2-3-4 Challenge discussion

🎯🎯🎯 Current Focus: 🎯🎯🎯

(2) -- In Death
(2) -- Rizzoli & Isles ~ jump from last book pub 2017 --> 2022 (more to come?)
(6) -- Anna Pigeon ~ last book published 2016 (series complete)
(19) -- Meg Langslow
(18) -- Doc Ford

🗓 Monthly Updates: 🗓
January 2023
February 2023
March 2023

Master List of Ongoing Series:

A:
Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna (graphic novels)
Alex Cross by James Patterson
Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
Andy Carpenter by David Rosenfelt
🎯 Anna Pigeon by Nevada Barr
Aristotle and Dante by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aurora Teagarden by Charlaine Harris
Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin (graphic novels)

B:
Barkley Sound by Toni Anderson
Beach House No. 9 by Christie Ridgway
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin (graphic novels)
Bibliophile Mysteries by Kate Carlisle
Black Cat Bookshop Mysteries by Ali Brandon
Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Blue Heron by Kristan Higgins
Bone Island Trilogy by Heather Graham
Booktown by Lorna Barrett
Brides of Blueberry Cove by Donna Kauffman
Bullet Catcher by Roxanne St. Claire
Bulletproof by Brenda Novak

C:
Cajun Country Mysteries by Ellen Byron
Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Cat in the Stacks by Miranda James
Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber
Cedar Key by Terri DuLong
Chet & Bernie by Spencer Quinn
Chicago Stars by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Chronicles of St. Mary's by Jodi Taylor
Chronicles of The One by Nora Roberts
City Spies by James Ponti
Comfort Food Mysteries by Christine Wenger
Cookie House Mysteries by Eve Calder
Cordell Logan Mysteries by David Freed
Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith
Cotton Malone by Steve Berry
Cypress Hollow Yarn by Rachael Herron

D:
Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie
Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart
Department Q by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Destiny by Toni Blake
Detective D. D. Warren by Lisa Gardner
Discworld by Terry Pratchett
🎯 Doc Ford by Randy Wayne White
Dr. Siri Paiboun by Colin Cotterill
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Dusky MacMorgan by Randy Striker (Randy Wayne White)

E:
Earthseed by Octavia E. Butler
Easy Rawlins by Walter Mosley
Elemental Masters by Mercedes Lackey
Elmwood Springs by Fannie Flagg
Eve Duncan by Iris Johansen
Expanse by James S.A. Corey
Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

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F:
Fables by Bill Willingham
Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Feminine Pursuits by Olivia Waite
Fever by Karen Marie Moning
Fox and O'Hare by Janet Evanovich
Fractured Fables by Alex E. Harrow
Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries by Karen Musser Nortman
Front Desk by Kelly Yang

G:
Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson
Giant Days by John Allison (graphic novels)
Good Thief's Guide by Chris Ewan
Grant County by Karin Slaughter
Guardians Trilogy by Nora Roberts

H:
Hannah Swensen by Joanne Fluke
Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Harry Bosch by Michael Connelly
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (graphic novels)
Hollows by Kim Harrison (graphic novels)
Hollows by Kim Harrison
Home in the Hills by Lois Greiman

I:
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
InCryptid by Seanan McGuire
🎯 In Death by J.D. Robb
Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
Irene Kelly by Jan Burke

J:
Jack Reacher by Lee Child
Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery by Robin Cook
Jeremy Logan by Lincoln Child

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K:
Kate Martinelli by Laurie R. King
Key West Food Critic by Lucy Burdette
Knitting Mysteries by Maggie Sefton

L:
Lady Astronauts by Mary Robinette Kowal
League of Literary Ladies by Kylie Logan
Leaphorn & Chee by Tony Hillerman
Library Lover's Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay
Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Lincoln Rhyme by Jeffery Deaver
Locke & Key by Joe Hill (graphic novels)
London Steampunk by Bec McMaster
Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers
Lucy Kincaid by Allison Brennan
Lumberjanes by ND Stevenson (graphic novels)
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

M:
MacGregors by Nora Roberts
March by John Lewis (graphic novels)
Mary Russel and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice
McCabe & Savage by James Hayman
🎯 Meg Langslow by Donna Andrews
Mercenary Librarians by Kit Rocha
Millennium by David Lagercrantz
Mind for Murder by Rochelle Staab
Miss Marple by Agatha Christie
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Moonstruck by Grace Ellis (graphic novels)
Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
⌚️ Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells ~ Next publication date: 1/1/23

N:
Nemesis by April Daniels
Nerds by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Newsflesh by Mira Grant
Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost
Nina Guerrera by Isabella Maldonado

O:
October Daye by Seanan McGuire
O'Hurleys by Nora Roberts
Orphan X by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

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P:
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan (graphic novels)
Passage by Justin Cronin
Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly
Peggy Lee Garden Mysteries by Joyce Lavene
Pendergast by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Q:

R:
Read 'Em and Eat Mysteries by Terrie Farley Moran
Revival by Tim Seeley (graphic novels)
🎯 Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen
Rockton by Kelley Armstrong
Romantic Suspense by Karen Rose
Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths

S:
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan (graphic novels)
Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (graphic novels)
Scottish Bookshop by Paige Shelton
Secret Agent Granny by Harper Lin
Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Shades of Death by Debra Webb
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sigma Force by James Rollins
Spenser by Robert B. Parker
Spice Shop Mysteries by Leslie Budewitz
Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Susan Ryeland by Anthony Horowitz

T:
Teen Titans by Kami Garcia (graphic novels)
Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax
Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries by Margaret Mizushima
Todd Family by Kate Atkinson
Travis McGee by John D. MacDonald
Travises by LIsa Kleypas

UV:
Undead by MaryJanice Davidson
Union Street Bakery by Mary Ellen Taylor
Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht
Virgin River by Robyn Carr

W:
Warcross by Marie Lu
Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
Webb's Glass Shop by Cheryl Hollon
Will Robie by David Baldacci
Witch City Mysteries by Carol J. Perry
Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Women's Murder Club by James Patterson
Wynette Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

XYZ:
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughn (graphic novels)

✅ Completed Series: (at least 3 years since last published)

Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris ~ Completed: 6/28/19
Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley ~ Completed: 7/5/19
Charlotte McNally by Hank Phillippi Ryan ~ Completed: 2/14/20

⌚️ Up to date: (periodically check for new)

Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells ~ Caught Up: 1/12/22 ~ Next publication date: 1/1/23

🏁 Started 2023:

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

❌ Abandoned:

🎯 In Death by J.D. Robb



✔︎ 42 - Brotherhood in Death ~ 11/9/19
✔︎ 43 - Apprentice in Death ~ 1/6/20
✔︎ 44 - Echoes in Death ~ 6/26/20
✔︎ 45 - Secrets in Death ~ 11/14/20
✔︎ 46 - Dark in Death ~ 3/11/21
✔︎ 47 - Leverage in Death ~ 5/4/21
✔︎ 48 - Connections in Death ~ 8/16/21
✔︎ 49 - Vendetta in Death ~ 9/6/21
✔︎ 50 - Golden in Death ~ 11/30/21
✔︎ 51 - Shadows in Death ~ 1/29/22
✔︎ 52 - Faithless in Death ~ 8/28/22
✔︎ 53 - Forgotten in Death ~ 11/3/22
✔︎ 54 - Abandoned in Death ~ 12/23/22
55 - Desperation in Death
56 - Encore in Death
57 - Expected publication September 5, 2023

🎯 Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen



✔︎ 4 - Body Double ~ 8/26/19
✔︎ 5 - Vanish ~ 10/20/19
✔︎ 6 - The Mephisto Club ~ 6/8/20
✔︎ 7 - The Keepsake ~ 11/19/20
✔︎ 8 - Ice Cold ~ 12/12/20
✔︎ 9 - The Silent Girl ~ 1/12/21
✔︎ 10 - Last to Die ~ 10/3/21
✔︎ 11 - Die Again ~ 11/21/22
✔︎ 12 - I Know a Secret
13 - Listen To Me

🎯 Meg Langslow by Donna Andrews



✔︎ 6 - Owls Well That Ends Well ~ 9/2/19
✔︎ 7 - No Nest for the Wicket ~ 10/1/19
✔︎ 8 - The Penguin Who Knew Too Much ~ 3/19/20
✔︎ 9 - Cockatiels at Seven ~ 9/4/20
✔︎ 10 - Six Geese A-Slaying ~ 12/25/20
✔︎ 11 - Swan for the Money ~ 4/16/21
✔︎ 12 - Stork Raving Mad ~ 9/27/21
✔︎ 13 - The Real Macaw ~ 3/24/22
✔︎ 14 - Some Like It Hawk ~ 12/8/22
15 - Hen of the Baskervilles
16 - Duck the Halls
17 - The Good, the Bad, and the Emus
18 - The Nightingale Before Christmas
19 - Lord of the Wings
20 - Die Like an Eagle
21 - Gone Gull
22 - How the Finch Stole Christmas!
23 - Toucan Keep a Secret
24 - Lark! the Herald Angels Sing
25 - Terns of Endearment
26 - Owl Be Home for Christmas
27 - The Falcon Always Wings Twice
28 - The Gift of the Magpie
29 - Murder Most Fowl
30 - The Twelve Jays of Christmas
31 - Round Up the Usual Peacocks
32 - Dashing Through the Snowbirds
33 - Expected publication August 1, 2023

🎯 Doc Ford by Randy Wayne White



✔︎ 8 - Shark River ~ 10/19/20
✔︎ 9 - Twelve Mile Limit ~ 6/21/22
✔︎ 10 - Everglades
11 - Tampa Burn
12 - Dead of Night
13 - Dark Light
14 - Hunter's Moon
15 - Black Widow
16 - Dead Silence
17 - Deep Shadow
18 - Night Vision
19 - Chasing Midnight
20 - Night Moves
21 - Bone Deep
22 - Cuba Straits
23 - Deep Blue
24 - Mangrove Lightning
25 - Caribbean Rim
26 - Salt River
27 - Expected publication January 2, 2024

🎯 Anna Pigeon by Nevada Barr



✔︎ 6 - Blind Descent ~ 7/13/19
✔︎ 7 - Liberty Falling ~ 11/21/19
✔︎ 8 - Deep South ~ 6/20/20
✔︎ 9 - Blood Lure ~ 8/26/21
✔︎ 10 - Hunting Season ~ 9/17/21
✔︎ 11 - Flashback ~ 1/14/22
✔︎ 12 - High Country ~ 6/15/22
✔︎ 13 - Hard Truth ~ 10/1/22
14 - Winter Study
15 - Borderline
16 - Burn
17 - The Rope
18 - Destroyer Angel
19 - Boar Island

Key West Food Critic by Lucy Burdette



6 - Fatal Reservations
7 - Killer Takeout
8 - Death on the Menu
9 - A Deadly Feast
10 - The Key Lime Crime
11 - A Scone of Contention
12 - A Dish to Die For

Comfort Food Mysteries by Christine Wenger



✔︎ 3 - Diners, Drive-Ins, and Death ~ 8/29/19
4 - Macaroni and Freeze
5 - It's a Wonderful Knife

Spice Shop Mysteries by Leslie Budewitz



2 - Guilty as Cinnamon
3 - Killing Thyme
4 - Chai Another Day
5 - The Solace of Bay Leaves
6 - Peppermint Barked

Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich



26 - Twisted Twenty-Six ~ 6/3/20
27 - Fortune and Glory
28 - Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
29 - Going Rogue

Bibliophile Mysteries by Kate Carlisle



✔︎ 4 - Murder under Cover ~ 3/23/22
✔︎ 5 - One Book in the Grave ~ 11/13/22
6 - Peril in Paperback
7 - A Cookbook Conspiracy
8 - The Book Stops Here
9 - Ripped From the Pages
10 - Books of a Feather
11 - Once Upon a Spine
12 - Buried in Books
13 - The Book Supremacy
14 - The Grim Reader
15 - Little Black Book
16 - The Paper Caper

Grant County by Karin Slaughter



✔︎ 1 - Blindsighted ~ 8/22/21
✔︎ 2 - Kisscut ~ 1/5/23
✔︎ 3 - A Faint Cold Fear
✔︎ 4 - Indelible
5 - Faithless
6 - Beyond Reach

Good Thief's Guide by Chris Ewan



✔︎ 3 - The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas ~ 10/3/21
4 - The Good Thief's Guide to Venice
5 - The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin

January 2023

Series Started:
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins (Impulse #1) Read: 1/7/23
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme #1) Read: 1/11/23
Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin (Secret Agent Granny #1) Read: 1/16/23

Series Moved Forward:
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (Grant County #2) Read: 1/5/23
Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James (Cat in the Stacks #6) Read: 1/12/23
A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter (Grant County #3) Read: 1/14/23
Killman Creek by Rachel Caine (Stillhouse Lake #2) Read: 1/23/23
I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles #12) Read: 1/26/23
Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #3) Read: 1/30/23

Series Caught Up:
Sovereign by April Daniels (Nemesis #2) Read: 1/25/23

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins



✔︎ 1. Impulse ~ 1/7/23
2. Perfect

💘 February 2023 💘

Series Started:
Step on a Crack by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Michael Bennett #1) Read: 2/5/23
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White (Tradd Street #1) Read: 2/25/23

Series Moved Forward:
Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #8) Read: 2/1/23
Everglades by Randy Wayne White (Doc Ford Mystery #10) Read: 2/5/23
Indelible by Karin Slaughter (Grant County #4) Read: 2/10/23
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #2) Read: 2/12/23
Run for Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Michael Bennett #2) Read: 2/21/23
Forbidden City by James Ponti (City Spies #3) Read: 2/23/23

Series Completed:
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Aristotle and Dante #2) Read: 2/16/23
Anything for You by Kristan Higgins (Blue Heron #5) Read: 2/20/23

🍀 March 2023 🍀

Series Moved Forward:
Starting Now by Debbie Macomber (Blossom Street #9) Read: 3/6/23