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1. The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman

2. Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire

3. My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

4. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

5. My Imaginary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

6. My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

7. Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

8. Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

9. End of Story by A.J. Finn

10. Dust by Dusti Bowling

11. Beauty Reborn by Elizabeth Lowham

12. The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan

13. Homecoming by Kate Morton

14. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson

15. The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish

16. Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

17. Library Girl by Polly Horvath

- Alabama The Secret of Rainy Days by Leslie Hooton

- Alaska 

- Arizona Dust by Dusti Bowling

- Arkansas 

- California Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee; Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow; End of Story by A.J. Finn; I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter; The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave (could also be used for New York); Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

- Colorado Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire

- Connecticut 

- Delaware The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

- Florida 

- Georgia The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White

- Hawaii Operation: Happy by Jenni L. Walsh (could also be used for California)

- Idaho The Nightmare House by Sarah Allen; The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grand

- Illinois No Matter What by K.M. Frost; The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

- Indiana Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Falling Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Popcorn by Rob Harrell; Library Girl by Polly Horvath

- Iowa The Monsters We Make by Kali White

- Kansas A Patchwork of Clues by Sally Goldenbaum

- Kentucky The Hard Parts by Oksana Masters

- Louisiana Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

- Maine The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

- Maryland 

- Massachusetts All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay; Swimming in a Sea of Stars by Julie Wright

- Michigan The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson

- Minnesota 

- Mississippi Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris (could also be used for Georgia)

- Missouri 

- Montana 

- Nebraska One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

- Nevada Deep Water by Jamie Sumner (could also be used for California)

- New Hampshire 

- New Jersey Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

- New Mexico Shutter by Ramona Emerson

- New York Murder on Millionaire's Row by Erin Lindsey; The Kind to Kill by Tessa Wegert; First Victim by Debbie Babitt; Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

- North Carolina Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda; The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers; The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain; Make the Fireflies Dance by Rachel Bateman; The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman

- North Dakota 

- Ohio Candy Cane Crime by Amanda Flower

- Oklahoma Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

- Oregon The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman; Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley

- Pennyslvania A Deadly Endeavor by Jenny Adams; The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

- Rhode Island Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell

- South Carolina The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon

- South Dakota 

- Tennessee Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

- Texas God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney; Watch It Burn by Kristen Bird; The Weight of Everything by Marcia Argueta Mickelson

- Utah 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards

- Vermont Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor; Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen

- Virginia Something About Sophie by Mary Kay McComas; When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer

- Washington Flippin' Skaters by Teresa Richards; Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

- West Virginia Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Ann Lindsey

- Wisconsin A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan

- Wyoming 

- Washington, D.C. Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs

International:

- Australia - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson; Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth; Homecoming by Kate Morton

- Canada - Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt; Trouble Island by Sharon Short

- England - The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan; My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows; My Imaginary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows; My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows; None of This is True by Lisa Jewell; The Girl Who Wasn't There by Penny Joelson; How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin; The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes; An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves; The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan; Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, and the Body Under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn; The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson; The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish; Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

- France - My Contrary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

- Indonesia - One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

- Ireland - Zeke Zooter and the Eye of Balor by Bruce Jacobs; The Hunter by Tana French; Where They Lie by Claire Coughlan; The Watchers by A.M. Shine

- Italy - Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

- Scotland - Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce; Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong

- The Netherlands - Artifice by Sharon Cameron

1. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

2. My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

3. Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce

4. My Imaginary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

5. Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee

6. Artifice by Sharon Cameron

7. My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

8. Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt

9. Murder on Millionaires' Row by Erin Lindsey

10. My Contrary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

11. Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong

12. Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor

13. The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

14. Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell

15. Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen

16. An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves

17. The Lost Girls of Willow Brook by Ellen Marie Wiseman

18. Where They Lie by Claire Coughlan

19. The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan

20. A Deadly Endeavor by Jenny Adams

21. Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, and the Body Under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn

22. One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

23. When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer

24. The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson

25. Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

26. Trouble Island by Sharon Short

27. The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

28. Homecoming by Kate Morton

29. Operation: Happy by Jenni L. Walsh

30. Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

31. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson

32. The Monsters We Make by Kali White

33. The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish

- A thriller The Last One by Will Dean

- A classic

- A mystery Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire

- A fantasy Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

- A book with coins on the cover

- A book by an author known for introducing a phrase

- A book with a title based on a well-known phrase Where There's Smoke by E.B. Vickers

- A book about language

- A book about the ocean

- A memoir about living with nature

- A book about an explorer

- A book about a lost species

- Oregon Trail: A book where the characters might die of dysentery One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

- Legend of Zelda: A book where the protagonist is not the title character Operation: Happy by Jenni L. Walsh

- Pacman: A book with a maze on the cover Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

- Space Invaders: A book with aliens

- A book about something you might find dead on the road

- A mystery set during a vacation One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

- A book with a hotel on the cover

- A book with something flat on the cover Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

- A book by an author with a flower/plant name Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

- A coming-of-age story Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt

- A book about three main characters My Imaginary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

- A book with the word "silver" or "shell" in the title

- A book released in 2024 Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

- A memoir or biography about someone with a Hollywood Star The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

- A book with a gold or silver cover The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

- A book with a picture of the sun on the cover

- A book with a vegetable in the title Popcorn by Rob Harrell

- A book about walking away The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain

- A book with lots of fresh air on the cover Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley

- A book about positive changes My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

- A book with the word "secret" in the title The Secret of Rainy Days by Leslie Hooton

- A book with someone sleeping on the cover

- A book about a secret society Murder on Millionaires' Row by Erin Lindsey

- A book you hope will quiet your mind

- A book about gender identity End of Story by A.J. Finn

- A book written by a POC Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee

- A book with offensive language Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong

- A book with talking animals

Reflections: 

- A book with a mirror on the cover

- A book about looking back Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

- A book you know will make you think More Than a Body by Lindsay and Lexie Kite

- A book with antonyms in the title Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

- The butler did it: A book with a butler An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves

- It was a dark and stormy night: A book with a great first line The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes

- Once upon a time: A fairy tale retelling Beauty Reborn by Elizabeth Lowham

- There can be only one: A book that pits characters against each other How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

- A book with pirates Never Lore: Journey to Mt. Smolder by Taya and Nathan Okerlund

- A book with a sword on the cover

- A daring adventure graphic novel

- A book about a stowaway

- Read anything—your goal is to read more! My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

- A book with a title that sounds like exercise Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

- A book about cleaning house or getting organized

- A book about getting away from it all 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards

- A hardboiled crime novel The Kind to Kill by Tessa Wegert

- A book about finding the sunny side of life

- A book with a poacher

- A book where someone is likely to be "baked" Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

- Book with a stamp or rotary phone on the cover The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

- Book by an author old enough to be a grandparent Something About Sophie by Mary Kay McComas

- A book about someone traveling by foot Zeke Zooter and the Eye of Balor by Bruce Jacobs

- A book set before you were born The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

- A book written by someone the same generation as you Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

- A multi-generational story Homecoming by Kate Morton

- A book set when the boomers were in their prime

- A book that generates hope Swimming in a Sea of Stars by Julie Wright

- Dairy: A cheesy book

- Meat: A book you can sink your teeth into The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

- Fruit: A book with a fruit in the title Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn

- Grain: A book set in a farming community Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor

- A book with a key or a pocket watch on the cover The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon

- Read a "pocket guide"

- A book with a purse on the cover (because of course your clothes don't have pockets)

- A book that might have been carried in a soldier's pocket

- A book about revenge Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

- A book with something sweet on the cover Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow

- A book you'd like to settle in with an after dinner drink Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

- A book by an author who has a good reputation with fans Dust by Dusti Bowling

- A book with a color word in the title Graysen Foxx and the Treasure of Principal Redbeard by J. Scott Savage

- A book with your favorite color on the cover Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce

- A book by an author with a color name The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White

- A book that looks like someone went crazy with crayons The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman

- An illustrated book

- A book with an unreliable narrator None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

- A book with a sketchbook or notebook on the cover The Nightmare House by Sarah Allen

- A book with the word "fake" in the title

- A book you meant to read last year God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney

- Any book on your TBR list Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

- A book someone gave you that you haven't read yet Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong

- A book in your house with a dusty cover The Girl Who Wasn't There by Penny Joelson

- A book about a monster no one believes in A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan

- A book by an author who uses a pseudonym Trouble Island by Sharon Short

- A fiction book based on a true story The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson

- A book about something counterfeit Artifice by Sharon Cameron

- A nonfiction book about a controversial person

- A book with a spice in the title

- A book with a spicy cover

- A book set somewhere that is known for its cuisine Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

- A book over 500 pages My Contrary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

- A book under 150 pages Candy Cane Crime by Amanda Flower

- A book with a title at least 7 words long All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay

- A book by an author whose last name is no more than 5 letters The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan

- A gothic novel The Watchers by A.M. Shine

- A book with a geeky character Ditch the Glitch by Camille Smithson

- A book about prophecies

- A book someone says "changed their life" The Shift: 7 Powerful Mindset Changes for Lasting Weight Loss by Dr. Gary Foster

- A book with someone with a disability The Hard Parts by Oksana Masters

Book Read: The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish

Roll #17

Start Space: 11

Number Rolled: 5

Space Landed On: 16

Prompt: Pass the CHURCH—Read a book where a wedding, funeral, or christening takes place

Book Read: A Patchwork of Clues by Sally Goldenbaum (funeral)

Roll #18

Start Space: 16

Number Rolled: 6

Space Landed On: 22

Prompt: You enter the PARK—Read a book with a green cover or with a tree on the cover