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Links for 2024


My YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge Thread
Goodreads List of Settings
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Mystery resource - http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2024

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: A - F
Cheese Shop Mysteries Aames 1/7
Mack's Bar Mystery Series Abbott 1/6
Book Collector Mystery Series Abbott 2/5
Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries Adams 4/5
Memphis BBQ Mysteries Adams 1/4
*Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries Alan 2/5 3/5
Little Women Series Alcott 1/3
Beth Kennedy Series Alden 2/5
Poppy Markham Culinary Cop Series Allen 1/3
Meg Langslow Series Andrews 4/20
Franki Amato Series Andrighetti 1/3
Danger Cove Mysteries Ashby 1/24
Rose Strickland Mysteries Austin 1/4
Gertie Johnson Mystery Series Baker 1/4
Tales of the Frog Princess Baker 1/9
Reckless Series Baker 1/4
Murder 101 Mystery Series Barbieri 1/7
Zack Walker Series Barclay 1/4
Booktown Mysteries Barrett 4/10
Victoria Square Mysteries Bartlett 1/4
Agatha Raisin Mysteries Beaton 2/27
Classic Diner Mysteries Beck 1/7
Donut Shop Mysteries Beck 12/25
Chocolate-Centered Mystery Series Bell 1/8
Do It Yourself Mysteries Bentley 1/7
Bonnie Indermill Series Berry 4/8
Mary Crow Series Bissell 1/7
Cue Ball Mysteries Blackburn 1/6
Intervention Series Blackstock 1/3
Sun Coast Chronicles Blackstock 2/4
Shakespeare Stealer Series Blackwood 1/3
Granville Island Mysteries Blair 2/3
Louisiana History Collection Blake 3/7
Cooking Class Mysteries Bliss 1/5
A Piece of Cake Mysteries Brady 1/6
Black Cat Bookshop Mysteries Brandon 2/5
Cat Who...Mysteries Braun 6/29 (1 out of order)
Lucy Kincaid Series Brennan 1/12
Mrs. Murphy Series Brown 4/30
Food Lovers' Village Mysteries Budewitz 1/3
Spice Shop Mysteries Budewitz 1/3
Louisiana Series Busbee 6/8
The Dresden Files Butcher 2/19
Quilts of Lancaster County Series Cameron 1/4
Chocoholic Mysteries Carl 8/16
Seven Deadly Sins Series Caskie 1/4
Nikki Heat Series Castle 1/7
Magical Bakery Mysteries Cates 1/7
Pizza Lovers Mysteries Cavender 4/7
Rex Graves Mysteries Challinor 1/10
Ashton Corners' Book Club Mysteries Chase 1/5
Elm Creek Quilts Series Chiaverini 17/20
Scrapbooking Mysteries Childs 6/14
Jack Reacher Series Childs 1/27
Miss Marple Mysteries Christie 3/13
Greek Island Mysteries Christodoulou 1/5
Key News Series Clark 1/10
Wedding Cake Mysteries Clark 1/4
Mercy Falls Coble 1/3
Hollywood Series Collins 2/5
Mickey Haller Series Connelly 1/6
County Cork Mysteries Connelly 1/5
Orchard Mystery Series Connolly 4/12
Jack Stapleton/Laurie Montgomery Series Cook 3/10
Granite Cove Mysteries Cook 1/3
Brides of the West Series Copeland 1/6
Kay Scarpetta Series Cornwell 18/23
Charley Sloan Series Coughlin 1/5
Southern Quilting Mysteries Craig 1/5
Wayward Pines Series Crouch 1/3
Valcour Series Daniels 1/3
Domestic Diva Series Davis 1/14
Lincoln Rhyme Series Deaver 2/13
Ghost-In-Law Mystery Series Deleon 2/6
Miss Zukas Series Dereske 1/12
Montgomery/Taggert Series Deveraux 2/16
Deadly Games Series Diaz 1/4
Hardy Boys Mysteries Dixon 1/190
Waterfire Saga Donnelly 1/4
Midnight Louie Series Douglas 1/27
Savage Secrets Series Edwards 1/12
Pride and Prejudice Chronicles Elliott 1/3
Misty Harbor Series Evanick 1/7
Alex Barnaby Series Evanovich 2/4
Elsie Hawkins Evanovich 1/4
Fox and O'Hare Series Evanovich 2/5
Stephanie Plum Evanovich 28/30 - 2nd round
Potluck Catering Club Series Everson 1/3
Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries Fairbanks 1/11
Needlecraft Mysteries Ferris 1/19
Spellshadow Manor Series Forrest 1/6
Off The Grid FBI Trilogy Freethy 1/3
Dublin Murder Squad French 2/6

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2024

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: G - L
Outlander Series Gabaldon 8/9 (Orphan)
Lord John Grey Gabaldon 1/3 (Spin off from Outlander Series)
Missouri Series Garlock 1/3
Crown Spies Series Garwood 1/4
Lighthouse Library Mystery Gates 1/6
Southern Sisters Mysteries George 2/8
Mountain Trilogy George 1/3
Rizzoli And Isles Gerritsen 2/12
Mrs. Pollifax Series Gilman 1/14
Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Goldenbaum 1/4
Seaside Knitters Mysteries Goldenbaum 8/11
Dennehy Sisters Series Goodman 1/5
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Series Grabenstein 1/5
Kinsey Millhone Series Grafton 8/24
Cameron saga Civil War Trilogy Graham 1/3
Puzzle Lady Mysteries Hall 1/17
Lara McClintoch Archeological Mysteries Hamilton 1/11
Vintage Kitchen Mysteries Hamilton 1/5
Naked Werewolf Series Harper 1/3
Death On Demand Series Hart 3/25
Crochet Mysteries Hechtman 3/10
O'Malley Series Henderson 1/6
Hope Springs Series Hinton 1/5
Holmes On The Range Series Hockensmith 1/5
Sandy Reid Mysteries Hoisington 3/6
Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mysteries Hollis 1/6
Christmas Street Series Horrocks 2/4
Dotsy Lamb Mysteries Hudgins 2/5
Passport To Peril Mysteries Hunter 6/10
The Collector Series Hutchison 2/3
White House Chef Mysteries Hyzy 1/9
Yada Yada Prayer Group Series Jackson 5/7
Kent Family Chronicles Jakes 4/8
Pages and Co. Series James 1/4
Wind Dancer Series Johansen 1/4
Walt Longmire Series Johnson 1/14
Sweet Bites Mystery Series Justesen 1/4
Iron Fey Series Kagawa 2/8
Ruby, The Rabbi's Wife Series Kahn 3/6
Forensic Instincts Kane 2/4
Samantha Rialto Katy 1/4
Glass Slipper, Inc Series Kauffman 1/4
Nancy Drew Mysteries Keene 6/175
Kinship & Courage Series Kirkpatrick 1/3
Friday Harbor Series Kleypas 1/4
Scruples Series Krantz 1/3
Kisses Series Lakes 1/10
Time Quintet L'Engle 2/5
Embroidery Mysteries Lee 1/9
Cherry Cola Book Club Series Lee 1/4
Mary Magruder Katz Series Levenson 1/3
Jaine Austen Mysteries Levine 14/16
Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries Lin 1/10
Ben Hood Thriller Series Lindsay 1/25
Reid Family Series Lindsey 2/4
Ly-San-Ter Trilogy Lindsey 1/3
Girls Do Or Don't Series Linz 1/4
Nick and Nora Mysteries LoTempio 1/3
Cookie Cutter Shop Mysteries Lowell 2/6

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2024

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: M - R
Blossom Street Series Macomber 1/10
Tomorrow Series Marsden 1/7
Local Foods Mysteries Maxwell 1/4
No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series McCall Smith 3/23
Kendra Donovan Series McElwain 1/5
*The Housemaid Series McFadden 1/3 2/3
Savannah Reid Mysteries McKevett 2/22
Cupcake Bakery Mysteries McKinlay 5/8
Library Lover's Mysteries McKinlay 4/6
Butternut Lake Series McNear 1/6
Lucy Stone Mysteries Meier 19/22
Captive Series Michaels 2/4
Zamonia Series Moers 1/8 (translated ?)
Anne Of Green Gables Series Montgomery 2/9
Warrior Series Moore 1/15
Ashfall Series Mullin 1/4
Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries Myers 15/23
Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries Nortman 2/8
Temeraire Series Novik 1/9
Savage Seasons Series O'Banyon 1/4
Texas Heat Wave Trilogy Ortolon 1/3
Rose Trilogy Parker 1/3
Masqueraders Series Parker 1/5
Alex Cross Series Patterson 18/23
Private Series Patterson 1/11
*Women's Murder Club Series Patterson 14/20 15/25
Kingdom Keepers Series Pearson 3/8
Westward Dreams Series Peart 1/6
Angie Amalfi Series Pence 1/16
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series Penny 5/18
*Amelia Peabody Mysteries Peters 4/20 5/20
Chicago Stars Series Phillips 1/7
Wynette Texas Phillips 2/7
Southern Fried Mysteries Pickens 3/5
Werner Family Series Plain 1/5
Book Of Time Trilogy Prevost 1/3
Vanza Series Quick 1/4
Eugenia Potter Series Rich 3/6
Ministry Is Murder Series Richards 1/5
Dandridge Trilogy Riefe 1/3
Aspen Valley Inn Series Robbins 1/3
Calhoun Women Series Roberts 3/5
Three Sisters Island Trilogy Roberts 2/3
Morgan-Challenger Series Rogers 1/6
Mom Zone Mysteries Rosett 5/10

KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2024

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: S - Z
Old Man's War Series Scalzi 4/5 (also subseries)
Knitting Mysteries Sefton 7/16
Mike Daley Mysteries Siegel 1/7
Sky's Legacy Series Small 4/6
Aftershock Series Sorenson 2/4
Thoroughly Southern Mysteries Sprinkle 3/10
Hope Street Church Mysteries Stanley 2/5
Collectible Mysteries Stanley 1/5
Devereaux Dime Store Mysteries Swanson 2/5
Scumble River Mysteries Swanson 4/19
Yellow Rose Mysteries Sweeney 2/5
Enchanted, Inc Series Swendson 1/7
Saar Series Taylor 1/4
Southern Historical Trilogy Taylor 1/3
Betsy Livingston/Pecan Bayou Mysteries Trent 1/5
Welcome To Tyler Series Varied Authors 4/12
Dead End Job Mysteries Viets 1/15
Chronos Files Series Walker 1/3
Goldtein & Cruz Trilogy Wallace 1/3
Fresh Baked Mysteries Washburn 4/10
Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mysteries Washburn 2/4
Nina Quinn Mysteries Webber 4/7
Ya Yas Series Wells 1/3
Night Trilogy Wiesel 1/3
Verity Long Mysteries Wilcox 1/6
Big Sky Dreams Series Wick 2/3
Twilight Texas Series Wilde 7/8
Maisie Dobbs Series Winspear 2/12
Last Policeman Series Winters 1/3
Birmingham Series Woodiwiss 2/5
Chesapeake Shores Series Woods 1/13
Trinity Harbor Trilogy Woods 1/3
Cemetery of Forgotten Books Trilogy Zafon 1/3

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)

New Series Added Since January 1, 2024

Hart's Ridge Series Bratt 2/8

January 2024 Reads

YLTO January Group Reads:
Theme: Words Baby, New Or Year in title
Options:
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
The Year that Changed Everything

Just Because:
Murder in Bermuda 1/17/24
Mother-Daughter Murder Night 1/20/24

February 2024 Reads

YLTO February Group Reads:
Theme: Books with 2 people on the cover
Options:
A Day Like This
Rules of Civility

Just Because:
Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! 2/11/24

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
The Housemaid's Secret 2/11/24

March 2024 Reads

YLTO March Group Reads:
Theme: Books set in/author from your location on the Ides of March 3/15
Options: The House Is on Fire
Camino Island

YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge:
Book #1/Read a book with home, homeward, or homebound in the title/The Girl Who Came Home 3/10/24

Just Because:
Never Far Away 3/16/24
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident 3/28/24

April 2024

YLTO April Group Reads:
Theme: Books in which the cover reflects the weather where you live in April.
Options: A Girl Called Samson
The Scent of Rain and Lightning

Just Because:
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family 4/24/24

May 2024

YLTO May Group Reads:
Theme: Books with Science Fiction in MPG
Options: Starter Villain
How High We Go in the Dark

YLTO Yearly Challenge 2024:
Book #2 The Keeper of Hidden Books 5/7/24

Just Because:
Hart's Ridge 5/9/24

June 2024

YLTO June Group Reads:
Theme: "Books Written by Women about Strong Women who've overcome adversity. Women of Consequence."
Options: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
The Frozen River

Toppler - June 1 - 8 - did not complete
Options:
The River
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
2024 series Lucy In the Sky Book #2 6/2/2024

YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge:
Book #3 The Librarian Spy 6/4/24

YLTO June 2024 Group Reads:
Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail 6/30/24

July 2024

YLTO July Group Reads:
Theme: Books based on Greek Mytholpgies
Options:
ClytemnestraMurder, Simply Stitched
The Song of Achilles

YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge:
Book #4 The Thursday Murder Club 7/8/24
Book #5 Murder, Simply Stitched 7/23/24

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015):
Murder, Simply Stitched 7/23/24

August 2024

YLTO August Group Reads:
Theme: Books with a coffee mug or tea cup on the cover
Options:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

Just Because:
The Last Season 8/4/2024

YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge:
#6. Murder, Served Simply 8/22/24

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
Murder, Served Simply 8/22/24

September 2024

YLTO September Group Reads:
Theme: Dark academia
Options:
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Catherine House

Just Because:
Eruption 9/5/24

October 2024

YLTO October Group Reads:
Theme: Books with blood on cover or in the title
Options:
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
Ink Blood Sister Scribe

YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge:
#7 Lion in the Valley 10/9/24

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
Lion in the Valley 10/9/24

November 2024

YLTO November Group Reads:
Theme: Books with Native American character or culture
Options:
The Berry Pickers
Looking for Smoke

Just Because:
Born to Run 11/17/24

YLTO 2024 Yearly Challenge:
The Deeds of the Disturber 11/24/24

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
The Deeds of the Disturber 11/24/24

December 2024

YLTO December Group Reads:
Theme: Books with one name as the title
Options:
Hera
James

Just Because:
Attack of the Black Rectangles 12/11/24

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
15th Affair 12/18/24