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10 Physical Books Summer Reading Challenge - 2025 Edition

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24 participants (215 books)

01 Jun 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Between the start of June and the end of August, I am challenging myself to read 10 books from my physical TBR shelf (so books that are either Paperback or Hardcover). 

If you'd like to join me, please feel free to do so!

Challenge Books

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Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

Azar Nafisi

223 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction classics literary politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher

Terms and Conditions

Dreamland Billionaires #2

Lauren Asher

466 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead by Petra Palerno

All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead

Bubble Babes #1

Petra Palerno

190 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction erotica romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

How to End a Love Story

Yulin Kuang

372 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Zero Days by Ruth Ware

Zero Days

Ruth Ware

368 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

310 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Reached by Ally Condie

Reached

Matched #3

Ally Condie

512 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction dystopian romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Crossed by Ally Condie

Crossed

Matched #2

Ally Condie

367 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction dystopian romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes by Gabriel García Márquez

Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes

Gabriel García Márquez

109 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction literary magical realism romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Red Mars

Mars Trilogy #1

Kim Stanley Robinson

592 pages • paperback • 1992

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced