Summer Reading Challenge 2025

ar1 Host

20 participants (82 books)

21 Jul 2025—01 Sep 2025

Overview

Read 6 books in 6 weeks, like we did when we were kids and had free time , energy, and hope rather than tiring jobs and doomscrolling :)

Challenge Books

All books added
The Long Game by Rachel Reid

The Long Game

Game Changers #6

Rachel Reid

416 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Beautiful Ugly

Alice Feeney

306 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read

Emily Henry

358 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali

Beer in the Snooker Club

Waguih Ghali

220 pages • paperback • 1964

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter

Nothing Like the Movies

Better Than the Movies #2

Lynn Painter

445 pages • digital • 2024

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Risk by S.T. Abby

The Risk

Mindf*ck #1

S.T. Abby

132 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary crime romance thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

Scarlet Angel

Mindf*ck #3

S.T. Abby

139 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary crime romance thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Sidetracked by S.T. Abby

Sidetracked

Mindf*ck #2

S.T. Abby

115 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary crime romance thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Better Than the Movies

Better Than the Movies #1

Lynn Painter

356 pages • digital • 2021

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Bookstore on the Beach by Brenda Novak

The Bookstore on the Beach

Brenda Novak

448 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary romance emotional fast-paced