The Global Book Nook's 2023 Worldly Challenge - hosted by ashybear02

October
**Apple Month:** read a book with an apple on the cover, or read a Snow White retelling
**National Face Your Fears Day:** read a book where one of the main characters does something to overcome her/his fears
**National 'I Love Lucy' Day:** Read a book set in the 1950s
**World Food Day:** read a book about food or with food on the cover or in the title
All books added
Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian

Tommy Cabot Was Here

The Cabots #1

Cat Sebastian

102 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette

A Deadly Inside Scoop

An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery #1

Abby Collette

9 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

10 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 1949 (editions) user-added

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varela

The People Who Report More Stress

Alejandro Varela

237 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

Crystal Smith Paul

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Kings Of Kink by N.O. One

Kings Of Kink

N.O. One

338 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life by Eleanor Roosevelt

You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

Eleanor Roosevelt

5 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Survive the Night by Riley Sager

Survive the Night

Riley Sager

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

The Spectacular

Fiona Davis

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier

Candy Corn Murder

Lucy Stone #22

Leslie Meier

missing duration info • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced