2022 reading challenges I'm following
As
in the past, mostly the challenges listed here help me direct my
reading. As such, some will not provide a challenge, simply indicate how
well I am doing. Some of the challenges are external to this blog while
others are hosted here or on a blog that I manage. In practical terms I
do allow some challenges to overlap, that is, most books will appear in
more than one challenge. Most of the challenges are simply
continuations of ones I took on last year as I have found that these
work for me.
This page is a work in progress
Last updated 310 December 2022
Quick summary
- 2022 Good Reads Reading Challenge. I have set my challenge at 110. Currently: 127
- Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Completed in 2014, titles read in 2022: 10
- USA Fiction Challenge So far 29/51, this year: 10
- 2022 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 29
- 2022 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 17
- British Books Challenge 2022 currently 64
- 2022 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 79
- New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 41
- Not crime fiction - a personal challenge currently 5
- New Zealand reading challenge -again a personal challenge. currently 2
- Translated crime fiction - a personal challenge that will overlap with many of the other reading challenges that I have undertaken. currently 8
- Snagged through the Library currently: 598
- Audio books: currently: xx
- 2022 Historical Reading Challenge. Currently: 14
2022 Good Reads Reading Challenge. I have set my challenge at 110.
Currently: 127
My list of books read can be found here
Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Completed in 2014, titles read in 2022: 10
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
- 4.5, CROOKED HOUSE
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN
- 4.4, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY
- 4.4, THE HOUND OF DEATH and other stories
- 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT,
- 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END
- 4.7, MARPLE, TWELVE NEW SHORT STORIES, Agatha Christie and others
- 4.3, THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, Agatha Christie
USA Fiction Challenge So far 32/51, this year: 9
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 4.6, DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
- 4.4, THE NIGHT BIRD, Brian Freeman
- 4.6, TRANSIENT DESIRES, Donna Leon
- 4.5, STREETS OF GOLD, Margot Kinberg
- 4.6, OLD BONES, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
- 4.6, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens
- 4.5, THE WIFE UPSTAIRS, Rachel Hawkins
2022 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 29
- 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, WILD PLACE, Christian White
- 4.6, CROCODILE TEARS, Alan Carter
- 4.5, CANTICLE CREEK, Adrian Hyland
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.6, CRUCIFIXION CREEK, Barry Maitland
- 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
- 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
- 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
- 4.6, THE ISLAND, Adrian McKinty
- 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
- 4.5, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari Gentill
- 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
- 4.6, THE MURDER RULE, Dervla McTiernan
- 4.5, THE WHISPERING, Veronica Lando
- 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
- 5.0, LYING BESIDE YOU, Michael Robotham
- 4.8, EXILES, Jane Harper
- 4.6, BLACK RIVER, Matthew Spencer
- 4.4, THE KILLING CODE, Ellie Marney
- 4.7, CUTTER'S END, Margaret Hickey
- 4.5, THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM THE WOODLANDS NURSING HOME, Joanna Nell
- 4.7, DAY'S END, Garry Disher
- 4.8, ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID, Tracey Lien
- 4.8, THE TILT, Chris Hammer
2022 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 17
- 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
- 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
- 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
- 4.5, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari Gentill
- 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
- 4.6, THE MURDER RULE, Dervla McTiernan
- 4.5, THE WHISPERING, Veronica Lando
- 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
- 4.8, EXILES, Jane Harper
- 4.4, THE KILLING CODE, Ellie Marney
- 4.7, CUTTER'S END, Margaret Hickey
- 4.5, THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM THE WOODLANDS NURSING HOME, Joanna Nell
- 4.8, ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID, Tracey Lien
British Books Challenge 2022 currently 64
- 4.8, A NARROW DOOR, Joanne Harris
- 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, A VIKING SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.6, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, Catherine Steadman
- 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
- 4.3, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman
- 4.4, A GHOSTLY SHADOW, H. L. Marsay
- 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley
- 4.4, A ROMAN SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.5, CROOKED HOUSE, Agatha Christie
- 4.5, WATER'S EDGE, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE BOTHY, G.R. Jordan
- 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
- 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
- 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND, G.R. Jordan
- 4.5, THE NIDDERDALE MURDERS, J. R. Ellis
- 4.6, THE ROYAL BATHS MURDER, J. R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE WHITBY MURDERS, J.R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY, G. R. Jordan
