Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Author Who Shares Your Initials
In the English language, there are 676 possibilities for first and last initials. And we won't even consider the hyphenated names, double names, middle initials, etc.

This is a tough category, so feel free to fudge it a little bit if you need to.
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

It Happened One Summer

Bellinger Sisters #1

Tessa Bailey

397 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

374 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill

253 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale

Winternight Trilogy #1

Katherine Arden

11 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Palisades Park by Alan Brennert

Palisades Park

Alan Brennert

421 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical lighthearted sad slow-paced
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Hidden Pictures

Jason Rekulak

372 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror mystery mysterious fast-paced
State of Terror by Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton

State of Terror

Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
After the Storm by Maya Banks

After the Storm

KGI #8

Maya Banks

392 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction romance emotional fast-paced
Her Second Death by Melinda Leigh

Her Second Death

Bree Taggert #0.5

Melinda Leigh

47 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced