Joy’s new alphabet challenge for 2024

Thought I’d start a new alphabet challenge in 2024 and see how far I can get. If I manage to complete the challenge in a year, that means I’ll read at least 26 books. Not a huge number, but way better than the dozen I read in 2023.

Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2024. I’ll be using authors’ names and (oddly enough) I’ve started out the year with A, B and C.

A ... Paul Auster. The New York Trilogy (1985-1986) ... Read in JAN 2024
B ... Christianna Brand. Heads You Lose (1941) ... Read in JAN 2024
C ... Agatha Christie. Peril at End House (1932) ... Read in FEB 2024
D ... E.L. Doctorow. World's Fair: A Novel (1985) ... Read in FEB 2024
E ... Percival Everett. James: A Novel (2024) ... Read in DEC 2024
F ... Gemma Files. Experimental Film (2015) ... Read in MAR 2024
G ... Chris Grabenstein. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2013) ... Read in FEB 2024
H ... Robert Smythe Hichens. The Dweller on the Threshold (1911) ... Read in OCT 2024
I ... Syou Ishida. We'll Prescribe You a Cat (2023) ... Read in OCT-NOV 2024
J ... Natalie Jenner. Every Time We Say Goodbye (2024) ... Read in NOV 2024
K ... Joseph Kanon. Los Alamos (1997) ... Read in MAY-JUN 2026
L ... Penelope Lively. The Road to Lichfield (1977) ... Read in MAR 2024
M ... Ngaio Marsh. Grave Mistake (1978) ... Read in AUG 2024
N ... Robert Nathan. Stonecliff (1967) ... Read in MAR 2026
O ... Maggie O'Farrrell. Hamnet (2020) ... Read in APR 2024
P ... Stuart Palmer. The Penguin Pool Murder (1931) ... Read in APR 2025
Q ... Anna Quindlen. After Annie (2024) ... Read in APR 2024
R ... Mary Roberts Rinehart. The Circular Staircase (1908) ... Read in APR-MAY 2026
S ... Jessica Shattuck. Last House: A Novel (2024) ... Read in MAR-APR 2024
T ... Anne Tyler. Three Days in June (2025) ... Read in OCT-NOV 2024
U ... Uketsu. Strange Houses: A Novel (2021) ... Read in OCT 2025
V ...
W ... Colin Watson. Hopjoy Was Here (1962) ... Read in MAR 2026
X ... Diana Xarissa. The Donaldson Case (2016) ... Read in DEC 2024
Y ...
Z ...

This alphabet challenge was intended to run from January to December of 2024. But it's now the middle of April 2025 and I still need to fill nine slots (K, N, P, R, U, V, W, Y, and Z). So I think I'm going to give myself an extension and keep on with this through 2025.

I might also start another challenge, using book titles. But I need to think about that for a while.