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2024 Reading Challenges Roundup: Completed and Failed

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  • end of the year
  • reading challenges

For 2024, I brought back reading challenges into my life. My overall challenges stat isn’t great, but look at that overall spots stat! I really managed to focus on a lot of my challenges and find books I was interested in that fit the spots.

Overall Stats

7/15 Challenges 46.7%

537/576 Spots 93.2%

Completed Challenges

Goodreads

Goal 256/200 Books 100%

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Holiday Books

10/10 Books 100%

  1. The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay (12/4/24)
  2. All I Want is You by Falon Ballard (12/6/24)
  3. The Best Cowboy Christmas Ever by June Faver (12/7/24)
  4. Jingle Ale the Way by Sarah Everly (12/12/24)
  5. 26 Ways to Come Home for the Holidays by Jennifer Joy (12/14/24)
  6. Under the Mistletoe Collection (12/17/24)
  7. Kringle Down by Shane Lacy Hensley
  8. Kringle Down II by Shane Lacy Hensley
  9. The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
  10. Snowed in with Benefits by Misha Horne

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She Reads Romance

Goal 36/36 Books 100%

  1. January: Dark Romance or 2023 Title You Didn’t Get to Read - Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan (1/12/24)
  2. February: Spicy Romance - Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert (2/23/24)
  3. March: Contemporary Romance - The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score (3/8/24)
  4. April: New Adult Romance - A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft (2/21/24)
  5. May: Romantic Suspense - Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (6/20/24)
  6. June: Choose a Book by Its Cover - Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke (5/30/24)
  7. July: Audiobook - The Kraken’s Sacrifice by Katee Robert (5/9/24)
  8. August: Romantic Comedy - Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (6/21/24)
  9. September: Historical Romance - Reckless by Anne Stuart (3/26/24)
  10. October: Paranormal Romance - The Succubus’s Prize by Katee Robert (9/4/24)
  11. November: YA Romance - Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins (11/22/24)
  12. December: Pick a Social Media Rec - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (9/14/24)
  13. Enemies to Lovers - So Not Meant to Be by Meghan Quinn (3/15/24)
  14. Fake Dating - Funny Story by Emily Henry (5/14/24)
  15. Second Chance Romance - The Book of Scandal by Julia London (7/4/24)
  16. Oops Pregnancy - A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (2/7/24)
  17. Arranged Marriage - Bride by Ali Hazelwood (3/19/24)
  18. Friends to Lovers - A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn (5/22/24)
  19. Office Romance - Teach Me by Olivia Dade (1/19/24)
  20. Mafia Romance - Dark Succession by Katee Robert (7/20/24)
  21. Forbidden Romance - Untouchable by Talia Hibbert (2/8/24)
  22. Werewolf or Witch Romance - Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert (2/16/24)
  23. Small Town Romance - Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders (1/16/24)
  24. Motorcycle Club Romance - Throttle Me by Chelle Bliss (12/24/24)
  25. Only One Bed - The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton (9/28/24)
  26. Reverse Grumpy Sunshine - A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert (1/18/24)
  27. Guardian/Ward Romance - Desperate Measures by Katee Robert (11/9/24)
  28. Cowboy Who Loves His Hat - The Best Cowboy Christmas Ever by June Faver (12/7/24)
  29. Faking It with the Boss - Illicit Temptations by Katee Robert (11/13/24)
  30. Enemies or Lovers/Brother’s Best Friend - A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley (11/29/24)
  31. Reality TV Show Romance - Mr. Fixer Upper by Lucy Score (1/26/24)
  32. Romance Author Who Finds Love - By the Book by Jasmine Guillory (10/15/24)
  33. Male Virgin Hero - Dark Restraint by Katee Robert (8/23/24)
  34. Cute Nicknames - The Takeover by TL Swan (4/24/24)
  35. Nerd with Glasses - Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura (1/20/24)
  36. Heroes Who Cook - Savor It by Tarah DeWitt (12/21/24)

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Fairytales

12/12 Books 100%

  1. January: Bluebeard - Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson (1/20/24)
  2. February: Red Riding Hood - Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge (3/9/24)
  3. March: Hansel & Gretel - A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (4/6/24)
  4. April: Beauty & the Beast - By the Book by Jasmine Guillory (10/15/24)
  5. May: Cinderella - Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke (5/30/24)
  6. June: Aladdin - Desperate Measures by Katee Robert (11/9/24)
  7. July: Rapunzel - Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren (11/6/24)
  8. August: Reader’s Choice Cinderella: We Kept Her in the Cellar by W.R. Gorman (10/25/24)
  9. September: Rumplestiltskin (replaced by Alice in Wonderland) - Alice in Borderland Volume 1 (11/8/24)
  10. October: Peter Pan - Lost Boy by Christina Henry (9/26/24)
  11. November: Snow White - Poison by Sarah Pinborough (6/7/24)
  12. December: The Nutcracker - The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen (12/5/24)

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In Case You Missed It

12/12 Books 100%

  1. Best Books from 2012 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (1/27/24)
  2. Best Books from 2013 - The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin (1/13/24)
  3. Best Books from 2014 - Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins (11/22/24)
  4. Best Books from 2015 - Crimson Bound by Roamund Hodge (3/9/24)
  5. Best Books from 2016 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (4/13/24)
  6. Best Books from 2017 - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (1/12/24)
  7. Best Books from 2018 - Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (7/13/24)
  8. Best Books from 2019 - The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (5/17/24)
  9. Best Books from 2020 - Dead Lake by Darcy Coates (9/27/24)
  10. Best Books from 2021 - Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham (4/25/24)
  11. Best Books from 2022 - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (9/14/24)
  12. Best Books from 2023 - The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (7/3/24)

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Library Love

60/60 Books 10%

  1. Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan (1/12/24)
  2. Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca (1/13/24)
  3. Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders (1/16/24)
  4. A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert (1/18/24)
  5. Teach Me by Olivia Dade (1/19/24)
  6. Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson (1/20/24)
  7. Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura (1/20/24)
  8. Mr. Fixer Upper by Lucy Score (1/26/24)
  9. Confetti Realms by Nadia Shammas (2/3/24)
  10. Untouchable by Talia Hibbert (2/8/24)
  11. Dead Voices by Katherine Arden (2/10/24)
  12. Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert (2/16/24)
  13. Mislaid in Parts Half-Know by Seanan McGuire (2/20/24)
  14. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft (2/21/24)
  15. Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty (2/28/24)
  16. Mimi’s Tales of Terror by Junji Ito (2/27/24)
  17. Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (3/6/24)
  18. The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score (3/8/24)
  19. What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell (3/13/24)
  20. So Not Meant to Be by Meghan Quinn (3/15/24)
  21. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (3/16/24)
  22. The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (3/22/24)
  23. Ruthless by Anne Stuart (3/23/24)
  24. Dark Waters by Katherine Arden (3/27/24)
  25. A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll (3/29/24)
  26. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (4/3/24)
  27. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (4/5/24)
  28. Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden (4/12/24)
  29. The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (4/20/24)
  30. Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham (4/25/24)
  31. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (5/18/24)
  32. A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn (5/22/24)
  33. The Casanova by TL Swan (5/24/24)
  34. Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (5/29/24)
  35. Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren (6/5/24)
  36. Poison by Sarah Pinborough (6/7/24)
  37. Ghost Station by SA Barnes (6/15/24)
  38. Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (6/19/24)
  39. Annie Bot by Sierra Greer (6/25/24)
  40. The Do-Over by TL Swan (6/28/24)
  41. Cursed Cruise by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren (6/29/24)
  42. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (7/5/24)
  43. Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg (7/10/24)
  44. Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (7/13/24)
  45. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (7/18/24)
  46. The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert (7/27/24)
  47. Temptation by RL Stine (8/15/24)
  48. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (8/17/24)
  49. I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue (8/23/24)
  50. The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (8/24/24)
  51. The Deading by Nicholas Belardes (8/25/24)
  52. The Briar Club by Kate Quinn (8/30/24)
  53. Key Lime Sky by Al Hess (9/11/24)
  54. The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (9/18/24)
  55. Dead Lake by Darcy Coates (9/27/24)
  56. Behind the Horror by Lee Mellor (10/4/24)
  57. Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher (10/11/24)
  58. The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (10/24/24)
  59. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming (10/25/24)
  60. The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel (10/26/24)

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Nonfiction Reader

12/12 Books 100%

  1. Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine (1/22/24)
  2. Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca (1/13/24)
  3. Sellout by Dan Ozzi (2/24/24)
  4. Toil & Trouble by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson (3/30/24)
  5. The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart (4/21/24)
  6. Unmasking Autism by Devon Price (5/4/24)
  7. Blood by Jen Gunter (6/11/24)
  8. Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson (6/19/24)
  9. Broad Strokes by Bridget Quinn (7/17/24)
  10. Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart (7/24/24)
  11. The Six by Loren Grush (8/3/24)
  12. Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz (8/16/24)

Failed Challenges

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UnRead Shelf Project

Goal 45/50 Books 90%

  1. Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine (1/11/24)
  2. The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin (1/13/24)
  3. The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas (2/11/24)
  4. Malamander by Thomas Taylor (2/13/24)
  5. Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue (2/14/24)
  6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (2/17/24)
  7. Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert (2/23/24)
  8. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland (3/2/24)
  9. The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (3/14/24)
  10. Reckless by Anne Stuart (3/26/24)
  11. Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston (4/4/24)
  12. To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt (4/11/24)
  13. The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart (4/21/24)
  14. To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt (4/26/24)
  15. To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (5/3/24)
  16. To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt (5/8/24)
  17. The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (5/17/24)
  18. The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang (5/25/24)
  19. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (6/6/24)
  20. The Morningside by Téa Obreht (6/12/24)
  21. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (6/14/24)
  22. Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson (6/19/24)
  23. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (6/21/24)
  24. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (6/22/24)
  25. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (6/24/24)
  26. The Book of Scandal by Julia London (7/4/24)
  27. Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver (7/9/24)
  28. The Gentleman ‘s Gambit by Evie Dunmore (7/19/24)
  29. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Turner (7/23/24)
  30. Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart (7/24/24)
  31. Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz (8/16/24)
  32. Dark Restraint by Katee Robert (8/23/24)
  33. The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry (9/7/24)
  34. Murder Road by Simone St. James (9/12/24)
  35. Book of Night by Holly Black (9/21/24)
  36. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher (9/24/24)
  37. Phantasma by Kaylie Smith (9/26/24)
  38. The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton (9/28/24)
  39. Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torsz (10/10/24)
  40. The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young (10/16/24)
  41. Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (10/20/24)
  42. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (10/30/24)
  43. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn (11/16/24)
  44. The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen (12/5/24)
  45. The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries by Donald R. Prothero (12/13/24)

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Kid Read Alouds

Goal 48/50 Books 96%

  1. A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd (1/6/24)
  2. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (1/5/24)
  3. Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-El (1/19/24)
  4. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg (1/19/24)
  5. The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (1/16/24)
  6. Ban This Book by Alan Gratz (2/1/24)
  7. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (2/9/24)
  8. Tales from the Odyssey Part One by Mary Pope Osborne (2/6/24)
  9. Guard Guards by Terry Pratchett (2/21/24)
  10. Tales from the Odyssey Part Two by Mary Pope Osborne (2/16/24)
  11. The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith (2/16/24)
  12. The Witches by Roald Dahl (3/1/24)
  13. The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf (3/2/24)
  14. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (3/13/24)
  15. Sweep by Jonathan Auxier (3/18/24)
  16. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (3/15/24)
  17. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (3/22/24)
  18. Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston (4/4/24)
  19. Men at Arms by Terry Prachett (4/18/24)
  20. Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr (4/4/24)
  21. Charlotte’s Web by EB White (4/18/24)
  22. Much Ado About Baseball by Rajani LaRocca (5/4/24)
  23. Homer Price by Robert McCloskey (5/4/24)
  24. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (5/16/24)
  25. We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly (5/17/24)
  26. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (6/19/24)
  27. Endling: The Last by Katherine Applegate (7/26/24)
  28. The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell (7/26/24)
  29. Endling: The First by Katherine Applegate (8/1/24)
  30. Gargantis by Thomas Taylor (8/14/24)
  31. Over the Moon by Natalie Lloyd (8/29/24)
  32. Endling: The Only by Katherine Applegate (8/30/24)
  33. The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Knight by Tim Collins (9/5/24)
  34. Wretched Waterpark by Kierstin White (9/14/24)
  35. Lucy and the Rocket Dog by Will Buckingham (9/17/24)
  36. Mars One by Jonathan Maberry (9/20/24)
  37. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (10/7/24)
  38. The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie (10/8/24)
  39. Mr. Lemoncello’s Special Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein (10/3/24)
  40. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (10/17/24)
  41. No One Leaves the Castle by Christopher Healy (10/25/24)
  42. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graeme (10/16/24)
  43. The Goblin’s Puzzle by Andrew Clifton (11/20/24)
  44. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (11/22/24)
  45. The Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga (11/30/24)
  46. Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (12/11/24)
  47. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (12/16/24)
  48. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (12/19/24)

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The 52 Book Club

Goal 45/52 Books 86.5%

  1. Locked-room mystery - Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty (2/28/24)
  2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - The Casanova by TL Swan (5/24/24)
  3. More than 40 chapters - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (1/9/24)
  4. Lowercase letters on the spine - The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (7/3/24)
  5. Magical Realism - The Magician by Rebecca Serle (1/17/24)
  6. Women in STEM - The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (4/20/24)
  7. At least four different POV - The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (1/24/24)
  8. Features the ocean - Malamander by Thomas Taylor (2/13/24)
  9. A character-driven novel - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (4/17/24)
  10. Told in non-chronological order - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (6/25/24)
  11. Title starting with the letter “K” - The Kraken’s Sacrifice by Katee Robert (5/9/24)
  12. Title starting with the letter “L” - A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall (5/10/24)
  13. An academic thriller - The Gentleman’s Gambit by Evie Dunmore (7/19/24)
  14. A grieving character - The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas (2/11/24)
  15. Part of a duology - What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (5/15/24)
  16. An omniscient narrator - The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert (7/27/24)
  17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
  18. An apostrophe in the title - The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman (2/15/24)
  19. A buddy read - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (6/6/24)
  20. A revenge story - Haunted Holiday by Kiersten White (2/9/24)
  21. Written by a ghostwriter
  22. A plot similar to another book - Annie Bot by Sierra Greer (6/25/24)
  23. The other book with the similar plot
  24. A cover without people on it - Mislaid in Parts Half-Know by Seanan McGuire (2/20/24)
  25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (5/18/24)
  26. Hybrid genre - Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue (2/14/24)
  27. By a neurodivergent author - What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell (3/13/24)
  28. A yellow spine - The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia (3/28/24)
  29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (5/29/24)
  30. Picked without reading the blurb - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (4/3/24)
  31. Includes a personal phobia - Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden (4/12/24)
  32. Timeframe spans a week or less - Dead Voices by Katherine Arden (2/10/24)
  33. An abrupt ending - The Last One by Will Dean (2/2/24)
  34. Set in a landlocked country
  35. Title matches lyrics from a song
  36. Has futuristic technology - Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley (4/19/24)
  37. Palindrome on the cover
  38. Published by Hachette - To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt (5/8/24)
  39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Blood by Jen Gunter (6/11/24)
  40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming (10/9/24)
  41. A sticker on the cover
  42. Author debut in second half of 2024 - I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue (8/23/24)
  43. About finding identity - A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (8/17/24)
  44. Includes a wedding - Bride by Ali Hazelwood (3/19/24)
  45. Chapter headings have dates - The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland (3/2/24)
  46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Never Whistle at Night (9/13/24)
  47. Self-insert by an author — A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (4/6/24)
  48. The word “secret” in the title - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (6/14/24)
  49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Funny Story by Emily Henry (5/14/24)
  50. A musical instrument on the cover - Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver (7/9/24)
  51. Related to the word “Wild” - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (11/20/24)
  52. Published in 2024 - Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (3/16/24)

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COYER (Clean Out Your E-Reader)

Goal 16/20 Books 80%

  1. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (1/12/24)
  2. Signal Moon by Kate Quinn (1/17/24)
  3. Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert (1/18/24)
  4. Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (2/4/24)
  5. System Collapse by Martha Wells (2/6/24)
  6. The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia (3/28/24)
  7. A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall (5/10/24)
  8. Witch King by Martha Wells (7/6/24)
  9. Dark Succession by Katee Robert (7/20/24)
  10. Jingle Ale the Way by Sarah Everly (12/12/24)
  11. 26 Ways to Come Home for the Holidays by Jennifer Joy (12/14/24)
  12. Throttle Me by Chelle Bliss (12/24/24)
  13. Kringle Down by Shane Lacy Hensley (12/28/24)
  14. Kringle Down II by Shane Lacy Hensley (12/28/24)
  15. Kringle Down Krampus by Shane Lacy Hensley (12/29/24)
  16. Snowed in with Benefits by Misha Horne (12/30/24)

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Decades

6/12 Books 50%

  1. 1880s-1890s - Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig (3/20/24)
  2. 1900s-1910s - The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang (5/25/24)
  3. 1920s - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (1/27/24)
  4. 1930s - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (6/22/24)
  5. 1940s - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (4/13/24)
  6. 1950s - The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (1/24/24)
  7. 1960s
  8. 1970s
  9. 1980s
  10. 1990s
  11. 2000s-2010s
  12. Span Multiple Decades -

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Lifetime

8/12 Books 66.7%

  1. Child Protagonist - Haunted Holiday by Kiersten White (2/9/24)
  2. Teenage Characters - Timekeeper by Tara Sim (1/20/24)
  3. Characters in Their 20s - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (4/5/24)
  4. Characters in Their 30s - The Takeover by TL Swan (4/24/24)
  5. Characters in Their 40s -
  6. Characters in Their 50s - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (4/17/24)
  7. Characters in Their 60s - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn (8/30/24)
  8. Characters in Their 70s
  9. Characters in Their 80s
  10. Characters in Their 90s and 100s
  11. Intergenerational Novels - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (9/18/24)
  12. Spanning a Character’s Lifetime - Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (3/6/24)

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Clock Numbers

4/12 Books 33.3%

  1. One - The Last One by Will Dean (2/2/24)
  2. Two - Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig (3/20/24)
  3. Three - Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley (4/19/24)
  4. Four
  5. Five
  6. Six - The Six by Loren Grush (8/3/24)
  7. Seven
  8. Eight
  9. Nine
  10. Ten
  11. Eleven
  12. Twelve

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Spooky Season A to Z

23/26 Books 88.5%

  1. A - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (10/20/24)
  2. B - Book of Night by Holly Black (9/21/24)
  3. C - The Clackity by Lora Senf (10/18/24)
  4. D - A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley (11/29/24)
  5. E - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (10/30/24)
  6. F - From Below by Darcy Coates (9/20/24)
  7. G - Ghost Camera by Darcy Coates (10/12/24)
  8. H - Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (10/30/24)
  9. I - Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (10/10/24)
  10. J - The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen (12/5/24)
  11. K - Key Lime Sky by Al Hess (9/11/24)
  12. L - Lost Boy by Christina Henry (9/26/24)
  13. M - Murder Road by Simone St. James (9/12/24)
  14. N - Never Whistle at Night (9/13/24)
  15. O - A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne (11/21/24)
  16. P - Phantasma by Kaylie Smith (9/26/24)
  17. Q - To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (11/12/24)
  18. R - The Succubus’s Prize by Katee Robert (9/4/24)
  19. S - The Nighthouse Keeper by Lora Senf (11/2/24)
  20. T -
  21. U - Universal Monsters: Dracula (9/6/24)
  22. V -
  23. W - A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley (10/19/24)
  24. X -
  25. Y - The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young (10/16/24)
  26. Z - Year Zero Vol. 0 (10/20/24)