2024 A-Z Genres Challenge

[Kim]

A-Z Genres Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
For the harder letters - Q, U, X and Z - you may use any genre with that letter in it's name.
Audiobook - The River We Remember. William Kent Krueger. 1.9.24
Biography - The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang. Tom Clavin. 9.15.24
Coming of Age - Just a Regular Boy. Catherine Ryan Hyde. 1.5.24
Detective - Purgatory Ridge. William Kent Krueger. 1.4.24
Epic Fantasy - God's Eye: Awakening: A Labyrinth World Novel. Aleron Kong. 1.19.24
Fiction - In a Book Club Far Away. Tif Marcelo. 1.27.24
General Fiction - The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. Helen Simonson. 6.7.24
Holiday - The Christmas Bookshop. Jenny Colgan. 1.12.24
Italy - One Summer in Italy. Lilly Mirren. 2.22.24
Judaism - The Promise. Chaim Potok. 3.27.24
Kentucky - Horse. Geraldine Brooks. 7.21.24
Literature - The Quiet American. Graham Greene. 2.23.24
Military Fiction - Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives. Tanya Biank. 1.14.24
Nonfiction - Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics. Dolly Parton. 1.31.24
Ornithology - The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Amy Tan. 7.16.24
Politics - The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia. Michael Booth. 4.2.24
Quilting - The Goodbye Quilt. Susan Wiggs. 3.24.24
Race - Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?. Crystal Smith Paul. 1.1.24
Southern - The Pecan Man. Cassie Dandridge Selleck. 2.8.24
Thriller - Vermilion Drift. William Kent Krueger. 1.18.24
Urban Fantasy - Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings. Lydia Sherrer. 1.21.24
Video Games - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Gabrielle Zevin. 4.17.24
Womens Fiction - Down by the River. Robyn Carr. 1.3.24
LatinX - When the Moon Was Ours. Anna-Marie McLemore. 3.18.24
Young Adult - Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932. Kathryn Lasky. 2.1.24
CoZy Mystery - The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder. C.L. Miller. 3.8.24

[Frankie]

A-Z Genres Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

*For the harder letters - Q, U, X and Z - you may use any genre with that letter in it's name.*

You will also be allowed FIVE 'wildcards' for this challenge.

26/26 Completed. Finished

List:
Asian American Literature:Lies and Other Love Languages-Sonali Dev 8/22/24
Black Romance:This Could Be Us-Kennedy Ryan 4/04/24
Contemporary:The Last One You Loved-L.J. Evans 3/20/24
Domestic Thriller:The Shadow Box-Luanne Rice 7/27/24
Espionage:The Spy Coast-Tess Gerritsen 2/16/24
Fiction:Big Chicas Don't Cry-Annette Chavez Macias 9/20/24
Ghosts:First Grave on the Right-Darynda Jones 9/04/24
Humor:The Plus Ones-Kayley Loring 2/08/24
Interracial Romance:Flow-Kennedy Ryan 3/30/24
Jewish Literature:Thank You for Sharing-Rachel Runya Katz 7/29/24
Kidnapping Crime Fiction:The Girl in Paradise-A.J. Rivers 1/26/24
Legal Thriller:Her Deadly Game-Robert Dugoni 7/14/24
Military Romance:Maybe Swearing Will Help-Lani Lynn Vale 7/17/24
New Adult:Titus: The Hawthornes-Nicole Jacquelyn 6/26/24
Organized Crime:Face Her Fear-Lisa Regan 2/22/24
Paranormal:Pen Pal-J.T. Geissinger 2/08/24
Q:(Wild Card):Travel:Dagger in the Sea-Cat Porter 5/29/24
Romantic Comedy:The Wrong Bridesmaid-Lauren Landish 3/07/24
Sports Romance:Pucked-Helena Hunting 3/24/24
Technothriller:The List-J.A. Konrath 4/05/24
U:AmateUr SleUth Mysteries:Tea & Treachery-Vicki Delany 8/08/24
Vigilante:The House Beyond the Dunes-Mary Burton 8/26/24
Western:Off to the Races-Elsie Silver 2/24/24
X:(Wild Card):Women Sleuths:Lights Out-Elise Hart Kipness 9/13/24
Young Adult:Twisted Love-Ana Huang 6/20/24
Z:CoZy Mystery:Christmas in The Sisters-Becki Willis 1/27/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie!

