Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Reoccurring every year, but start fresh from January to December.
(If you start after January, you may back-post from the beginning of the year.)

Rules
Read books by authors that are New 2 U (new to you).

• If an author writes under a pseudonym, you may use that, provided it is a different genre (or sub-genre, writes Historical Romance under one name and Paranormal Romance under another) and you have NOT read any of those books.

• Anthologies are always a wonderful way to try someone new, so as long as one of the stories has been written by a New 2 U author, they are permitted.

• Audiobooks are fine.

• Novellas are fine.

• You can set your goal now, or adjust as the year progresses.

• Feel free to make a special comment, if you found a real winner.
  (★Stars★ or ♥hearts♥ indications welcome!)

• Please indicate your totals. For example:

05/10

Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

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Reading Challenges ~ Emerald Coin

Earn your Emerald Coins with Reading Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.

To Earn an Emerald Coin:
One Coin upon reaching the Devil May Care Level in one year


Learn about Gem coins here

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I'll go for 50. These books represent new authors to me.

Challenge completed 30 April: 100/50

(view spoiler)[1. Robert Dugoni - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
2. Dan Wells - I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
3. Magdalen Nabb - Death of an Englishman (Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery, #1)
4. Albert Camus - The Stranger
5. Michael Morpurgo - An Elephant in the Garden
6. Laura Dave - The Last Thing He Told Me
7. Alexia Gordon - Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries, #1)
8. William Landay - Defending Jacob
9. Cal Newport - Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
10. Cheryl Jarvis - The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives
11. Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
12. Derek Sivers - How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
13. Maia Lee-Chin - Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases
14. Kate Clifford Larson - Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
15. Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
16. Fumio Sasaki - Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life
17. R.J. Palacio - Wonder
18. Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
19. Dana Lockhart - The Un-Life of William Moore
20. A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
21. Adam Kay - This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
22. Philip E. Orbanes - The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit
23. Bethan Roberts - My Policeman
24. Philip G. Zimbardo - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
25. Bill Konigsberg - The Bridge
26. Kamala Harris - The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
27. Steven Johnson - The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
28. Jaycee Dugard - A Stolen Life
29. John Vaillant - The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
30. M.L. Stedman - The Light Between Oceans
31. Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Longstocking, #1)
32. Carlene O'Connor - Murder in an Irish Village (An Irish Village Mystery, #1)
33. Betty MacDonald - Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)
34. Karen Joy Fowler - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
35. Thao Thai - Banyan Moon
36. Maria Semple - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
37. A.J. Sherwood - My Inherited House Might be Haunted
38. Kim Hooper - No Hiding in Boise
39. Elise Hooper - Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
40. Kamel Daoud - The Meursault Investigation
41. Richard Galli - Rescuing Jeffrey
42. Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife
43. Julie Clark - The Last Flight
44. L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
45. Tom Rob Smith - Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
46. Norman Partridge - Dark Harvest
47. Matt Haig - The Midnight Library
48. Holly Jackson - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
49. Sue Black - Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
50. Ronnie Kasrils - The Unlikely Secret Agent
51. Hugh Lewin - Stones Against the Mirror: Friendship in the time of the South African Struggle
52. Elle Thornton - The Girl Who Swam to Atlantis
53. Carsten Henn - The Door-to-Door Bookstore
54. Sophie White - Where I End
55. Gary Barwin - Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy
56. Ian McEwan - Amsterdam
57. Jen BartonBernice Sandler and the Fight for Title IX
58. Rachel Burge - The Twisted Tree (The Twisted Tree, #1)
59. Eduardo Lalo - Simone: A Novel
60. Juliane Koepcke - When I Fell From the Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
61. Joe Kubert - Yossel, April 19, 1943
62. Morgan Talty - Night of the Living Rez
63. Simone St. James - Murder Road
64. John Sandford - Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #1)
65. Mark Crick - Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 17 Recipes
66. Lisa Yount - Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas
67. Alison Espach - The Wedding People
68. Silvia Moreno-Garcia- Mexican Gothic
69. K.M. Jackson - How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
70. Alex Finlay - Every Last Fear
71. Clare Pooley - How to Age Disgracefully
72. Lynne Reid Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
73. Meg Cabot - The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
74. Blake Crouch - Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)
75. Jesmyn Ward - Salvage the Bones (Bois Sauvage, #2)
76. Erma Bombeck - If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?
77. Lisa Wingate - Before We Were Yours
78. Heather Morris - The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
79. E.G. Michaels - Before the Clock Strikes (Kyle Simmons Thriller, #1)
80. Ta-Nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me
81. Kristen Perrin - How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
82. Mike Wehner - The Girl Who Can Cook
83. Fiona McFarlane - The Sun Walks Down
84. Lily King - Euphoria
85. L.T. Vargus - Into the Abyss (Violet Darger, #5.5)
86. Fern Michaels - Fear Thy Neighbor
87. E. Lily Yu - On Fragile Waves
88. Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor & Park
89. D.E. Ireland - Wouldn't It Be Deadly (Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery, #1)
90. Kelly Rimmer - Before I Let You Go
91. Adam Silvera - They Both Die at the End
92. Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
93. Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking
94. Sarah Adler - Mrs. Nash's Ashes
95. Andrew Sean Greer - Less (Arthur Less, #1)
96. Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia
97. Solomon Northup - Twelve Years a Slave
98. Isabel Wilkerson - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
99. Candace Fleming - Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
100. Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights (hide spoiler)]

In!

1. Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party
💖2. Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry
3. Michiko Aoyama - What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
4. Jamie Anderson - Someone to Kiss
5. Scarlett Thomas - The End of Mr. Y
6. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim - A Love Like This
7. Robert Musil - The Man Without Qualities
8. Laurence Sterne - A Sentimental Journey
9. Sarah Mayberry - Sweetheart
10. Anya Bergman - The Witches of Vardø
11. Freida McFadden - Never Lie
12. Hiromu Arakawa - The Travelling Cat Chronicles
13. David M. Booher - All-New Firefly: The Gospel According to Jayne, Vol. 1
14. Julie Powell - Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
15. Valerie Keogh - The Mistress
16. T. Kingfisher - What Moves the Dead
17. Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
18. Penny Parkes - Home
19. Nita Prose - The Maid
20. Karen Joy Fowler - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
21. Alisa Craig - A Pint of Murder
22. Jenny Han - To All the Boys I've Loved Before
23. Ross MacKenzie - The Nowhere Emporium
24. Owen Wister - The Virginian
25. Sophie Elmhirst - Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Love, Shipwreck and Survival
26. Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient
27. Alexandria Bellefleur - Hang the Moon
28. Troy Onyango - We Are the Water People
29. Kari Schuetz - Argentina
30. Bridget Collins - The Binding
31. A.M. Homes - This Book Will Save Your Life
32. Allison Brennan - The Sorority Murder
33. Chris Broad - Abroad in Japan
34. Ian Mortimer - The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain
35. Marie Brennan - A Natural History of Dragons
36. Neil Price - The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
37. Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity
38. Ragnar Jónasson - Reykjavík
39. Shae Geary - Sapphire & Lotus
40. Black Elk - The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
41. Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking
42. Seth Grahame-Smith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
43. Annette Marie - Taming Demons for Beginners
44. Matthew Peed - Resurrection
45. Emilio Audissino - The Film Music of John Williams: Reviving Hollywood's Classical Style
46. Maxime J. Durand - The Perfect Run
47. Bear Grylls - How to Stay Alive: The Ultimate Survival Guide for Any Situation
48. Dorah L. Williams - Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House
49. Samantha Downing - Sleeping Dogs Lie
50. Carmen Maria Machado - Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
51. Frances White - Voyage of the Damned
52. Lisa See - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
53. Mike Gayle - The Man I Think I Know
54. William Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury
55. Dan Jones - Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages
56. William K. Klingaman - The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
57. Tara Westover - Educated
58. Matthew Polly - Bruce Lee: A Life
59. Marian Keyes - Watermelon
60. Alice Hoffman - The Bookstore Sisters
61. Nathaniel Philbrick - In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
62. Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
63. Tony Vigorito - Love and Other Pranks
64. Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
65. Tananarive Due - The Reformatory
66. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - The Mountains Sing
67. Meg Muldoon - Murder in Christmas River
68. Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow
69. Dorothy L. Sayers - Murder Must Advertise
70. Yasmina Khadra - What the Day Owes the Night
71. Lights amidst Shadows - The Coin
72. Catherine Steadman - The Family Game
73. Simon Barker - The Ship
74. Leanne Maskell - ADHD an A-Z: Figuring It Out Step by Step
75. Mercedes Lackey - The Fairy Godmother
76. Brent Weeks - The Way of Shadows
77. Timothy Snyder - The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 - 1999
78. Scott McCormick - Pirates! Scoundrels Who Shook the World
79. Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana
80. Epictetus - The Philosophy of Epictetus: Golden Sayings and Fragments
81. Ayana Gray - Beasts of Prey
82. Becky Chambers - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
83. Dan Wells - Dragon Planet
84. Robert Goddard - Caught in the Light
85. Jordan Ifueko - Raybearer
86. James Dashner - The Maze Runner
87. Caitlyn O'Leary - Her Steadfast Hero / Her Devoted Hero
88. Charlotte McConaghy - Wild Dark Shore
89. Lena Bourne - Cross
90. Robert Silverberg - The World Inside
91. Raylin Marks - Dr. Mitchell
92. Jack Carr - Red Sky Mourning
93. Zoé Valdés - Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada
94. Stephanie Butland - The Lost for Words Bookshop
95. Drew Hayes - The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
96. Julia Nordgren - How Superfoods Work
97. Faith Martin - Murder by Candlelight
98. Elie Wiesel - Night
99. Michael Moorcock - Elric of Melniboné
100. Peter Allison - Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Level:
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

1. The Donor by Clare Mackintosh 1/2/25
2. Run on Red by Noelle W. Ihli 1/7/25
3. My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel by Derf Backderf 1/12/25
4. The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas 1/18/25
5. Hide in Place by Emilya Naymark 1/29/25
6. One Lucky Subscriber by Kellye Garrett 1/31/25
7. My Murder by Katie Williams 2/5/25
8. Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson 2/6/25
9. Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall 2/13/25
10. Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima 2/14/25
11. If Living is Seeing I'm Holding My Breath by Sunny Moraine 2/28/25
12. Was She Wicked? Was She Good? by M. Rickert 2/28/25
13. The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness of Men by Brooke Bolander 2/28/25
14. No Exit by Taylor Adams 2/28/25
15. The Island by Natasha Preston 3/9/25
16. BlueBuried Muffins by Lyndsey Cole 3/11/25
17. Bull by Mike Bartlett 3/31/25
18. The Patient by Jasper DeWitt 4/10/25
19. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir 4/23/25
20. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai 5/6/25
21. Wasp & Snake by Livia Llewellyn 5/10/25
22. Rabbit Heart by Alyssa Wong 5/10/25
23. The Chopham Affair by Edgar Wallace 5/10/25
24. Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt 5/10/25
25. The Ghost's Touch by Fergus W. Hume 5/10/25
26. Falling Down by Guillermo del Toro 5/11/25
27. The Maid by Nita Prose 5/18/25
28. After Words by Nina Mitchell 5/19/25
29. Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders 5/22/25
30. A Classic Case by Alicia Thompson 5/24/25
31. Crime of Fashion by Emma Rosenblum 5/24/25
32. Murder on New Year's Eve by P. Creeden 5/24/25
33. Gus The Unicorn: The Great Circus Escape by Payton Meyer 5/26/25
34. Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh 5/31/25

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 24/24
Finished August 2025

1. Carissa Broadbent - The Serpent and the Wings of Night
2. Heather Fawcett - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
3. Naomi Novik - Uprooted
4. Amal El-Mohtar - This Is How You Lose the Time War
5. Marc Cameron - Command and Control
6. Nicholas Binge - Dissolution
7. Martha Wells - All Systems Red
8. Matthew McConaughey - Greenlights
9. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
10. Pittacus Lore - The Last Days of Lorien
11. Liann Zhang - Julie Chan Is Dead
12. Katherine Arden - Small Spaces
13. Victoria Schwab - City of Ghosts
14. Callie Hart - Quicksilver
15. R.F. Kuang - Yellowface
16. Hannah Brown - God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments
17. William Shatner - Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
18. Demi Moore - Inside Out
19. Dave Grohl - The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
20. Sierra Greer - Annie Bot
21. Stephen Graham Jones - The Only Good Indians
22. Caroline Peckham - The Awakening
23. Melissa Landers - Until Midnight
24. Laura Shepherd-Robinson - The Art of a Lie

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Come What May
Reading progress: 1 book

1. Sierra Greer - author of Annie Bot

New 2 U Authors 2025
Goal level: Devil May Care - Round 1

Read: 20/20

1. Eric Metaxas - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4,5 stars)
🥰 2. John Carlin - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Camilla Townsend - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars rounded up)
4. Coinneach MacLeod - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Ronan Farrow - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Alexander Mariotti - , ⭐⭐⭐
7. Bonnie Garmus - , ⭐⭐⭐
🥰 8. Mark Seal - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Rebecca Keegan - , ⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars)
10. Donald Spoto - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. Ben Aaronovitch - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 12. Uzma Jalaluddin - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 13. Mary Ann Shaffer -
14. Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
15. Karen Valby - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
16. Dennis E. Taylor - , ⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars)
17. Olivia Williams - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
18. Valentine Low - , ⭐⭐⭐
19. Charlie N. Holmberg - , ⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars)
🥰 20. Patrick Radden Keefe - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Devil May Care - Round 2

Read: 17/20

21. Dan Jones - , ⭐⭐⭐
22. Emma Thompson - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
23. Ray Bradbury - ⭐⭐⭐
24. Alexander Larman - ⭐⭐⭐
🥰 25. Stuart A. Reid - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
26. Saul David - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
27. Aaron J. Klein - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
28. Carrie Fisher - , no rating
29. Edward Gross - ⭐⭐⭐
30. Michela Wrong - ⭐⭐⭐⭐(3,5)
31. Richard Fletcher - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 32. Robert Jackson Bennett - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
33. Max Hastings - ⭐⭐⭐ (2,5)
🥰 34. John Thavis - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 35. Jo Walton - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
36. Hella S. Haasse - ⭐⭐⭐
37. Judi Rever - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Level: Come What May
Read:

January (2)
1. Brom - Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
2. S.T. Gibson - A Dowry of Blood

February (1)
3. Marisha Pessl - Night Film

March ()
4. Christina Henry - Near the Bone
5. Salla Simukka - Rdeča kot kri : prva knjiga trilogije Sneguljčica
6. Caroline Hirons - Skincare: the Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide

April ()
7. Tika Hribar & Tajka Selan - Živjo, lepa koža: vodič za razumevanje sodobne kozmetike in nege kože
8. Kate Atkinson - Life After Life

May ()
June ()

July ()
August ()
Thalia Hibbert - Get a Life, Chloe Brown
André Aciman - Call Me By Your Name
William Golding - Lord of the Flies

September ()
October ()

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!

January

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Level:
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

1. Danielle Lori
2. Sarita Pahuja
3. Kennedy Ryan
4. Leigh Jack
5. Olivia Jane
6. Lisa Gray
7. Kira Jane Buxton
8. Christy Swift
9. Ariel Lawhon
10. Abby Brooks
11. Blair M. Shadows
12. Kristina Welch
13. Sonora Reyes
14. Rachel Smythe
15. Hannah Nicole Maehrer
16. Catherine Cowles
17. Saraf Faisal
18. Sarah Smith
19. Marcus Kliewer
20. J.T. Geissinger

I’m in with a fresh face

1. Vawn Cassidy - Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey 5/1
2. L.A. McBride - Demon Relic Hunter - 12/1
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YEARLY CHALLENGE: New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
DATE: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
LEVEL: Adventurer = 10
COMPLETED: 0/10

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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 21/20

1. Ricochet by River Hale, 1/2/25
2. A Little Bit by L. Waltree, 1/5/25
3. Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining by Scarlett Drake, 1/6/25
4. The Husband Hoax by Saxon James, 1/8/25
5. Benji by E.M. Denning, 1/9/25
6. Leo Loves Aries by Anyta Sunday, 1/19/25
7. You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk, 1/26/25
8. Roman by Grae Bryan, 1/26/25
9. Never Leave, Never Lie by Thea Verdone, 1/28/25
10. Ignite by Abigail Glenn, 1/28/25
11. Tell Me Again by Becca Neil, 1/30/25
12. Unbound by Lesley Clark, 1/31/25
13. Captive Mate by Eliot Grayson, 1/31/25
14. The Shadows Beyond by T.J. Rose, 2/1/25
15. The Actor and His Secret by Ben Alderson, 2/1/25
16. King of the Dark by Ariana Nash, 2/2/25
17. A Little Christmas 3: Zachy by Layla Dorine, 2/5/25
18. Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink, 2/5/25
19. Snowflake and the Snake by Jay Leigh, 2/8/25
20. The Mercenary and the Mortician by Alexandra St. Pierre, 2/9/25
21. Violent Angel by Bianca Sommerland, 2/10/25

New to you author's challenge:

Devil May Care = 20 or more

1. The Whisper Sister Jennifer S. Brown 6 Jan
2. Still Alice Lisa Genova 8 Jan
3. How to Read a Book Monica Wood 20 Jan
4. A Match Made for Thanksgiving Jackie Lau 25 Jan
5. Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 25 Jan
6. The Nakano Thrift Shop Hiromi Kawakami 26 Jan
7. In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
8. Horse Geraldine Brooks 22 Feb
9. Bibliolepsy Gina Apostol 1 Mar
10. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers Samuel Burr 15 Mar
11. Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
12. How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley 29 Mar
13. Tehrangeles Porochista Khakpour 19 Apr
14: The Wedding People Alison Espach 26 Apr
15. The Book of Lost Names Kristin Harmel 4 May
16. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford 16 May
17. Five Winters Kitty Johnson 18 May
18. Daughter of Fire Sofia Robleda 5 Jun
19. The Wangs vs. the World Jade Chang 6 Jun
20. Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor 10 Jun
21. The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 15 Jun
22. Three Apples Fell from the Sky Narine Abgaryan 22 Jun
23. Why Cats Are Assholes Liz Miele 22 Jun
24. 100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines Sam Stall 22 Jun
25. The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters 25 Jun
26. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky 26 Jun
27. The Rent Collector Camron Wright 1 Jul
28. How Proust Can Change Your Life Alain de Botton 22 Jul
29. The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul
30. The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 27 Jul
31. Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 4 Aug
32. The Missing Half Ashley Flowers 4 Aug
33. The Correspondent Virginia Evans 12 Aug
34. My Ántonia Willa Cather 14 Aug
35: How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup J.L. Carr 24 Aug
36: Three Days in June Anne Tyler 30 Aug

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
⭐-Recommend my 4-5 star reads
1-100

1. by Shaylin Gandhi-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. byChristina Lauren-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. by Megan Miranda- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. by Rupert Holmes-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. by Lindsay Buroker- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. by Carissa Broadbent-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐7. by Chloe Gong-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐8. by Layne Fargo-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. by Mai Corland-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐10. by A.J. Finn- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. by Anna Kavan-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. by Greg Behrendt-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
13. by Lyndsy Spence-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐14. by Amanda Lee Koe-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15. by Tamie Dearen-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16. by Samantha Sotto Yambao-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
17. by Kristin Koval-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
18. by Abiola Bello- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐19. by Darcy Coates-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
20. by Lauren Roberts-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
21. by Emily Voigt- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
22. by Ande Pliego- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
23. by Melissa Ferguson- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐24. by Ken Follett- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐25. by Ali Hazelwood- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐26. by Armando Lucas Correa-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
27- by Alexis Henderson-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
28- by Kate Clayborn-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
29. by Holly Searcy- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐30. by James Patterson- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
31. by Christelle Dabos-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐32. by Sabaa Tahir- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
33. Sophie Sullivan-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐34. by Susanna Clarke-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐35. by Aimie K. Runyan-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐36. by Kevin Wilson-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐37. by Elise Hooper-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐38. by Astrid Scholte-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐39. by Shannon Chakraborty- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
40. by Willow Rose-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
41. BY Serena Valentino-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐42. by Katharine McGee-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐43. by Ali Rosen- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
44. by Erin Quinn-Kong-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
45. by Lauren Layne-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐46. by Abbi Waxman-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
47. by Sean Adams- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐48. by Alex Light-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐49. by Christopher Bollen-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐50. by Stefanie London-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐51. by Amber V. Nicole-
52. by Kayla Grosse-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
53. by Richard Osman- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
54. by Samantha Shannon-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐55. by Annie England Noblin
56. by MaryJanice Davidson
57. by Julia Bartz
58. by Julie Murphy
⭐59. by Tarah DeWitt
⭐60. by Kate Folk
61. by Kayla Edwards
⭐62. by Terry Brooks
⭐63. by Alexandra Bracken
⭐64. by Allison Larkin
65. by Chloe Chastaine and Lilith Vincent
66. by Anna-Marie McLemore
67. by Richard Kadrey
68. by James Grippando
⭐69. by Molly Olguín
⭐70. by Lisa Maxwell
⭐71. by Ann M. Martin
72. by Jasmine Guillory
73. by Charlotte Paradise
⭐74. by Alex Aster
75. by Olivie Blake
⭐76. by Tahereh Mafi
77. by Stephanie Garber
⭐78. by Alice Hoffman
⭐79. by Erin Morgenstern
80. by Sara Gruen
⭐81. by Rachel Vincent
⭐82. by April Asher
⭐83. by Ling Ling Huang
⭐84. by Chelsea Abdullah
⭐85. by Mónica Ojeda
⭐86. by Francesca Catlow
⭐87. by Rita Chang-Eppig
⭐88. by Christy Lefteri
89. by Porochista Khakpour
⭐90. by Andrea Max
⭐91. by Susan LeeDonna Tartt
⭐92. by Isabel Ibañez
⭐93. by Axie Oh
94. by Maisey Yates
95. by Davey Davis
⭐96. by Donna Tartt
97. by Nicole Zoltack
⭐98. by Anna Stuart
⭐99. by Amanda Peters
⭐100. by E.L. James

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!

Completed: 20/20

1. Gregory Maguire Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 10/1
2. Keri Lake Nocticadia 31/1
3. Dana Isaly Games We Play 3/2
4. David Bell She's Gone 6/2
5. Meg Anne Obsession 20/2
6. A.A. Dark 24690 22/2
7. Karen Lieversz Just a Taste 7/03
8. Emma James Wrenched 9/3
9. Ashlynn Author White Rabbit: A Devils Night Massacre 15/3
10. Clare Sager A Kiss of Iron 21/3
11. Lucy Foley The Guest List 30/3
12. Kelly deVos Day Zero 7/4
13. Rachel Leigh We Will Reign 9/4
14. Becka Mack Consider Me 17/4
15. S.J. Sylvis Weak Side 25/4
16. Kendall Talbot First Fate 3/5
17. C.M. Stunich Devils' Day Party 10/5
18. T.L. Payne No Way Out 14/5
19. Parker S. Huntington Darling Venom 11/6
20. Sheridan Anne War Games 23/6

I only managed 8 (maybe 9 before the year is out) new authors in 2024, so I am determined to do better in 2025!

As always, my goal is Come What May, with a hope for Devil May Care!

1. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
2. Lily's Just Fine by Gill Stewart
3. I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You by Miranda Hart
4. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
5. If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot
6. Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior
7. Crier's War by Nina Varela
8. Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
9. The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
10. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
11. Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans
12. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
13. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
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Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

I love discovering new-to-me authors!

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more
Tracker: 18

Twentieth Anniversary Screening by Jeff Strand √
A Knotty Road Trip (Knottingshire Academy #0.5) by Megan Verse √
Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps #1) by R.L. Stine √
For One Night Only by Jessica James √
You Should Have Left by Daiel Kehlmann √
♥ Crossroads by Laurel Hightower √
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht √
Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan by Shuzo Oshimi √
♥ Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler √
♥ What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould √
Lessons in Heartbreak by Karla Sorensen √
♥ Even Exchange by Hailey Dickert √
♥ Streams and Schemes by Rebecca Kinkade √
Shoot For The Stars by Ciana Smoak √
Know Your Newlywed by Hillary Nussbaum & Heather Taylor √
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku √
The Good Boy by Stella Hayward √
♥ Codebreaker by Jay Martell √

I'm in. I managed over 60 books by new authors last year, so I am committing to just as many this year.

Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!

1. The Conjurer's Wife by Sarah Penner ✅
2. Dark Space by Rob Hart ✅
3. The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer ✅
4. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry ✅
5. The Undead: The First Seven Days by R.R. Haywood ✅
6. A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology by Anna Tan ✅
7. Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker ✅
8. A Child Alone With Strangers by Philip Fracassi ✅
9. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins ✅
10. Among These Bones by Amanda Luzzader ✅
11. Pattern Recognition by William Gibson ✅
12. Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One by Jack Townsend ✅
13. The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba ✅
14. Trinity: Sol 3 by Andy Wilkinson ✅
15. Haunted Ground: The Ghosts of Laskin's Farm by Cailyn Lloyd ✅
16. Ghost Detective by Scott William Carter ✅
17. Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven ✅
18. The Atrocity Engine by Tim Waggoner ✅
19. The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan ✅
20. One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun ✅
21. Cara's Twelve by Chantel Seabrook ✅
22. The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe ✅
23. Jane Was Here by Sarah Kernochan ✅
24. The Soul of Chaos by Gregory Wunderlin ✅
25. The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco ✅
26. Dead Witch on a Bridge by Gretchen Galway ✅
27. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ✅
28. Deep and Deadly: Murder on the Scottish coast by Keith Moray ✅
29. The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale ✅
30. A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee ✅
31. Fate Forged by B.P. Donigan ✅
32. The Market of 100 Fortunes by Marie Brennan ✅
33. Lost Valley by Walt Browning ✅
34. Orchard of Skeletons by Eli Wilde ✅
35. Strung by Per Jacobsen ✅
36. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler ✅
37. Dead Man's Rain by Frank Tuttle ✅
38. Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan ✅
39. Spring's Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow ✅
40. Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron ✅
41. The Soul of Iuchiban by Evan Dicken ✅
42. The Monsters in our Shadows by Edward J. Cembal ✅
43. Fatemarked by David Estes ✅
44. The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe ✅
45. How We End by L.M. Juniper ✅
46. Boy in the Mirror by Robert J. Duperre ✅
47. Grave Empire by Richard Swan ✅

Finished: 2025/06/29

I'll start with 10 new authors again.

Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

01 - Dustin Thao - When Haru Was Here ✓ 01/06
02 - Amir Yarahi - Otaku Stories: Aus dem Leben eines Manga- und Anime-Fans ✓ 01/09
03 - Han Kang - Die Vegetarierin ✓ 01/18
04 - Alan Murrin - The Coast Road ✓ 02/02
05 - Kusabi Keri - Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition ✓ 02/03
06 - Christopher Isherwood - A Single Man ✓ 02/07
07 - Anne Perry - Todesurteil im Old Bailey ✓ 02/11
08 - Agatha Christie - Mord im Orientexpress ✓ 02/11
09 - Roji - Mein Leben mit Papa und Papa #01 ✓ 02/11
10 - Matt Haig - Die Mitternachtsbibliothek ✓ 02/17
11 - Ethan Cross - Racheopfer ✓ 02/28
12 - Jonathan Fryer - Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde's True Love ✓ 03/13
13 - Wolf Haas - Wackelkontakt ✓ 03/19
14 - Oliver Lovrenski - bruder, wenn wir nicht family sind, wer dann ✓ 03/21
15 - Dite - Teezimmerspiele ✓ 03/30
16 - Richard Wagamese - Das weite Herz des Landes ✓ 04/03
17 - AC Collins - Origamiherz ✓ 04/10
18 - Sarina Bowen - Top Secret ✓ 04/18
19 - André Aciman - Call Me by Your Name ✓ 05/02
20 - Natsuno Hiroko - About a Love song ✓ 05/12
21 - Nakamura Makino - The Fallen Alpha ✓ 05/12
22 - Shikke - Pink Heart Jam 01 ✓ 05/13
23 - Joël Dicker - Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert ✓ 05/16
24 - Yorick Goldewijk - 1000 und ich: Zweifle nicht, zögere nicht, hinterfrage nicht ✓ 05/18
25 - Mojito - Ennead 1 ✓ 05/18
26 - Kureno Mataaki - Lieber Liebeskummer ✓ 05/18
27 - Garrett Carr - Der Junge aus dem Meer ✓ 05/27
28 - Sukeyama - Total in dich verschossen ✓ 06/05
29 - Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13
30 - Isaac Blum - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen ✓ 06/16
31 - Anthony Doerr - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen ✓ 06/25

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Risk Taker
Reading progress: 14/15

2025 New 2 U Author Challenge
Read 15 books by authors you haven’t read before.
1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 1/9
2. The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez 2/8
3. Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate 3/5
4. The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin 3/3
5. The Sublet by Greer Hendricks 3/11
6. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum 3/29
7. James by Percival Everett 4/12
8. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman 5/16
9. Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell 5/20
10. Abscond by Abraham Verghese 6/6
11. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 6/13
12. Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese 6/22
13. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 6/29
14. The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff 7/3
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Hi! I'm new here and I've never done one of these challenges before. What are the rules? Do I just update my list here as I read them?

For now I'm going to commit to Come What May and see what happens. :)

Level: Come What May
Reading progress:

1. The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore
2.Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
3.Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper
4. Polostan by Neal Stephenson
5. The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond
6. The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood
7. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
8. Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
9. Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
10. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
11. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by ReShonda Tate
12. Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke
13. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
14. Celine by Peter Heller
15. The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
16. The Tiffany Girls by Shelley Noble
17. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
18. The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer
19. Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas
20. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
21. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
22. Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller
23. The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost by Peter Manseau
24. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
25. What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
26. The Seminarian by Hart Hanson
27. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
28. Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
29. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
30. Deacon King Kong by James McBride
31. Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.
32. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
33. The Favorites by Layne Fargo
34. Murder at the Patel Motel by Maulik Pancholy
35. The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa
36. The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
37.

I am in again for Devil may care



1. Daniel Mendelsohn..A Search for Six of Six Million
2. A. J. Pearce..Dear Mrs Bird (book 1)(22/2)
3. Jennifer Ryan..The Underground Library (3/3)
4. Lizzie Shane..Sweeter Than Chocolate (14/4)
5. Toshikazi Kawaguchi..Before the Coffee Gets Cold (book 1)(29/5)
6. Georgie Blalock..An Indiscreet Princess (24/6)
7. Paige Crutcher..he Lost Witch (25/7)
8. Kotaro Isaka..Three Assassins (book 1)(30/7)
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I am in again for "Devil May Care" level.
23/20+ Completed

1 - Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
2 - Charles D'Angelo, Think and Grow Thin: The Revolutionary Diet and Weight-loss System That Will Change Your Life in 88 Days!
3 - Wendy Walker, Emma in the Night
4 - Emilia Hart, Weyward
5 - Shelley Parker Chan, She Who Became the Sun
6 - Michael Finkel, The Art Thief
7 - Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind
8 - Mel Robbins, The Let Them Theory
9 - Kari Aguila, Women's Work
10 - David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
11 - Susan Vreeland, The Passion of Artemesia
12 - John Vercher, Devil Is Fine
13 - Richard Grant, God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
14 - Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
15 - Victoria Finlay, Color: A Natural History of the Palette
16 - Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing
17 - Cheryl Simone, Midnights with the Mystic: A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss
18 - Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
19 - Cher, Cher: The Memoir, Part 1
20 - Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors
21 - Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist
22 - Susie Luo, Paper Names
23 - Joseph M. Marshall III, The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!

1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick 1/2 4*
2. The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading by Andrew Pettegree 1/14 1*
3. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 1/18 5*
4. 1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton 1/23 4*
5. A Guide to the Wars of the Roses by Derek Ronald Birks 2/19 4.5*
6. So Big by Edna Ferber 2/19 3.5
7. Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams 2/25 3.5*
8. The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat al-Himma by Melanie Magidow 2/25 4*
9. The Women Writers’ Revolution: More than Bloomsbury: The Success of Female Authors during the Interwar Years by Stephen Wade 2/27 1*
10. The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies by Guy de la Bédoyère 2/27 4*
11. The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence, 1775–1776 by Tom McMillan 3/11 5+*
12. E.D.E.N. Southworth's Hidden Hand: The Untold Story of America's Famous Forgotten Nineteenth-Century Author by Rose Neal 3/13 4*
13. Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm by Gil North 3/14 2*
14. The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers 3/25 4*
15. book:Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests|218569882] by Marguerite Holloway 4/1 3*
16. A Killer in King's Cove by Iona Whishaw 4/4
17. An Unconventional Courtship by Dorothy Mack 4/7
18. Near the Forest, By the Lake: Discovering Nature Close to Home by Angela E. Douglas 4/19 5*
19. Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah 4/20 3.5*
20. Poetry Prescription: Wild Remedy by Deborah Alma 4/24 4*
21. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham. 4/25 3*
22. Apricot Sky by Ruby Ferguson 4/27 3.5*
23. Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser 3/30 5*
24. Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb 5/4
25. The African Queen by C.S. Forester 5/12 2.5*
26. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 5/26 2*
27. Local Custom by Sharon Lee and Stan Miller 6/30 4*
28. The Age-Proof Brain by Marc Milstein 7/7
29. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte 7/24 5*
30. Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 8/3 3.5*
31. Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley 8/5
32. Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire 8/7
33. Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner 8/15
34. Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney 8/16 5*
35. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett 8/18 2*
36. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams 8/22 4*
37. The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson 8/22 3*
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025

Level: Come what may!

