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Team Fantasy

Points: 21/24

Shape Shifting (view spoiler)[
�� Change: Read a book with a character that changes shape or disguises themself - The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das - 01.15.2025
�� Copy: Read a book with “shape�� or “shift�� in the title - The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn - 03.17.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Romantasy (view spoiler)[
�� Love: Read a book where a romantic relationship is central to the plot - The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica - 02.14.2025
✅Pairing: Read a book with a couple on the cover - The Two Princes of Mpfumo: An Early Eighteenth-Century Journey into and out of Slavery by Lindsay O'Neill - 01.25.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Angels and Devils (view spoiler)[
�� Ying: Read a book where a character has wings and/or horns - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - 02.12.2025
�� Yang: Read a book with a black and white cover - White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (hide spoiler)]


Magical Object (view spoiler)[
�� Powerful: Read a book where a magical object is central to the plot - A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper - 03.21.2025
�� Thing: Read a book with the word “magic�� in the title - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow - 03.25.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Poisoner (view spoiler)[
�� Sick: Read a book where a poisoning is a significant plot point - Lightfall by Ed Crocker - 01.06.2025
�� Dangerous: Read a book with something poisonous on the cover The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn - 02.28.2025 (hide spoiler)]


DnD Party (view spoiler)[
✅Characters: Read a book with a rogue, mage, fighter, and/or wizard (classic DnD characters) - Fog & Fireflies by T.H. Lehnen - 01.18.2025
✅Team: Read a book with 4 or more characters on cover or the word “party�� in the title - Afterparty by Daryl Gregory - 03.23.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Mythology
�� Story: Read a book with a mythological character or that is considered a retelling of a myth - Mother of Rome by Lauren J.A. Bear 01.02.2025
2. Alpha-Omega: Read a book with any greek letter on the cover or the word “myth�� in the title - Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon


Undead (view spoiler)[
�� Alive?: Read a book with an undead character or a character that returns from the dead - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark - 01.21.2025
�� Dead: Read a book the word “dead�� or “death�� in the title - The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories by Molly Olguín - 03.08.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Bestiary (view spoiler)[
�� Not a Pet: Read a book with a character that would be considered a beast - Wicked Jenny by Matt Hilton - 01.12.2025
�� Risky: Read a book with any kind of beast on the cover - Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell - 02.26.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Fantastic Flora (view spoiler)[
�� Greenery: Read a book where plants can be considered a character (protagonist or antagonist) in the book - Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - 03.29.2-25
�� Anti-Human: Read a book with plants but no humans on the cover - The Garden by Nick Newman - 02.21.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Magic Powers
�� Sorcerer: Read a book with a character that has any kind of magic- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - 03.18.2025
2. Magi: Read a book with any kind of magician on the cover.


Fairy Tales
✅Story: Read a book that is a collection of related stories - Salt Slow by Julia Armfield - 03.11.2025
2. Fae: Read a book with fairies on the cover or “tales�� in the title.

Full Character Archetypes List

January Protagonist: Big Dumb Hero (view spoiler)[
�� Strong: Read a book with a character who possesses great physical strength - Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree - 01.23.3035
reason: Viv is a super strong Orc adventurer
�� unBrianiac: Read a book with a character that is noted for their lack of intelligence - Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher - 01.04.2025 (hide spoiler)]


January Antagonist: Monster (view spoiler)[
�� Huge: Read a book with a character that is extremely large - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - 01.11.2025
reason: Viv is a large orc.
�� Ugly: Read a book with a character that is noted for an unpleasant appearance - Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi - 01.09.2025
reason: the aliens are ugly and stinky (hide spoiler)]


February Protagonist: Love Interest (view spoiler)[
�� Pretty: Read a book where a main character is known for their good looks - Ice by Anna Kavan - 02.16.2025
�� Romance: Read a book with a romantic scene - In the Vanishers�� Palace by Aliette de Bodard - 02.12.2025 (hide spoiler)]


February Antagonist: Rival (view spoiler)[
�� Better Than You: Read a book where a main character has a rival - The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton - 02.11.2025
reason: human mc Dalton has a rival in alien Breaker, both of them competing for trade and first contact privileges with another alien species
�� It’s Personal: Read a book where a character has a personal grievance that is significant to the plot - Revelator by Daryl Gregory - 02.05.2025
reason: Stella returns to the holler to bury the dead and make sure the god stays in the mountain. it's a personal, family thing. (hide spoiler)]


March Protagonist: Sidekick (view spoiler)[
�� 2nd Best: Read a book with a sidekick character or where the main character is only the 2nd best at something - White Line Fever by K.C. Jones - 03.02.2025
reason: mc has three childhood sidekicks in their Scoundrels gang
�� Helpful: Read a book where the ‘hero�� needs help accomplishing a goal - The Spare Room by Helen Garner - 03.01.2025
reason: mc needs help with caregiving for terminal cancer patient was takes the spare room for 3 weeks (hide spoiler)]


March Antagonist: Assistant to the Villain (view spoiler)[
�� Sidekick: Read a book with a character who is a sidekick or a character who has a sidekick - The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean - 03.05.2025
reason: villainous brother Ramsey has sidekick Eland, who takes his orders
�� Not In Charge: Read a book where the main character is not the person in charge at their organization - Intercepts by T.J. Payne - 03.14.2025 (hide spoiler)]


April Protagonist: Mentor (view spoiler)[
�� Aged: Read a book with an older main character - The Homecoming by Zoë Apostolides - 04.02.2025
�� Teacher: Read a book where a main character formally learns (skills or book knowledge) - For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga - 04.02.2025 (hide spoiler)]


April Antagonist: Wicked Stepparent (view spoiler)[
�� Not My Child: Read a book where a character raises a child that is not theirs by birth - Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo - 04.19.2025
�� Envy: Read a book where jealousy is important to the plot - The Vengeance by Emma Newman - 04.24.2025 (hide spoiler)]

Potential pics:


The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
page count: 112



The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
page count: 210

RRRC 2025 Read the Season Japanese Edition
fuyu (Winter)

Fuyu - Winter
(view spoiler)[
F: Fog & Fireflies by T.H. Lehnen - 01.18.2025
U: The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica - 02.14.2025
Y: Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee - 12.24.2024
U: Unquiet on the Eastern Front by Wole Talabi - 02.17.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Ganjitsu - New Year's Day (January 1) (view spoiler)[
G: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - 01.14.2025
A: Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi - 01.09.2025
N: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 12.21.2024
J: White Line Fever by K.C. Jones - 03.02.2025
I: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - 12.22.2024
T: Black Wave by Michelle Tea - 01.10.2025
S: The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara - 12.21.2024
U: The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 03.16.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Seijin no Hi - Coming of Age Day (January 13) (view spoiler)[
S: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - 02.03.2025
E: The Eater of Flies by Richard Gadz - 12.24.2024
I: The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das - 01.15.2025
J: Salt Slow by Julia Armfield - 03.11.2025
I: In the Vanishers�� Palace by Aliette de Bodard - 02.13.2025
N: Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher - 01.04.2025
N: The Garden by Nick Newman - 02.21.2025
O: Old Soul by Susan Barker - 10.27.2024
H: White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi - 01.03.2025
I: Ice by Anna Kavan - 02.16.2025 (hide spoiler)]


Kenkoku Kinen no Hi - National Foundation Day (February 11)
K: Knowledgeable Creatures by Christopher Rowe - 12.25.2024
E: The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk - 12.31.2024
N: Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-Strategies, 1805-2005 by Bruce A. Elleman - 02.23.2025
K: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - 12.30.2024
O: The Two Princes of Mpfumo: An Early Eighteenth-Century Journey into and out of Slavery by Lindsay O'Neill - 01.25.2025
K: King Pest by Edgar Allan Poe - 02.07.2025
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K: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar - 04.05.2025
I: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - 02.20.2025
N: Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel - 03.09.2025
E: Lightfall by Ed Crocker - 01.07.2025
N: The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo - 04.13.2025
N: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo - 04.19.2025
O: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - 02.02.2025
H: Wicked Jenny by Matt Hilton - 01.12.2025
I: Intercepts by T.J. Payne - 03.14.2025