[Shash]

Finished! :)

2024 A-Z Genre Challenge
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

*For Q, U, X, and Z, the genre only needs to have that letter somewhere in it.
*Five Wildcards

A - Author, The Queen and the Knave by Sarah M. Eden (2/21/24)
B - Blackmail, Wager for a Lady's Hand by Laura Rollins (1/7/24)
C - Camping, Not Happy Campers by Ash Keller (2/17/24)
D - Dancing, The Sorcerer and the Swan Princess by Lucy Tempest (2/28/24)
E - Elves, The King's Captive by K.M. Shea (1/8/24)
F - Fairytale, A Dance of Silver and Shadow by Melanie Cellier (1/2/24)
G - Georgian, A Midnight Masquerade by Elizabeth Johns, Jen Geigle Johnson (4/15/24)
H - Hidden Identity, An Agreeable Alliance by Kasey Stockton (3/16/24)
I - Inheritance, Baby, Be Mine by Ginny Baird (2/12/24)
J - Journey, Journey to Bongary Spring by Kasey Stockton (3/27/24)
K - Kidnapping, Lady at Arms by Tamara Leigh (1/6/24)
L - London, An Improper Courtship by Laura Beers (4/30/24)
M - Magic, Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea (1/29/24)
N - Novella, The White Slipper by Brittany Fichter (3/11/24)
O - Ocean, Pearls of Salt and Sacrifice by Everly Haywood (4/3/24)
P - Politics, Lily for My Enemy by Laura Rollins (1/8/24)
Q* - snow Queen, Frey and the Icy Orchard by Scarlett Luna Strange (3/8/24)
R - Regency, A Well-Kept Promise by L.G. Rollins (3/6/24)
S - Stranded, Saving Miss Everly by Sally Britton (3/7/24)
T - Thief, The Highwayman's Letter by Martha Keyes (3/18/24)
U* - The Ugly Duckling, Willow and the Harvest Moon by Kayla Eshbaugh (2/4/24)
V - Vampires, Magic Forged by K.M. Shea (1/21/24)
W - Wedding, Kissing for Keeps by Martha Keyes (1/6/24)
X* - teXas, Fairest of Heart by Karen Witemeyer (2/10/24)
Y - Young Adult, A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (1/3/24)
Z* - coZy Mystery, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell (9/25/24)

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Shash!

[Kim]

A-Z Genres Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Completed 10.17.24

For the harder letters - Q, U, X and Z - you may use any genre with that letter in it's name.
Audiobook - The River We Remember. William Kent Krueger. 1.9.24
Biography - The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang. Tom Clavin. 9.15.24
Coming of Age - Just a Regular Boy. Catherine Ryan Hyde. 1.5.24
Detective - Purgatory Ridge. William Kent Krueger. 1.4.24
Epic Fantasy - God's Eye: Awakening: A Labyrinth World Novel. Aleron Kong. 1.19.24
Fiction - In a Book Club Far Away. Tif Marcelo. 1.27.24
General Fiction - The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. Helen Simonson. 6.7.24
Holiday - The Christmas Bookshop. Jenny Colgan. 1.12.24
Italy - One Summer in Italy. Lilly Mirren. 2.22.24
Judaism - The Promise. Chaim Potok. 3.27.24
Kentucky - Horse. Geraldine Brooks. 7.21.24
Literature - The Quiet American. Graham Greene. 2.23.24
Military Fiction - Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives. Tanya Biank. 1.14.24
Nonfiction - Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics. Dolly Parton. 1.31.24
Ornithology - The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Amy Tan. 7.16.24
Politics - The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia. Michael Booth. 4.2.24
Quilting - The Goodbye Quilt. Susan Wiggs. 3.24.24
Race - Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?. Crystal Smith Paul. 1.1.24
Southern - The Pecan Man. Cassie Dandridge Selleck. 2.8.24
Thriller - Vermilion Drift. William Kent Krueger. 1.18.24
Urban Fantasy - Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings. Lydia Sherrer. 1.21.24
Video Games - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Gabrielle Zevin. 4.17.24
Womens Fiction - Down by the River. Robyn Carr. 1.3.24
LatinX - When the Moon Was Ours. Anna-Marie McLemore. 3.18.24
Young Adult - Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932. Kathryn Lasky. 2.1.24
CoZy Mystery - The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder. C.L. Miller. 3.8.24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Kim!

