ABC Quarter 3: Passionate Readers Seek Truths Unveiling Stories

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Quarter 3: Passionate Readers Seek Truths Unveiling Stories
July 1 - September 30, 2025

With 26 diverse tasks to complete, one for each letter of the alphabet, you'll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of genres and perspectives. Let your curiosity be your guide as you set sail on this exciting expedition through the world of books!

Challenge Rules:
📚 Standard Challenge Rules are SUSPENDED for this challenge.
This means you have more flexibility in choosing books to fulfill the prompts, including shorter page counts, graphic novels, etc. HOWEVER, be aware that if you use a book in this challenge that doesn't meet the Standard Challenge Rules, you won't be able to use that same book for other group challenges that do require adherence to the Standard Challenge Rules.
🔖 Each book can only be used ONCE within this challenge, even if it fits multiple prompts.
🎨 You are encouraged to interpret the prompts creatively, but your interpretation should be reasonable and justifiable.
📖 There are no restrictions on book format (e-book, audiobook, physical book). For example, for the task "Audiobook narrated by the author", you don't have to listen to the audiobook for the book to qualify, it just needs to be a book whose author narrated the audiobook edition.
🗓️ You may complete the prompts in any order within each quarter.

Optional Challenge Booster:
🔤 Alliterative Adventure: For an extra challenge, try to complete each task using a book whose title begins with the same letter as the task. For example:
• "Adventure novel set in an unexplored land," read Amazon Adventure
• "Biography of a famous explorer or pioneer," read Barrow's Boys
• "Classic novel published before 1900," read Crime and Punishment
This is entirely optional and can be applied to as many or as few prompts as you like!

Tasks:

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

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[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Quarter 3


🔤 = Bonus Alliterative Option
✅ = Completed

Book: | Read: | Justification:

Anthology of short stories

✅ Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story) | Book: A Thousand Splendid Suns | Read:9-Jul-2025 | Justification: Both Mariam and Laila go through major coming-of-age arcs in a brutal world.

Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel

✅ Dual timeline historical fiction | Book: The Thirteenth Tale | Read: 28-Jul-2025 | Justification: Exactly that.

Eco-thriller or environmental mystery

✅ Folklore or mythology Book: A Curse Dark as Gold | Read: 12-Aug-2025 | Justification: A Rumpelstiltskin retelling set in an industrial-revolution-era wool mill, leans into a fairy-tale atmosphere while weaving in elements of English rural folklore and superstition.

Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel

✅ Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity) | Book: My Friends | Read:23-Jul-2025 | Justification: Without spoilers, it fits!

Literary magazine (read an entire issue)

✅ Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic) | Book: Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection | Read: 7-Jul-2025 | Justification: A focus on Tuberculosis

Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas

✅ Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story | Book: Fable for the End of the World | Read: 1-Jul-2025 | Justification: There is a canonically queer central relationship, and it’s emotionally foundational to the plot.

✅ Retellings of myths or legends | Book: The Crane Husband | Read:8-Jul-2025 | Justification: Novella inspired by the Japanese tale "The Crane Wife"

Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario

✅ Translated work from a language you don't speak/read | 🔤 Book: The Odyssey | Read: 31-Jul-2025 | Justification: Translated from Ancient Greek!

✅ Urban fiction or street lit novel | 🔤 Book: Ulysses | Read: 30-Jul-2025 | Justification: A quintessential example of an early literary exploration of urban life. Set in Dublin and focused almost entirely on the city’s streets, neighborhoods, and inhabitants, the novel dives deep into the psychological, cultural, and physical landscape of a single day in the life of its characters. Joyce’s intense attention to class, identity, inner struggle, and the rhythms of city life align with the spirit of the genre, even if his style is experimental and literary. It’s urban fiction before the term existed.

✅ Vignette collection or interconnected short stories Book: What You Are Looking For Is in the Library | Read: 7-Aug-2025 | Justification: It’s structured as five distinct but connected character stories, each focusing on a different person who visits the library and meets the same librarian. The characters don’t all directly interact with one another, but the stories are linked thematically and through the recurring librarian figure.

✅ Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before | Book: The Berry Pickers | Read: 2-Jul-2025 | Justification: Unexplored literary awards for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2024), OLA Evergreen Award Nominee (2024), Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee for Finalist (2023), Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2023)

Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths



Notes to self on possible books:
A - After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
C - California by Edan Lepucki
D - The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles (HOB Formal Buddy Read - July)
E - Eye of the Whale by Douglas Carlton Abrams
F - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
G - Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
H - Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (Urban Fantasy + Supernatural Thriller + Dark Academia)
I - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
J - Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
K - ..?
L -
N - Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (will also work for Popsugar Task, GR rating under 3 stars: 2.64; and available on Kindle Unlimited)
O - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
P - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (HOB Formal Buddy Read - August)
S - The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith (What if society advanced technologically, but regressed socially—returning to historical systems of control, class, and power? It’s an alt-history-in-reverse with dragons and media satire.)
T -
V -
W - White Teeth by Zadie Smith (James Tait Black Memorial Prize)
X -
Y -
Z -

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Signing In:
A-
B- Fathers and Sons
--The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
The Toy Car (Available August 1st)
Biggest Fake in the Universe (Available August 1)

C-
D-
E-
F-
G-
H-
I-
J-
K-Remembrance of Things Past, Volume I: Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove
L-
M-
N-
O-
P-
Q-
R-
S- Antyesti for a dead Ganesa: The acclaimed science fiction novella of a future Bombay by India's visionary author
--City in Chains
T-
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

[Claire]

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[❡MaRisa]

my spot

[Jessica]

Quarter 3: Passionate Readers Seek Truths Unveiling Stories
July 1 - September 30, 2025

Anthology of short stories
✅ Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Jasper Jones 19-August ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction Dust Child
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
✅ Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand by Matt Gutman 1-July ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ Novella published as a standalone book
A Room of One’s Own 15-July ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
✅ Retellings of myths or legends
God Of Death 20-Aug ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
✅ Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan
✅ Urban fiction or street lit novel Junk 8-July ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ Vignette collection or interconnected short stories The Joy Luck Club
✅ Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Into the River 4-Aug ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
✅ Young adult fantasy with unique world-building Three Dark Crowns
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Anastasia]

Quarter 3: Passionate Readers Seek Truths Unveiling Stories
July 1 - September 30, 2025

🔤 = Bonus Alliterative Option
✅ = Completed

Book: | Read: | Justification:

✅Anthology of short stories
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King Read 03/09/2025 3 stars
✅Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Read 07/07/2025 5 stars
✅Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Lyrebird by Jane Caro read 04/07/2025 features climate change problems
✅Dual timeline historical fiction
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman Read 10/07/2025 MPG Historical fiction initially Maria Owens timeline then Faith's timeline
✅Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths Read 05/07/2025 Mystery set in Saltmarshes and archaeological findings important
✅Folklore or mythology
Stone Cold Dead by Alex Smith Read 02/07/2025 Stones are part of folklore and are supposed to have powers
🔤Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros read 21/08/2025 5 stars Dragons part of mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
✅Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly Tead06/07/2025
How it fits: Science fiction thriller and military fiction
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
✅Journey-inspired novel
The Kidnapped Bride by Steve Higgs Read 10/07/2025 How it fits: Takes place on large cruise ship
🔤Jaw Breaker by Alex Smith Read 21/08/2025 5 stars Travel to team building retreat
✅Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Impostor by L.J. Ross Read 15/07/2025 Alexander Gregory's growth to maturity
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
✅Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
You Called an Ambulance for What? by Tim Booth Read 12/07/2025 Non fiction book focussing on unnecessary ambulance callouts
🔤Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer Read 04/08/2025 5 stars
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
✅Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
The Ninth Grave by Stefan Ahnhem Explores organ harvesting Read 10/08/2025 4 stars
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
✅Retellings of myths or legends
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters Read 02/09/2025 How it fits: retelling of Egyptian legend
✅Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris Read 12/07/2025 Features alternate history with powerful russian royal family
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
🔤The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Read 23/08/2025 translated from French
✅Urban fiction or street lit novel
Dying Breath by J.A. Konrath Read 20/07/2025 5 stars
🔤Uncaged by John Sandford Read 11/08/2025 5 stars
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
✅Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
🔤We Solve Murders by Richard Osman read 16/07/2025 5 stars How it sits: Libby Award for Best Mystery 2025
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Read 02/08/2025 5 stars How it fits: winner Washington State Book Award (1981)
✅Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Wings Above The Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield Read 11/07/2025 How it fits: Elizabeth Nettlefield and her father care for the victim in their home and also welcome Bony and others that help
✅Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien Read 09/08/2025 3 stars
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Sammy]

