{"id":22,"date":"2023-09-01T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlybookshelf.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:54:38","slug":"2023-reading-challenge-a-to-z","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendlybookshelf.com\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"2026 Reading Challenge:  A to Z"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B &#8211; Bucky F*cking Dent by David Duchovny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B &#8211; Bog Queen by Anna North<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C &#8211; Cursed Daughters by Okinyan Braithwaite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C &#8211; Culpability by Bruce Holsinger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D &#8211; Done and Dusted: Rebel Blue Ranch Novel by Lyla Sage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D &#8211; Dangerland! by Erin Singer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>E &#8211; Elektra by Jennifer Saint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>F &#8211; Fury (the) by Alex Michaelides<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>F &#8211; Familia by Lauren E. Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>G &#8211; The Gods of the Woods by Liz Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>G &#8211; Good Girl by Aria Aber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>G &#8211; Good Girl (the) by Michelle Dunne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>G &#8211; The Girls by Emma Cline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>H &#8211; House with Good Bones (A) by T. Kingfisher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>H &#8211; Home of the Drowned (the) by Elin Anna Labba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I &#8211; I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>J &#8211; JAMES by Percival Everett<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>L -Last Gifts of the Universe (the) by Riley August<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M- Maame by Jessica George<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M &#8211; Ministry of Time (the) by Kaliane Bradley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N &#8211; No Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Saiz Borgo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>O &#8211; The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>O &#8211; Orbital by Samantha Harvey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>P &#8211; Porcupines by Fran Fabriczki&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>P- People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S &#8211; Smile of the Wolf by Tim Leach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S &#8211; Shark Heart by Emily Habeck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S &#8211; Swamp Story by Dave Barry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>T- Things We Would Bear (the) by Rachyl Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>V &#8211; Vigil by George Saunders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>V &#8211; Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>W &#8211; Wedding People (the) by Alison Espach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>W &#8211; When Mikan Road was Ours by D.K. 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