• Get a Double by reading two books by a second author
Anna Katherine Green, The Circular Study
Anna Katherine Green, XYZ: A Detective Story
• Get a Triple by reading three books by a third author
John Dickson Carr, The Man Who Couldn't Shudder
John Dickson Carr, The Sleeping Sphinx
John Dickson Carr, The Emperor's Snuff Box
• Get a Home Run by reading four books by a fourth author.
Martha Grimes, Rainbow's End (Richard Jury #13)
Martha Grimes, The Case Has Altered (Richard Jury #14)
Martha Grimes, The Stargazey (Richard Jury #15)
Martha Grimes, The Lamorna Wink (Richard July #16)
• You have hit for the Cycle once you complete a single, double, triple, AND a home run.
• Get a Foul by giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF (Did Not Finish)
• Get a Bunt by reading a short story.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House
• Get a Stolen Base by stealing (reading) a book which has been submitted to any of our previous or current challenges - in any year - by someone else.
Margery Allingham, The Fear Sign, read by Bev Hankins, 2023.
• Strike Out when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, mailed out, given away, sold, thrown out, audiobook taken outdoors for a walk, book taken elsewhere to read, etc.)
Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Fiery Fingers
