Make some F.R.I.E.N.D.S discussion

I thought this would be fun for y'all obviously don't have to do it but.....you should!!!

Read 26 books, one for each letter in the English alphabet (A to Z). Or stack the different modes like alphabet blocks to build your own challenge!

Novels, short fiction, graphic novels, children's books, all allowed, especially for that pesky letter X! You can only use a book once in one mode, but it's OK to use the same book in two or more modes. (Example: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee for N in Medium, L in Author and 9 in Number.)

Sign up for the 2021 challenge here on January 1st. You have to make a dedicated shelf for the challenge. Or you can keep track in this thread and/or your personal challenge thread. You can participate in this challenge again next year, so no need to try to cram all modes into 2021 :)

EASY MODE
Letter is anywhere in the title

Examples using the group bookshelf:
A: Remnant Population
L: The Memory Police
Z: China Mountain Zhang

MEDIUM MODE
Title starts with the letter (exclude the, a, an) *

Examples using the group bookshelf:
A: Among Others
L: The Last Policeman / Unicorn / Wish
Z: Zoo City

* For Medium Mode Light, X is the eXception and can be anywhere in the title

HARD MODE
The Most Extra Challenge for those who are The Most Extra!

The same as Medium Mode, but complete the challenge in one month. Choose February to be The Absolute Most Extra!

AUTHOR MODE
Author surname starts with the letter **

Examples using the group bookshelf:
A: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
L: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Z: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny

** For Author Mode Light, X is the eXception and can be anywhere in the author's name

NUMBER MODE (10 books)
Title contains numbers 0-9 (numeric or spelled out)

Examples using the group bookshelf:
1: Ready Player One
5: The Fifth Season / Fahrenheit 451
9: Ninefox Gambit

BONUS
Add all the letters from your native (Latin) alphabet, or from the alphabet of a language you're learning. Or use an entirely different alphabet!

Add titles with numbers beyond nine.

GOODREADS LISTS
Titles that begin with different letters
Books with a single letter in the title
Lists for the letter X
More letter lists
Authors starting with X (with links to other letters)
Lists for titles with numbers

SCRABBLE MODE
Read titles that have as many of the same letter as possible, and get points for each letter based on the rules of Scrabble. If you're reading books in another language, also use the points for that language.

Examples using the group bookshelf:
A (1 point): The Master and Margarita -> 5x1 = 5 points
L (1 point): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet -> 4x1 = 4 points
Z (10 points): Fuzzy Nation -> 2x10 = 20 points

If you want to do this please either comment on here or email me and I can post a topic just for you to put your books in.

Also, it would be best maybe to start this in 2021 but you can start whenever