Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2025

Today's highlighted author: Franklin W. Dixon house writer of the Hardy Boys mystery series. Click Fenton 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. Just read the General Information page and then submit your 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: Apr 21: Terry M (Minnesota) carves notch #2 with author Ruth Rendell ! Apr 18: Beth M (North Carolina) carves notch #4 with author Marcia Muller ! Apr 17: Karen A (New Mexico) carves notch #1 with author Elizabeth Goddard!       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Who else took a shot at my book? Enter Author or Title:

SHOOTING GALLERY updated MON APR 21 2025 @ 11.00 am EDT
Gunslingers 2 6		Shots 4 1 1	Notches 4 8	TCP chart	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	21	9	2.571	0.800	3.371
	Linda B Kentucky	45	8	1.066	0.700	1.766
	Sanacrow Tennessee	19	4	1.263	0.300	1.563
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	21	4	1.142	0.300	1.442
	Beth M North Carolina	21	4	1.142	0.300	1.442
	SueC Utah	20	3	0.900	0.200	1.100
	Rick Mills Maine	25	3	0.720	0.200	0.920
	YalondaReads Germany	16	2	0.750	0.100	0.850
	Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins Indiana	17	2	0.705	0.100	0.805
	batkat West Virginia	18	2	0.666	0.100	0.766
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Colleen Illinois	18	2	0.666	0.100	0.766
	Terry M. Minnesota	24	2	0.500	0.100	0.600
	Traci L. Illinois	27	2	0.444	0.100	0.544
	Vallery Louisiana	54	3	0.333	0.200	0.533
	Karen A New Mexico	28	1	0.214	0	0.214
	Jjean Texas	13	0	0	0	0
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	10	0	0	0	0		?
	Shannon The Netherlands	7	0	0	0	0
	Erika Morris California	5	0	0	0	0
	JenneB Pennsylvania	4	0	0	0	0
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Scott Nickels Georgia	4	0	0	0	0
	Tari Hann Ohio	3	0	0	0	0
	Lynn Pennsylvania	2	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
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	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
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