The 2025 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book With An Adjective In the Title
Starting us off with the easiest prompt (I hope)
Fiction and nonfiction options are valid
All books added
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

4 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin

Fresh Water for Flowers

Valérie Perrin

474 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Death in the Dry River by Lisa Allen-Agostini

Death in the Dry River

Lisa Allen-Agostini

140 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction crime historical
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries #1

Martha Wells

152 pages • digital • 2017

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Reading List

Sara Nisha Adams

400 pages • digital • 2021

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
That Broke Into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott

That Broke Into Shining Crystals

Richard Scott

96 pages • paperback • 2025

lgbtqia+ poetry
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami

278 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction literary science fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
Small Island by Andrea Levy

Small Island

Andrea Levy

441 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
A Small Town in Germany by John le Carré

A Small Town in Germany

John le Carré

338 pages • 1968

fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense slow-paced
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

14 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced