Reading Randomizer 2023

 

The Reading Randomizer 2023 Challenge is sponsored on StoryGraph by thrakaboom, but it's easily adapted to GoodReads or any spread sheet that you might use to track your books. It's intended for folks who have obnoxiously large TBR piles (over 100 books)...do you think they had me in mind?

The prompts will help you randomly select 24 books (2 per month) from your TBR and work on whittling those piles down. Click on the link to see full details.

January Book 1: Generate a random number (1 - # of books on your TBR) and read the book that appears at that position on your TBR list. The Becket Factor by Michael David Anthony (1/9/23)

January Book 2: Sort TBR list by date added in ascending order. Generate a random number and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The Dante Game by Jane Langton (1/13/23)

February Book 1: Sort TBR list by date added in descending order. Generate a random number and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Phi Beta Murder by C. S. Challinor (2/20/23)

February Book 2: Sort TBR list by author in ascending order. Generate a random number from 1-50 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The Fear Sign by Margery Allingham (2/22/23)

March Book 1: Sort TBR list by author in ascending order. Generate a random number from 50-100 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The Woman in the Picture by John August (3/10/23)

March Book 2: Sort TBR list by author in ascending order. Generate a random number from 100-end of TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Bony & the Kelly Gang by Arthur W. Upfield (3/23/23)

April Book 1: Sort TBR list by author in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 1-# of books on your TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Gone West by Carola Dunn (4/6/23)

April Book 2: Sort TBR list by author in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 1-50 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Silent Witness by Margaret Yorke (4/22/23)

May Book 1: Sort TBR list by author in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 50-100 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Mystery of the Hidden Hand by Phyllis A. Whitney (5/7/23)

May Book 2: Sort TBR list by author in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 100-end of TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Murder in Burgundy by Audrey Peterson (5/17/23)

June Book 1: Sort TBR list by author in alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 1-# of books on your TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Murder Is Pathological by P. M. Carlson (6/8/23)

June Book 2: Sort TBR list by title in ascending order. Generate a random number from 1-25 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. 52 Miles to Terror by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen & G. Robert Carlsen [eds] (6/9/23)

July Book 1: Sort TBR list by title in ascending order. Generate a random number from 50-75 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. And Be a Villain by Rex Stout [audionovel] (6/9/23) [I accidentally selected this for my road trip--so I read it just a little early.]

July Book 2: Sort TBR list by title in ascending order. Generate a random number from 75-100 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The Art of the Mystery Story by Howard Haycraft (8/29/23)

August Book 1: Sort TBR list by title in ascending order. Generate a random number from 100-end of TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt by Clair Blank (8/31/23)

August Book 2: Sort TBR list by title in reverse order. Generate a random number from 1-25 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The World's Best 100 Detective Stories Vol 3 by Eugene Thwing, ed. (8/26/23)

September Book 1: Sort TBR list by title in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 25-50and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Who Is Simon Warwick? by Patricia Moyes (9/22/23)

September Book 2: Sort TBR list by title in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 50-75 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. While the Clock Ticked by Franklin W. Dixon (10/9/23)

October Book 1: Sort TBR list by title in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 75-100 and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The War of the Worlds Murder by Max Allan Collins (10/24/23)

October Book 2: Sort TBR list by title in reverse alphabetical order. Generate a random number from 100-end of TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The Floating Lady Murder by Daniel Stashower (10/28/23)

November Book 1: : Sort TBR list by ISBN in ascending order. Generate a random number from 1-# of books on your TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Black Friday by David Goodis (11/3/23)

November Book 2: Sort TBR list by ISBN in descending order. Generate a random number from 1-# of books on your TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. Death of a Doll by Hilda Lawrence (11/17/22)

December Book 1: Sort TBR list by ISBN in ascending order. Generate a random number from 1-100 of books on your TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene (12/7/23)

December Book 2: Sort TBR list by ISBN in descending order. Generate a random number from 1-100 of books on your TBR and read the book that appears in that position on your list. John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas G. Greene (12/19/23)