I really don't need more challenges! it already takes me over an hour to update everything when I finish a book! 🤪


Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario


A The Adventures of Brother Cadfael: A Collection of Chronicles
B Solomon's Song - coming of age of Tommo's daughter in the first half, and her son in the second
C
D The Secrets of Crestwell Hall - set in the 1600s and modern day
E All Better Now - The virus is considered to be nature waging war on humans
F Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament
G
H Spellbreaker - Historical fantasy
I
J Musashi - MC goes on a literal and figurative journey
K The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
L
M
N
O
P The Passengers - lots of philosophy dressed up as a sci-fi thriller.
Q Anxious People - contains a love story between Ro and Julia
R Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
S
T A Single Swallow - never did get around to learning Chinese...
U The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes - Takes place all over Dublin. The city is itself as much a character as the people are
V Russka - series of stories following the same 4 families of a single town which comes together as a grand history of Russia (and Ukraine)
W The Luminaries (Ockham New Zealand Book Awards)
X Small Island - One of the MCs is an English woman who opens her home to Jamaican lodgers
Y The Battle of the Labyrinth
Z Children of Ruin

[Teddie]

Quarter 3: Passionate Readers Seek Truths Unveiling Stories
July 1 - September 30, 2025

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction | The Tenth Gift | dual timeline for MCs | 7.11.25
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology Hammered | various myths | 8.27.25
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western) | The Tainted Cup | fantasy mystery mpg | 8.5.25
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction | Gemina | illustrations throughout the novel | 8.14.25
Journey-inspired novel | There Are Rivers in the Sky | journey of a raindrop | 7.31.25
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity) | Zoli | about poet Zoli's growth | 7.7.25
Literary magazine (read an entire issue) | The Paris Review | Summer 2025 |
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas | How Do You Live? | philosophical musings abound | 8.3.25
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends | The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy | retellings of celtic and arthurian myth | 7.29.25
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read | My Friends | swedish | 7.14.25
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories | Trust | 4 unique and separate sections illuminating MCs | 8.11.25
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Odyssey Award | 8.10.25
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building | The Sword of Kaigen | YA fantasy in magical world | 7.23.25
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Lisa]

I'm joining!

Quarter 3

🔤 = Bonus Alliterative Option
✅ = Completed

Book: | Read: | Justification:

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[bamaace83]

Quarter 3: Passionate Readers Seek Truths Unveiling Stories
July 1 - September 30, 2025

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Tasks:

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[C]

Completed: 14/26

✅Anthology of short stories
Wild Fae Primrose
✅Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Captains Courageous
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
✅Dual timeline historical fiction
The Golden Gate
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
✅Folklore or mythology
Wolf Cure
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
✅Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Serial Killer Games
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
✅Journey-inspired novel
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic
✅Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
The Mechanical Masquerade
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
✅Novella published as a standalone book
Of Mice and Men
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
✅Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
The Mermaid Mystery
✅Retellings of myths or legends
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
✅Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
The Time Machine
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
✅Urban fiction or street lit novel
The Maid's Secret
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
✅Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
✅Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Icing on the Case
✅Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
No One Leaves the Castle
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Jenny]

✅Anthology of short stories

✅Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
✅Dual timeline historical fiction
Good Dirt
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
✅Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
The Mars House
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
✅Journey-inspired novel
The Odyssey
✅Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
✅Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Infidel
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
✅Retellings of myths or legends

Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
✅Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
My Friends
✅Urban fiction or street lit novel
The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
✅Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Wizard of the Crow
✅Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
The Wandering Inn: Volume 3
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), Bibliotherapist]

Spot!

[Angie ☯]

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Bernadette]

Completed: 13/26

A - Anthology of short stories
✔️B - Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story) - Beneath a Scarlet Sky- Pino comes of age under extraordinary circumstances during WW II in Italy
C - Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
✔️D - Dual timeline historical fiction - The Shadow Sister - current time and history of 100 years earlier
E - Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
✔️F - Folklore or mythology - The Bear and the Nightingale - MPG Mythology
G - Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
✔️H - Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western) - The Bird Hotel - magical realism & travel
I - Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
✔️J - Journey-inspired novel - Chesapeake/James A. Michener - many journeys through a growing section of the growing US
✔️K - Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity) My Friends
L - Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
✔️M - Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic) - Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era - story of Capote's Swans
N - Novella published as a standalone book
✔️O - Oral history or collection of interviews - The Testaments - explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead
P - Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
✔️Q - Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story - Under the Same Stars - MPQ of LGBTQ and Romance
R - Retellings of myths or legends
S - Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
✔️T - Translated work from a language you don't speak/read - The Memory Police - translated from Japanese
✔️U - Urban fiction or street lit novel - The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf - MPG Urban Fantasy
V - Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
✔️W - Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before - The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Aspen Words Literary Prize
X - Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
✔️Y - Young adult fantasy with unique world-building - A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World - Fletcher imagines a world that has faded into near silence, with only a few thousand people left scattered across the globe
Z - Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Maria]

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Lexi]

Tasks (17/26):

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story) - The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert-7/9
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel - The Trials of Koli-8/31
Dual timeline historical fiction The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years-7/14-1930s and present day
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery - The Moonday Letters - 7/29
Folklore or mythology - The Ghost Rider - 7/16- based on folklore
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western) - Empire of Shadows - 7/7 - historical fantasy
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel - River Sing Me Home - 7/15- journey to find children
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity) - My Friends - even calls him The Artist - 7/26
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book - Finding Echoes-8/18
Oral history or collection of interviews - The Color of Water -8/31- interviews with his mother
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas - Palace of the Peacock-8/16
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story - The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses - 8/21 - FF
Retellings of myths or legends - The Devils' Dance-8/11
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read - Chaka - 8/16- written in Sesotho
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories - Girl, Woman, Other - 7/26-
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before - Prix Femina Étranger - An Unnecessary Woman - 7/26
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building - Book of a Thousand Days - 7/10- based on Mongolia
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths - Road Out of Winter

[Catherine]

Alliterative Adventure:

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)

by Fredrik Backman
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction

Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
by Maria Reva
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
[Historical fiction Romance
[bookcover:The Trees|58186254]by Percival Everett- Literary/Historical Fiction, Mystery/Thriller
by Hayley Gelfuso- Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Magical Realism
by Kelley Armstrong- Contemporary Fiction, Romance Mystery Thriller
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel

Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)

Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews

Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story

Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel

Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
- Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (2022)
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)

Young adult fantasy with unique world-building

Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths

[Jess]

Tasks:

Anthology of short stories
Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
Climate fiction (cli-fi) novel
Dual timeline historical fiction
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel by Kiran Desai 25/07
Eco-thriller or environmental mystery
Folklore or mythology
Graphic memoir or autobiographical comic
Hybrid genre book (e.g., historical fantasy, sci-fi western)
Illustrated novel or heavily illustrated fiction
Journey-inspired novel
Künstlerroman (novel about an artist's growth to maturity)
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn 04/08
Literary magazine (read an entire issue)
Microhistory (nonfiction book focusing on a very specific topic)
Novella published as a standalone book
Oral history or collection of interviews
Philosophical fiction that explores complex ideas
Queer romance or LGBTQ+ love story
Retellings of myths or legends
Speculative fiction based on a historical "what if" scenario
Translated work from a language you don't speak/read
Urban fiction or street lit novel
Vignette collection or interconnected short stories
Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup 06/07/25
Winner of a literary prize you've never explored before
Xenial themed book (about hospitality or host/guest relationships)
Young adult fantasy with unique world-building
Zealous eco-fiction revealing environmental truths