Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2025

Today's highlighted author: Charles Finch writer of the Charles Lenox mystery series. Click Purple 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 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: June 22: Colleen (Illinois) carves notch #4 with author Ania Ahlborn, and notch #5 with author Charlie Donlea ! Her score rises above 1.000 to earn Sharpshooter Level! June 16: Karen A (New Mexico) carves notch #7 with author Mary Alford! June 12: SueC (Utah) carves notch #7 with author Anne Hillerman!       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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SHOOTING GALLERY updated SUN JUNE 22 2025 @ 8.00 pm EDT
Gunslingers 2 6		Shots 6 3 6	Notches 8 3	TCP chart	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	29	10	2.068	0.900	2.968
	Linda B Kentucky	60	10	1.000	0.900	1.900
	YalondaReads Germany	19	4	1.263	0.300	1.563
	Sanacrow Tennessee	19	4	1.263	0.300	1.563
	SueC Utah	47	7	0.893	0.600	1.493
	batkat West Virginia	37	6	0.972	0.500	1.472
	Rick Mills Maine	41	6	0.878	0.500	1.378
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	71	8	0.676	0.700	1.376		?
	Karen A New Mexico	57	7	0.736	0.600	1.336
	Colleen Illinois	33	5	0.909	0.400	1.309
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	24	4	1.000	0.300	1.300
	Beth M North Carolina	26	4	0.923	0.300	1.223
	Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins Indiana	18	3	1.000	0.200	1.200
	Tari Hann Ohio	6	1	1.000	0	1.000
	Terry M. Minnesota	29	3	0.620	0.200	0.820
	Vallery Louisiana	68	4	0.352	0.300	0.652
	Traci L. Illinois	39	2	0.307	0.100	0.407
	Jjean Texas	18	1	0.333	0	0.333
	Shannon The Netherlands	11	0	0	0	0
	Erika Morris California	9	0	0	0	0
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Lynn Pennsylvania	4	0	0	0	0
	JenneB Pennsylvania	4	0	0	0	0
	Scott Nickels Georgia	4	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
	Moved up
	New or updated today
	Update pending
	Goodreads librarian
	Perfect (1.000 or multiple)
	Sharpshooter level (score 1.000+ at some point)
	Booksniper level (score 2.000+ at some point)
	Ammonuensis level (score 3.000+ at some point)
	High column stat
	2nd place column stat
	Shooting Gallery
?	Tracker page
	Blog
	Goodreads profile
	Mystillery group on Goodreads
	Instagram
	Paperback Swap bookshelf

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