[Olivermagnus]

~~~ Complete ~~~

A-Z Genres Challenge
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

26 of 26 Complete

*For the harder letters - Q, U, X and Z - you may use any genre with that letter in it's name.*

You will also be allowed FIVE 'wildcards' for this challenge.

A - Adventure - Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer - 1/11/24
B - British literature - Cruel as the Grave - Sharon Kay Penman - 1/17/24
C - Cozy Mysteries - Murder at the Breakers - Alyssa Maxwell - 1/21/24
D - Dystopia - Scorpio - Marko Kloos - 1/20/24
E - Espionage - Alias Emma - Ava Glass - 1/24/24
F - Fiction -Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight - 1/14/24
G - Graphic Novel - Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen - Marjorie M. Liu - 11/25/24
H - Historical Mystery - Intrigue in Istanbul - Erica Ruth Neubauer - 1/4/24
I - International - The Memory Police - Yōko Ogawa - 2/2/24
J - Japanese Literature - The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino - 1/3/24
* K - Wild Card - Travel - The Lost City of the Monkey God - Douglas Preston - 10/8/24
L - Literary Fiction - Burial Rites - Hannah Kent - 1/6/24
M - Mystery - High Noon - Nora Roberts - 2/21/24
N - Nonfiction - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt - 7/28/24
O - Outdoors - Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer - 1/11/24
P - Paranormal - The Restorer - Amanda Stevens - 5/5/24
Q - Queer - Heartstopper: Volume One - Alice Oseman - 3/22/24
R - Romance - An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak - Jennifer Hartmann - 1/29/24
S - Suspense - The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith - 5/12/24
T - Thriller - The Teacher - Freida McFadden - 5/8/24
U - Urban Fantasy - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 7/24/24
V - Victorian - An Impossible Impostor - Deanna Raybourn - 1/2/24
W - War - The Women - Kristin Hannah - 12/4/24
* X Wild Card - Survival - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing - 10/29/24
Y - Young Adult - Dear Martin - Nic Stone - 2/5/24
Z - Zombies - Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues - Diana Rowland - 7/26/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Lynda!

[Chrissie]

Update message #7 - just managed 23

Progress: 23/26

A - Anthology - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter by Joseph Westfall ✓ 24/04/28
B - Biography - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman ✓ 24/05/19
C - Classic - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ✓ 24/02/19
D - Dystopia - The Gender of Mona Lisa 02 by Tsumuji Yoshimura ✓ 24/08/03
E - Edwardian (https://www.goodreads.com/genres/edwa...)
F - Fantasy - Die Maimädchen by Pascale Quiviger ✓ 24/02/18
G - Graphic Novel - Book Love: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Lesen by Debbie Tung ✓ 24/05/02
H - Historical Fiction - Eine Fingerkuppe Freiheit: Historischer Roman Aus dem Leben des Louis Braille Über den Erfinder der Blindenschrift by Thomas Zwerina ✓ 24/04/08
I - Irish Literature - Dubliner by James Joyce ✓ 24/09/15
J - Japanese Literature - 2 by Hideo Yokoyama ✓ 24/01/21
K - Korean Literature or History
L - LGBTQ+ - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✓ 24/01/29
M - Manga - Focus 10 Band 1 by Martina Peters ✓ 24/01/09
N - Non-Fiction - Alan Turing: Enigma by Anna Revell ✓ 24/05/19
O - Omegaverse - Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 by Cafeco Fujita ✓ 24/06/09
P - Paranormal - Buffy, Im Bann der Dämonen, Spike & Dru, Dämonische Liebe by Christopher Golden ✓ 24/04/21
Q - Queer - Pride! Eine kurze Geschichte der LGBTQ+ Bewegung by Linus Giese ✓ 24/06/06
R - Romance - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 01 by Suu Morishita ✓ 24/03/22
S - Science Fiction - The Doll by Kichiku Neko ✓ 24/07/25
T - Thriller - Die Verlorenen by Simon Beckett ✓ 24/04/19
U - Urban Fantasy - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ✓ 24/02/10
V - Victorian - Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland ✓ 24/11/06
W - World War II - Wenn die Lichter ausgehen by Erika Mann ✓ 24/01/08
X - AseXual - Loveless by Alice Oseman ✓ 24/01/20
Y - Young Adult - If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich ✓ 24/02/25
Z - Zombies

[Caraina]

A-Z Genres Challenge - FINISHED
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

*For the harder letters - Q, U, X and Z - you may use any genre with that letter in it's name.*

You will also be allowed FIVE 'wildcards' for this challenge.

Completed: 26/26

List:
A: Africa - Afterlives - Abdulrazak Gurnah 1/2/24
B: Book Club - The Art Forger - Barbara A. Shapiro 9/13/24
C: Contemporary Romance - Kissing Under the Mistletoe - Marina Adair 1/1/24
D: Detective - N is for Noose - Sue Grafton 1/6/24
E: Espionage - A Death in Vienna - Daniel Silva 9/8/24
F: Fantasy - Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine 1/4/24
G: Ghosts - Grave Witch - Kalayna Price 7/31/24
H: Historical Fiction - The Time Between - Karen White 1/5/24
I: Italy - Paradiso - Francesca Scanacapra 9/2/24
J: Japan - Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi 7/13/24
K: WILDCARD - Witches - Rekindled Magic - T.M. Cromer 12/31/24
L: Literary Fiction - Balm - Dolen Perkins-Valdez 1/17/24
M: Mystery - Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci 1/3/24
N: New Adult - Hook, Line, and Sinker - Tessa Bailey 8/24/24
O: Omegaverse - Captive Omega - Riley Carver 11/18/24
P: Paranormal - The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater 1/7/24
Q: Queer - If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio 7/19/24
R: Romance - Winter Cottage - Mary Ellen Taylor 1/5/24
S: Southern - Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani 8/29/24
T: Time Travel - A Rip Through Time - Kelley Armstrong 1/8/24
U: Urban Fantasy - Bayou Moon - Ilona Andrews 9/10/24
V: Victorian - The Raven Spell - Luanne G. Smith 1/4/24
W: War - Stella Bain - Anita Shreve 9/15/24
X: WILDCARD - Horror - The Woman in Black - Susan Hill 10/27/24
Y: Young Adult - The Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen 9/19/24
Z: Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga 9/17/24

[JoAnne]

Sorry Chrissie!

WOOHOO Caraina!

[Jessica]

✅Done!!!✅

~Genres~
26/26

Animal: The Eyes and the Impossible ★★★★ 26 April
Biography: Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis ★★★★ 19 April
Contemporary: Dungeons and Drama ★★★★ 8 March
Dystopian: The Words in My Hands ★★★★ 23 March
Educational: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous ...Plants ★★★ 14 February
Fantasy: Bride ★★★★ 14 February
Graphic novel: Squished: A Graphic Novel ★★★★ 22 January
Historical fiction: The Aviator's Wife ★★★ 22 January
Inspirational: Gift from the Sea ★★★★ 27 February
Juvenile literature: The Maze of Bones ★★★ 30 December
K WILDCARD ~horror~The Final Girl Support Group ★★ 26 March
Literary fiction: Evil Eye ★★★★★ 4 January
Middle grade: Lolo’s Light ★★★★ 7 February
Nonfiction: One Dead Spy ★★★ 28 January
O WILDCARD ~essays~ Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out ★★★★ 10 June
Paranormal: Anya's Ghost ★★★ 24 February
Queer romance: Heartstopper: Volume Five ★★★★ 3 January
Romance: 10 Blind Dates ★★★★ 17 January
Southern gothic: As I Lay Dying ★ 14 April
Thriller: The Only One Left ★★★★ 30 January
Urban Fantasy: When Among Crows ★★ 15 October
Verse: Ruptured ★★★★ 15 January
Western: One Came Home ★★★ 21 August
X WILDCARD ~memoir~ Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir ★★★★ 18 February
Young adult: Give Me a Sign ★★★★ 14 January
coZy mystery: The Pumpkin Spice Café ★★ 15 November

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Books read:

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Jessica!