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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

2026 Second Best

2026 Second Best

Read books that have been nominated for any of the 29 awards on the WWEnd site, but have not won any of them. Embrace the challenge & read one from each list to hit the top level of 29!

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2026 – December 2026

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

 Novice = 6 books + 1 reviews
 Apprentice = 12 books + 2 reviews
 Journeyman = 18 books + 3 reviews
 Master = 29 books + 6 reviews

Note: You must be a logged in member of WWEnd to join this challenge. Join WWEnd
Adele1967

Adele1967

6
5
4
3
2
1
Ambrose

Ambrose

Suffer the Children
5
4
3
2
1
bec

bec

Cog
Foundryside
Her Body and Other Parties
Parable of the Sower
Royal Assassin
When Women Were Dragons
DeirdriuWRS

DeirdriuWRS

The Belles
Camp Damascus
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Gideon the Ninth
The Poppy War
Siren Queen
Star Daughter
Valour
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Engelbrecht

Engelbrecht

The Doll Who Ate His Mother
Islands
The Killing Moon
La Belle Sauvage
The Secret Commonwealth
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
finminer

finminer

Absolution
The Atrocity Archives
Bone Dance
Cuckoo's Egg
Deserted Cities of the Heart
Dhalgren
The Fuller Memorandum
Helliconia Summer
Ivory
The Jennifer Morgue
The Last Days of New Paris
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Mission Child
Parasite
Red Sun of Danger
The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream
Too Like the Lightning
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Hneite

Hneite

The Garden of Stones
Picnic on Paradise
The Smoke That Thunders
Starling House
The Time Traveler's Wife
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
lanawritenow

lanawritenow

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
5
4
3
2
1
lisagarrity

lisagarrity

Ancestral Night
Aurora
The Iron Dragon's Mother
The Red Scholar's Wake
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Momosnyx

Momosnyx

The Ministry of Time
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Slinkyboy

Slinkyboy

Bookshops & Bonedust
The Girl in the Glass
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1