- 4.5, DEAD AT THIRD MAN, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE PIRATE CLUB, G. R. Jordan
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
- 4.7, SHADOW SANDS, Robert Bryndza
- 4.4, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY, Agatha Christie
- 5.0, THE LOCKED ROOM, Elly Griffiths
- 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.7, THE LIAR'S GIRL, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.8, TWELVE SECRETS, Robert Gold
- 4.9, HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner
- OFFSHORE, Ann Cleeves - Shetland 6.1
- 4.4, THE HOUND OF DEATH and other stories, Agatha Christie
- 4.8, INTO THE WATER, Paula Hawkins
- 4.5, THE TWYFORD CODE, Janice Hallett
- 4.3, MURDER ON THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS, Alexandra Benedict
- 4.5, THE CROSSING, Matt Brolly
- 4.6, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIE, Simon Stephenson
2022 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 79
Kindle: 52
- 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, A VIKING SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 4.4, A GHOSTLY SHADOW, H. L. Marsay
- 4.4, A ROMAN SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.6, CRUCIFIXION CREEK, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, WATER'S EDGE, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE BOTHY, G.R. Jordan
- 4.5, STREETS OF GOLD, Margot Kinberg
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
- 4.3, THE CASE OF THE DOTTY DOWAGER, Cathy Ace
- 4.5, THE CASE OF THE MISSING MORRIS DANCER, Cathy Ace
- 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND, G.R. Jordan
- 4.5, THE NIDDERDALE MURDERS, J. R. Ellis
- 4.6, THE ROYAL BATHS MURDER, J. R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE WHITBY MURDERS, J.R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY, G. R. Jordan
- 4.5, DEAD AT THIRD MAN, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE PIRATE CLUB, G. R. Jordan
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
- 4.4, THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS COOK, Cathy Ace
- 4.5, THE CASE OF THE UNSUITABLE SUITOR, Cathy Ace
- 4.4, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY, Agatha Christie
- 4.3, THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT, Jeanne M. Dams
- 4.4, TROUBLE IN THE TOWN HALL, Jeanne M. Dams
- 4.2, HOLY TERROR IN THE HEBRIDES, Jeanne M. Dams
- 4.4, MALICE IN MINIATURE, Jeanne M. Dams
- 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
- 4.5, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari Gentill
- 4.5, A PERSONAL AGENDA, G.R. Jordan
- 4.6, A JUST PUNISHMENT, G.R. Jordan
- 3.2, PLAY DEAD, Anne Frasier
- 4.3, MURDER ON THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS, Alexandra Benedict
- 4.5, THE CROSSING, Matt Brolly
- 4.6, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIE, Simon Stephenson
Libby: 27
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
- 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
- 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.7, THE LIAR'S GIRL, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
- OFFSHORE, Ann Cleeves - Shetland 6.1
- 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
- 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
- 4.8, THE MURDERS AT FLEAT HOUSE, Lucinda Riley
- 4.5, WINTERKILL, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.4, REWIND, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.7, THE NOTHING MAN, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.7, 56 DAYS, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.6, THE FEATHER THIEF, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- 4.6, BLACK RIVER, Matthew Spencer
- 4.4, THE KILLING CODE, Ellie Marney
- 5.0, BETTER THE BLOOD, Michael Bennett
- 4.6, THE IT GIRL, Ruth Ware
- 4.7, CUTTER'S END, Margaret Hickey
- 4.4, RUN TIME, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.8, ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID, Tracey Lien
New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 40
- 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
- 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
- 4.3, THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT, Jeanne M. Dams
- 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
- 4.8, TWELVE SECRETS, Robert Gold
- 4.9, HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner
- 4.6, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens
- 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
- 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
- 4.5, THE WHISPERING, Veronica Lando
- 3.2, PLAY DEAD, Anne Frasier
- 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
- 4.4, THE RED NOTEBOOK, Antoine Laurain
- 4.6, THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Margie Orford
- 4.6, THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE, Alice Hunter
- 4.5, THE CORAL BRIDE, Roxanne Bouchard
- 4.6, THE FEATHER THIEF, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- 4.6, BLACK RIVER, Matthew Spencer
- 4.4, THE KILLING CODE, Ellie Marney
- 5.0, BETTER THE BLOOD, Michael Bennett
- 4.7, CUTTER'S END, Margaret Hickey
- 4.8, ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID, Tracey Lien
- 4.5, THE TWYFORD CODE, Janice Hallett
- 4.5, THE CROSSING, Matt Brolly
- 4.6, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIE, Simon Stephenson
- 4.5, THE WIFE UPSTAIRS, Rachel Hawkins
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
- 4.4, THE RED NOTEBOOK, Antoine Laurain
- 4.6, THE FEATHER THIEF, Kirk Wallace Johnson
New Zealand reading challenge -again a personal challenge. currently 1
Translated crime fiction - a personal challenge that will overlap
with many of the other reading challenges that I have undertaken.