1 The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen 1/4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2 She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke 1/27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 Phantom by H.D. Carlton ⭐️⭐️⭐️
4 Annie Bot by Sierra Greer 1/11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle 2/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
6 Just This Once by Lena Hendrix 2/9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 2/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. The Immortalists 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. Assistant to the Villain 3/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10. Sucks To Be Me by Kristen Painter 3/27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

11. Waifs and Strays by Helen Harper 4/4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. Ice Blue by Emma Jameson 4/11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
13. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson 5/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. Big Chief by Jon Hickey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
15. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
16. The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17. The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

New 2 U Authors 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 33

1. Raspberry Tart Murder R.S. Brown 1/9/25
2. To Catch a Murderer Daisy Belle 1/10/25
3. Robbery in Dublin Dennis Shock 1/14/25
4. The Silent Network:A Ravenswood Mystery Book Club Novel Virginia James 1/15/25
5. Bourbon and Betrayal C.S. Ireland 1/23/25
6. All Too Dead Scarlett Moss 2/4/25
7. Pawsitively Murder Kit Sterling 2/9/25
8.Tragedy in Tahoe Rachele Baker 3/3/25
9. Murder Next Door Arthur Pearce 3/4/25
10. Murder at the Villa Betty Cage 3/15/25
11. One Sharp Stitch Allie Pleiter 3/28/25
12. Secrets Beneath the Shelves Tessa Silver 4/2/25
13. Espresso Shots and Murder Plots Audrey Alden 4/10/25
14. A Blueberry Murder Lori Cleary 4/16/25
15. The Cupcake Conundrum Tracy Auten 4/17/25
16. A Whiff of Wicked Angela Mayble 5/1/25
17. Diamond in the Ruff Cindy Goyette 5/7/25
18. Murder on the Mesa Kristina Charles 5/9/25
19. A Dodgy Death Jacqueline M. Green 5/28/25
20. Artful Deception Ellen Le Teace 6/5/25
21. Killer Brownies Amelia Pine 6/20/25
22. First Edition Fatality Mandy Paige 6/21/25
23. Baubles to Die For Tonya Penrose 6/21/25
24. Baubles to Die For Tonya Penrose 6/21/25
25. Death by Diamond Lab Tess Marlowe 7/6/25
26. Bears, Berries & Beginnings Fran Heap 7/9/25
27. This Is Not My Life (But the Scones Are Good} Marie Christina 7/15/25
28. Murder Clears the Table Kristine Frost 7/18/25
29. January Black Ice Carol Ann Kauffman 7/21/25
30. Secrets Buried in the Backyard Reva Davenport 8/2/25
31. Picking Up the Pieces J.B. Abbott 8/12/25
32. The Unlucky Collie Caper Georgette Livingston 8/14/25
33. Scone Cold Murder Tammy Alice 8/23/25

New 2 U Authors 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 26/20+

* Novellas permitted

1. Michael Skidgell -- The Hartford Circus Fire: Tragedy Under the Big Top
2. Oliver Darkshire -- Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
3. Zeke Faux -- Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
4. Sue Black -- All That Remains: A Life in Death
5. Jamie Bartlett -- The Missing Cryptoqueen
6. Peter Robison -- Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
7. Danielle Ofri -- When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error
8. Shawn Cohen -- College Girl, Missing
9. C.S. Poe -- The Mystery of Nevermore
10. Luke Harding -- A Very Expensive Poison
11. Daniel Polansky -- The Builders
12. Stephen M. Cohn -- All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit
13. Rowland White -- Into the Black
14. Kristen Britain -- Green Rider
15. Rick Springfield -- Late, Late at Night
16. David Shariatmadari -- Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
17. S.A. Barnes -- Dead Silence
18. Sarah Gailey -- Magic for Liars
19. Jesselyn Cook -- The Quiet Damage
20. William Gibson -- Neuromancer
21. Timothy Snyder -- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
22. Deanna Raybourn -- Killers of a Certain Age
23. Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- The Disappeared
24. John Strausbaugh -- The Wrong Stuff
25. Jack Olsen -- Night of the Grizzlies
26. Gardiner Harris -- No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

New 2 U Authors 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 0/25

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1. B.B. Alston - Amari and the Night Brothers
2. Amy Tintera - Listen for the Lie
3. Curtis Sittenfeld - Romantic Comedy
4. Denise Lewis Patrick - Red Dancing Shoes
5. Josie Silver - A Winter in New York
6. Kasha Thompson - Defensive Stance: Las Vegas Ramblers
7. Luis Alberto Urrea - The House of Broken Angels
8. Omotara James - Song of My Softening
9. Meghan MacLean Weir - Meghan MacLean Weir
10. Ambika Vohra - The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal
11. Rufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money Troubles
12. Amy Lea - Woke Up Like This
13. Annabel Monaghan - Same Time Next Summer
14. Kathryn Ma - The Chinese Groove
15. Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang - Here for the Wrong Reasons
16. Kelly McWilliams - Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay
17. Rahul Saini - Rahul Saini
18. Whitney D. Grandison - A Love Hate Thing
19. Beverly Jenkins - Rare Danger
20. Aubreé Pynn - Maybe for the Summer: A Standalone Novel
21. Joanna Kimber - Hide Away: A Golden Peaks Country Club Novel
22. Denise Williams - The Fastest Way to Fall
23. Shawnelle Gibbs & Shawnee Gibbs - Ghost Roast
24. Kimberly Brown - Navigating Grief and Loss: 25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others
25. Geneva Bowers - Hovergirls
26. Dhara Shah - Buddy Reads
27. Lamartz Brown - Back Down Memory Lane
28. Aleisha Dawn - Luxury Of A Hood Love: Standalone
29. Jasmine Nichole Harris Sheffield - Freshmen Fifteen
30. Kristina McMorris - Poppy's Story
31. Kristin Harmel - The Road Home
32. Sejal Badani - The Days Before Us
33. Angie Kim - A Planned Occasion
34. Dani M. Ward - Where Your Eyes Linger
35. Kirahvi Bello - The Book At The Bar
36. Joy Avery - Sugar Coated Love
37. Danica Nava - The Truth According to Ember
38. A.H. Cunningham - Out of Office
39. Hannah Bonam-Young - Out of the Woods
40. Aaron Frankel - Writing The Broadway Musical
41. Georgia K. Boone - I'll Be Gone for Christmas
42. Jayne Denker - The Rom-Com Agenda
43. Lindsay Lynch - Do Tell
44. Margot Lee Shetterly - Hidden Figures
45. Natalie Sue - I Hope This Finds You Well
46. PRECIOUS GIBSON - In The Wicked We Trust
47. Sheila M. Averbuch - Friend Me
48. Nikki Barthelmess - Everything Within and In Between
49. Sarah Everett - How to Live without You
50. Roni Loren - Yes & I Love You
51. J.R. Yussuf - Dear Bi Men: A Black Man's Perspective on Power, Consent, Breaking Down Binaries, and Combating Erasure
52. Rachel Lacey - Read Between the Lines
53. Samantha Hunt - The Seas
54. Yulin Kuang - How to End a Love Story
55. Zibby Owens - Blank
56. Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
57. Sariah Wilson - Royal Valentine
58. Kate Murphy - You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
59. Molly Horton Booth - Twelfth Grade Night
60. Rachel Van Dyken - My Summer in Seoul
61. Ava Dellaira - Love Letters to the Dead
62. Kate Harrad - Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative
63. Sigrid Nunez - The Friend
64. Audrey J. Cole - Missing in Flight
65. Swati Hegde - Match Me If You Can
66. Elle Kayson - What An Heiress Wants: A Standalone Novel
67. Kya Montague - A Love of my Own
68. Shvonne Latrice - Applying Pressure
69. Jill Tew - The Dividing Sky
70. Analeigh Sbrana - Lore of the Wilds
71. Mya - The Love We Make: The Moods of Love
72. Joanna "JoJo" Levesque - Over the Influence: A Memoir
73. Rhonda McKnight - Bitter and Sweet
74. Vanessa Miller - The Light on Halsey Street: A Novel
75. BriAnn Danae - Talk To Me Nicely
76. Charleigh Harper - Will You Be Ours
77. Kaye Lovett - Maybe I Deserve
78. Kalie Holford - The Last Love Song
79. Lynn Lyons - The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them
80. Sophie Lambda - So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship
81. Bre Shadae - Priest
82. K. Lashaun - In This Moment
83. Gabriela Ge - Soul Crush
84. Len Vlahos - Life in a Fishbowl
85. Daniel Hurst - The Baby Swap
86. Christen Randall - The No-Girlfriend Rule
87. K.L. Hall - Something Bleu: Potomac Falls Book One
88. Katherine Center - Hello Stranger
89. Eunnie - If You'll Have Me
90. Olivia Linden - Given a Chance
91. Robbi Renee - Somebody's Forever
92. Keke Palmer - Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative
93. Ali Stroker - The Chance to Fly
94. Kaitlyn Hill - Wild About You
95. J.T. Ellison - A Very Bad Thing
96. Sharina Harris - (Im)perfectly Happy
97. Lucas Mann - Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV
98. Elle McNicoll - Some Like It Cold
99. Leyla Brittan - Ros Demir Is Not the One
100. Amélie Wen Zhao - The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
101. Aliza Mann - Course Correct
102. Jatoria C. - Caught Up Lovin' A Nashville Boss
103. Taylor Lynn - Essence and Runes: Essence and Runes, Book 1
104. Theresa Reese - Woke Up In A Mansion With A Rich Savage
105. Antoinette Sherell - The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy
106. Megan E. Freeman - Alone
107. Douglas Corleone - Falls to Pieces
108. Rilzy Adams - Treble
109. Denise Essex - Six Dirty Deeds: A Girls Trip Gone Wrong
110. Aria Daze - Rudy Jones's New Year's Resolution
111. N.G. Peltier - Sweethand
112. Kelly Bishop - The Third Gilmore Girl
113. Lynn Z. Bloom - Recipe
114. Danie Stirling - Crumbs
115. Allyson Dahlin - Cake Eater
116. Bethany Joy Lenz - Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show
117. Aricka Alexander - Down South Bayou: A Black Sapphic Romance
118. Sarah Hollowell - A Dark and Starless Forest
119. M. Monique - Blu
120. Reese Ryan - A Cowboy Kind of Thing
121. Meka James - Love and Sportsball
122. Tember Sapphire - She's a Keeper
123. Yodokawa - Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord, Vol. 1
124. Camryn Garrett - Friday I'm in Love
125. Dale Walls - The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay
126. Jessica Parra - Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success
127. Karmen Lee - The 7-10 Split
128. M.A. Wardell - Teacher of the Year
129. Uzma Jalaluddin - Hana Khan Carries On
130. Yvonne Woon - My Flawless Life
131. Charity Shane - A Novel Christmas
132. Charmaine Wilcox - The Echelon Omega
133. Jade Olivia - A Month of Sundays
134. Shameka S. Erby - The Greatest Risk: A McNeal Love Story
135. Adrienne Young - A Sea of Unspoken Things
136. Celia Laskey - Cover Story
137. Marisa Kanter - Finally Fitz
138. Shaina Lu - Noodle & Bao: A Graphic Novel
139. Patricia Sargeant - Down to the Wire
140. Rae Shawn - Uncovering Her Cravings
141. Dria Andersen - To Her Rescue
142. Tay Mo'Nae - A Girl Like Me
143. Terreece M. Clarke - Chaser
144. Ashley Winstead - This Book Will Bury Me
145. Clare Osongco - Midnights with You
146. David Arnold - I Loved You in Another Life
147. Kris Ripper - The Love Study
148. Sarah J. Harris - Meet Me on the Bridge
149. Samantha Castoro - Return To Sender
150. Lady Marie - Sinnamon & Golds

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Amy's New 2 U Authors 2025 Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 56/20

1. The Hardhat Riot by David Paul Kuhn 1/4/25
2. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 1/5/25
3. Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott 1/6/25
4. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates 1/15/25
5. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 1/16/25
6. Oscar Wilde by Matthew Sturgis 1/21/25
7. We Have Been Harmonized by Kai Strittmatter 1/30/25
8. Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung 2/8/25
9. We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian 2/12/25
10. The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez by Aaron Bobrow-Strain 2/12/25
11. Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina 2/12/25
12. The Road Out of Hell by Anthony Flacco 2/13/25
13. Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza 2/23/25
14. The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman 2/24/25
15. Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower 3/7/25
16. Blood and Sand by Alex von Tunzelmann 3/16/25
17. The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon 3/20/25
18. Our Fathers by Rebecca Wait 3/23/25
19. A Force So Swift by Kevin Peraino 3/27/25
20. The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner 3/30/25
21. The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep by David Satter 4/3/25
22. A Million Drops by Víctor del Árbol 4/3/25
23. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth 4/4/25
24. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris 4/7/25
25. Daughters of the Samurai by Janice P. Nimura 4/13/25
26. SPQR by Mary Beard 4/14/25
27. Nagasaki by Susan Southard 4/16/25
28. Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki 4/16/25
29. Jonathan Swift by John Stubbs 4/26/25
30. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow 5/1/25
31. Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum 5/5/25
32. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 5/7/25
33. Ants Among Elephants by Sujatha Gidla 5/16/25
34. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin 5/19/25
35. Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 by Cher 6/10/25
36. Target Tokyo by James M. Scott 6/22/25
37. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 7/7/25
38. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix 7/10/25
39. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova 7/14/25
40. Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght 7/16/25
41. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 7/17/25
42. The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist 7/20/25
43. Estrogen Matters by Avrum Bluming 7/22/25
44. The Graves Are Walking by John Kelly 7/23/25
45. 18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb 7/27/25
46. Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason 7/28/25
47. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga 8/4/25
48. Alexandra Petri's US History by Alexandra Petri 8/7/25
49. The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey 8/9/25
50. Franchise by Marcia Chatelain 8/17/25
51. A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin 8/17/25
52. Up Jumped the Devil by Bruce Conforth 8/25/25
53. Black and Blue by Ian Rankin 8/30/25
54. The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle 9/1/25
55. Serving Victoria by Kate Hubbard 9/2/25
56. The Bookseller of Florence by Ross King 9/3/25

🖌✏️New2Me Authors 2025🖌✏️
🕰January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025🕰
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1. Robert McCloskey
2. Matt Haig
3. John Steinbeck
4. Toni Shiloh

I will join. This wil be my first challenge with the group as I am new

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!

January
1. Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer - January 4
2. Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine - January 7

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31
Level: Devil May Care
Progress: 25/20

1. I Think We've Been Here Before by Suzy Krause ~ January 2
2. The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods ~ January 13
3. Under the Surface By Diana Urban ~ January 14
4. How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang ~ January 15
5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ~ January 30
6. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks ~ January 30
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling ~ February 5
8. Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli ~ February 24
9. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ~ March 13
10. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid ~ March 16
11. Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll ~ March 30
12. Nick by Michael Farris Smith ~ April 13
13. Black Cat Benefit: A Feline-Fueled Fundraiser Turns Fatal by Molly Fitz ~ June 28
14. Sally's Lament by Mari Mancusi ~ June 29
15. Murder in the Devil's Half Acre by Rose Pascoe ~ July 3
16. Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens ~ July 4
17. Over and Under by Robin Hart ~ July 8
18. Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton ~ July 11
19. The Spanish Love Deceptionby Elena Armas ~ July 16
20. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes ~ July 24
21. A Cross-Country Christmas by Courtney Walsh ~ July 25
22. The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe ~ July 28
23. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner ~ August 3
24. The Awakening by Caroline Peckham ~ August 6
25. The Vanishing Bookstore by Helen Phifer ~ August 23

Hello, I am in for this new to me challenge.
NEW 2U AUTHORS CHALLENGE 2025
01.01.2025-31.12.2025
Reading progress:
Come what may:
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

New 2U Authors 2025 - COMPLETED
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Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care

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✔ 1. Rachel Hawkins The Villa 1/6/25
✔ 2. Adrienne Young The Unmaking of June Farrow 1/29/25
✔ 3. T.E Kinsey A Quiet Life in the Country 1/22/25
✔ 4. Jean Hanff Korelitz The Plot 1/14/25
✔ 5. Janet Evanovich One for the Money 1/25/25
✔ 6. Oyinkan Braithwaite My Sister, the Serial Killer 1/16/25
✔ 7. Susan Wolfe The Last Billable Hour 1/19/25
✔ 8. Julia Buckley Death on the Night of the Lost Lizards 1/11/25
✔ 9. Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age 2/5/25
✔ 10. Emiko Jean The Return of Ellie Black 2/13/25
✔ 11. Jesse Petersen Married with Zombies 2/16/25
✔ 12. Layne Fargo They Never Learn 2/19/25
✔ 13. Paul Rudnick Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style 2/21/25
✔ 14. Mark Edwards Here to Stay 2/23/25
✔15. Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built 3/11/25
✔ 16. Colleen Cambridge Murder at Mallowan Hall 3/15/25
✔ 17. Ashley Poston The Dead Romantics 3/20/25
✔ 18. Dostoevsky Fyodor White Nights 3/23/25
✔ 19. Pelt Shelby Van Remarkably Bright Creatures 3/26/25
✔ 20. Shaffer Meg The Wishing Game 3/28/25
✔ 21. White E.B Charlotte’s Web 04/06/25 4★
✔ 22. Coates Darcy Dead of Winter 04/17/25 3.5★

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Level: Devil May Care
Completed: 35/20+

1. Grace Reilly, Breakaway, 1/6
2. Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop, 1/25
3. Michelle Hercules, These Pucking Boys: Part One, 1/30
4. Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray, 1/31
5. Soman Chainani, The Princess Game, 1/31
6. Ken Liu, The Cleaners, 1/31
7. Callie Hart, Quicksilver, 2/3
8. Alan Sepinwall, Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History, 2/7
9. Clare Sager, Slaying the Shifter Prince, 2/10
10. Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades, 2/28
11. Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King, 3/15
12. Elise Winters, Leviathan's Song, 3/16
13. Juliette Cross, The Wraith King, 4/12
14. Aly Hollis, Raven Rebel, 4/19
15. Sally Green, The Smoke Thieves, 4/25
16. Dahlia Rose, Alastair : Bacchus Hill Boys 1, 4/30
17. Dylan Allen, The Mastermind, 4/30
18. Jenny Hickman, A Cursed Kiss, 5/14
19. Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful, 5/17
20. Clio Evans, Not So Kind Regards, 6/1
21. Kaylie Smith, Phantasma, 6/4
22. Elsie Silver, Flawless, 6/10
23. Navessa Allen, Lights Out, 6/19
24. Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life, 7/4
25. E Lockheart, We Were Liars, 7/5
26. April Asher, Not Your Crush's Cauldron, 7/8
27. Sarah Blue, Mile High Heat, 7/9
28. Alwyn Hamilton, Rebel of the Sands, 7/19
29. Stephanie Williams, The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel, 8/2
30. Katy Rose Pool. There Will Come a Darkness, 8/8
31. Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War, 8/10
32. Max Gladtsone, This Is How You Lose the Time War, 8/10
33. Aurora Palit, Honey and Heat, 8/18
34. Kayla Ruhland, The Unofficial Twilight Saga Cookbook: Flavors from Forks, 8/31
35. Jeremy Renner, My Next Breath, 9/4

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Come What May
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Completed: 15/20

1. Gretchen Galway - Dead Witch on a Bridge - 1/5
2. Lee Hall - Shakespeare in Love - 1/12
3. Jenni Keer - The Ravenswood Witch - 1/12
4. Sierra Greer - Annie Bot - 1/18
5. Christy Nicholas - Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. - 1/24
6. Ashley R. King - The Darkest Waltz - 1/27
7. Vivienne Lee Fraser - The World Below: The World Below Book One - 1/29
8. Sarah Dass - It Waits in the Forest - 2/14
9. E.L. Massey - Like Real People Do - 2/22
10. Tracy Deonn - Legendborn - 3/2
11. Alexene Farol Follmuth - My Mechanical Romance - 5/7
12. John Scalzi - Starter Villain - 5/22
13. Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: The Final Empire - 5/24
14. Anna Staniszewski - The Dirt Diary - 5/31
15. Joan Lindsay - Picnic at Hanging Rock - 6/22
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Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31

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1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
2. Hyvä paha jalostus : Miten eettinen ruuantuotanto on mahdollista by Mari Koistinen
3. Kypros by Riina Katajavuori
4. Hämähäkkinaisen suudelma by Manuel Puig
5. Bospor Express by Antti Tuuri
6.Kaupunki nimeltä Onitsha by J.M.G. Le Clézio
7. Legendoja ja latteja by Travis Baldree
8.Leiri 14: Pako Pohjois-Koreasta by Blaine Harden
9.Uenon asema by Yū Miri
10. Diktaattorien naiset by Antje Windgassen
11. Kabulin kauneuskoulu by Deborah Rodriguez
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New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Level: Devil May Care (20+)
Read: 24/20+

1. Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs 01.07.25
2. Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft 01.09.25
3. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera 01.12.25
4. Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler 01.14.25
5. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 01.24.25
6. The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose 02.25.25
7. The Family Game by Catherine Steadman 03.08.25
8. Double Indemnity by James M. Cain 03.18.25
9. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 03.21.25
10. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 03.24.25
11. The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop 03.28.25
12. Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe 03.31.25
13. James by Percival Everett 04.28.25
14. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 05.05.25
15. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton 05.13.25
16. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly 05.29.25
17. The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner 06.07.25
18. Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 06.09.25
19. Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth 06.15.25
20. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 06.23.25
21. The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak 07.03.25
22. The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia 07.20.25
23. The Deja Glitch by Holly James 08.18.2
24. First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison 08.31.25