@hook.me.a.book Reading the World '25 Challenge

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58 participants (386 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

There's no hard and fast rules as to what books you read. Only that you aim for 2 each month set in a different location. You could read romance from around the world, historical fiction like the Seven Sisters series or go hard with translated fiction and use the hometown of the author. The world is your oyster!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington

The Red Ribbon

Lucy Adlington

7 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher

The Paris Bookseller

Kerri Maher

319 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary informative inspiring medium-paced
The Wedding Party by Rebecca Heath

The Wedding Party

Rebecca Heath

373 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo

Beast in the Shadows

Edogawa Rampo

112 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
White Nile by Chris Fox

White Nile

Chris Fox

252 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction thriller
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

416 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Quiet Librarian A Novel by Allen Eskens

The Quiet Librarian A Novel

Allen Eskens

320 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction historical mystery speculative fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho

Warrior of the Light

Paulo Coelho

167 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction self help inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced
Darwin's Dragons by Lindsay Galvin

Darwin's Dragons

Lindsay Galvin

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade informative inspiring tense medium-paced