2013 Christopher Pike Reading Challenge

Christopher Pike Reading Challenge 2013

It's that time of year for new reading challenges to be posted.  I will not be hosting Read Me Baby, One More Time (although if you want, feel free to steal it for 2013), but instead will be hosting a Christopher Pike Reading Challenge in honor of my favorite author!

Christopher Pike Reading Challenge Levels:

1-3 books: The Listeners level

4-6 books: The Midnight Club level

7-9 books: Bury Me Deep level

10-12 books: Master of Murder level

13-and more: Final Friends level

Here's a list of most of Christopher Pike's books from Wikipedia:

 

Young adult fiction

• Slumber Party (1985)
• Weekend (1986)
• The Tachyon Web (1986)
• Last Act (1988)
• Spellbound (1988)
• Gimme a Kiss (1988)
• Scavenger Hunt (1989)
• Fall into Darkness (1990)
• See You Later (1990)
• Witch (1990)
• Whisper of Death (1991)
• Die Softly (1991)
• Bury Me Deep (1991)
• Master of Murder (1992)
• Monster (1992)
• Road to Nowhere (1993)
• The Eternal Enemy (1993)
• The Immortal (1993)
• The Wicked Heart (1993)
• The Midnight Club (1994)
• The Lost Mind (1995)
• The Visitor (1995)
• The Starlight Crystal (1996)
• The Star Group (1997)
• Execution of Innocence (1997)
• Hollow Skull (1998)
• Magic Fire (1999)
• The Grave (1999)
• The Secret of Ka (2010)
• To Die For – Omnibus collects Slumber Party and Weekend (2010)
• Time of Death – Omnibus collects Bury Me Deep and Chain Letter (2011)
• Master of Murder – Omnibus collects Last Act and Master of Murder (2011)
• Bound to You – Omnibus collects Spellbound and See You Later (2012)
• Witch World (2012)

Series

Cheerleaders

• Cheerleaders #2: Getting Even (1985)

Christopher Pike only wrote one book in this forty-seven book series. Other writers of this series include Caroline B. Cooney and Diane Hoh.^[15]

Chain Letter

• Chain Letter (1986)
• Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil (1992)
• Chained Together – Omnibus collects Chain Letter 1 and 2. (1994)

Final Friends

• Final Friends 1: The Party (1988)
• Final Friends 2: The Dance (1988)
• Final Friends 3: The Graduation (1989)
• Final Friends Trilogy – Omnibus collects Final Friends 1, 2 and 3. (1999)
• Until the End – Omnibus collects Final Friends 1, 2 and 3. (2011)

Remember Me (book series)

• Remember Me (1989)
• Remember Me 2: The Return (1994)
• Remember Me 3: The Last Story (1995)
• Remember Me – Omnibus collects Remember Me 1, 2 and 3. (2010)

The Last Vampire

• The Last Vampire (1994)
• The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood (1994)
• The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice (1995)
• The Last Vampire 4: Phantom (1996)
• The Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst (1996)
• The Last Vampire 6: Creatures of Forever (1996)
• The Last Vampire 7: The Eternal Dawn (2010)
• The Last Vampire 8: The Shadow of Death (2011)
• The Last Vampire 9: The Sacred Veil (2013)

Thirst (omnibus editions of The Last Vampire)

• Thirst No. 1 – Omnibus collects The Last Vampire 1, 2 and 3. (2009)
• Thirst No. 2 – Omnibus collects The Last Vampire 4, 5 and 6. (2010)
• Thirst No. 3 – The Last Vampire 7: The Eternal Dawn (2010)
• Thirst No. 4 – The Last Vampire 8: The Shadow of Death (2011)
• Thirst No. 5 - The Last Vampire 9: The Sacred Veil (March 5, 2013)

Spooksville

• Spooksville – series of 24 children's books (1995–1999)

Alosha

• Alosha (2004)
• The Shaktra (2005)
• The Yanti (2006)
• Nemi (TBA)

Short stories

• Tales of Terror – Six original short stories, includes a Master of Murder sequel: The Fan from Hell. (1997)
• Tales of Terror #2 – Five original short stories, includes a Master of Murder sequel: The Burning Witch. (1998)

Anthologies

• Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror – ed. T. Pines; contains Pike's stories Collect Call and Collect Call 2: The Black Walker. (1991)
• 666: The Number of the Beast – contains Pike's story Saving Face. (2007)

Adult fiction

• Sati (1990)
• The Season of Passage (1992)
• The Listeners (1995)
• The Cold One (1995)
• The Blind Mirror (2003)
• Falling (2007)

One lucky participant will win a signed copy of Pike's latest book Witch World (it will be made out to "the winner of the 2013 Christopher Pike Reading Challenge" since I'll be sending him a copy to sign soon),  Winner will be picked at random next December.  Your sign up post will count as your first entry, and any reviews you post and link at the bottom of this page will count as further entries.