October '26 Serial Reader Challenge

[Nell]

OCTOBER '26 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE


With a bright orange hue and spicy scent, marigolds herald the change of seasons. (proflowers.com)

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OCTOBER CHALLENGE:

♦Pick five series that you want to read.

♦It can be a new or an on-going series.

♦Post the name of the series and the covers of at least two books that you have not read.

♦There must be at least two unread books in the series. No re-reads.

♦You may re-post a series chosen before as long as there are at least two unread books.

♦Post series now through September 21st.

♦Pairs will be posted on September 22nd.

♦Select a series for your partner between September 22nd and 25th.

♦New to the challenge? The thread for challenge guidelines and questions is here

[Nell]

Players


🎃Meg picks for Helen
🎃Linda picks for Jennifer
🎃Jennifer picks for Meg
🎃Zermeena picks for Linda
🎃Helen picks for Zermeena

[Meg]

👻👻👻 OCTOBER 2026 👻👻👻

Verity Lark
A Lark's Flight
A Lark's Conceit

Mercy McCarthy
Death by the Book
Death at Inishmore Castle

Wicked Witches of the Midwest
Witch Like No One Is Watching
Big Witch Energy

Last Ditch
Scot & Soda
Scot on the Rocks

Maui Mystery
A Plan for Murder: Case of the Kihei Killer
A Misfortunate Murder: A Mother Being Hunted

[Linda]

Back for October!

Bainbridge Island Mystery by Lynn Cahoon


Jane Jeffry by Jill Churchill


Bubbles Yablonsky by Sarah Strohmeyer


Dead-End Job by Elaine Viets


Gideon Oliver by Aaron Elkins

[Jennifer]

October series:

V. I. Warshawski


Aimee Leduc


Savannah Martin


Haunting Danielle


The Academy

[Zermeena]

I'm in for October!

Wishcraft by Heather Blake


Countess of Harleigh by Dianne Freeman


Country Store by Maddie Day


Tourist Trap by Lynn Cahoon


Finlay Donovan by Elle Cosimano

[Helen]

I’m in for October.

Diana Xarissa Aunt Bessie’s Cold Cases



Sarah Yarwood-Lovett Nell Ward



Jessica Brimer Messy Bookshop



Melissa Westemeier Nun the Wiser



Dawn Brookes Rachel Prince mysteries.

[Nell]

Welcome to the challenge!

Pairs are posted in msg 2 Please pick a series for your partner.

[Linda]

Jennifer wrote: "October series:

V. I. Warshawski
[bookcover:C..."

Hi Jennifer,

I'm not familiar with this series but Haunting Danielle seems like a fitting series for October so that's what I'm going with. Happy reading!

[Jennifer]

Meg, I'm picking Wicked Witches of the Midwest for you. I love Aunt Tillie!

[Jennifer]

Linda wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "October series:

V. I. Warshawski
[bookcover:Body Work|790..."

Your instincts are great, Linda! I really like this series. :)

[Meg]

Hi, Helen, hope you're back to your normal self these days. I'm going with the first one that jumped out to me from your list, which is the Rachel Prince series.

[Meg]

Great pick, Jennifer! Perfect for Halloween season. And yes Aunt Tillie is a crack up.

[Zermeena]

Linda, I'm picking Bainbridge Island mysteries for you because I love Lynn Cahoon.

[Linda]

Zermeena wrote: "Linda, I'm picking Bainbridge Island mysteries for you because I love Lynn Cahoon."

Thank you! Excited to try a new series!

[Helen]

Zermeena wrote: "I'm in for October!

Wishcraft by Heather Blake


Countess of Harleigh by Dianne Freeman
[bookcover:An Art Lover's Guid..."

Hi Zermeena,
I don’t know any of your series, but I think I’ll pick the Tourist Trap series for you, as I love to travel.

[Helen]

Meg wrote: "Hi, Helen, hope you're back to your normal self these days. I'm going with the first one that jumped out to me from your list, which is the Rachel Prince series."

Thank you Meg. A virtual cruise or two will be fun.

[Linda]

Finished my first over the weekend, An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder. Good start to the series and I'm looking forward to the next one.

[Linda]

Finished my second, Confessions of an Amateur Sleuth last night. This series is a lot of fun. Good characters, setting and writing.