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25/66
(as listed at https://everythingagatha.com/home/eve...)
These might tend to be audiobooks more than other books I read, as I've read some of them many many times.

























✅The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1920 audiobook
✅The Secret Adversary - 1922
✅The Murder on the Links - 1923
✅The Man in the Brown Suit - 1924
✅The Secret of Chimneys - 1925
✅The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - 1925 audiobook
✅The Big Four - 1927 audiobook
✅The Mystery of the Blue Train - 1928 audiobook
✅The Seven Dials Mystery - 1929
✅Murder at the Vicarage - 1930
✅The Sittaford Mystery - 1931 audiobook
✅Peril at End House - 1932 audiobook
✅Lord Edgeware Dies - 1933
✅Murder on the Orient Express - 1934 audiobook
✅Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - 1935 audiobook
✅Three Act Tragedy - 1935 audiobook
✅Death in the Clouds - 1935 audiobook
✅The A.B.C. Murders - 1936 audiobook
✅Murder in Mesopotamia - 1936 audiobook
✅Cards on the Table - 1936 audiobook
✅Death on the Nile - 1937 audiobook
✅Dumb Witness - 1937 audiobook
✅Appointment with Death - 1938 audiobook
✅Hercule Poirot's Christmas - 1938 audiobook
✅And Then There Were None - 1939 audiobook
Murder Is Easy - 1939
Sad Cypress - 1940
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 1940
Evil Under the Sun - 1941
N or M? - 1941
The Body in the Library - 1942
Five Little Pigs - 1942
The Moving Finger - 1942
Towards Zero - 1944
Death Comes as the End - 1944
Sparkling Cyanide - 1945
The Hollow - 1946
Taken at the Flood - 1948
Crooked House - 1949
A Murder Is Announced - 1950
They Came to Baghdad - 1951
Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 1952
They Do It With Mirrors - 1952
A Pocket Full of Rye - 1953
After the Funeral - 1953
Destination Unknown - 1954
Hickory Dickory Dock - 1955
Dead Man's Folly - 1956
4:50 from Paddington - 1957
Ordeal by Innocence - 1958
Cat Among the Pigeons - 1959
The Pale Horse - 1961
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - 1962
The Clocks - 1963
A Caribbean Mystery - 1964
At Bertram's Hotel - 1965
Third Girl - 1966
Endless Night - 1967
By the Pricking of My Thumbs - 1968
Hallowe'en Party - 1969
Passenger to Frankfurt - 1970
Nemesis - 1971
Elephants Can Remember - 1972
Postern of Fate - 1973
Curtain - 1975
Sleeping Murder - 1976

December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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46/50
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✅1 A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay
✅2 A book you want to read based on the last sentence My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
✅3 A book about space tourism Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky
✅ 4 A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
✅5 A book with a snake on the cover or in the title The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe
✅6 A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge (a graphic novel) American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder
✅7 A book about a cult Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia by Russell King
✅8 A book under 250 pages Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
✅9 A book that features a character going through menopause Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
✅ 10 A book you got for free Rupetta by Nike Sulway
✅11 A book mentioned in another book Mrs. Dalloway: The Original 1925 Unabridged and Complete Edition by Virginia Woolf
✅ 12 A book about a road trip The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
✅13 A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
✅14 A book about a nontraditional education Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
✅15 A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book The Hours by Michael Cunningham
✅16 A book set in or around a body of water Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
✅17 A book about a run club The Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton
✅18 A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons 'Salem's Lot byStephen King
✅19 A highly anticipated read of 2025 The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
✅ 20 A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) (#20 - a book set in the snow) The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
✅21 A book where the main character is a politician Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner
✅22 A book about soccer Hillsborough - The Truth by Phil Scraton
✅23 A book that is considered healing fiction The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
✅24 A book with a happily single woman protagonist A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii by Kate Quinn
✅25 A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
✅26 A book where an adult character changes careers The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
✅27 A book set at a luxury resort And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
✅28 A book that features an unlikely friendship Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
✅29 A book about a food truck A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
✅30 A book that reminds you of your childhood Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
✅31 A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell
✅32 A book about an overlooked woman in history The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley
✅33 A book featuring an activity on your bucket list Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
✅34 A book written by an author who is neurodivergent The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
✅ 35 A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
✅36 A book with silver on the cover or in the title Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
37 Two books with the same title (1) we used to live here?
38 Two books with the same title (2)
✅39 A classic you've never read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
✅40 A book about chosen family Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
✅41 A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
42 A book with a title that starts with the letter Y (you like it darker)
✅43 A book that includes a nonverbal character The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer
44 A book you have always avoided reading (dark tower)
✅45 A book with a left-handed character The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
✅46 A book where nature is the antagonist Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
✅47 A book of interconnected short stories The Big Four by Agatha Christie
✅48 A book that features a married couple who don't live together The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
✅49 A dystopian book with a happy ending The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
✅50 A book that features a character with chronic pain Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

January 1 through April 30
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March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025
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May 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025
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June 1, 2025 through August 31, 2025
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July 1, 2025 through September 14, 2025
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These are the challenges found in the Kindle app.
2025 Reading Challenge
January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025
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✅January Reader
✅February Reader
✅March Reader
✅April Reader
✅May Reader
✅June Reader
✅July Reader
✅August Reader
✅September Reader
October Reader
November Reader
December Reader
Grand Slam - finish a book every month of the year
Nailed It - set and reach your reading goal
Stepped Up - complete more books than last year
New Year Kindle Challenge 💯
January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025
15/15
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Kindle Spring Challenge 💯
April 1, 2025 through June 20, 2025
15/15
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Kindle Summer Challenge
July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025
14/15
✅Bronze Reader - read for 15 days
✅Silver Reader - read for 40 days
Gold Reader - read for 75 days
✅Bookish - finish one book
✅Bookworm - finish 2 books
✅Bibliophile - finish 3 books
✅x3Head Start - read one day each month (can be repeated)
✅x10 Perfect Week - read each day Sunday through Saturday (can be repeated)
✅x2Perfect Month - reach each day for a full calendar month (can be repeated)
✅Buzzworthy - read a book on the Best Books of 2025 So Far list The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
✅ Prime Day - read during Prime Days (July 8-11)
✅Book Lover - read on National Book Lover's Day (August 9th)
✅Sunny Series Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
✅Insider - Follow an author
✅Closer - read for at least 12 days in September

September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
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1. Autumn or Fall
✅2. Corn Maze The Hours by Michael Cunningham
3. Harvest
4. Red and Orange
5. Foliage
✅6. Cooler Weather The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
✅7. Pumpkin Spice Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
8. Sweater
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Oktoberfest
11. Spooky Season
✅12. Halloween Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
✅13. Jack-o-Lantern Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
14. Trick or Treat
15. Ghost Stories
16. Bonfire Night
✅17. Thanksgiving The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
18. Fireworks
Books mentioned in this topic
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (other topics)The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association (other topics)
Black Woods, Blue Sky (other topics)
The Hours (other topics)
The Hours (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Michael Cunningham (other topics)Xenobe Purvis (other topics)
T.J. Klune (other topics)
Holly Gramazio (other topics)
Martha Wells (other topics)
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Main Challenge Finished June 21, 2025! 🥳
🕵️♀️ Agatha Christie Novels Completed 25/66
💻 2025 Popsugar Reading Challenge 46/50
🕶️Kindle Summer Challenge 14/15
🍁ATY Autumn Reading Challenge 6/18
Currently reading and where they fit into these challenges:
Murder is Easy (audiobook) - Agatha Christie challenge
Eat the Ones You Love - read-a-thon, autumn challenge (ghost stories)
How to Seal Your Own Fate - read-a-thon, autumn challenge (spooky season)
Simplicity - read-a-thon, autumn challenge (autumn or fall)
My tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Completed Challenges:
❄️ ATY 2024-25 Winter Reading Challenge 15/15 💯
🔖 Goodreads Community Favorites Challenge 6/6 💯
🌷ATY 2025 Spring Reading Challenge 15/15 💯
🌻Goodreads Seasonal Challenge 7/7 💯
🗓️ 2025 ATY Completed 52/52 💯
🍾ATY 2025 Anniversary List 10/10 💯
🌞ATY 2025 Summer Reading Challenge 7500/5000 points 💯 or 25/25 💯
🌴Goodreads Summer Challenge 9/9 💯