@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
How the Light Gets in by Louise Penny

How the Light Gets in

Chief Inspector Gamache #9

Louise Penny

416 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Unsolved by Heather Critchlow

Unsolved

The Cal Lovett Files #1

Heather Critchlow

325 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young

Out of the Woods

Hannah Bonam-Young

319 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Manual for Good Wives by Lola Jaye

The Manual for Good Wives

Lola Jaye

384 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction historical history race
Something Like Fate by Amy Lea

Something Like Fate

Amy Lea

352 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ibis by Justin Haynes

Ibis

Justin Haynes

352 pages • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction literary
Delinquent Daddy and Tender Teacher Vol. 6: Four-Leaf Clovers by Tama Mizuki

Delinquent Daddy and Tender Teacher Vol. 6: Four-Leaf Clovers

元ヤンパパとヒツジ先生 / Delinquent Daddy and Tender Teacher #6

Tama Mizuki

178 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga romance medium-paced
The Paris Dancer: The emotional and inspiring historical novel to look out for in 2025! by Nicola Rayner, Nicola Rayner

The Paris Dancer: The emotional and inspiring historical novel to look out for in 2025!

Nicola Rayner, Nicola Rayner

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

emotional slow-paced
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

10 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark emotional medium-paced