currently 6
- 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
- 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
- 4.5, WINTERKILL, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.8, TRAPPED, Camilla Lackberg & Henrik Fexeus
- 4.5, THE SHADOW MURDERS, Jussi Adler-Olsen
Snagged through the Library currently: 58
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, Catherine Steadman
- 4.6, DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
- 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
- 4.3, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman
- 4.6, WILD PLACE, Christian White
- 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley
- 4.4, THE NIGHT BIRD, Brian Freeman
- 4.6, TRANSIENT DESIRES, Donna Leon
- 4.6, CROCODILE TEARS, Alan Carter
- 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
- 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
- 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie
- 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
- 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
- 4.6, OLD BONES, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
- 5.0, THE LOCKED ROOM, Elly Griffiths
- 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.7, THE LIAR'S GIRL, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
- 4.8, TWELVE SECRETS, Robert Gold
- 4.9, HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner
- 4.6, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens
- OFFSHORE, Ann Cleeves - Shetland 6.1
- 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
- 4.6, THE MURDER RULE, Dervla McTiernan
- 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
- 4.8, THE MURDERS AT FLEAT HOUSE, Lucinda Riley
- 4.5, WINTERKILL, Ragnar Jonasson
- 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT, Agatha Christie
- 4.7, THE NOTHING MAN, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.4, THE RED NOTEBOOK, Antoine Laurain
- 4.4, REWIND, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.7, THE WRONG WOMAN, J.P. Pomare
- 4.7, 56 DAYS, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END, Agatha Christie
- 4.6, THE FEATHER THIEF, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- 4.3, THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, Agatha Christie
- 4.6, BLACK RIVER, Matthew Spencer
- 4.4, THE KILLING CODE, Ellie Marney
- 5.0, BETTER THE BLOOD, Michael Bennett
- 4.6, THE IT GIRL, Ruth Ware
- 4.7, CUTTER'S END, Margaret Hickey
- 4.4, RUN TIME, Catherine Ryan Howard
- 4.8, TRAPPED, Camilla Lackberg & Henrik Fexeus
- 4.8, INTO THE WATER, Paula Hawkins
- 4.8, ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID, Tracey Lien
- 4.5, THE SHADOW MURDERS, Jussi Adler-Olsen
- 4.5, THE TWYFORD CODE, Janice Hallett
- 4.5, THE WIFE UPSTAIRS, Rachel Hawkins
Audio books: currently: xx
2022 Historical Reading Challenge. Currently: 14
- 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood - Melbourne 1928
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley -impact of WW2
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie Cold War 1950s
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie Roman Empire 117 AD
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens - Hong Kong 1936
- 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT, Agatha Christie
- 4.4, TERRA INCOGNITA, Ruth Downie - Roman Britain
- 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END, Agatha Christie - Ancient Egypt
- 4.6, THE FEATHER THIEF, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- 4.4, THE KILLING CODE, Ellie Marney 1940s USA
- 5.0, BETTER THE BLOOD, Michael Bennett New Zealand colonial history
- 4.8, THE TILT, Chris Hammer - Australian history, River Murray
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