Tennō Tanjōbi - Emperor's Birthday (February 23)
T: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - 01.11.2025
E: Morella by Edgar Allan Poe - 01.10.2025
N: book:The Vengeance|207294231] by Emma Newman - 04.24.2025
N: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - 04.25.2025
O: On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard - 02.23.2025
T: Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle - 01.15.2025
A: Apology of Socrates by Plato - 02.04.2025
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O: The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories by Molly Olguín - 03.08.2025
B: Mother of Rome by Lauren J.A. Bear - 01.02.2025
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Folk Horror

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom - 06.28.2026
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon - 07.17.2021
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen - 04.20.2023
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand - 05.01.2022


The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand
Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley


But You Scared Me the Most by John Manderino
Angel of the Underground by David Andreas
Husk by Dave Zeltserman
Scarecrow by Richie Tankersley Cusick
The Equinox by MJ Preston
Witch Wood by John Buchan
The Spirit Wood by Robert Masello
3 Gates of the Dead by Jonathan Ryan
Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard
The Drowning God by James Kendley
The Goat Foot God by Dion Fortune

Full Character Archetypes List

May Protagonist: Friendly Creature
1. Pet: Read a book where the main character is a pet or has a pet.
2. Companion: Read a book with an animal that is friendly toward the main characters.

May Antagonist: Mother Nature
1. Weather: Read a book where a weather event is significant to the plot.
2. You’re Edible Here: Read a book where the main characters encounter a hostile environment.

2025 Read the Season Japanese Edition
haru (Spring)
March 20, 2025 through June 19, 2025

haru (Spring)
H: A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper - 03.21.2025
A: Afterparty by Daryl Gregory - 03.22.2025
R: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill - 04.05.2025
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Shunbun no Hi - Vernal Equinox (March 20)
S: Shadow: A Parable by Edgar Allan Poe - 03.28.2025
H: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu - 03.24.2025
U:
N: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo - 04.19.2025
B: The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo - 04.13.2025
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N: The Vengeance by Emma Newman - 04.24.2025
N: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - 04.25.2025
O: Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan by Shuzo Oshimi - 04.02.2025
H: The Homecoming by Zoë Apostolides - 04.02.2025
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Showa no Hi - Showa Day (April 29)
S: Silence: A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe - 03.28.2025
H: White Cat by Holly Black - 04.06.2025
O: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - 04.18.2025
W: Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi - 03.28.2025
A: Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius - 04.12.2025

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H: Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing by Hailey Piper - 04.28.2025
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Kenpō Kinenbi - Constitution Day (May 3)
K: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar - 04.05.2025
E: For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga - 04.02.2025
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P: Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce - 04.11.2025
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Midori no Hi - Greenery Day (May 4)
M: Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - 03.29.2-25
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D: The Good House by Tananarive Due - 04.12.2025
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R: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson - 04.19.2025
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Kodomo no Hi - Children's Day (May 5)
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D: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow - 03.25.2025
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Read the Month Japanese Edition
shigatsu (April)
Duration: April 1, 2025 - April 31, 2025


S: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill - 04.05.2025
H: The Homecoming by Zoë Apostolides - 04.02.2025
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G: The Good House by Tananarive Due - 04.12.2025
A: Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius - 04.12.2025
T: Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan by Shuzo Oshimi - 04.02.2025
S: Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce - 04.11.2025
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K: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar - 04.05.2025
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Powerpoints

��Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - 02.02.2025
�� Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi - 02.08.2025
��Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - 02.10.2025
��Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - 02.20.2025
�� The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 03.16.2025
�� We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
�� Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - 04.20.2025
�� To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
�� Annie Bot by Sierra Greer - 04.24.2025
�� Witch King by Martha Wells