Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge 2026

Today's highlighted author: Louise Penny writer of the Armand Gamache mystery series. Click Reine-Marie Owl to see is targeting this author and read some of The Mystillery's reviews !

Welcome to the Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge for 2026! 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: Oct 9: Jjean (Texas) carves notch #3 with author Stephen King of Maine (home of The Mystillery) !   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Who else took a shot at my book? Enter Author or Title:

SHOOTING GALLERY updated 0 pm EST
Gunslingers 0 1		Shots 0 0	Notches 0 0	TCP chart	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Rick Mills Maine	0	0	0	0	0
2025 gunslingers shown below this line until Feb. 1
	Linda B Kentucky	0	0	0	0	0
	batkat West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	0	0	0	0	0		?
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico	0	0	0	0	0
	Beth M North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0
	Karen A New Mexico	0	0	0	0	0
	Sanacrow Tennessee	0	0	0	0	0
	YalondaReads Germany	0	0	0	0	0
	SueC Utah	0	0	0	0	0
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	0	0	0	0	0
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Bev "Annie Oakley" Hankins Indiana	0	0	0	0	0
	Colleen Illinois	0	0	0	0	0
	JenneB Pennsylvania	0	0	0	0	0
	Lynn Pennsylvania	0	0	0	0	0
	Tari Hann Ohio	0	0	0	0	0
	Jjean Texas	0	0	0	0	0
	Terry M. Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0
	Vallery Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0
	Shannon The Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0
Gunslinger		Shots	Notches	TCP	+ bonus	= score	Targets	FMI
	Traci L. Illinois	0	0	0	0	0
	Erika Morris California	0	0	0	0	0
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	0	0	0	0	0
	Scott Nickels Georgia	0	0	0	0	0
	Morgan H Australia	0	0	0	0	0
	Karen Baroness Texas	0	0	0	0	0
	Jen McFarren Texas	0	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
?	Tracker page
	Blog
	Goodreads profile
	Mystillery group on Goodreads
	Instagram
	Paperback Swap bookshelf

A Mystillery challenge hosted by Rick Mills rickmills9@gmail.com