2022 Reading Challenges

 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 5 October 2022

Quick summary

• 2022 Good Reads Reading Challenge. I have set my challenge at 110. Currently: 100
  
• Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Completed in 2014, titles read in 2022: 9
• USA Fiction Challenge So far 29/51, this year: 9
• 2022 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 21
  
• 2022 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 12
• British Books Challenge 2022 currently 52
• 2022 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 64
• New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 29
• Not crime fiction - a personal challenge currently 4
  
• 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 5
• Snagged through the Library currently: 45
  
• Audio books: currently: xx
• 
  2022 Historical Reading Challenge. Currently: 9
  

The Lists

2022 Good Reads Reading Challenge. I have set my challenge at 110. 

Currently: 100

My list of books read can be found here

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Completed in 2014, titles read in 2022: 9

1. 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
2. 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
   
3. 4.5, CROOKED HOUSE
4. 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN 
5. 4.4, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY
6. 4.4, THE HOUND OF DEATH and other stories 
7. 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT,
8. 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END 
9. 4.7, MARPLE, TWELVE NEW SHORT STORIES, Agatha Christie and others 
   

USA Fiction Challenge So far 32/51, this year: 8

1.  4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
2. 4.6, DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
3. 4.4, THE NIGHT BIRD, Brian Freeman
4. 4.6, TRANSIENT DESIRES, Donna Leon 
5. 4.5, STREETS OF GOLD, Margot Kinberg
6. 4.6, OLD BONES, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
7. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer 
8. 4.6, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens
   

 2022 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 21

1. 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood
2. 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
3. 4.6, WILD PLACE, Christian White 
4. 4.6, CROCODILE TEARS, Alan Carter 
5. 4.5, CANTICLE CREEK, Adrian Hyland 
6. 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski 
7. 4.6, CRUCIFIXION CREEK, Barry Maitland 
8. 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
9. 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland  
10. 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
11. 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington 
12. 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
13. 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram 
14. 4.6, THE ISLAND, Adrian McKinty
15. 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
16. 4.5, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari Gentill
17. 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz 
18. 4.6, THE MURDER RULE, Dervla McTiernan
    
19. 4.5, THE WHISPERING, Veronica Lando
20. 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
21. 5.0, LYING BESIDE YOU, Michael Robotham    

2022 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 12

1. 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood
2. 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
3. 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
4. 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
5. 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell 
6. 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram 
7. 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
8. 4.5, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari Gentill 
9. 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
10. 4.6, THE MURDER RULE, Dervla McTiernan
    
11. 4.5, THE WHISPERING, Veronica Lando
12. 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy  
     

British Books Challenge 2022 currently 52

1.  4.8, A NARROW DOOR, Joanne Harris
2. 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
3. 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard 
4. 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay 
5. 4.4, A VIKING SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
6. 4.6, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, Catherine Steadman
7. 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
8. 4.3, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman  
9. 4.4, A GHOSTLY SHADOW, H. L. Marsay 
10. 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley 
11. 4.4, A ROMAN SHADOW, H.L. Marsay 
12. 4.5, CROOKED HOUSE, Agatha Christie 
13. 4.5, WATER'S EDGE, G.R. Jordan
14. 4.4, THE BOTHY, G.R. Jordan  
15. 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
16. 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
17. 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly 
18. 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie 
19. 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
20. 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin 
21. 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND, G.R. Jordan
22. 4.5, THE NIDDERDALE MURDERS, J. R. Ellis 
23. 4.6, THE ROYAL BATHS MURDER, J. R. Ellis
24. 4.5, THE WHITBY MURDERS, J.R. Ellis 
25. 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY, G. R. Jordan 
26. 4.5, DEAD AT THIRD MAN, G.R. Jordan
27. 4.4, THE PIRATE CLUB, G. R. Jordan
28. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall 
29. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens 
30. 4.7, SHADOW SANDS, Robert Bryndza 
31. 4.4, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY, Agatha Christie
32. 5.0, THE LOCKED ROOM, Elly Griffiths 
33. 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
34. 4.7, THE LIAR'S GIRL, Catherine Ryan Howard
35. 4.8, TWELVE SECRETS, Robert Gold 
36. 4.9, HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner
37. OFFSHORE, Ann Cleeves - Shetland 6.1 
38. 4.4, THE HOUND OF DEATH and other stories, Agatha Christie 
39. 4.4, MURDER AT HAWTHORN COTTAGE, Betty Rowlands
40. 4.5, A PERSONAL AGENDA, G.R. Jordan
41. 4.6, A JUST PUNISHMENT, G.R. Jordan 
    
42. 4.5, THE NUMEROUS DEATHS OF SANTA CLAUS, G.R. Jordan 
43. 4.4, OUR GATED COMMUNITY, G. R. Jordan 
44. 4.8, THE MURDERS AT FLEAT HOUSE, Lucinda Riley 
45. 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT, Agatha Christie 
46. 4.6, THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Margie Orford
47. 4.5, THE PORTSMOUTH MURDERS, Pauline Rowson 
48. 4.4, TERRA INCOGNITA, Ruth Downie 
49. 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END, Agatha Christie
50. 5.0, THE RISING TIDE, Ann Cleeves 
51. 4.6, THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE, Alice Hunter 
52. 4.7, MARPLE, TWELVE NEW SHORT STORIES, Agatha Christie and others  

2022 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 64

Kindle: 44

1. 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
   
2. 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
3. 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
4. 4.4, A VIKING SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
5. 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
6. 4.4, A GHOSTLY SHADOW, H. L. Marsay 
7. 4.4, A ROMAN SHADOW, H.L. Marsay 
8. 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
9. 4.6, CRUCIFIXION CREEK, Barry Maitland
10. 4.5, WATER'S EDGE, G.R. Jordan
11. 4.4, THE BOTHY, G.R. Jordan
12. 4.5, STREETS OF GOLD, Margot Kinberg
13. 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie  
14. 4.3, THE CASE OF THE DOTTY DOWAGER, Cathy Ace 
15. 4.5, THE CASE OF THE MISSING MORRIS DANCER, Cathy Ace
16. 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND, G.R. Jordan 
17. 4.5, THE NIDDERDALE MURDERS, J. R. Ellis
18. 4.6, THE ROYAL BATHS MURDER, J. R. Ellis 
19. 4.5, THE WHITBY MURDERS, J.R. Ellis
20. 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY, G. R. Jordan
    
21. 4.5, DEAD AT THIRD MAN, G.R. Jordan  
22. 4.4, THE PIRATE CLUB, G. R. Jordan
23. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall 
24. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
25. 4.4, THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS COOK, Cathy Ace 
26. 4.5, THE CASE OF THE UNSUITABLE SUITOR, Cathy Ace
27. 4.4, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY, Agatha Christie 
28. 4.3, THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT, Jeanne M. Dams
29. 4.4, TROUBLE IN THE TOWN HALL, Jeanne M. Dams
30. 4.2, HOLY TERROR IN THE HEBRIDES, Jeanne M. Dams 
31. 4.4, MALICE IN MINIATURE, Jeanne M. Dams 
32. 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone
33. 4.4, MURDER AT HAWTHORN COTTAGE, Betty Rowlands 
34. 4.5, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, Sulari Gentill
35. 4.5, A PERSONAL AGENDA, G.R. Jordan 
36. 4.6, A JUST PUNISHMENT, G.R. Jordan
37. 3.2, PLAY DEAD, Anne Frasier
38. 4.5, THE NUMEROUS DEATHS OF SANTA CLAUS, G.R. Jordan 
39. 4.4, OUR GATED COMMUNITY, G. R. Jordan 
40. 4.6, THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Margie Orford
41. 4.5, THE PORTSMOUTH MURDERS, Pauline Rowson
42. 4.4, TERRA INCOGNITA, Ruth Downie 
43. 4.6, THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE, Alice Hunter 
44. 4.7, MARPLE, TWELVE NEW SHORT STORIES, Agatha Christie and others     

Libby: 20

1. 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
2. 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland  
3. 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
4. 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
5. 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French 
6. 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson  
7. 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
8. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens 
9. 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
10. 4.7, THE LIAR'S GIRL, Catherine Ryan Howard
11. 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
12. OFFSHORE, Ann Cleeves - Shetland 6.1
13. 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz 
14. 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
15. 4.8, THE MURDERS AT FLEAT HOUSE, Lucinda Riley
16. 4.5, WINTERKILL, Ragnar Jonasson
17. 4.4, REWIND, Catherine Ryan Howard
18. 4.7, THE NOTHING MAN, Catherine Ryan Howard  
19. 4.7, 56 DAYS, Catherine Ryan Howard   

New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 29

1. 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
2. 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
3. 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard  
4. 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
5. 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning 
6. 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
7. 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec  
8. 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
9. 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly 
10. 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
11. 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson 
12. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall 
13. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
14. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer 
15. 4.3, THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT, Jeanne M. Dams
16. 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
17. 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram  
18. 4.8, TWELVE SECRETS, Robert Gold
19. 4.9, HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner 
20. 4.6, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens
21. 4.7, THE WATERHOLE, Lily Malone 
22. 4.4, MURDER AT HAWTHORN COTTAGE, Betty Rowlands  
23. 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
24. 4.5, THE WHISPERING, Veronica Lando
25. 3.2, PLAY DEAD, Anne Frasier 
26. 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
27. 4.4, THE RED NOTEBOOK, Antoine Laurain 
28. 4.6, THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Margie Orford  
29. 4.6, THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE, Alice Hunter 

Not crime fiction - a personal challenge currently 6

1. 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
2. 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
3. 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers  
4. 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
5. 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson 
6. 4.4, THE RED NOTEBOOK, Antoine Laurain 

New Zealand reading challenge -again a personal challenge. currently 1

1. 4.7, THE WRONG WOMAN, J.P. Pomare
   

Translated crime fiction - a personal challenge that will overlap with many of the other reading challenges that I have undertaken.
currently 4

1. 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
2. 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
3. 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson 
4. 4.5, WINTERKILL, Ragnar Jonasson 

 

 Snagged through the Library currently:  45

1. 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
2. 4.6, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, Catherine Steadman
3. 
   4.6, DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
4. 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
5. 4.3, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman 
6. 4.6, WILD PLACE, Christian White 
7. 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley
8. 4.4, THE NIGHT BIRD, Brian Freeman  
9. 4.6, TRANSIENT DESIRES, Donna Leon
10. 4.6, CROCODILE TEARS, Alan Carter 
11. 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland 
12. 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
13. 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou 
14. 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
15. 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French 
16. 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec 
17. 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers 
18. 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
19. 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie
20. 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson   
21. 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
22. 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
23. 4.6, OLD BONES, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child  
24. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens 
25. 5.0, THE LOCKED ROOM, Elly Griffiths
26. 4.4, DISTRESS SIGNALS, Catherine Ryan Howard
27. 4.7, THE LIAR'S GIRL, Catherine Ryan Howard 
28. 4.6, THE WAY FROM HERE, Jane Cockram
29. 4.8, TWELVE SECRETS, Robert Gold 
30. 4.9, HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner
31. 4.6, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens 
32. OFFSHORE, Ann Cleeves - Shetland 6.1  
33. 4.6, BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, Jacqueline Bublitz
34. 4.6, THE MURDER RULE, Dervla McTiernan 
35. 4.7, ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, Charlotte McConaghy
36. 4.8, THE MURDERS AT FLEAT HOUSE, Lucinda Riley 
37. 4.5, WINTERKILL, Ragnar Jonasson
38. 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT, Agatha Christie 
39. 4.7, THE NOTHING MAN, Catherine Ryan Howard
40. 4.4, THE RED NOTEBOOK, Antoine Laurain 
41. 4.4, REWIND, Catherine Ryan Howard
42. 4.7, THE WRONG WOMAN, J.P. Pomare
43. 4.7, 56 DAYS, Catherine Ryan Howard 
44. 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END, Agatha Christie  

 Audio books: currently: xx

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 2022 Historical Reading Challenge. Currently: 10

1. 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood - Melbourne 1928
2. 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
3. 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley -impact of WW2 
4. 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie Cold War 1950s
5. 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie Roman Empire 117 AD
6. 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
7. 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens - Hong Kong 1936 
8. 3.5, PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT, Agatha Christie
9. 4.4, TERRA INCOGNITA, Ruth Downie - Roman Britain
10. 4.4, DEATH COMES AS THE END, Agatha Christie - Ancient Egypt