombies Volume 4: Garden Warfare


NON-FANTASY

A: Alaska -
B: BC (Before Christ) - The Song of Achilles
C: China -
D: Documentary - Depression: A Very Short Introduction
E: England - Her Royal Spyness
F: Fiction (like a free spot) - Not Another Vampire Book
G: Germany -
H: Historical Fiction - Dissolution
I: India -
J: Japan -
K: Korea (Jenna Special) -
L: Law (fiction or non) -
M: Mystery - Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
N: Nonfiction - How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
O: Original (author's first work) The Anatomist's Wife
P: Police (fiction or non) - Best Detective Stories of Agatha Christie
Q: Queen - The Demon King
R: Russia -
S: Satire - My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
T: Thriller - The Secret Adversary
U: U-Choose - How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller
V: Victorian Era - The Alloy of Law is set in a Victorian-expy era.
W: Wild West - The Devil's Revolver (2019)
X: Xray (anything medical fiction or non) - Kingdom of Needle and Bone (2019)
Y: YA - The Demon King
Z: Zoology - The Beast of Talesend

[Sha]

Carrying over challenge to 2019~