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A-Z Challenge: Book Titles - 2024

20/20 - DONE, though I will see if I can get the other letters some time in the next few months.
A - The Archer
B - The Red Badge of Courage
C - Brave Companions: Portraits in History
D - The Ice Dragon
E - Eastbound
F - Finessing the King: A Short Story
G - The Unexpected Guest
H - A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
I - Interpreter of Maladies
J - Celebrating Jewellery
K - A Time to Kill
L - The Lovely Bones
M - The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
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O - No Crying in the Operating Room: My Life as an International Relief Doctor, from Haiti, to South Sudan, to the Syrian Civil War
P - The Color Purple
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R - Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
S - Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
T - The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them
U - The World Without Us
V
W - The Woman in Me
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14/26
D: Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (Renee Ballard #2)
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14/26
A: All Good People Here
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C:
D: Dark Sacred Night
E:
F: A Flicker in the Dark
G: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
H: The Housemaid
I: The It Girl
J:
K:
L: The Late Show
M: Mr. Masters
N:
O: Other Birds
P: Pen Pal
Q:
R: The Reality of Everything
S: shades of lovers
T: Tell Her Story
U:
V:
W: We Are All the Same in the Dark
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Y:
Z:

26/26
A All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
B Bea Wolf Zach Weinersmith
C Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews
D Dachshund Through the Snow by Rosie A. Point
E Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
F Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
G The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
H Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
I Introducing Agatha Raisin: The Quiche of Death / The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton
J Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom
K Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer by Jeffrey Archer
L The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
M Murder in Wauwatosa:: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher (True Crime) by Paul Hoffman
N The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb
O Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele
P Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
Q Quest for the Golden Bird: A Grimm Imagination Book by Samuel DenHartog
R Reliquary by Douglas Preston
S The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
T Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America Gustavo Arellano
U Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang
V A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison
W The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
X The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
Y The Year I Almost Drowned by Shannon McCrimmon
Z Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke



























A-Z CHALLENGE
Starting 9/1/2024 (I will add the books as I go and stop posting once I get every letter) End 10/8/24
Read a book for each letter of the alphabet. You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "the", "or", and "of").
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14/26
C: It All Comes Back to You
N: The Night Fire (Renee Ballard series #3)
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16/26
A: All Good People Here
C: It All Comes Back to You
D: Dark Sacred Night
F: A Flicker in the Dark
G: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
H: The Housemaid
I: The It Girl
L: The Late Show
M: Mr. Masters
N: The Night Fire
O: Other Birds
P: Pen Pal
R: The Reality of Everything
S: shades of lovers
T: Tell Her Story
W: We Are All the Same in the Dark

A: Asterisk
B: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
C: Circe
D: The Devil's Alternative
E: Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka
F: First Among Equals
G: Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
H: The Help
J: Joan of Arc: A History
K: The King of Torts
L: Lucky Boy
M: The Moon in the Water
N: North and South
P: The Professor
Q: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

18/26 Completed (read more than this, but don't have the right letters)
A- American Gods
B-The Little Paris Bookshop
C- A Court of Thorns and Roses
D-Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
E-The Ex Hex
F-The Five-Star Weekend
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H-How to Keep House While Drowning
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K-Kiss the Girl
L- The Midnight Library
M- Momma Cusses
N- None of This Is True
O-Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
P- Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
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R-Red, White & Royal Blue
S-Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
T-The Thursday Murder Club
U-Unfortunately Yours
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W-Weyward
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* - Currently Reading
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b Bride
c Convenience Store Woman
d Daisy Jones and The Six
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f Forget Me Not
g Get a Life, Chloe Brown
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i *In the dream house
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n Never Lie
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p Powerless
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s Swift and Saddled
t The Song of Achilles
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w We Spread
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Next update will be Sept 26th
Welcome to the new readers and congratulations to all who completed their challenge!

22/26
I: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Y: You Think It, I'll Say It

A: Asterisk
B: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
C: Circe
D: The Devil's Alternative
E: Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka
F: First Among Equals
G: Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
H: The Help
J: Joan of Arc: A History
K: The King of Torts
L: Lucky Boy
M: The Moon in the Water
N: North and South
P: The Professor
Q: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
R: The Right-and Wrong-Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade
S: The Scorch Trials
Books mentioned in this topic
The Edge of Evil (other topics)Angel Unseen (other topics)
Coven's Revenge (other topics)
Sunshine and Bullets (other topics)
Without You (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Isaac Asimov (other topics)Agatha Christie (other topics)
bell hooks (other topics)
Terry Pratchett (other topics)
Neil Gaiman (other topics)
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