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Full Character Archetypes ListJanuary Protagonist: Big Dumb Hero (view spoiler)
January Antagonist: Monster (view spoiler)
February Protagonist: Love Interest (view spoiler)
February Antagonist: Rival (view spoiler)
March Protagonist: Sidekick (view spoiler)
March Antagonist: Assistant to the Villain (view spoiler)
April Protagonist: Mentor (view spoiler)
April Antagonist: Wicked Stepparent (view spoiler)
May Protagonist: Friendly Creature (view spoiler)
May Antagonist: Mother Nature (view spoiler)
June Protagonist: Strong Female (view spoiler)
June Antagonist: Sociopath (view spoiler)
July Protagonist: Orphan (view spoiler)
July Antagonist: Racist (view spoiler)
August Protagonist: Dynamic Leader (view spoiler)
August Antagonist: Gang-Boss (view spoiler)
September Protagonist: Pollyanna (view spoiler)
September Antagonist: Mad Scientist (view spoiler)
October Protagonist: Anti-hero (view spoiler)
October Antagonist: Tyrant (view spoiler)
November Protagonist: Rebel (view spoiler)
November Antagonist: Crazed-Hunter (view spoiler)
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Full Character Archetypes ListDecember Protagonist: The Chosen One
1. Destiny: Read a book where a preordained destiny is significant to the plot.
2. One and Only: Read a book where a character is labeled a chosen one.
December Antagonist: BBEG
1. End Game: Read the last book of a series. (The most recent book of an unfinished series would also count.)
2. Battle: Read a book where a huge battle is a climactic moment
Powerpoints✅Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - 02.02.2025
✅ Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi - 02.08.2025
✅Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - 02.10.2025
✅Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - 02.20.2025
✅ The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 03.16.2025
⬜ We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
✅ Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - 04.26.2025
✅ To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose - 05.10.2025
✅ Annie Bot by Sierra Greer - 04.24.2025
✅ Witch King by Martha Wells - 05.08.2025
✅ You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo - 06.01.2025
✅ The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan - 06.1.2025
✅ Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - 07.09.2025
⬜ One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
✅ The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong - 07.31.2025
✅ Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman - 08.08.2025
✅ Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman - 09.06.2025
✅ Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 09.07.2025
✅ Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
✅ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
✅ Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill - 11.12.2025
⬜ Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
⬜ Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
2025 Read All the Books 12: Books by the Dozen
Here are a Dozen Good Reasons to RATB: 30
✅ Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - 01.11.2025
✅ Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - 02.02.2025
✅ Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi - 02.08.2025
✅Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - 02.12.2025
✅The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean - 03.05.2025
✅ The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 03.16.2025
✅The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - 03.24.2025
✅How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu - 03.24.2025
✅Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow - 03.25.2025
✅ Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill - 04.05.2025
✅ White Cat by Holly Black - 04.05.2025
✅Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - 04.18.2025
✅A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - 04.25.2025
✅Witch King by Martha Wells - 05.03.2025
✅The City & the City by China Miéville - 05.11.2025
✅Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller - 05.14.2025
✅Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher - 05.16.2025
✅ You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo - 06.01.2025
✅ Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - 06.08.2025
✅Neuromancer by William Gibson - 06.23.2025
✅ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 07.08.2025
✅ Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - 07.09.2025
✅ The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong - 07.31.2025
✅ Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman - 08.08.2025
✅ Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman - 09.06.2025
✅ Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 09.07.2025
✅ Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 10.10.2025
✅ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
✅ Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill - 11.12.2025
✅ Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
Summer Bonus! (June 20 - September 22)Fantasy Settings
Pseudo-Medieval (view spoiler)
Expansive Empire (view spoiler)
Magical City (view spoiler)
Science Fiction Settings
Multi-Cultural Alien Planet (view spoiler)
Intergalactic Empire (view spoiler)
Tech City (view spoiler)
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Read the Month Japanese Editionkugatsu (September)
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
K - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 09.29.2025
U - The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi - 06.26.2025
G - Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss - 09.06.2025
A - Rose/House by Arkady Martine - 09.30.2025
T - Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 09.07.2025
S - E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon - 09.13.2025
U - The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi - 10.26.2025
N - The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber - 11.18.2025
A - Aliza in Nazi-Land: A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife by Elyse Hoffman - 11.15.2025
G - Girls Against God by Jenny Hval - 09.28.2025
A - Angel Down by Daniel Kraus - 10.16.2025
T - The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan - 09.19.2025
S - Shorted by Alex Irvine - 09.13.2025
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K - Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann - 11.06.2026
I - Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls - 09.20.2025
Terry wrote: "Antuna's Story really fits for Multi-Cultural Alien Planet"I've heard good things about the book. I voted for it when it was up for the book of the month for this group!
Read the Month Japanese Edition - jūgatsu (October)Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
jūgatsu
J: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
U: The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi - 10.26.2025
G: Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin - 10.17.2025
A: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus - 10.16.2025
T: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak - 10.18.2025
S: Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 10.10.2025
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K: Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann - 11.06.2026
A: Aliza in Nazi-Land: A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife by Elyse Hoffman - 11.15.2025
M: The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock - 10.03.2025
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N: The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber - 11.18.2025
A: Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
D: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk - 11.01.2025
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2025 Read the Season Japanese Editionaki (Autumn)
September 22, 2025 through December 20, 2025
Aki
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A: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus - 10.16.2025
K: Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann - 11.06.2026
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Holidays:
Shūbun no Hi -Autumnal Equinox (September 22)
S H U B U N N O H I
S: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak - 10.18.2025
H: Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 10.10.2025
U: The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi - 10.26.2025
B: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
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N: The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber - 11.18.2025
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O: Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill - 11.12.2025
H: Aliza in Nazi-Land: A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife by Elyse Hoffman - 11.15.2025
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Supōtsu no Hi - Sports Day (October 13)
S U P O T S U N O H I
S: The Man Who Lost the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon - 11.01.2025
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P: Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo - 11.12.2025
O: The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (Volume 4) by Tricia Bertram Gallant - 11.16.2025
T: Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman - 11.14.2025
S: The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley - 11.04.2025
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Bunka no Hi - Culture Day (November 3)
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Kinrō Kansha no Hi - Labor Thanksgiving Day (November 23)
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Folk HorrorSlewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom - 06.28.2026
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon - 07.17.2021
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen - 04.20.2023
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand - 05.01.2022
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand
Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley
But You Scared Me the Most by John Manderino
Angel of the Underground by David Andreas
Husk by Dave Zeltserman
Scarecrow by Richie Tankersley Cusick
The Equinox by MJ Preston
Witch Wood by John Buchan
The Spirit Wood by Robert Masello
3 Gates of the Dead by Jonathan Ryan
Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard
The Drowning God by James Kendley
The Goat Foot God by Dion Fortune
Books mentioned in this topic
The End: Surviving the Apocalypse (other topics)The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (other topics)
The Fortress of the Pearl (other topics)
Tyll (other topics)
Angel Down (other topics)
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Points: 30/32
Shape Shifting (view spoiler)[
✅ Change: Read a book with a character that changes shape or disguises themself - The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das - 01.15.2025
✅ Copy: Read a book with “shape” or “shift” in the title - The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn - 03.17.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Romantasy (view spoiler)[
✅ Love: Read a book where a romantic relationship is central to the plot - The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica - 02.14.2025
✅Pairing: Read a book with a couple on the cover - The Two Princes of Mpfumo: An Early Eighteenth-Century Journey into and out of Slavery by Lindsay O'Neill - 01.25.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Angels and Devils (view spoiler)[
✅ Ying: Read a book where a character has wings and/or horns - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - 02.12.2025
✅ Yang: Read a book with a black and white cover - White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (hide spoiler)]
Magical Object (view spoiler)[
✅ Powerful: Read a book where a magical object is central to the plot - A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper - 03.21.2025
✅ Thing: Read a book with the word “magic” in the title - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow - 03.25.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Poisoner (view spoiler)[
✅ Sick: Read a book where a poisoning is a significant plot point - Lightfall by Ed Crocker - 01.06.2025
✅ Dangerous: Read a book with something poisonous on the cover The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn - 02.28.2025 (hide spoiler)]
DnD Party (view spoiler)[
✅Characters: Read a book with a rogue, mage, fighter, and/or wizard (classic DnD characters) - Fog & Fireflies by T.H. Lehnen - 01.18.2025
✅Team: Read a book with 4 or more characters on cover or the word “party” in the title - Afterparty by Daryl Gregory - 03.23.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Mythology (view spoiler)[
✅ Story: Read a book with a mythological character or that is considered a retelling of a myth - Mother of Rome by Lauren J.A. Bear 01.02.2025
✅ Alpha-Omega: Read a book with any greek letter on the cover or the word “myth” in the title - Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers - 05.26.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Undead (view spoiler)[
✅ Alive?: Read a book with an undead character or a character that returns from the dead - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark - 01.21.2025
✅ Dead: Read a book the word “dead” or “death” in the title - The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories by Molly Olguín - 03.08.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Bestiary (view spoiler)[
✅ Not a Pet: Read a book with a character that would be considered a beast - Wicked Jenny by Matt Hilton - 01.12.2025
✅ Risky: Read a book with any kind of beast on the cover - Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell - 02.26.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Fantastic Flora (view spoiler)[
✅ Greenery: Read a book where plants can be considered a character (protagonist or antagonist) in the book - Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - 03.29.2-25
✅ Anti-Human: Read a book with plants but no humans on the cover - The Garden by Nick Newman - 02.21.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Magic Powers (view spoiler)[
✅ Sorcerer: Read a book with a character that has any kind of magic- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - 03.18.2025
✅ Magi: Read a book with any kind of magician on the cover - White Cat by Holly Black - 04.05.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Fairy Tales (view spoiler)[
✅Story: Read a book that is a collection of related stories - Salt Slow by Julia Armfield - 03.11.2025
✅ Fae: Read a book with fairies on the cover or “tales” in the title - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 07.08.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Charged Jewelry (view spoiler)[
✅ Jewels: Read a book where a piece of jewelry is important to the plot - The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock - 11.26.2025
✅ Pretty: Read a book with something sparkly on the cover - Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (hide spoiler)]
Powerful Weapon (view spoiler)[
✅ Wow: Read a book with a legendary weapon (A weapon of myth, sung of in songs and spoken of in whispers. Old, powerful, and possessing a name) - Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock - 08.07.2025
✅ Ouch: Read a book with someone injured or dead on the cover - Maggie's Grave by David Sodergren - 07.19.2025 (hide spoiler)]
Chekhov's Gun (view spoiler)[
✅ Foreshadowing: Read a book where an object in the beginning of the book foreshadows something significant that happens at the end of the book - The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley - 11.04.2025
✅ Armory: Read a book with any kind of gun on the cover - The End: Surviving the Apocalypse by Richard Palmer - 12.07.2025 (hide spoiler)]
MacGuffin
1. Treasure: Read a book with a MacGuffin (an object or element in a story that drives the plot, but serves no further purpose).
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