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ARCHIVE: Yearly Challenges
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A-Z: Women Authors - 2025
How to Participate:
1. Post here telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read.
You may choose your books at the beginning, or add them as you go. You may join any time during the year, and may change your goal whenever needed.
2. When you finish books for the challenge, edit your original post or member’s corner thread to add them.
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3. To have your progress updated, post a new comment here to let the challenge leader know.
Every time you post an update, be sure to include your original (sign-up) message number, the number of books you have completed, and your goal. We use your original message number to identify you, since multiple members may have the same profile name.
Example:
Update to message 32: 2/25 books read!
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Participants:
aliciav #91 - 26/26 Completed!
Allie #78 - 13/52
Alyssa #84 - 0/26
Amy #24 - 26/26 Completed!
Amy #51 - 0/26
Amy #88 - 23/26
Ana #69 - 5/13
Ann at the Beach #38 - 0/15
Anna #61 - 13/10 Completed!
Ariail #116 - 26/26 Completed!
Ashley #19 - 25/26
Beth #10 - 26/26 Completed!
Beverly #31 - 26/26 Completed!
Blagica #27 - 4/26
Blakie #492 - 26/26 Completed!
Bray #151 - 6/11
Brianna Raquel #47 - 26/26 Completed!
Brittany #45 - 24/26
Brooke #422 - 10/26
Bryan #81 - 6/26
Caraina #52 - 26/26 Completed!
Carmen #43 - 3/26
Carolyn #533 - 26/26 Completed!
Carri Carey #22 - 26/26 Completed!
Carrie #41 - 26/26 Completed!
Charley #554 - 0/26
Chrissie #8 - 23/26
Claire #288 - 16/26
Darcy #56 - 4/24
Dhruti #390 - 20/26
Dominque #14 - 12/12 Completed!
Echo #42 - 26/26 Completed!
Elsa #194 - 1/13
Emily #44 - 22/25
Gail W #7 - 26/26 Completed!
Gina Marie #236 - 18/15 Completed!
Harshi #412 - 26/26 Completed!
Hilary #93 - 14/26
Ida #180 - 0/2
Inkeri #34 - 8/26
Izajen #77 - 1/26
Jade #20 - 2/20
Jana #59 - 0/26
Jana #118 - 26/26
Janine #72 - 26/26 Completed!
Jasmin #97 - 22/26
Jemma #74 - 26/26 Completed!
Jenn #107 - 35/78
JennH #40 - 26/26 Completed!
Jennifer #431 - 17/26
Jess #95 - 17/26
Jessica #26 - 0/26
Jessica #35 - 0/20
Jill #296 - 3/26
juls.books #101 - 23/26
Kalyn #28 - 10/26
Kara #72 - 0/26
KAREN #55 - 2/26
Karin #37 - 26/26 Completed!
Katherine #63 - 16/26
Kayenne #309 - 24/26
Kristina #25 - 26/26 Completed!
Kylie #29 - 0/24
Lara #50 - 1/26
Laureen #71 - 17/20
Laurie #83 - 26/26 Completed!
Lea Ann #64 - 1/15
Leona #57 - 6/26
Leticia #215 - 17/25
Lexi #17 - 21/13 Completed!
Lina #11 - 17/12 Completed!
Lindey #54 - 26/26 Completed!
Lisa #15 - 0/26
Lisa Marie #173 - 19/26
Lorraine #33 - 23/26
manni #89 - 13/26
Maria #5 - 25/26
Marie (UK) #543 - 25/26
Marissa #85 - 16/26
Martha #23 - 18/26
MaryAnn #103 - 0/26
Mave #104 - 0/26
Megan BG #67 - 16/20
Mie #18 - 26/15 Completed!
Monica #87 - 0/26
noorie #99 - 8/26
Patty #39 - 21/26
Pippin18 #188 - 1/26
Preeti #585 - 22/26
Rachael #9 - 26/26 Completed!
Rina #90 - 26/26 Completed!
Robynne #6 - 5/13
Ronda #53 - 21/26
Samantha #123 - 24/26
Sarah #75 - 26/26 Completed!
SarahKat #36 - 26/26 Completed!
Shannon #110 - 15/26
Shari #46 - 26/26 Completed!
Shelley #48 - 20/20 Completed!
sunflower #73 - 0/26
Sunny #21 - 0/26
Susan #12 - 25/26
Sydney #195 - 12/26
Tanu #196 - 22/26
TCampbell #106 - 26/26 Completed!
Temitayomiyoshiseun #285 - 0/26
TerryJane #13 - 52/52 Completed!
Veena #30 - 26/26 Completed!
Whitney #16 - 26/26 Completed!
Zita #32 - 5/12
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STATS
Participants: 110
Books Read: 1736
Book Goal: 2735
Completed: 37
Updated through Message #662 on Jan 06, 2026.
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I'm in for all 26!msg 5
25 of 26
A: A.J. Rivers -The Girl and the Secret Passage (Emma Griffin FBI #25) 1-3
B: Janelle Brown - Trouble (We Could Be Heroes #3) 3-8
C: Carolyn Brown - The Wedding Gift 1-30
D: D.S. Butler - Leave No Trace (Detective Karen Hart #9) 1-5
E: Elin Hilderbrand - Swan Song (Nantucket #4) 1-10
F: Melissa Foster - Seaside Serenade (Seaside Summers #9) 1-21
G: Elle Gray - Memories of the Falls (Sweetwater Falls #4) 7-14
H: Christina Henriquez - The Summer House 2-26
I: Isabel Allende- Lovers at the Museum 3-4
J: J. Bengtsson - The Newlyweds (Cake #4) 1-2
K: Keke Palmer - My Dear Friend Janet (Southern Belle Insults #1) 1-29
L:Lisa Scottoline -Pigeon Tony's Last Stand- 2-21
M: Melanie Harlow - Hideaway Heart (Cherry Tree Harbor #2) 1-7
N: Naima Coster - Lila (The One #7)3-3
O: Zibby Owens - Blank 4-15
P: T.M. Payne - Play with Fire (Detective Sheridan Holler #3) 4-18
Q: Meghan Quinn - Resting Scrooge Face 11-14
R:C.D. Reiss- Rough Edge (The Edge #1) 2-24
S: Susan Stoker - Deserving Henley (The Refuge #2) 1-11
T: Teagan Hunter - Best Friends for Never 4-6
U: Lisa Unger - Unknown Caller (We Coud Be Heroes #2) 2-28
V: Michelle A Valentine - Wicked White (Wicked White #1) 6-24
W: Wednesday Martin - Boyfriends of Dorothy (The Real Thing #) 2-28
X:
Y: Rebecca Yarros - Variation 6-26
Z: Zibby Owens - Bookends: A Memoir… 6-13
I'm going to try for 13 - if I can do half the list, I will be very happy. Thanks.
This is whats on my list so far
A - Annie Tremmel Wilcox - A Degree of Mystery - DONE
B - Marie Benedict - The Personal Librarian or Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
C - Mya-Rose Craig - The Bird Girl - or Carole Radizwill what remains - or Chantal Cleeton - Last train to key west
D - Dani Shapiro - Inheritance - DONE -
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F - Fiona Davis - The Lions of Fifth Avenue
G - Kathleen O'Neal Gear - any of her books
H - Holly Smale - Cassandra in reverse
I - Isabel Allende - any one of her books
J - Jodie Sweetin - Unsweetined
K - Kim Fay - Love and Saffron- DONE
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M - Madeline Miller - Song of Achilles
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P
Q
R - Roxanne Snopek - The Ranchers Lost Bride
S - Dana Stabenow - A Cold Day for Murder - DONE
T - Karen Tanabe - A Women in Intelligence
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V - Shelby Van Pelt - Remarkably Bright Creatures
W - Wendy Leigh - The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe & Jackie kennedy (epistolary novel)
X
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Z - Gabrielle Zevin - tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
☀ Completed 26 / 26 .......... completed 10/22/2025☀ A. Kaouther Adimi - Our Riches, Algeria
☀ B. Natasha Brown - Assembly, England
☀ C. Claribel Alegria - Ashes of Izalco, El Salvador
☀ D. Edwidge Danticat - Everything Inside, Haiti
☀ E. Erica Bauermeister - No Two Persons
☀ F. Huda Fahmy - Huda F Are You?: A Graphic Novel
☀ G. Mojgan Ghazirad - The House On Sun Street, Iran
☀ H. Hwang Jungeun - Years and Years, S Korea
☀ I. Monique Ilboudo - So Distant From My Life, Burkina Faso
☀ J. Jessica Ellicott - Murder at an English Séance
☀ K. Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club, S Korea
☀ L. Ariel Lawhon - The Frozen River
☀ M. Rania Mamoun - Something Evergreen Called Life, Sudan
☀ N. Natalia Ginzburg|- The Little Virtues, Italy
☀ O. Yawenda Omotoso - The Woman Next Door, Barbados
☀ P. Laline Paull - The Bees
☀ Q. Jesse Q Sutanto - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Indonesia
☀ R. Rufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money Troubles
☀ S. Yang Shuang-zi - Taiwan Travelogue, Taiwan
☀ T. Tess Gerritsen - The Summer Guests
☀ U. Nicola Upson - The Christmas Clue
☀ V. Valerie Burns - A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death
☀ W. Martha Wells - Artificial Condition
☀ X. Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet, China
☀ Y. Malala Yousafzai - We Are Displaced, Pakistan
☀ Z. Zeina Abirached - A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return, Lebanon
Progress: 23/26A - Anne Perry - Todesurteil im Old Bailey ✓ 02/11
B - Bowen, Sarina - Top Secret ✓ 04/18
C - Christie, Agatha - Mord im Orientexpress ✓ 02/11
D - Dite - Teezimmerspiele ✓ 03/29
E - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - Verlogen ✓ 05/22
F - Fujiwara Cocoa - Secret Service: Maison de Ayakashi 05 ✓ 04/04
G - Gmuer, Sara - Achtzehnter Stock ✓ 08/03
H - Han Kang - Die Vegetarierin ✓ 01/18
I -
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K - Kusabi Keri - Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition ✓ 02/03
L - Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Windy Poplars ✓ 09/16
M - Morishita Suu - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 07 ✓ 01/10
N - Kizu Natsuki - Links ✓ 01/06
O - Ogawa Chise - Eine Liebesgeschichte voller Traurigkeit und Fehleinschätzungen ✓ 01/14
P - Pengu - L.A. Waves ✓ 01/02
Q - Quiviger, Pascale - Abschiede ✓ 10/28
R - Hanada Ryo - Devils' Line 02 ✓ 03/30
S - Shikke - Pink Heart Jam 01 ✓ 05/13
T - Turner, A.K. - Wer mit den Toten spricht ✓ 01/27
U - Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13
V - Valla, Kristin - Das Haus über dem Fjord ✓ 07/15
W - Woolf, Virginia - Orlando. Eine Biographie ✓ 08/16
X -
Y - Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell 01 ✓ 03/23
Z - HerZog, Marika - Whispering Blue ✓ 12/14
Please sign me up for all 26COMPLETED: 26/26
✔️ A - Alexandra Christo: To Kill a Kingdom
✔️ B - Holly Bourne: Am I Normal Yet?
✔️ C - Demelza Carlton: Once Upon A Time
✔️ D - Dorothy L Sayers: Whose Body?
✔️ E - Edith Nesbit: The Railway Children
✔️ F - Namina Forna: The Gilded Ones
✔️ G - Gita Trelease: Enchantée
✔️ H - Hafsah Faizal: A Tempest of Tea
✔️ I - Isabel Ibanez: Where the Library Hides
✔️ J - Sophie Jo: The Nicest Girl
✔️ K - Kendare Blake: Three Dark Crowns
✔️ L - Luanne G Smith: The Raven Spell
✔️ M - Mary McMyne: The Book of Gothel
✔️ N - Naomi Novik: The Summer War
✔️ O - Olivie Blake: Masters of Death
✔️ P - Eleanor H Porter: Pollyanna
✔️ Q - Frances Quinn: That Bonesetter Woman
✔️ R - Nora Roberts: The Next Always
✔️ S - Sandi Toksvig: Valentine Grey
✔️ T - Laini Taylor: Strange the Dreamer
✔️ U - Ursula K Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness
✔️ V - Vanessa Gray: The Wicked Guardian
✔️ W - A.C. Wise: Out of the Drowning Deep
✔️ X - Meg Xuemei X: Half-Blood Academy The Complete Series
✔️ Y - Rebecca Yarros: Onyx Storm
✔️ Z - Zen Cho: Sorcerer to the Crown
[Order completed: D, T, Z, G, C, S, W, K, A, J, E, F, Y, I, B, P, H, V, L, N, O, R, Q, M, U, X]
Goal: 26Completed 25 Sep
A - Adler, Sarah - Mrs. Nash's Ashes
B - Black, Sue - Written in Bone: Hidden Stories We Leave Behind
C - Christie, Agatha - Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
D - Dugard, Jaycee - A Stolen Life
E - Espach, Alison - The Wedding People
F - Fleming, Candace - Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
G - Gordon, Alexia - Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries, #1)
H - Hillenbrand, Laura - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
I - Ireland, D.E. - Wouldn't It Be Deadly (Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery, #1)
J - Jackson, K.M. - How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
K - Kuhns, Eleanor - On the Horns of Death (Ancient Crete Mystery, #2)
L - Lee-Chin, Maia - Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases
M - Millard, Candice - Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
N - Novik, Naomi - Crucible of Gold (Temeraire, #7)
O - Okorafor, Nnedi - Binti (Binti, #1)
P - Palacio, R.J. Palacio - Wonder
Q - Quinn, Julia - When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)
R - Roberts, Bethan - My Policeman
S - Slater, Dashka - The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
T - Thai, Thao - Banyan Moon
U - Unger, Lisa - The Doll's House
V - Vine, Barbara - A Dark-Adapted Eye
W - Ward, Jesmyn - Salvage the Bones (Bois Sauvage, #2)
X - Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Y - Yount, Lisa - Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas
Z - Zook, Kristal Brent - Black Women's Lives: Stories of Pain and Power
Joining for 12 for now! :) thanks🅰 A-Z Challenge: Women Authors - Yearly Challenge 🅰
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
🅰 Progress: 18/12 🅰 - COMPLETED!
A: Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women
B: Bo-Reum - Hwang - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
C: Collins, Suzanne - Sunrise on the Reaping
D: Doyle, Glennon - Untamed
E: Espach, Alison - The Wedding People
F: Fortune, Carley - Every Summer After
G:
H: Harvey, Samantha - Orbital
I:
J: St. John Mandel, Emily - Station Eleven
K: Kang, Han - The Vegetarian
L: Mi-y, Lee - DallerGut Dream Department Store
M: Mellors, Coco - Blue Sisters
N:
O:
P: Piñeiro, Claudia - Elena Knows
Q:
R: Reza, Yasmina - KUNST
S: Schöler, Leonie - Beklaute Frauen
T: Tang, Karen - It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health
U:
V:
W: Wang, M. L. - The Sword of Kaigen
X:
Y: Yarros, Rebecca - Onyx Storm
Z:
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I’d like to join for all 26 please!Progress: 25/26
A. The Power - Naomi Alderman Completed
B. Summertime Punchline - Betty Corrello Completed
C. All That Remains - Patricia Cornwell Completed
D. The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst Completed
E. The Wedding People - Alison Espach Completed
F. The Crash - Freida McFadden Completed
G. Reluctant Immortals - Gwendolyn Kiste Completed
H. Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover Completed
I. The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
J. The Perfect Divorce - Jeneva Rose Completed
K. Christmas Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella Completed
L. The Night We Lost Him - Laura Dave Completed
M. Here One Moment - Liane Moriarty Completed
N. Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng Completed
O. Before I Go - Colleen Oakley Completed
P. By Any Other Name - Jodi Picoult Completed
Q. The Diamond Eye - Julia Quinn Completed
R. One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid Completed
S. Triptych - Karin Slaughter Completed
T. The Reformatory - Tanarive Due Completed
U. Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 - Lisa Unger Completed
V. Blood on Her Tongue - Johanna van Veen Completed
W. The Silver Star - Jeannette Walls Completed
X. The Dragonian's Witch - Meg Xuemei X Completed
Y. A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara Completed
Z. Julie Chan Is Dead - Liann Zhang Completed
👩 A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS - Yearly ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Progress: 52/52 -- COMPLETE
Non-U.S. Born Women
👩 A - A.J. Banner - The Twilight Wife - India
👩 B - Barbara Pym - Excellent Women - England
👩 C - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Americanah - Nigeria
👩 D - Emma Donoghue - The Pull of the Stars - Ireland
👩 E - Eimear McBride - A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - England
👩 F - Françoise Sagan - Bonjour Tristesse - France
👩 G - Gillian McAllister - Wrong Place Wrong Time - UK
👩 H - Paula Hawkins - The Blue Hour - Zimbabwe
👩 I - Isabel Allende - Portrait in Sepia - Peru
👩 J - Janice Hallett - The Appeal - UK
👩 K - Ambelin Kwaymullina - The Things She's Seen - Australia
👩 L - Thea Lim - An Ocean of Minutes - Singapore
👩 M - Amber McBride - Me: Moth - Germany
👩 N - Nemonte Nenquimo - We Will Be Jaguars - Ecuador
👩 O - Onyi Nwabineli - Someday, Maybe - Nigeria
👩 P - Daisy Pearce - Something in the Walls - UK
👩 Q - Jesse Q. Sutanto - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Indonesia
👩 R - Ayn Rand - Anthem - Russia
👩 S - Sue Lynn Tan - Heart of the Sun Warrior - Malaysia
👩 T - Yōko Tawada - Memoirs of a Polar Bear - Japan
👩 U - Rin Usami - Idol, Burning - Japan
👩 V - Virginia Woolf - Orlando - England
👩 W - Lisa Wingate - Shelterwood - Germany
👩 X - Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet - China
👩 Y - Samantha Sotto Yambao - Water Moon
👩 Z - Zoraida Córdova - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina - Equador
U.S. Born Women
👩 A - Andrea Penrose - Murder at King’s Crossing
👩 B - April Balascio - Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father
👩 C - Claire Stanford - Happy for You
👩 D - Sarah Beth Durst - The Spellshop
👩 E - Erin Crosby Eckstine - Junie
👩 F - Freida McFadden - The Crash
👩 G - April Genevieve Tucholke - Wink Poppy Midnight
👩 H - Lorraine Hansberry - A Raisin in the Sun
👩 I - Eowyn Ivey - Black Woods Blue Sky
👩 J - Jessie Garcia - The Business Trip
👩 K - Rachel Kushner - The Flamethrowers
👩 L - Linda Howard - Midnight Rainbow
👩 M - Marie Benedict - The Queens of Crime
👩 N - Nikki Grimes - Dark Sons
👩 O - Olivia Worley - So Happy Together
👩 P - Ashley Poston - The Dead Romantics
👩 Q - Kirstin Valdez Quade - The Five Wounds
👩 R - Natalie D. Richards - Five Total Strangers
👩 S - Sabaa Tahir - Heir
👩 T - Anne Tyler - Three Days in June
👩 U - Lisa Unger - Under My Skin
👩 V - Neena Viel - Listen to Your Sister
👩 W - Charmaine Wilkerson - Good Dirt
👩 X - Xan Kaur - When Devils Sing
👩 Y - Jane Yolen - The Devil's Arithmetic
👩 Z - Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
I'll start with 12 and see how it goesA-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
12/12 - Completed
A- Our Wives Under the Sea Julia Armfield 01/28/25
C - Cruel & Unusual Patricia Cornwell 02/13/25
D - The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave 01/1/25
F - Sometimes I Lie Alice Feeney 01/30/25
K - Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 01/10/25
L - Done and Dusted Lyla Sage 01/22/25
P - The Seven Year Slip Ashley Poston 02/08/25
Q- The Briar Club by Kate Quinn 1/4/2024
R - Before I Let Go Kennedy Ryan 02/15/25
S - Fallen Karin Slaughter 02/27/25
W - System Collapse Martha Wells 02/24/25
Y - Yarros Rebecca- Fourth Wing 02/22/25
I'm not usually the biggest fan of A-Z challenges, but this one goes pretty well hand-in-hand with a personal challenge, and since I've got no chill whatsoever I'll join for all 26 🙈😂
I'm in for all 26 letters!Progress: 26/26
Challenge Completed on 11/7/25!
✔️A: Alice Hoffman - The Book of Magic (Completed 4/5/25)
✔️B: Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry (Completed 3/25/25)
✔️C: Alyssa Cole - An Unconditional Freedom (Completed 1/8/25)
✔️D: Sonali Dev - Recipe for Persuasion (Completed 3/28/25)
✔️E: Emily Henry - Happy Place (Completed 2/26/25)
✔️F: Carley Fortune - Meet Me at the Lake (Completed 9/25/25)
✔️G: Jasmine Guillory - Royal Holiday (Completed 3/10/25)
✔️H: Jenny Han - The Summer I Turned Pretty (Completed 2/11/25)
✔️I: Imani Perry - Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People (Completed 8/26/25)
✔️J: Jane Harper - The Dry (Completed 2/27/25)
✔️K: Katharine McGee - Majesty (Completed 1/27/25)
✔️L: Christina Lauren - Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating (Completed 3/6/25)
✔️M: Jennette McCurdy - I’m Glad My Mom Died (Completed 4/26/25)
✔️N: Nina LaCour - Yerba Buena (Completed 5/28/25)
✔️O: Octavia E. Butler - Parable of the Sower (Completed 7/21/25)
✔️P: Sarah Penner - The Lost Apothecary (Completed 2/18/25)
✔️Q: Qiu Miaojin - Notes of a Crocodile (Completed 11/7/25)
✔️R: Rainbow Rowell - Carry On (Completed 1/19/25)
✔️S: Sarah A. Parker - When the Moon Hatched (Completed 8/19/25)
✔️T: Tayari Jones - An American Marriage (Completed 3/2/25)
✔️U: Uzma Jalaluddin - Hana Khan Carries On (Completed 3/19/25)
✔️V: Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway (Completed 6/10/25)
✔️W: Charmaine Wilkerson - Good Dirt (Completed 7/27/25)
✔️X: Musih Tedji Xaviere - These Letters End in Tears (Completed 4/10/25)
✔️Y: Yume Kitasei - The Stardust Grail (Completed 6/8/25)
✔️Z: Zoe Hana Mikuta - The Coven Tendency (Completed 6/19/25)
Progress:
21/13(Original Goal (13/13) Completed: 04/14/25)
(Final Goal (21/13) Completed: 12/29/25)
A: Adalyn Grace (Holly)
B: Kylie Lee Baker (The Scarlet Alchemist; The Blood Orchid; Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng)
C: Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games; Catching Fire; Mockingjay; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; Sunrise on the Reaping)
D: Hayley Dennings (This Ravenous Fate)
E: V. E. Schwab (Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil)
F: Layne Fargo (They Never Learn)
G: Stephanie Garber (Alchemy of Secrets)
H: Christy .R. Harrill (The Blood Vier)
I: Chelsea Ichaso (We Were Warned)
J: Holly Jackson (Not Quite Dead Yet)
K: Kristen Ciccarelli (Rebel Witch)
L: E. Lockhart (We Were Liars; Family of Liars; We Fell Apart)
M: Karen .M. McManus (Nothing More to Tell; Such Charming Liars)
N: Natasha Preston (The Party)
O: Jessica S. Olson (A Forgery of Roses)
P: Kate Pearsall (Bittersweet in the Hollow; Lies on the Serpent's Tongue)
Q: Jesse .Q. Sutanto (Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers; Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man )
R: Rebecca Ross (Wild Reverence)
S: Rachel Smythe (Lore Olympus: Volume Eight)
T: N/A
U: N/A
V: I. V. Marie (Immortal Consequences)
W: Olivia Worley (The Debutantes; Final Cut)
X: N/A
Y: N/A
Z: N/A
Please sign me up for 15 books:A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Done: 26
Target: 15
Completion date: 17.05.25
📗 A: Anna Grue - Et mord for meget
📗 B: Brit Bennett - The Vanishing Half
📗 C: Jenny Colgan - An Island Wedding
📗 D: Diane Mott Davidson - Prime Cut
📗 E: Emily Henry - Beach Read
📗 F: Shamini Flint - A Calamitous Chinese Killing
📗 G: Kerry Greenwood - Urn Burial
📗 H: Helen Cox - A Witch Hunt in Whitby
📗 I: Trine V. Ipsen - Blåbærgløgg
📗 J: Jojo Moyes - Someone Else's Shoes
📗 K: Kristin Hannah - The Women
📗 L: Lisbeth Bille - Den døde diplomat
📗 M: Jennette McCurdy - I’m Glad My Mom Died
📗 N: Ngaio Marsh - Death of a Peer
📗 O: Oprah Winfrey - What I Know for Sure
📗 P: Nita Prose - The Maid
📗 Q: Casey McQuiston - Red, White & Royal Blue
📗 R: Robyn Crawford - A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston
📗 S: Margit Sandemo - Rodløs
📗 T: Helle Thorning-Schmidt - Blondinens betragtninger: Om køn, feminisme og #metoo
📗 U: Ursula K. Le Guin - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
📗 V: Fiona Valpy - The Beekeeper's Promise
📗 W: Barbara Wood - Sacred Ground
📗 X: Kay Xander Mellish - Top 35 Mistakes Danes Make in English: A fun guide to small but significant errors
📗 Y: Yōko Ogawa - The Memory Police
📗 Z: Francesca Zappia - Greymist Fair
In for 2625/26
A: Rachel Abbott And So It Begins
B: Anna Bailey Where the Truth Lies
C: Catherine Coulter The Cove
D: Cate Dean Ghost of a Chance
E: J.T. Ellison A Very Bad Thing
F: Angie Fox Southern Spirits
G: Charlotte Greig Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True-Life Stories that Shocked the World
H: Jody Holford Home Is Where the Body Is
I: Ivy Sinclair Skyscrapers & Starlight: An Evergreen Hills Romance
J: Joanna Schaffhausen Gone for Good
K: Sharon Kay The Peculiar Case of the Petersburg Professor
L: Linda Riedle Out of Control
M: Meg Shaffer The Wishing Game
N: Barbara Nickless The Drowning Game
O: C.K. O'Donnell Tetherless
P: Patricia Skipper Deceptive Calm
Q: Cate Quinn The Clinic
R: R.M. Spencer Agent Gatz: A Great Gatsby Prequel
S: Sophie Stava Count My Lies
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V: Victoria Montes Baited
W: Susan Walter Over Her Dead Body
X: Stacy Xavier On Her Own Two Wheels
Y: Debbie Young Springtime for Murder
Z: Helga Zeiner Mine Forever: A Mystery full of Drama and Emotion
Please sing me up for 20 books!A: Alex Aster
B: Carissa Broadbent
C: Kristen Ciccarelli
D: Olivia Rose Darling
E: Alli Earnest
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K: Rina Kent
L: L.J. Andrews
M: Melissa Landers
N: Lynette Noni
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S: Kaylie Smith
T: Thea Guanzon
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✅ A - Megan Abbott - You Will Know Me - Read 1/20/25
✅ B - Judy Blume - Blubber - Read 1/14/25
✅ C - Maureen Callahan - American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century - Read 2/7/25
✅ D - Sarah Beth Durst - The Spellshop - Read 1/2/25
✅ E - Nikki Erlick The Measure - Read 5/11/25
✅ F - Lucy Foley The Midnight Feast - Read 2/24/25
✅ G - Lindsay C. Gibson - Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Read 4/29/25
✅ H - Elin Hilderbrand - The Five-Star Weekend - Read 2/12/25
✅ I - Noelle W. Ihli - Gray After Dark - Read 10/11/25
✅ J - Tayari Jones - An American Marriage - Read 1/24/25
✅ K - Yume Kitasei - The Stardust Grail - Read 7/29/25
✅ L - Kim Liggett - The Grace Year - Read 2/18/25
✅ M - Deirdre McNamer - Aviary - Read 1/23/25
✅ N - T.J. Newman - Falling - Read 7/17/25
✅ O - Michelle Obama - Becoming - Read 9/13/25
✅ P - R.J. Palacio - Pony - Read 1/2/25
✅ Q - The Briar Club - Read 5/16/25
✅ R - Katherine Rundell - The Explorer - Read 1/12/25
✅ S - Victoria E. Schwab - Tunnel of Bones - Read 1/4/25
✅ T - Amy Tintera - Listen for the Lie - Read 8/18/25
✅ U - Alaina Urquhart - The Butcher Game - Read 4/19/25
✅ V - L.T. Vargus - The Girl in the Sand - Read 10/15/25
✅ W - Jeannette Walls - The Glass Castle - Read 3/22/25
✅ X - Xóchitl González - Anita de Monte Laughs Last - Read 1/30/25
✅ Y - Malala Yousafzai - I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - Read 6/16/25
✅ Z - C Pam Zhang - Land of Milk and Honey - Read 3/17/25
I'm in for 2618/26
A: Naomi Alderman-The Future
B: Shannon Bowring-The Road to Dalton 1/11/25
C:Dahlia de la Cerda-Reservoir Bitches
D: Chloe Dalton-Raising Hare: A Memoir
E: Nikki Erlick The Poppy Fields
F: Florence Knapp The Names
G: Geraldine Brooks-Memorial Days
H:Samantha Harvey -Orbital 1/5/25
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K: Han Kang-We Do Not Part 2/27/25
L: Laila Lalami - The Dream Hotel
M: Joanna Miller-The Eights
N:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Dream Count 6/22/25
O: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - Hotel Silence
P:Emma Pattee - Tilt
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S:Nova Ren Suma - Wake the Wild Creatures
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A - Ann Patchett - Tom Lake
B - Barbara O'Neal - The Starfish Sisters
C - Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These
D - Sarah Dunant - The Birth of Venus
E - Elsa Richardson - Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut: The Secret Story of the Body's Most Fascinating Organ
F - Camonghne Felix - Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
G - Geraldine Brooks - Memorial Days
H - Linda Holmes - Back After This
I - Isabel Allende - A Long Petal of the Sea
J - Jasmine Guillory - Drunk on Love
K - R.F. Kuang - Yellowface
L - Louise Erdrich - The Night Watchman
M - Mia P. Manansala - Homicide and Halo-Halo
N - Natalia Borges Polesso - Amora: Stories
O - Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, the Serial Killer
P - Katherine Hall Page - The Body in the Web
Q - Jesse Q. Sutanto - Four Aunties and a Wedding
R - Rainbow Rowell - Landline
S - Sangu Mandanna - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
T - Toni Morrison - Sula
U - Uzma Jalaluddin by Three Holidays and a Wedding
V - Susan Vreeland - The Passion of Artemisia
W - Winona Sullivan - A Sudden Death at the Norfolk Cafe
X - Xóchitl González - Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Y - Sarah Yarwood-Lovett - A Murder of Crows
Z - Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
A - Z CHALLENGE - WOMEN AUTHORSJanuary 01, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Progress: 26/26
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A: Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft
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A: Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
B: Alexandra Bracken - Lore
C: Chloe Liese - Only When It's Us
D: Rujuta Diwekar - Indian Superfoods
E: Laura Esquivel - Like Water for Chocolate
F: Kate Frost - The Baobab Beach Retreat
G: Gigi Pandian - Quicksand
H: Emily Henry - Funny Story
I: Irina Shapiro - Murder of a Medium
J: Abby Jimenez - The Happy Ever After Playlist
K: Kerry Greenwood - Cocaine Blues
L: Louise Penny - Still Life
M: Margot Bennett - The Widow of Bath
N: Nancy Springer - The Case of the Missing Marquess
O: Olivia Blake - The Atlas Six
P: Piper Jean - Falling For Korea
Q: Megan Quinn - Resting Scrooge Face
R: Roxanne Tully - Wrong Twin
S: Sue Hawley - Hot Flashes Cold Cases
T: Tomi Adeyemi - Children of Blood and Bone
U: Urmila Vislavath - Rani Durgavati – The Warrior Queen of Gondwana: Unsung Heroes of Indian History – Book 1
V: Victoria Thompson - Murder on Astor Place
W: Courtney Walsh - A Cross-Country Christmas
X: Diana Xarissa - The Body in the Annexe
Y: Debbie Young - Best Murder in Show
Z: Zara Keane - Knifed In Nice
A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS - Yearly ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Progress: 26/26
A: Leslie J. Anderson, The Unmothers FINISHED 2/5
B: Bianca Marais, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor FINISHED 2/8
C: Connie Shelton, Balloons can be Murder FINISHED 1/5
D: Diane Chamberlain, The Dream Daughter FINISHED 1/10
E: Susan J. Eischeid, Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau FINISHED 2/7
F: C.F. Fruzzetti, Sundial FINISHED 1/18
G: Gretchen Allen, Hostile Taco-ver FINISHED 7/6
H: Mary Downing Hahn, Took: A Ghost Story FINISHED 1/24
I: Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows FINISHED 9/7
J: Jane Harper, Exiles FINISHED 4/23
K: Kayte Nunn, The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant FINISHED 1/26
L: Lindy Ryan, Bless Your Heart FINISHED 1/20
M: Marilynne Robinson, Gilead FINISHED 1/7
N: Nghi Vo, Don't Sleep with the Dead FINISHED 5/1
O: Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
P: Eva Pohler, The Purgatorium FINISHED 2/21
Q: Kate Quinn, The Briar Club FINISHED 9/12
R: R.J. Palacio, White Bird: A Wonder Story FINISHED 1/01
S: Amanda Skenandore, The Medicine Woman of Galveston FINISHED 2/21
T: Tess Gerritsen, The Spy Coast FINISHED 1/8
U: Anne Ursu, The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy FINISHED 7/29
V: Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures FINISHED 1/19
W: Leslie Wolfe, The Surgeon FINISHED 2/11
X: Diana Xarissa, Aunt Bessie Assumes FINISHED 10/28
Y: Iris Yamashita, City Under One Roof FINISHED 2/27
Z: Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow FINISHED 9/30
I'm in for 10.5/10
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A: Annie Ernaux: Les Années February 21st
B: Anais Barbeau-Lavalette: La femme qui fuit February 5th
C: Susanna Clarke: The Wood at Midwinter January 2
D: Marguerite Duras: L'Amant January 5
E: Edith Wharton. The Angel at the Grave. January 3rd
F: Madame de La Fayette: La Princesse de Clèves. January 4th,
G: Rachel Gillig: Une fenêtre sur les ténèbres August 8
H:C.S. Harris: Who will remember May 15th
I: Mayumi Inaba: Vingt ans avec mon chat February 11th
J: Emily St-John Mandel: La Mer de la Tranquilité May 21
K: Kim Thuy: Ru February 22nd
L: Louise Erdrich: The Mighty Red January 7
M: Liz Moore: The Gods of the Wood. February 5th
N:Nikki Erlick: The Poppy Fields
O: Mrs Oliphant. Hester April 7th
P: Patricia Cornwell. All that remains. January 10
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S: Sophie Lalonde-Roux, Poudreuse January 13
T: Souvankham Thammavongsa: Le K ne se prononce pas February 24th
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W: Willa Cather, My Antonia. January 9th
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Z: Zoraida Cordova: The Inheritance of Orquedia Divina June 10th
A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORSDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
I'm gonna try all 26 although I'm not sure if I'll ever find an author for X.
My progress: 8/26
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26/26 A: A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson
B: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
C: The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers
D: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
E: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
F: Innate Magic by Shannon Fay
G: #Murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil
H: The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
I: Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
J: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout
K: Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer
L: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
M: When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer
N: The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
O: Feather by Olivia Wildenstein
P: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
Q: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
R: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
S: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper
T: The Pursuit by R.L. Toalson
U: Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
V: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
W: Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
X: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
Y: Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Z: Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
I'm in and will start with a goal of 20 since my goal is to make things easy for my reading goals in 2025--lots going on!26/26
A: Anna Carey - This Is Not the Real World
B: Sara Brunsvold - The Divine Proverb of Streusel
C: Sophie Cousens - Is She Really Going Out with Him?
D: Dorothy Gilman - Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
E: Lynette Eason - Double Take
F: Jen Frederick - Heart and Seoul
G: Elizabeth Goudge - The Bird in the Tree
H: Patricia Hickman - Fallen Angels
I: Irene Hannon - Hope Harbor
J: Susan Juby - Home to Woefield
K: Karin Lovold - Lethal Injection
L: Rosella M. Leslie - The Cougar Lady: Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet
M: Camille Minichino - The Hydrogen Murder
N: Nicole Deese - The Roads We Follow
O: Janette Oke - Love Comes Softly
P: Clare Pooley - How to Age Disgracefully
Q: Laura Quimby - Laura Quimby
R: ReShonda Tate Billingsley - Say Amen, Again
S: Toni Shiloh - To Win a Prince
T: Toni Shiloh - The Love Script
U: Linda Urban - A Crooked Kind of Perfect
V: V.M. Burns - The Plot is Murder
W: - L.R. Wright - The Suspect
X: - Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Y: - Elizabeth Byler Younts - The Bright Unknown
Z: - Sheri Zeck - The Difference Between Us
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Completed: 21/26
A: Katherine Arden - Small Spaces
B: Carissa Broadbent - Six Scorched Roses
C: Carissa Broadbent - The Serpent and the Wings of Night
D: Demi Moore - Inside Out
E: Amal El-Mohtar - This Is How You Lose the Time War
F: Heather Fawcett - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
G: Sierra Greer - Annie Bot
H: Colleen Hoover - Ugly Love
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K: Kate Clayborn - Love at First
L: Lyssa Kay Adams - The Bromance Book Club
M: Karen M. McManus - One of Us Is Next
N: Naomi Novik - Uprooted
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W: Martha Wells - All Systems Red
X: Alix E. Harrow - The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Y: Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing
Z: Liann Zhang - Julie Chan Is Dead
I'm in for 26!A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
26/26
✔A - What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera 6/2/25
✔B - Partners in Lime by Bree Baker 1/14/25
✔C - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie 1/7/25
✔D - Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat 2/27/25
✔E - Died in the Wool by Peggy Ehrhart 6/16/25
✔F - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 3/30/25
✔G - D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton 1/17/25
✔H - Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood 1/18/25
✔I - Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland 5/24/25
✔J - Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean 2/8/25
✔K - The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl 3/1/25
✔L - The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong 2/20/25
✔M - Renegades by Marissa Meyer 4/24/25
✔N - Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer 1/3/25
✔O - Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega 5/26/25
✔P - The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose 1/21/25
✔Q - The Huntress by Kate Quinn 12/7/25
✔R - Sealed Off by Barbara Ross 3/31/25
✔S - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto 1/5/25
✔T - The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu 2/20/25
✔U - Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger 7/15/25
✔V - The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo 6/9/25
✔W - Wedding Cake Killer by Livia J. Washburn 1/7/25
✔X - The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel by Wendy Xu 9/14/25
✔Y - Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu 1/24/25
✔Z - Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi 2/23/25
26 for me please!🔠A-Z WOMEN AUTHORS - Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
🎉Completed: 26/26
Read a book for each letter of the alphabet, using women authors’ first names, last names, or initials. Letter rip!
--do not have to be read in order
✔️A - The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams Completed 1/26/25
✔️B - Milkman by Anna Burns Completed 2/26/25
✔️C - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Completed 3/13/25
✔️D - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Completed 1/2/25
✔️E - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar Completed 2/14/25
✔️F - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke Completed 3/18/25
✔️G - Icebreaker by Hannah Grace Completed 1/24/25
✔️H - Summer Island by Kristin Hannah Completed 1/28/25
✔️I - Bed...and Breakfast by K. Iwancio Completed 3/30/25
✔️J - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Completed 1/3/25
✔️K - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Completed 3/28/25
✔️L - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Completed 3/29/25
✔️M - Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Completed 1/1/25
✔️N - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Completed 1/12/25
✔️O - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Completed 3/16/25
✔️P - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult Completed 3/2/25
✔️Q - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn Completed 6/30/2025
✔️R - Inheritance by Nora Roberts
✔️S - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. Schwab Completed 1/8/25
✔️T - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Completed 10/4/2025
✔️U - Under My Skin by Lisa Unger Completed 12/25/2025
✔️V - The Beekeeper's Promise by Fiona Valpy Completed 11/2/2025
✔️W - Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate Completed 7/23/2025
✔️X - Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie 12/8/2025
✔️Y - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Completed 3/12/25
✔️Z - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Completed 4/17/2025
I'm in for all 26, love the A-Z challenges! 26/26 completed
✔️A: Amina Akhtar - Almost Surely Dead
✔️B: Barbara Robinson - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
✔️C: Cate Tiernan - Spellbound
✔️D: Susan Dennard Truthwitch
✔️E: Eileen Garvin - The Music of Bees
✔️F: Candace Fleming - Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
✔️G: Lindsay C. Gibson - Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
✔️H: Colleen Hoover - Verity
✔️I: Ivy Pochoda - Eerie Basin: A Short Story
✔️J: Jane Borden - Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America
✔️K: K. A. Applegate - Entertain the End
✔️L: Vanessa Le - The Last Bloodcarver
✔️M: Marissa Meyer - Cinder
✔️N: Shauna Niequist - Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
✔️O: Alexis Okeowo - Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama
✔️P: Shelby Van Pelt - Remarkably Bright Creatures
✔️Q: Michelle Quach - Not Here to Be Liked
✔️R: Mary Roach - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
✔️S: Abigail Sharpe - The Prince Who Loved Me
✔️T: Cate Tiernan - The Calling (Sweep, No. 7) by Cate Tiernan
✔️U: Ursula K. Le Guin - Changing Planes
✔️V: Veronica G. Henry - The Canopy Keepers
✔️W: Charlene Wang - I'll Follow You
✔️X: Xiran Jay Zhao - Heavenly Tyrant
✔️Y: Jane Yolen - Finding Baba Yaga
✔️Z: Michelle Zauner - Crying in H Mart
I'd like to sign up for 25 (q gets me every year)22/25
A - Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
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C - Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen
D - Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, & Astrid Henry
E - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
F - Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldivar
G - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
H - Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
I - American Street by Ibi Zoboi
J - What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine
K - Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
L - Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
M - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
N - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
O - Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
P - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
R - A Twist of Murder by Heather Redmond
S - Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
T - Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung
U - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
V - Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
W - All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
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A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORSProgress: 24/26
A - Cursed Luck
B - The Grandest Game
C - Four Ruined Realms
D - Eleanore of Avignon
E - Lion in the Valley
F - The Hopes and Dreams of Libby Quinn
G - Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out
H - A Spindle Splintered
I - Where the Library Hides
J - House of Earth and Blood
K - The Warm Hands of Ghosts
L - Black Tide Son
M - Bitter Medicine
N - Fawkes
O - The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
P - An (Un)Romantic Comedy
Q - Bone Blight
R - Ruthless Vows
S - House of Sky and Breath
T - What If I Never Get Over You: The unforgettable new love story from the Sunday Times bestselling author
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Z - Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
I'm going to try for all 26.A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Progress: 26 / 26 - COMPLETED 11-19-25
A: Ackerman, Sara The Codebreaker's Secret
B: Bonnie Winn Child of Mine
C: Campbell, Jane Interpretations of Lov[book:Women of the Silke|197239524]
D: Dobson, Melanie Catching the Wind
E: Evanovich, Janet Now or Never
F: Foley, Lucy The Midnight Feast
G: Gail Tsukiyama Women of the Silk
H: Hauck, Rachel Meet Me at the Starlight
I: Ishi Robinson Sweetness in the Skin
J: Jolene Navarro Her Holiday Secret
K: Kemerer, Jill Hometown Hero's Redemption
L: Lisa Graff A Tangle of Knots
M: Mary Higgins Clark Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea
N: Nita Prose The Mistletoe Mystery
O: O'Connor, Jane Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris
P: Price, Ruth Missing
Q: Quinn, Kate The Briar Club
R: Roberta Rich The Jazz Club Spy
S: Swain, Heidi The Winter Garden
T: Tan, Sue Lynn Daughter of the Moon Goddess
U: Unger, Lisa The New Couple in 5B
V: Vannetta Chapman Murder Simply Brewed
W: Willig, Lauren Band of Sisters
X: E.X. Ferrars The Other Devil's Name
Y: Yaryura Clark, Andrea On a Night of a Thousand Stars
Z: Zgheib, Yara The Girls at 17 Swann Street
A-Z: Women Authors26/26
A: Alves, Clara - London on My Mind🌱
B: Bartels, Erin - Everything Is Just Beginning🌱
C: Cousens, Sophie - Is She Really Going Out with Him?🌱
D: Daria, Alexis - What the Hex🌱
E: Elston, Ashley - First Lie Wins🌱
F: Forest, Christina - The Partner Plot🌱
G: Grover Swank, Denise - Center Stage🌱
H: Hing Wen, Abigail - Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies🌱
I: Igharo, Jane - Where We End & Begin🌱
J: Jackson, Holly - The Reappearance of Rachel Price🌱
K: Kimber, Joanna - Hide Away: A Golden Peaks Country Club Novel🌱
L: Lauren, Christina - Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating🌱
M: Monaghan, Annabel - Same Time Next Summer🌱
N: Nichole, J. - Freshmen Fifteen
O: Oh, Axie - ASAP🌱
P: Patrick, Denise Lewis - Red Dancing Shoes🌱
Q: Qureshi, Arusa - Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop
R: Rum, Etaf - Mother Country🌱
S: Sittenfeld, Curtis - Romantic Comedy🌱
T: Tintera, Amy - Listen for the Lie🌱
U: Usui, Shio - I Married My Female Friend Vol. 1🌱
V: Vohra, Ambika - The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal🌱
W: Wibberley, Emily - The Breakup Tour🌱
X: Xie, Jenny - Holding Pattern🌱
Y: Yu, Catherine - Helga🌱
Z: Zelevansky, Nora - Competitive Grieving🌱
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