Book Riot’s 2025 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by apers

Read a book based solely on its setting.
All books added
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

Bright Falls #3

Ashley Herring Blake

402 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

118 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson

Gods in Alabama

Joshilyn Jackson

306 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction contemporary dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

8 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #1

TJ Klune

398 pages • digital • 2020

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Alexandria Bellefleur

384 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Nest Egg by Josi Avari

Nest Egg

Aloha Chicken Mysteries #1

Josi Avari

8 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

224 pages • digital • 2015

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Blood of Stone by Jayne Faith

Blood of Stone

Shattered Magic - Stone Blood #1

Jayne Faith

285 pages • digital • 2018

fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Brownstone by Samuel Teer

Brownstone

Samuel Teer

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced