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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1 - December 31
Level: Come What May
Completed: 0/20
1. Valeria Fox, Veiled Vows
2. Rhianna Burwell, Glory
3. Ella Wren, Double Fault
4. Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling
5. Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café
6. Leigh Stevens, Ho! Ho! Hoe!
7. Navessa Allen, Lights Out
8. Helen Brooks, The Baby Secret
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 13/20
1. Inferno by Dante Alighieri 1/20
2. An Irish Hostage by Charles Todd 1/27
3. Turbulent by T.L. Payne 1/30
4. The Forgotten Orphan by Glynis Peters 2/9
5. The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron 2/11
6. The Hostage Bride by Jane Feather 2/14
7. When the Wind Blows by James Patterson - 2/20
8. Irish Eyes by Andrew M. Greeley - 2/27
9. Wicked Movie tie-in : The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture―Now Streaming by Gregory Maguire
10. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
11. Neighbors by Danielle Steel
12. The Defence by Steve Cavanagh
13. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Devil May Care = 20 or more!
(Here's hoping I remember to post this year!🙄)
1. Kate Alice Marshall - What Lies in the Woods - 1/26/25
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1st, 2025 - December 31st, 2025
Level: Come What May = Let's See How Many I Read
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 34
34. B.A. Paris -The Guest - 10/29/2025
33. Craig Terlson -Sayulita Sucker - 10/28/2025
32. Linwood Barclay - The Lie Maker - 10/20/2025
31. Emily McIntire - Hooked - 10/18/2025
30. Mike Krentz - Dead Already: A medical conspiracy thriller - 09/14/2025
29. Kim Michele Richardson - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - 10/06/2025
28. Patricia McCormick - Sold - 06/30/2025
27. Gary Gerlacher - Last Patient of the Night - 09/28/2025
26. Sejal Badani - The Sun's Shadow - 09/26/2025
25. Heather Morris - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - 09/04/2025
24. Steve Cavanagh - Kill for Me, Kill for You - 09/03/2025
23. Karen MacInerney - Fatal Frost - 08/21/2025
22. M.J. May - Goes Unpunished - 07/10/2025
21. Peter Swanson - The Kind Worth Killing - 07/09/2025
20. Justine Larbalestier - My Sister Rosa - 07/06/2025
19. Linda Howard - The Woman Left Behind - 06/09/2025
18. Elana K. Arnold - What Girls Are Made Of - 05/17/2025
17. Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 04/30/2025
16. Shandi Mitchell - The Waiting Hours - 04/21/2025
15. Meg Shaffer - The Lost Story - 04/18/2025
14. Kat Martin - The Conspiracy - 04/10/2025
13. Charles Todd - Wings of Fire - 04/06/2025
12. Daniel Hurst -The Role Model - 03/30/2025
11. Isabel Allende -The Wind Knows My Name- 03/16/2025
10. Charmaine Wilkerson - Black Cake - 03/05/2025
9. Ashley Elston - First Lie Wins - 03/11/2025
8. Rune Christiansen - The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman's Life - 02/09/2025
7. Eoin Dempsey - The Lion's Den - 02/27/2025
6. Nora Ephron - Heartburn - 01/03
5. Ellen Hopkins - Identical - 01/08
4. Kristin Hannah - The Women - 01/12
3. Brenda Davies - The Girl Behind the Gates - 01/15/2025
2. Fannie Flagg - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion - 01/23
1. Kathleen Grissom - Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House - 01/27
New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 30/30
1. R.F. Kuang - Yellowface ★★★★ - 1/5/25
2. Chris Whitaker - All the Colors of the Dark - 1/3/25
3. Marie-Helene Bertino - Beautyland★★★★ - 1/7/25
4. Ann Napolitano - Hello Beautiful - 1/13/25
5. Karen Joy Fowler - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves★★★★★- 1/14/25
6. Victoria E. Schwab - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - 1/29/25
7. Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters - 2/1/25
8. Ruth Ozeki - The Book of Form and Emptiness - 2/11/25
9. Margarita Montimore - Oona Out of Order - 2/2/25
10. Claire Fuller - Swimming Lessons-2/6/25
11. Daniel Mason - North Woods ★★★★ - 2/20/25
12. Cheryl A. Head - Time's Undoing - 2/16/25
13. Tommy Orange - Wandering Stars ★★★★ - 2/19/25
14. Jessica George - Maame - 3/6/25
15. Anne Enright - The Wren, the Wren - 2/28/25
16. Alison Espach - The Wedding People ★★★★ 1/2 - 2/23/25
17. Shauna Robinson - The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster - 2/23/25
18. Sangu Mandanna - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - 3/2/25
19. Ernest Cline - Ready Player One ★★★★ - 2/26/25
20. Kaveh Akbar - Martyr! ★★★★ - 3/5/25
21. Charmaine Wilkerson - Black Cake - 3/12/25
22. Kate Quinn - The Diamond Eye ★★★★- 3/8/25
23. Chanel Miller - Know My Name★★★★★ - 3/24/25
24. Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life - 3/31/25
25. Dolly Alderton - Good Material - 3/29/25
26. Angie Cruz - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ★★★★- 3/30/25
27. Glory Edim - Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me - 4/3/25
28. Rufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money Troubles - 4/2/25
29. Angie Kim - Miracle Creek ★★★★- 4/7/25
30. Katherine Center - Things You Save in a Fire - 4/13/25
New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 66
1. The Exception to the Rule - Christina Lauren 1/04/25
2. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See 1/05/25
3. Merriment and Mayhem - Alexandria Bellefleur 1/09/25
4. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton 1/12/25
5. Worst Wingman Ever - Abby Jimenez 1/16/25
6. Rosie and the Dreamboat - Sally Thorne 1/21/25
7. Drop, Cover, and Hold On - Jasmine Guillory 1/23/25
8. The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware 1/24/25
9. With Any Luck - Ashley Poston 1/27/25
10. The Terminal List - Jack Carr 1/28/25
11. Royal Valentine - Sariah Wilson 1/30/25
12. A Killing Cold - Kate Alice Marshall 2/1/25
13. The Girl Beneath the Sea - Andrew Mayne 2/3/25
14. Uncharted Waters - Sally Hepworth 2/6/25
15. His Happy Place - Zakiya Dalila Harris 2/12/25
16. The Bat - Jo Nesbø 2/13/25
17. Stockholm - Catherine Steadman 2/14/25
18. Good Dirt - Charmaine Wilkerson 2/16/25
19. A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas 2/20/25
20. Catch Her in a Lie - Jess Lourey 3/02/25
21. Shell Game - Rumaan Alam 3/05/25
22. Jade City - Fonda Lee 3/09/25
23. The Silent Watcher - Victor Methos 3/12/25
24. Treasure - Oyinkan Braithwaite 3/18/25
25. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov 3/18/25
26. Slow Burner - Laura Lippman 3/20/25
27. Into the Fall - Tamara L. Miller 03/21/25
28. Buried - Jeffery Deaver 3/25/25
29. Gravewater Lake - A.M. Strong 4/3/25
30. Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros 4/3/25
31. The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon 4/7/25
32. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin 4/22/25
33. Soulbound - Bethany Adams 5/1/25
34. Twelve Secrets - Robert Gold 5/8/25
35. Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler 5/12/25
36. The Ghostwriter - Julie Clark 5/15/25
37. Welcome Home to Murder - Cindy Kline 5/17/25
38. Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy 5/27/25
39. The Vanishing Place - Zoe Rankin 5/29/25
40. The God of the Woods - Liz Moore 6/7/25
41. Final Kill - Kate Bold 6/14/25
42. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick 6/14/25
43. The Great Mann - Kyra Davis Lurie 6/16/25
44. The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff 6/27/25
45. Blood Sisters - Vanessa Lillie 6/30/25
46. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 7/04/25
47. The Hunter's Daughter - Nicola Solvinic 7/14/25
48. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 7/17/25
49. Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall 7/23/25
50. The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 7/25/25
51. Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccarelli 7/30/25
52. The Secret Book Society - Madeline Martin 8/1/25
53. Jake Fox: Ties That Blind - Michael Stockham 8/24/25
54. Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter - Samantha Crewson 9/2/25
55. The Man Made of Smoke - Alex North 9/7/25
56. Daughter of Egypt - Marie Benedict 9/8/25
57. The Amalfi Curse - Sarah Penner 9/22/25
58. Thistlemarsh - Moorea Corrigan 9/23/25
59. Silver Elite - Dani Francis 9/29/25
60. When They Burned the Butterfly - Wen-yi Lee 10/4/25
61. Caller Unknown - Gillian McAllister 10/5/25
62. King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby 10/10/25
63. She Wore Mourning - P.D. Workman 10/15/25
64. Powerless - Lauren Roberts 10/17/25
65. A Flicker in the Dark - Stacy Willingham 10/20/25
66. A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliot 10/29/25
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care- 20 or more!
Read: 26/???
Stepsister- Jennifer Donnelly 1/8
Between the Lines- Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer 1/13
The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy- Rainn Wilson 1/26
The Briar Club- Kate Quinn 2/3
Caution Tape- Molly Doyle 2/12
The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky 3/4
Fourth Wing- Rebecca Yarros 3/13
Daughter of No Worlds- Carissa Broadbent 3/19
The Book of Azrael- Amber V. Nicole 4/22
Five Broken Blades- Mai Corland 4/29
Phantasma- Kaylie Smith 5/5
The Odyssey- Homer 6/1
The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett -Corinne Leigh Cook 6/8
Medusa -Jessie Burton 6/10
Bossypants- Tina Fey 7/3
Lord of the Flies- William Golding 7/11
Blood of Hercules- Jasmins Mas 9/19
Fair Rosaline- Natasha Solomons 9/25
Lady Macbeth- Ava Reid 10/05
If We Were Villains- M.L. Rio 10/12
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee 10/17
This Girl's a Killer- Emma C. Wells 10/30
Dracula- Bram Stoker 11/7
Iron Widow- Xiran Jay Zhao 11/10
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- Washington Irving 11/14
The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger 11/15
FinishedNew 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Read: 99/99
1. Stacy Willingham
2. Grace Helena Walz
3. Caleb Crowe
4. Ande Pliego ★
5. Hannah Orenstein
6. Minu Cash
7. Natali Simmonds
8. Ruby Speechley
9. Linda Lael Miller
10. Daniel Kenitz ★
11. Jack Dane ★
12. Matt Goldman ★★
13. Megan Freeman
14. Victoria Jenkins ★
15. Joanne Ryan
16. Hayley Gelfuso
17. Tracey Lange ★★★★★
18. Alison Stockham
19. Steve Cavanagh
20. Brit Bennett ★★★★★
21. John Marrs ★★★★★
22. Celeste Ng
23. Layne Fargo
24. Alan Gratz
25. Amy Tintera ★★★★★
26. H.D. Carlton ★★★★★
27. Tova Mirvis
28. Jen Malone
29. Rebecca Serle
30. Lisa Unger
31. Sarah J. Maas ★★★★
32. Seraphina Nova Glass ★★★★
33. Daisy Pearce
34. Emily Henry ★★★★★
35. Charmaine Wilkerson
36. Noelle W. Ihli
37. Gabrielle Zevin
38. Iliana Xander ★★★★★
39. Callie Kazumi ★★★★
40. Kristen Proby
41. Greer Hendricks
42. L.M. Allen
43. Ransom Riggs
44. J.T. Geissinger ★★★★★
45. Holly Madison
46. Caroline B. Cooney
47. Allison Gunn ★★★★
48. Rebecca Makkai
49. S.J. King]★★★★★
50. Breanne Randall
51. Ashley Whitaker
52. Jen Glantz
53. Shari Lapena ★★★★
54. Kathryn Croft
55. Kate Quinn
56. Laura Steven
57. David R. Smith
58. Christy McKellen
59. Gail Honeyman
60. Amy Daws ★★★★★
61. Hannah Deitch
62. Liz Alterman
63. John Irving
64. Katharine Leppard
65. Julia Bartz
66. Jessica Huntley ★★★★★
67. Aisha Saeed
68. Carley Fortune
69. Khaled Hosseini
70. Dolen Perkins-Valdez
71. Andy Corren
72. Lionel Shriver ★★★★★
73. Samantha Hayes ★★★★★
74. James Frey -FRAUD
75. Saskia Sarginson
76. Sarah Dessen
77. Jennifer Hartmann
78. A.J. Campbell
79. Julia Roberts
80. Meagan Brandy ★★★★★
81. Roseanna Rolph
82. Sheryl Browne
83. Jenny Blackhurst
84. Chloe Walsh
85. Jenny O'Brien
86. Veronica Roth
87. Nancy Grace
88. Stassi Schroeder
89. Miranda Smith
90. Lizzy Barber
91. S.T. Abby ★★★★★
92. Lissa Lovik
93. Kimberly Belle ★★★★★
94. Marisa Kanter
95. Zoraida Córdova
96. Angourie Rice
97. Brandi Reeds
98. Nita ProseCarl Hiaasen
99. Carl Hiaasen |
Starting with 20 but hopefully I can do more than that. 1 T.D. Cloud
2 Tim Low
3 A.A. Fairview
4 Amy Crook
5 Lyn Gala
6 Amy Padilla
7 Ayesha Singh
8 A E Wasp
9 Kate Hawthorne
10 Allie Brahms
11 Barbara Webb
12 Layla Moran
13 Amy Padilla
14 Arturo Pérez-Reverte
15 Lulu Miller
16 Ransom Riggs
17 Jen Storm
18 Sabrina Imbler
New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Come What May
Reading progress: 4 books
1. Sierra Greer - author of Annie Bot
2. Catherine Steadman - author of The Family Game
3. John Marrs - author of The Good Samaritan
4. Will Dean - author of The Last One
FinishedNew 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Read: 99/99
1. Stacy Willingham
2. Grace Helena Walz
3. Caleb Crowe
4. Ande Pliego ★
5. Hannah Orenstein
6. Minu Cash
7. Natali Simmonds
8. Ruby Speechley
9. Linda Lael Miller
10. Daniel Kenitz ★
11. Jack Dane ★
12. Matt Goldman ★★
13. Megan Freeman
14. Victoria Jenkins ★
15. Joanne Ryan
16. Hayley Gelfuso
17. Tracey Lange ★★★★★
18. Alison Stockham
19. Steve Cavanagh
20. Brit Bennett ★★★★★
21. John Marrs ★★★★★
22. Celeste Ng
23. Layne Fargo
24. Alan Gratz
25. Amy Tintera ★★★★★
26. H.D. Carlton ★★★★★
27. Tova Mirvis
28. Jen Malone
29. Rebecca Serle
30. Lisa Unger
31. Sarah J. Maas ★★★★
32. Seraphina Nova Glass ★★★★
33. Daisy Pearce
34. Emily Henry ★★★★★
35. Charmaine Wilkerson
36. Noelle W. Ihli
37. Gabrielle Zevin
38. Iliana Xander ★★★★★
39. Callie Kazumi ★★★★
40. Kristen Proby
41. Greer Hendricks
42. L.M. Allen
43. Ransom Riggs
44. J.T. Geissinger ★★★★★
45. Holly Madison
46. Caroline B. Cooney
47. Allison Gunn ★★★★
48. Rebecca Makkai
49. S.J. King]★★★★★
50. Breanne Randall
51. Ashley Whitaker
52. Jen Glantz
53. Shari Lapena ★★★★
54. Kathryn Croft
55. Kate Quinn
56. Laura Steven
57. David R. Smith
58. Christy McKellen
59. Gail Honeyman
60. Amy Daws ★★★★★
61. Hannah Deitch
62. Liz Alterman
63. John Irving
64. Katharine Leppard
65. Julia Bartz
66. Jessica Huntley ★★★★★
67. Aisha Saeed
68. Carley Fortune
69. Khaled Hosseini
70. Dolen Perkins-Valdez
71. Andy Corren
72. Lionel Shriver ★★★★★
73. Samantha Hayes ★★★★★
74. James Frey -FRAUD
75. Saskia Sarginson
76. Sarah Dessen
77. Jennifer Hartmann
78. A.J. Campbell
79. Julia Roberts
80. Meagan Brandy ★★★★★
81. Roseanna Rolph
82. Sheryl Browne
83. Jenny Blackhurst
84. Chloe Walsh
85. Jenny O'Brien
86. Veronica Roth
87. Nancy Grace
88. Stassi Schroeder
89. Miranda Smith
90. Lizzy Barber
91. S.T. Abby ★★★★★
92. Lissa Lovik
93. Kimberly Belle ★★★★★
94. Marisa Kanter
95. Zoraida Córdova
96. Angourie Rice
97. Brandi Reeds
98. Nita ProseCarl Hiaasen
99. Carl Hiaasen |
Round 1 finished and found some great authors with books I loved. 5 out of 20 is a great ratio and the rest were not bad either. 🥰
John Carlin
Mark Seal
Uzma Jalaluddin
Mary Ann Shaffer
Patrick Radden Keefe
New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Option: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 16/20
// Round 1
1. Jennette McCurdy - I’m Glad My Mom Died (Jan 2, 2025) ★★★★
2. Jacqueline Harpman - I Who Have Never Known Men (Jan 12, 2025) ★★★★★
3. Philip K. Dick - The Man in the High Castle (Jan 20, 2025) ★★
4. Jean Racine - Phèdre (Jan 25, 2025) ★★★
5. Andrea Levy - Small Island (Feb 2, 2025) ★★★★
6. Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These (Feb 8, 2025) ★★★★
7. Julia Zarankin - Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir (Feb 8, 2025) ★★★
8. Hervé Le Tellier - The Anomaly (Feb 22, 2025) ★★★
9. Caleb Azumah Nelson - Open Water (Feb 27, 2025) ★★★★
10. K. Ancrum - The Wicker King (Mar 15, 2025) ★★★★
11. Tana French - In the Woods (Apr 6, 2025) ★★★★★
12. Stephen Graham Jones - The Only Good Indians (Apr 21, 2025) ★★★
13. Amparo Dávila - The Houseguest and Other Stories (Apr 25, 2025) ★★★★
14. Virginia Feito - Victorian Psycho (Apr 26, 2025) ★★★★
15. Dara McAnulty - Diary of a Young Naturalist (May 2, 2025) ★★★★
16. Jennifer Finney Boylan - Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us (May 9, 2025) ★★★
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 20/20
1. Holly Bodger: 5 to 1
2. Andrea Bartz: The Herd ♡
3. Sarah Wishart: Four Good Liars
4. Cherie Dimaline: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
5. Marisa Mills: The Source of Magic ♡
6. Kennedy Ryan: This Could Be Us ♡
7. Amanda Woody: Exes & Foes
8. J.T. Ellison: A Very Bad Thing
9. S.T. Abby: The Risk
10. Amelia Diane Coombs: Drop Dead Sisters
11. Uzma Jalaluddin: Hana Khan Carries On ♡
12. T. Atkins: Thrifted Hearts: A Romantic Comedy
13. Yulin Kuang: How to End a Love Story
14. Kate Callaghan: The Situation Ship ♡
15. Hannah Grace: Icebreaker
16. Kristin Offiler: The Housewarming ♡
17. Hazel Caraway: Hexes & Hush Money: Paranormal Cozy Mystery
18. Christina Li: The Manor of Dreams ♡
19. Laurie Gilmore: The Pumpkin Spice Café ♡
20. Robin Alvarez: Paramour
21. Bex Deveau: Bite Marks
22. Avina St. Graves: Death's Obsession
First 100 of the year done (post 5), see if I can manage another batch!1. Joanna Russ - The Female Man
2. Marc-Uwe Kling - QualityLand
3. Steve Hudgins - Blood Tingling Tales Vol. 1
4. Eleanor Catton - The Luminaries
5. Andrea Levy - Small Island
6. Alexandra Walsh - The Secrets of Crestwell Hall
7. Zoulfa Katouh - As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
8. Crystal Daniels - Undaunted
9. Lindsay Cross - Redemption River
10. Henry Russell - Around the World in 80 Novels: A global journey inspired by writers from every continent
11. Dot Hutchison - The Butterfly Garden
12. Sarah Ward - In Bitter Chill
13. Nancy Springer - The Case of the Missing Marquess
14. John Crowley - Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament
15. C.J. Archer - The Librarian of Crooked Lane
16. Zhang Ling - A Single Swallow
17. Brooke Blaine - Forbidden Mafia Prince
18. R.R. Haywood - Fiction Land
19. D.J. Donaldson - No Mardi Gras for the Dead
20. Michael Ball - The Empire
21. Sylvia Barbara Soberton - Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
22. Sandra Newman - Julia
23. Helen Callaghan - Everything Is Lies
24. Dandy Smith - One Small Mistake
25. Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur
26. Charles Freeman - Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
27. Sylvain Neuvel - Sleeping Giants
28. Leonie Mack - A Match Made in Venice
29. Monica Ali - Brick Lane
30. Judith Viorst - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
31. Eiji Yoshikawa - Musashi
32. John Cleese - So, Anyway...
33. Laline Paull - The Bees
34. David Remnick - Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
35. Rachel Griffiths - Summer at The Cosy Cottage Cafe
36. Rob McNeill - The Innocent and the Dead: a DI Jack Knox Murder Mystery
37. Valérie Perrin - Fresh Water for Flowers
38. James A. Hunter - Wasteland Warlords 1: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG Adventure
39. Anne Buist - Two Steps Forward
40. Karina Yan Glaser - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
41. Christianna Brand - Heads You Lose
42. Lee Bacon - Interview with the Robot
43. Antoine Laurain - The Red Notebook
44. Raymond Blake - Breakfast in Burgundy: A Hungry Irishman in the Belly of France
45. Emily Organ - Murder in the Air
46. Mark Helprin - Paris in the Present Tense
47. Katie Fforde - Recipe for Love
48. Shylashri Shankar - Blood Caste
49. Honey Phillips - Cupcakes for My Orc Enemy
50. Mary Elizabeth Braddon - The Christmas Hirelings
51. Phil Boissiere - Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning
52. Jhumpa Lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies
53. Sharon M. Kennedy - The SideRoad Kids - Book 1: Growing Up in the U.P.
54. Vespucci - Crime Scenes
55. A.J. Pine - I Love You Like It's 1999
56. Jonathan Papernick - The Ascent of Eli Israel and Other Stories
57. Caroline Overington - Say No More
58. Ruskin Bond - No Man Is an Island: Stories of Friendship and Bonding
59. Robert Goldsborough - Murder in E Minor
60. Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April
61. Nnedi Okorafor - Death of the Author
62. Caitlin PenzeyMoog - On Spice: Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness
63. R.A. Dick - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
64. Eric Newby - A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
65. Sedona Ashe - Better-Off Bunny
66. Janice Cole Hopkins - Building Something Beautiful: Affection and Determination - Their Wild West Win
67. Derek Owusu - That Reminds Me
68. Confucius - The Analects
69. David Baldacci - A Calamity of Souls
70. Amy Harper - ADHD Brains Don't Come In One Size: A Realistic Guide to Understanding Adult ADHD and Finding What Works for You
71. Chené Lawson - All Things Undone
72. Edmund Stone - Soul Mirror
💖73. Alfred Lansing - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 💖
74. Mark Frutkin - Walking Backwards: Grand Tours, Minor Visitations, Miraculous Journeys, and a Few Good Meals
75. Malka Ann Older - The Mimicking of Known Successes
76. Denise Alvarado - Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints: A Guide to Magical New Orleans
77. Tamora Pierce - Wild Magic
78. Andrew Hunter Murray - The Last Day
79. Niall Breslin - The Madman's Hotel
80. William C. Davis - The Civil War Chronicle
81. Ann Cleeves - A Prey To Murder
82. Skyler Ramirez - Rogue Agent
83. Yuka Tachibana - The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent (Light Novel) Vol. 3
84. Ben H. Winters - Self Help
85. Anni Holliday - Windows
86. History Nerds - The History of the United Kingdom
87. Pierre Boulle - Planet of the Apes
88. Irina Shapiro - The Inheritance
89. Sarah Hagger-Holt - Nothing Ever Happens Here
90. Jenny Blackhurst - The Summer Girl
91. Black Hawk - The Autobiography of Black Hawk
92. Xueting C. Ni - Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction
93. James M. Cain - The Postman Always Rings Twice
94. Alison Sherlock - The Village of Happy Ever Afters
95. Ava Ross - Candy for My Orc Boss
96. John Mankiewicz - The Big Fix
97. Travis Beacham - Impact Winter
98. Cara Bastone - Sweet Talk
💖99. Neil Patrick Harris - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography💖
100. Olivia Ford - Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
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by Emily Itami106.
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by Holly Smale112.
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And second 100 done! (post 68) Not sure I'll manage another 100 this year, but gonna give it a whirl 😁1. G.J. Ogden - Guardian Outcast
2. Ariana Franklin - Mistress of the Art of Death
3. Harlan Coben - Missing You
💖4. Robert M. Sapolsky - A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons 💖
5. Adeline Knight - Lonely Hearts Radio
6. Dalai Lama XIV - The Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
7. Kit Barrie - X Marks the Spot
8. Christa Nardi - Murder and a Wedding
9. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi - The Book of Rumi: 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight, and Inform
10. Erling Kagge - Walking: One Step at a Time
11. Ben Rehder - The Driving Lesson
12. Yamamoto Tsunetomo - Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
13. Angela Sylvaine - The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls
14. Josh Malerman - Bird Box
15. Gareth Brown - The Book of Doors
16. Andrea Mara - Someone in the Attic
17. Jeneva Rose - The Perfect Marriage
18. Laurie L. Dove - Mask of the Deer Woman
19. Paul Tremblay - The Cabin at the End of the World
20. Rebekah A. Morris - Jim Wood: Woodbreak, Book 1
21. Veronica G. Henry - Bacchanal
22. Tanisha Stewart - Wish I Never Met Her: The Dating App Horrors Series - Book III
23. King Oblivion - The Supervillain Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide to Destruction and Mayhem
24. Naty H.E.A.L.S. - The Blessing of Somatic Therapy Techniques: A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to Release Trauma, Reveal Peace & Rewire Mind-Body Connections
25. Tina Wells - Mackenzie Blue
26. Ed West - 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
27. Ashli St. Armant - Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball
28. Kumanano - Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Light Novel) Vol. 1
29. Rebecca Humphries - Becoming Meg Dashwood
30. Jane Harvey - The Landlord of Hummingbird House
31. Eve Kellman - How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways
32. Derek Landy - Bedlam
33. Michael Jecks - The Chapel of Bones
34. Ryan Rimmel - The Mayor of Noobtown
35. C. Rysa Walker - A Murder in Helvetica Bold
36. Jacqueline Simpson - The Folklore of Discworld
37. Kylie Scott - So My Ex-Boyfriend is a Serial Killer
38. Lexi Blake - Unconditional
39. Isobel Starling - The Demons of Wychwood
40. Maria Ian - The Unbreakable, Emotional You, Six Proven Keys to De-Stress Beyond Burnout
41. Liz Isaacson - Brush Creek Cowboy
42. Irina Ember - Bad Agency: The Residue of Trauma
43. Virginia Ironside - No! I Don't Need Reading Glasses!
44. Eowyn Ivey - To The Bright Edge of the World
45. David Attenborough - Life on Earth
46. Jon Ronson - The Debutante
47. Dawn French - French & Saunders Titting About
48. Nora Ephron - Heartburn
49. Carrie Ann Ryan - Moments for You
50. Christine Pratt - The Practical Guide to Parenting Autistic Children: Effective Strategies for ASD Behavior Management, Social Communication, and Sensory Processing to Support Your Child’s Success on the Spectrum
51. L.C. Marino - Banish the Dead
52. Richard Ayoade - Future Tense
💖53. John Nichol - The Unknown Warrior: The Extraordinary Story of the Nation's Hero Buried in Westminster Abbey 💖
54. Ronan Farrow - Not a Very Good Murderer
55. Craig Schaefer - The White Gold Score
56. D.D. Black - The Darkness at Deception Pass
57. Jon Athan - Do Not Disturb
58. J.D. Glasscock - The Bones of our Fathers
59. David C. Downing - The Most Reluctant Convert: C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith
60. David Moody - Autumn: The London Trilogy - The Complete Post-Apocalyptic Epic
61. Tim Miller - Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One
62. Shelley Adina - Acorn: A short steampunk adventure
63. William G. Tapply - Upland Autumn: Birds, Dogs, and Shotgun Shells
64. Kevin Wilson - Nothing to See Here
65. Samuel R. Delany - Babel-17
66. Caroline Mitchell - The Midnight Man
67. Matt Richards - Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury
68. E.J. Russell - The Hound of the Burgervilles
69. Susan K. Marlow - Andrea Carter and More Tales from the Circle C Ranch
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Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Come What May
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1. The Calculation of You and Me- Serena Kaylor
2. The Lost Story- Meg Shaffer
3. Dashed- Amanda Quain
4. Bitter Truth- Meredith Wild
5. The Empty Place- Olivia A. Cole
6. This Fatal Kiss- Alicia Jasinska
7. I Think They Love You- Julian Winters
8. Book of the Month- Jennifer Probst
9. Twinfinity- Chris Podhola
10. And the Sky Bled- S. Hati
11. The Dangerous Ones- Lauren Blackwood
12. Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet- Molly Morris
13. If I Stopped Loving You- Colby Wilkens
14. Bittersweet in the Hollow- Kate Pearsall
15. Mapping the Interior- Stephen Graham Jones
16. Sovereign- AJ Whitney
17. The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway- Melanie Hooyenga
18. They Thought They Buried Us- NoNieqa Ramos
19. The Wild Robot- Peter Brown
20. The Antidote- Karen Russell
21. Inferno's Heir- Tiffany Wang
22. A Simple Favor- Darcey Bell
23. The Luckiest Girl Alive- Jessica Knoll
24: Switched- Amanda Hocking
25: The Catastrophic History of You and Me- Jess Rothenberg
26: North of Beautiful- Justina Chen
27: Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals- Karen Dawn
28: Out of Air- Rachel Reiss
29: The Dagger and the Flame- Catherine Doyle
30: A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896- Susan Campbell Bartoletti
31: The Perfect Couple (Nantucket, #3)- Elin Hilderbrand
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