Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2025

Today's highlighted author: C.J. Box writer of the Joe Pickett mystery series. Click Cassie Owl to see is targeting this author !

Welcome to the Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge for 2025! Your goal is simple: shoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author). That gives you a notch on your gun, and a perfect 1.000 score; and you can call it done. But wait, there's more! You get bonus points for each additional notch. Unlike many reading challenges, reading more books may not necessarily help your score. Scores are not based upon quantity, but rather focus in completing your target(s). No advance signup needed. This is a family friendly challenge - young series readers are encouraged to get some safe target practice here! Just read the General Information page and then take a shot to begin. R I C O C H E T S from the S H O O T I N G   G A L L E R Y: Your host will be out of the office from MON SEP 15 through WED SEP 17 and Mystillery challenges will not be updated during that period. Please continue your submissions as usual during the interim. Sep 10: Booksniper Linda B (Kentucky) carves notch #15 with author Lilian Jackson Braun ! Sep 9: Sharpshooter Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins (Indiana) carves notch #4 with author Irina Shapiro, resulting in a perfect 1.000 TCP!       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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SHOOTING GALLERY updated SUN SEP 14 2025 @ 2.00 pm EDT
Gunslingers 2 7		Shots 9 1 0	Notches 1 2 5	TCP chart	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Linda B Kentucky	77	15	1.168	1.400	2.568
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	40	10	1.500	0.900	2.400
	batkat West Virginia	61	12	1.180	1.100	2.280
	YalondaReads Germany	24	6	1.500	0.500	2.000
	Karen A New Mexico	92	11	0.717	1.000	1.717
	Sanacrow Tennessee	30	6	1.200	0.500	1.700
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	84	10	0.714	0.900	1.614		?
	Beth M North Carolina	33	6	1.090	0.500	1.590
	SueC Utah	59	8	0.813	0.700	1.513
	Colleen Illinois	50	7	0.840	0.600	1.440
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	29	5	1.034	0.400	1.434
	Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins Indiana	24	4	1.000	0.300	1.300
	Rick Mills Maine	60	7	0.700	0.600	1.300
	JenneB Pennsylvania	20	3	0.900	0.200	1.100
	Lynn Pennsylvania	6	1	1.000	0	1.000
	Tari Hann Ohio	6	1	1.000	0	1.000
	Terry M. Minnesota	29	3	0.620	0.200	0.820
	Shannon The Netherlands	17	2	0.705	0.100	0.805
	Vallery Louisiana	83	5	0.361	0.400	0.761
	Jjean Texas	23	2	0.521	0.100	0.621
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Traci L. Illinois	39	2	0.307	0.100	0.407
	Erika Morris California	16	0	0	0	0
	Scott Nickels Georgia	4	0	0	0	0
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	3	0	0	0	0
	Morgan H Australia	1	0	0	0	0
	Karen Baroness Texas	0	0	0	0	0
	Jen McFarren Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI

    Ambiguous instructions and arbitrary rules are found on the General Information page.

Key to symbols
Notch	Sets of six books by one author completed
TCP	Target Completion Percentage. This is similar to a baseball batting average. Ratio of notches achieved to the number of shots taken. The formula is (notches/shots)*6. See the chart (PDF). Shots which complete a target will increase your TCP. Shots which do not complete a target will decrease your TCP. A perfect TCP is 1.000 or any multiple.
Shots	Number of books read
Bonus	Each notch (beyond the first one) directly adds a 0.100 bonus
Score	TCP + bonus
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