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The Serial-Killer Challenge 2025

The Serial-Killer Challenge 2025 | Challenge

Dear book series fans, a warm welcome to the second Serial Killer Challenge,
My SuB1SuB = Stack of unread Books aka TBR is still full of many book series. Some of them I have already started, but then I had to wait for the next installment. Other series were allowed to move in onto my shelves completely before I started reading them.
But then there are also series that have been gradually moved in so that they can then be binge-read, at least that is the plan. 😊

With The Serial Killer Challenge 2025, I would like to counter my book series and also count points.

The Serial-Killer Challenge 2025

The Serial-Killer Rules

Read and score

  • Have fun reading, don’t be stressed out. The challenge should motivate you to reduce your TBR full of serial books
  • The challenge runs from January 01, 2025 to December 31, 2025
  • If you want to participate, create a challenge page on your blog and leave me the link in a comment
  • Getting into the challenge is possible at any time
  • Only books (hardcover, paperback, ebook) and audiobooks count; No mangas, comics etc.
  • For individual editions, the formats (print, eBook, audioook) to finish a series can also be mixed
  • Have fun reading, don’t be stressed out. The challenge should motivate you to reduce your sub full of serial books.
  • The challenge runs from 01.01.2025 to December 31, 2025
  • If you want to participate, create a challenge on your blog and leave me the link in a comment
  • Getting into the challenge is possible at any time
  • Only books (hardcover, paperback, eBook) and audiobooks count; No mangas, comics etc.
  • For individual editions, the formats (print, eBook, audioook) to end a row can also be mixed
  • Also double editions count (if you have a complete series both as a print, ebook and/or audiobook or even have it in another language)

Example: I have the NEVERNIGHT series completely in German and English. Here, if I read both languages, I can score twice. Within a language, I can have the series in all formats to finish it.
If I had the German translation completely in hardcover and e-book format, I could score three times if I read them all.

  • Reviews on read books are not mandatory, but will be rewarded with points
  • To end a series you do not necessarily have to buy the next volume, there is also a loan (friends, library, etc.) or if it was gifted to you, because it is only important that the installment has been read
  • You can start with any volume in a series that would be next, the exquisite points arise from the series numbers
  • Collection volumes result in the sum of the series numbers (e.g. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring = 1 pt + The Two Towers = 2 pts + The Return of the King = 3 pts, That equals 6 pts.)
  • In the case of clearly splittet volumes (e.g.: Part 1, Part 2, …), you’ll receive only half of the points
  • For the correct order (including intermediate volumes), please use the information at Goodreads, because non-English publishers tend to indicate/use a different (in my eyes false) series numbering
  • At the end of the year, I have a little surprise for the person (except me) with the most points (announcement in January 2026) 😍

The point system for each book in the series read

  • each volume receives the number of points of the series number (1st volume = 1 point, intermediate volume 1.5 = 1.5 points, 2nd volume = 2 points etc.)
  • per completed series = 15 points (or if no further volumes are published in 2025)
  • half points are awarded for re-reads
  • Additional points: for each volume reviewed = 2 points (please link)
  • Additional point: Audiobooks/books with more than 12 hours/500 pages = 1 point.

The Serial-Killer Challenge 2025

Tackle your book series TBR stack

Pts
Status: Jan 01, 2025

Fae & Alchemy ♦ Callie Hart Audible Audio

series format (duology, trilogy…)

CoverTitleDurationRe-ReadPoints
1Fae & Alchemy 1 - QuicksilverQuicksilver – listened to Jan 202520h 42min2 pts.
2
finished:In total:2 pts.

Queens of Fate ♦ Natania Barron Kindle Edition

trilogy

CoverTitlePagesRe-ReadPoints
1Queens of Fate 1 - Queen of NoneQueen of None CR315 pp
2Queens of Fate 2 - Queen of FuryQueen of Fury
finished:In total

Series Title ♦ Author Format

series format (duology, trilogy…)

CoverTitlePagesRe-ReadPoints
1
2
finished:In total:

Series Title ♦ Author Format

series format (duology, trilogy…)

CoverTitlePagesRe-ReadPoints
1
2
finished:In total:

Series Title ♦ Author Format

series format (duology, trilogy…)

CoverTitlePagesRe-ReadPoints
1
2
finished:In total:

Series Title ♦ Author Format

series format (duology, trilogy…)

CoverTitlePagesRe-ReadPoints
1
2
finished:In total:

Serial-Killer Accomplices

Killer-AccomplicesKiller Pts.Killer-AccomplicesKiller Pts.
RoXXie of The Art of Reading2 Pts.Lisa of wasliestlisa0 Pts.
Sara of Reading Passion0 Pts.Franzy of FranzysBuchsalon0 Pts.
Sandra von Sandras Lesewelt0 Pts.0 Pts.
Status: Jan 05, 2025
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