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Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2025

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Riley Sager

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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:
updated Unfortunately, Goodreads is discontinuing the abilty for its members to send messages to each other (with no reason given). As a result, the Mystillery's suggestions on how to message has changed. See this update on the General Information page (the section in green).
The annual Rollover is coming as we tidy up the shooting gallery! On January 1, all completed targets will be removed. Partially-completed targets will roll over into the 2026 challenge. If you have any partially-completed targets you wish removed, email the authors to your host and they will not roll over.
This challenge will return for a fresh start in 2026! The web page address will change. You can preview and bookmark the 2026 version at this link. As usual, no advance signup needed.
Dec. 3: SueC (Utah) carves:
bang! notch #10 with author Tonya Kappes !
bang! notch #11 with author Deanna Raybourn !
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Who else took a shot at my book? Enter Author or Title:

SHOOTING GALLERY updated FRI DEC 5 2025 @ 4.15 PM EST
Gunslingers
2 7
Shots
1 2 0 1
Notches
1 6 4
TCP
chart
+ bonus = score Targets FMI
Linda B
Kentucky
109 19 1.045 1.800 2.845 Goodreads profile
Avid Series Reader
New Mexico
51 11 1.294 1.000 2.294 Goodreads profile tracker page
Tina Hilbert
Ohio
112 15 0.803 1.400 2.203 Goodreads profile ? tracker page
Karen A
New Mexico
119 15 0.756 1.400 2.156 Goodreads profile
batkat
West Virginia
73 12 0.986 1.100 2.086 Goodreads profile tracker page
Goodreads librarian Rick Mills
Maine
75 12 0.960
1.100 2.060 Goodreads profile tracker page
SueC
Utah
69 11 0.956 1.100 2.056 Goodreads profile tracker page Blog
Beth M
North Carolina
58 10 1.034 0.900 1.934 Goodreads profile
Sanacrow
Tennessee
30 6 1.200 0.500 1.700 Goodreads profile tracker page Blog
updated OutsmartYourShelf
The United Kingdom
45 7 0.933 0.600 1.533 Goodreads profile
Gunslinger Shots Notches TCP + bonus = score Targets FMI
YalondaReads
Germany
36 6 1.000 0.500 1.500 Goodreads profile tracker page
Goodreads librarian Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins
Indiana
30 5 1.000 0.400 1.400 Goodreads profile My Reader's Block All Covered Up Storygraph profile
Goodreads librarian Colleen
Illinois
54 7 0.777 0.600 1.377 Goodreads profile
Karen Baroness
Texas
16 3 1.125 0.200 1.325 tracker page Blog Goodreads profile Instagram
JenneB
Pennsylvania
29 4 0.827 0.300 1.127 Goodreads profile Storygraph profile Instagram
Jjean
Texas
30 4 0.800 0.300 1.100 Goodreads profile
Lynn
Pennsylvania
6 1 1.000 0 1.000 Goodreads profile
Tari Hann
Ohio
6 1 1.000 0 1.000 Goodreads profile
Terry M.
Minnesota
29 3 0.620 0.200 0.820 Goodreads profile
Vallery
Louisiana
98 5 0.306 0.400 0.706 Goodreads profile
Gunslinger Shots Notches TCP + bonus = score Targets FMI
Erika Morris
California
21 2 0.571 0.100 0.671 Goodreads profile Instagram
Shannon
The Netherlands
24 2 0.500 0.100 0.600 Goodreads profile Instagram
Traci L.
Illinois
39 2 0.307 0.100 0.407 Goodreads profile tracker page
Jen McFarren
Texas
28 1 0.214 0 0.214 Goodreads profile
Dianne Lebold
Ontario
9 0 0 0 0
Scott Nickels
Georgia
4 0 0 0 0 Goodreads profile
Morgan H
Australia
1 0 0 0 0 Goodreads profile tracker page
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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Goodreads librarian
Perfect (1.000 or multiple)
bullet Sharpshooter level (score 1.000+ at some point)
bulletbullet Booksniper level (score 2.000+ at some point)
bulletbulletbullet Ammonuensis level (score 3.000+ at some point)
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