This year I’m running an Indie Fiction Alphabet Challenge, which aims to introduce participants to new indie authors. My reads for the challenge are listed below, are you can jump down to my full reading list of the year.
ABC Indie Fiction Challenge
A: Allison, Wesley — His Robot Girlfriend
B: Burkinshaw, Robin — Alice and Kev
C: Chambers, VJ — Little Sister
D: Davis, Amy Rose — Silver Thaw
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F: Fletcher, Penelope — The Demon Girl
G: Gordon, Jan — Black Silk
H:
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J: Jeffrey, Shaun — Dead Man’s Eye
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M: Maxwell, Adam — Chills, Kills & Snowflakes
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R: Rockwell, Patricia — Sounds of Murder
S: Schreyer, Susan — Death By A Dark Horse
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W: Whitten, Zoe E — Confessions of a Zombie Lover
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Complete List of Reads
A full list of the works I’ve read this year. Re-reads are in italics, linked titles are freely available, and links on dates lead to my review.
| # | Title | Author | Genre | Read |
| 1 | Twilight Parody | Zoe E. Whitten | Fantasy | Jan 1 |
| 2 | Alice and Kev | Robin Burkinshaw | Contemp | Jan 1 |
| 3 | Black Silk | Jan Gordon | Paranormal | Jan 4 |
| 4 | His Robot Girlfriend | Wesley Allison | Scifi | Jan 5 |
| 5 | Sullivan’s Travels | d.p.murphy | Scifi | Jan 7 |
| 6 | The Millionaire’s Ultimate Catch | Michelle Monkou | Romance | Jan 9 |
| 7 | Wolfkin | Elaine Corvidae | Fantasy | Jan 10 |
| 8 | Crow Queen | Elaine Corvidae | Fantasy | Jan 10 |
| 9 | Dragon’s Son | Elaine Corvidae | Fantasy | Jan 11 |
| 10 | Excelsior | George H. Sirois | SciFi | Jan 15 |
| 11 | Irish Moon | Amber Scott | Romance | Jan 15 |
| 12 | Death By A Dark Horse | Susan Schreyer | Mystery | Jan 16 |
| 13 | Demonheart | Elaine Corvidae | Fantasy | Jan 17 |
| 14 | Seaborn | Chris Howard | Fantasy | Jan 19 |
| 15 | Chills, Kills & Snowflakes | Adam Maxwell | Horror | Jan 21 |
| 16 | Save My Soul | Zoe Winters | Fantasy | Jan 29 |
| 17 | Our Tragic Universe | Scarlett Thomas | Fiction | Feb 2 |
| 18 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | SciFi | Feb 11 |
| 19 | The Confessions of Catherine De Medici | CW Gortner | Historical | Feb 15? |
| 20 | Angelology | Danielle Trussoni | Thriller | Feb 17? |
| 21 | Silver Thaw | Amy Rose David | Fantasy | Feb 20 |
| 22 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | John Boyne | Children’s | Feb 23 |
| 23 | The Game | Neil Strauss | Nonfiction | Mar 5 |
| 24 | Dead Man’s Eye | Shaun Jeffrey | Horror | Mar 10 |
| 25 | Little Sister | VJ Chambers | Fantasy | Mar 11 |
| 26 | Sounds of Murder | Patricia Rockwell | Mystery | Mar 15 |
| 27 | Levels of Deception | Susan Schreyer | Mystery | Mar 20 |
| 28 | The Archivists | MCM | Thriller | Mar 26 |
| 29 | Confessions of a Zombie Lover | Zoe E Whitten | Horror | Mar 27 |
| 30 | Irregular Creatures | Chuck Wendig | Anthology | Mar 29 |
| 31 | Like A Moonrise | Various | Anthology | May 2 |
| 32 | Four Major Plays | Henrik Ibsen | Plays | May 11 |
| 33 | The Girl Who Played With Fire | Stieg Larsson | Thriller | May 13 |
| 34 | Past the Borders | Christopher Ruz | Anthology | May 21 |
| 35 | Neuromancer | William Gibson | Science fiction | June 3 |
| 36 | The Antithesis | Terra Whiteman | Science fantasy | ?? |
| 37 | The Antithesis 2 Alpha | Terra Whiteman | Science fantasy | ?? |
| 38 | The Antithesis 2 Beta | Terra Whiteman | Science fantasy | ?? |
| 39 | Bone Fragments | Gabriel Gadfly | Poetry | June |
| 40 | Tales for Canterbury | Multiple | Anthology | June 28 |
| 41 | The Subtle Knife | Philip Pullman | Fantasy | July 2 |
| 42 | The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman | Fantasy | July 5 |
| 43 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen | Fiction | July 8 |
| 44 | Incubus | Carol Goodman | Fantasy | July 11 |
| 45 | Impulse Control | Susan Bischoff | Fantasy | July 13 |
| 46 | The Possibility of an Island | Michel Houellebecq | Scifi | July 23 |
| 47 | City of Fallen Angels | Cassandra Clare | Fantasy | July 29 |
| 48 | The Demon Girl | Penelope Fletcher | Fantasy | July 30 |
| 49 | The Phoenix Conspiracy | Richard L Sanders | Scifi | Aug 7 |
| 50 | Falling | Cecilia Gray | Romance | Aug ? |
| 51 | Grow Up | Ben Brooks | Contemp | July 14 |
| 52 | The Drowning People | Richard Mason | Contemp | July ? |
| 53 | Red | Kait Nolan | Fantasy | Sept 4 |
| 54 | Heroes Til Curfew | Susan Bischoff | Fantasy | Sept 8 |
| 55 | Split Self | Isa K | Fantasy | Oct 5 |
| 56 | The Girl Born of Smoke | Jessica Billings | Fantasy | Oct 9 |
| 57 | The Taker | Alma Katsu | Historical | Nov 1 |
| 58 | How To Write The Perfect Novel | Chancery Stone | Non-fiction | Nov 8 |
| 59 | The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas | Multiple | Non-fiction | Dec 1 |
| 60 | The Last Werewolf | Glen Duncan | Fantasy | Dec 19 |
| 61 | Dragonriders of Pern | Anne McCaffrey | Fantasy | Dec |
| 62 | Dragonriders of Pern 2 | Anne McCaffrey | Fantasy | Dec |
| 63 | Ventricle Atrium | Gabriel Gadfly | Poetry | Dec |
| 64 | Gangster | M Jones | Science fiction | Aug? |
| 65 | Touchstone | Letitia Coyne | Historical | ?? |
| 66 | The Destructibles | Isa KFT | Science fiction | ?? |
… and a bunch more I forgot to add to the list.
