Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2025

Today's highlighted author: Baynard Kendrick writer of the Duncan Maclain mystery series. Click Miles 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 OCT 6 through THU OCT 9 and Mystillery challenges will not be updated during that period. Please continue your submissions as usual during the interim. Oct 3: Booksniper Tina Hilbert (Ohio) carves notch #15 with author Neil Gaiman! Oct 1: Last night I dreamt I went to the shooting gallery again! Sharpshooter OutsmartYourShelf (United Kingdom) carves notch #6 and notch #7 with author Daphne du Maurier ! Sep 29: Ammonuensis Beth M (North Carolina) carves notch #7 with author James Patterson !       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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

SHOOTING GALLERY updated SUN OCT 5 2025 @ 7.15 pm EDT
Gunslingers 2 7		Shots 1 0 1 5	Notches 1 3 8	TCP chart	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Linda B Kentucky	86	15	1.046	1.400	2.446
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	42	10	1.428	0.900	2.328
	batkat West Virginia	64	12	1.125	1.100	2.225
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	112	15	0.803	1.400	2.203		?
	YalondaReads Germany	24	6	1.500	0.500	2.000
	Karen A New Mexico	102	12	0.705	1.100	1.805
	Sanacrow Tennessee	30	6	1.200	0.500	1.700
	SueC Utah	64	9	0.843	0.800	1.643
	Beth M North Carolina	42	7	1.000	0.600	1.600
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	43	7	0.976	0.600	1.576
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Rick Mills Maine	64	8	0.750	0.700	1.450
	Colleen Illinois	50	7	0.840	0.600	1.440
	Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins Indiana	30	5	1.000	0.400	1.400
	JenneB Pennsylvania	22	3	0.818	0.200	1.018
	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
	Vallery Louisiana	91	5	0.329	0.400	0.729
	Shannon The Netherlands	20	2	0.600	0.100	0.700
	Jjean Texas	25	2	0.480	0.100	0.580
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Traci L. Illinois	39	2	0.307	0.100	0.407
	Erika Morris California	17	0	0	0	0
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	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
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	Ammonuensis level (score 3.000+ at some point)
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