This 2026 Challenge was created by Escape with Dollycas, which I didn’t join until 9/9/26.
I will add books I read earlier this year, and work toward finishing the challenge after.
Challenge: Read books written by authors whose first or last name begin with each letter.
Each letter counts as 1 spoonful of Soup.
Dollycas’s rules accept any genre. Books need be over 50 pages in length.
*Books are cozies, unless noted otherwise.
A. Ellie Alexander – A Very Novel Murder (Novel Detectives Mystery, #1) – Read 7/10/26
Annabel Chase – Lucky Charm (Spellbound, #4) – Read 2/14/26
B. Duffy Brown – Geared for the Grave (The Cycle Path Mysteries #1) – Read 9/5/26
Leslie Budewitz – Lavender Lies Bleeding (A Spice Shop Mystery, #9) – Read 8/23/96
Lucy Burdette – An Appetite for Murder (Key West Food Critic Mystery, #1) – Read 9/14/26
C. Vivien Chien – Killer Kung Pao (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #6) – Read 5/23/26
Vivien Chien – Fatal Fried Rice (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #7) – Read 8/22/26
Dakoka Cassidy – Just Witched (Witchless in Seattle, #15) – Read 1/8/26
D. Vicki Delany – Tea & Trachery (Tea by the Sea Mysteries #1) – Read 9/3/26
Laura DiSilverio – The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco (Book Club Mystery, #1) – Read 9/13/26
Leighann Dobbs – Killer Cupcakes (Lexy Baker, #1) – Read 8/17/26
Daphne Silver – Crime and Parchment (Rare Books Cozy Mystery #1) – Read 2/9/26
Sarah Beth Durst – The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1) (Cozy Fantasy) – 8/2/26
Sarah Beth Durst – The Enchanted Greenhouse (Spellshop, #2) (Cozy Fantasy) – Read 8/7/26
E. Elizabeth Spann Craig – Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries, #1) – Read 8/27/26
F. Amanda Flower – Newlyweds Can Be Knocked Off (An Amish Matchmaker Mystery, #6) – Read 4/26/26
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H. Charlie N. Holmberg – Keeper of Enchanted Room (Whimbrel House, #1) by (cozy fantasy) – Read 1/18/26
Charlie N. Holmberg – Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2) (cozy fantasy) – Read 1/18/26
Carolyn G. Hart – From the Queen (Death on Demand, #25.5) (Novella) – 1/9/26 (I miss this series!)
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J. Jenn McKinlay – Witches of Dubious Origin (Books of Dubious Origin, #1) – Read 5/26/26
K. Karen Hawkins – The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1) (magical realism) – Read 4/20/26
L. Lucy Arlington – Buried in a Book (A Novel Idea, #1)
Leann Sweeney – The Cat, the Professor and the Poison (A Cats in Trouble Mystery, #2) – Read 1//26
Louisa M. Locke – Maids of Misfortune (A Victoria San Francisco Mystery, #1) – Read 1/13/26
Louise M. Locke – Uneasy Spirits (A Victoria San Francisco Mystery, #2) – Read 2/3/26
M. Molly Milligan – Raining Cats and Dogs (The Celtic Witch Mysteries, #4) – Read 5/30/26
Monica Wood – How to Read a Book (Contemporary/Fiction) – Read 6/23/26
N. Nancy Coco – All Fudged Up (Candy-Coated Mystery #1)
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P. Kathy Manos Penn – Bells, Tails & Murder (Dickens & Christie, #1) – Read 2/15/26
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R. (Ellery Adams and) Tina Radcliffe – Dying to Sell (A Hope Street Church Mystery, #9) Read 9/9/26
S. Sara Bourgeois – Black Magic Kitten (Familiar Kitten Mysteries, #1) – Read 1/1/26
T. Anne Tyler – Spool of Blue Thread (historical fiction) – Read 4/3/26
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V. Victoria Laurie – Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery, #1)
W. Heather Webber – The Forget-Me-Not Library (magical realism) – Read 1/1/26
Susan Wiggs – The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3) (books about books) – Read 4/6/23
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