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

bookishbrews's profile picture bookishbrews Host

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 Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier

392 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Blue Fox by Sjón

The Blue Fox

Sjón

112 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

Kathleen Sheppard

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole by Cecilia Blomdahl

Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole

Cecilia Blomdahl

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction nature travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami

219 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Under Loch and Key

Lana Ferguson

404 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

Dark Matter

Michelle Paver

252 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Fabergé Girl by Ina Christova

The Fabergé Girl

Ina Christova

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

fiction historical
Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson

Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World

Christina Rickardsson

12 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha

Mother Ocean Father Nation

Nishant Batsha

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced