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

Read a book based solely on its setting.
All books added
Ithaca by Claire North

Ithaca

The Songs of Penelope #1

Claire North

432 pages • paperback • 2022 user-added

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

The Bright Sword

Lev Grossman

673 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous slow-paced
A Beautiful Place to Die by Philip R. Craig

A Beautiful Place to Die

Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1

Philip R. Craig

211 pages • paperback • 1989

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
London by Edward Rutherfurd

London

Edward Rutherfurd

1152 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

City of Last Chances

The Tyrant Philosophers #1

Adrian Tchaikovsky

500 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The House on Nauset Marsh: A Cape Cod Memoir by Wyman Richardson

The House on Nauset Marsh: A Cape Cod Memoir

Wyman Richardson

223 pages • paperback • 1947

nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced
The Lighthouse by P.D. James

The Lighthouse

Adam Dalgliesh #13

P.D. James

383 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

The Salt Roads

Nalo Hopkinson

416 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction fantasy historical magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced