2026 DCL Reading Challenge: Author's Last Name is a First NameLike this list

11 items

• 2026 DCL Reading Challenge

  View on dcl.org

  Win a $200 gift card to Shanahan's Steakhouse in this year's random prize drawing of challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win.

• The Bee Sting

  a Novel

  Murray, Paul, 1975-

  Add The Bee Sting to your for later shelf

  What is going wrong with the Barnes family? Their car business is going under, the straight-A teenage daughter is getting into trouble, and the son is planning to run away. This is family drama to the max.

• Great Big Beautiful Life

  Henry, Emily

  Add Great Big Beautiful Life to your for later shelf

  Two journalists compete for the chance to write the biography of an aging heiress. Another winner for bestselling Henry!

• The Women

  Hannah, Kristin

  Add The Women to your for later shelf

  Following “The Nightingale” and “The Four Winds,” Hannah’s latest centers on a young nurse whose life is changed by the Vietnam War.

• The Ministry of Time

  Bradley, Kaliane

  Add The Ministry of Time to your for later shelf

  Bradley’s clever debut features romance and cloak-and-dagger plotting within a British government experimental time travel ministry.

• Silver Elite

  Francis, Dani

  Add Silver Elite to your for later shelf

  Francis's debut launches a romantasy trilogy with this tense foray into a dystopian future. Full of twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

  Tyson, Neil deGrasse

  Add Astrophysics for People in a Hurry to your for later shelf

  What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

• Still Life

  Penny, Louise

  Add Still Life to your for later shelf

  The first in the reliable Inspector Gamache series, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal.

• Born a Crime

  Stories From a South African Childhood

  Noah, Trevor, 1984-

  Add Born a Crime to your for later shelf

  Born to a black African mother and a white Swedish father, Noah violated the Immorality Act of 1927, which outlawed interracial relationships, making for a fascinating and complex life story.

• The Keeper

  Martin, Charles, 1969-

  Add The Keeper to your for later shelf

  This is the latest in the bestselling Murphy Shepherd series. Start with “The Water Keeper” to get the full backstory on this character and the interesting people he picks up along the way.

• The Last Thing He Told Me

  a Novel

  Dave, Laura

  Add The Last Thing He Told Me to your for later shelf

  Owen Michaels has disappeared, and all he left his wife is a note that says "protect her." That, and a duffel bag containing over half a million dollars in cash…