Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2025

Today's highlighted author: Georges Simenon writer of the Inspector Maigret mystery series. Click Jules Owl to see is targeting this author and read some of The Mystillery's reviews !

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: Nov 23: JenneB (Pennsylvania) carves: notch #4 with author Lea Wait ! Nov 23: Linda B (Kentucky) carves: notch #19 with author Lilian Jackson Braun ! Nov 18: Karen A (New Mexico) carves: notch #14 with author Kellie VanHorn ! This runs her score above 2.000, earning Booksniper level!       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 NOV 24 2025 @ 7.00 PM EST
Gunslingers 2 7		Shots 1 1 8 0	Notches 1 5 7	TCP chart	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Linda B Kentucky	109	19	1.045	1.800	2.845
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	112	15	0.803	1.400	2.203		?
	batkat West Virginia	66	12	1.090	1.100	2.190
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	49	10	1.224	0.900	2.124
	Karen A New Mexico	118	14	0.711	1.300	2.011
	Beth M North Carolina	55	10	1.090	0.900	1.990
	Rick Mills Maine	73	10	0.821	0.900	1.721
	Sanacrow Tennessee	30	6	1.200	0.500	1.700
	SueC Utah	67	9	0.805	0.800	1.605
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	44	7	0.954	0.600	1.554
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	YalondaReads Germany	36	6	1.000	0.500	1.500
	Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins Indiana	30	5	1.000	0.400	1.400
	Colleen Illinois	54	7	0.777	0.600	1.377
	Karen Baroness Texas	16	3	1.125	0.200	1.325
	JenneB Pennsylvania	28	4	0.857	0.300	1.157
	Lynn Pennsylvania	6	1	1.000	0	1.000
	Tari Hann Ohio	6	1	1.000	0	1.000
	Jjean Texas	28	3	0.642	0.200	0.842
	Terry M. Minnesota	29	3	0.620	0.200	0.820
	Vallery Louisiana	98	5	0.306	0.400	0.706
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Erika Morris California	21	2	0.571	0.100	0.671
	Shannon The Netherlands	24	2	0.500	0.100	0.600
	Traci L. Illinois	39	2	0.307	0.100	0.407
	Jen McFarren Texas	28	1	0.214	0	0.214
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	9	0	0	0	0
	Scott Nickels Georgia	4	0	0	0	0
	Morgan H Australia	1	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
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	Blog
	Goodreads profile
	Mystillery group on Goodreads
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	Paperback Swap bookshelf

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