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
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches #1

Sangu Mandanna

9 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Blood Orange by Karina Halle

Blood Orange

The Dracula Duet #1

Karina Halle

332 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

10 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight

The Twilight Saga #1

Stephenie Meyer

498 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix

404 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Taste of Poison by Tessonja Odette

A Taste of Poison

Entangled with Fae #4

Tessonja Odette

414 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

301 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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