Someone in the Kat's Booknerds group on Facebook said they saw this posted by The Well-Read Wyvern on Instagram. But I cannot find an initial post [if you are better at searching Instagram than I am and can find it, let me know!]. The idea is to read one book from every year of your life. I thought about it and decided to give it a shot...and if you like the idea I say go for it as well!
A better look at the books and the place where I will check off my list may be found HERE.
These are the books I've committed to, but I may read other books from appropriate years, so I will keep a list here as well.
**Addendum: Life went off the rails in 2025 and there's no way I will finish this by December 31st. So, I am carrying this over to 2026 and hope to complete all the original choices--plus one book for the new year.
1969: Top Bloody Secret by Stanley Hyland (5/25/25)
1970: Gently with the Innocents by Alan Hunter (8/11/25)
1971: Transit of Earth by Various (10/12/25)
Tarantula by Bob Dylan (4/8/25)
1972: Murder Being Once Done by Ruth Rendell (7/17/25)
1973: No Vacation from Murder by Elizabeth Lemarchand (3/18/25)
1974: The Voice of the Crab by Charlotte Jay (5/12/25)
1975: An April Shroud by Reginald Hill (10/19/25)
Six Nuns & a Shotgun by Colin Watson (5/9/25)
1976: Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective by Leslie Thomas (1//1/25)
1977: A Conspiracy of Poisons by J. G. Jeffreys (6/28/26)
A Thief or Two by Sara Woods (3/12/25)
1978: Death on the Slopes by Norma Schier (1/9/26)
1979. The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye (3/21/25)
1980: The Eve of the Wedding by Lionel Black (6/30/26)
The Snow Queen by Joan D.Vinge (2/1/25)
1981: Murder in Luxury by Hugh Pentecost
Lord Darcy Investigates by Randall Garrett (3/9/25)
1982: Resume for Murder by Claire McCormick
The Talk Show Murders by Steve Allen (6/12/25)
1983: The Property of a Lady by Anthony Oliver
Lord Darcy by Randall Garrett (3/9/25)
1984: Dropped Dead by Jonathan Ross
It Can't Be My Grave by S. F. X. Dean (11/28/25)
1985: Charters & Caldicott by Stella Bingham
A Dying Fall by June Thomson (7/20/25)
1986: A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett
1987: The Nocturne Murder by Audrey Peterson
1988: Design for Murder by Carolyn G. Hart
1989: The Book of the Dead by Robert Richardson
Landscape of Lies by Peter Watson (6/10/25)
1990: A Death for a Double by E. X. Giroux (2/7/26)
One Fell Sloop by Susan Kenney (7/5/25)
1991: Sherlock Holmes & the Hentzau Affair by David Stuart Davies
Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood (3/24/25)
1992: A Day in the Death of Dorthea Cassidy by Ann Cleeves
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood (3/27/25)
1993: Murder British Style by Martin H. Greenberg (4/26/25)
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood (3/23/25)
1994: The Coffin Tree by Gwendoline Butler
Blood & Circuses by Kerry Greenwood (4/19/25)
1995: A Vow of Fidelity by Veronica (12/31/25)
Murder by the Book by Cynthia Manson, ed (6/18/25)
1996: A Species of Revenge by Marjorie Eccles
An Affair to Remember by Christopher Andersen (3/5/26)
1997: Deadly Arts by Elizabeth Wetzel
Murder & Other Acts of Literature by Michele Slung, ed (6/24/25
1998: Warped Factors by Walter Koenig (6/9/25)
1999: The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver (6/14/26)
2000: The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell
2001: By Any Other Name by Spider Robinson
Sweet Poison by David Roberts (7/31/25--reviewed 8/5/25)
2002: The Curious Conspiracy & Other Crimes by Michael Gilbert
2003: The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood (4/21/25)
2004: Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh
2005: The Price of Silence by Kate Wilhelm (1/10/25)
2006: Death of a Writer by Michael Collins
2007: Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne (3/21/26)
2008: Miss Fortune by Sarah Mills
2009: Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
2010: The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards
Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane (3/25/25)
2011: The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris (5/5/26)
Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison (7/6/25)
2012: A Particular Eye for Villainy by Ann Granger (6/17/26)
2013: The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart (2/4/25)
2014: Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams (6/23/26)
2015: Capital Crimes by Martin Edwards, ed (2/10/25)
2016: Murder Mayhem Short Stories by Christopher Semtner [foreword] (5/2/26)
In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett (1/22/25)
2017: The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (8/30/25)
2018: A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Haprer (9/11/25)
2019: Murder on Eaton Square by Lee Strauss (4/22/26)
The Curse of Braeburn Castle by Karen Baugh Menuhin (10/31/25)
2020: Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro (6/26/25)
2021: The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle by Timothy Miller (4/11/25)
2022: Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood (2/15/25)
Bodies from the Library 5 by Tony Medawar, ed (3/2/25)
2023: The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead (4/1/26)
The Last Resort by Michael Kaufman (2/12/25)
2024: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin (5/16/26)
Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough (3/19/25)
2025: Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris (4/19/25)
Dick Van Dyke by Christy Webster (1/25/25)
2026. When the Wolves Are Silent by C. S. Harris (2/26/26
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