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
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

272 pages • hardcover • 1817

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
We Are Light by Gerda Blees

We Are Light

Gerda Blees

240 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Hacker by Anna Hackett

The Hacker

Norcross Security #5

Anna Hackett

252 pages • digital • 2021

fiction romance thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi

126 pages • digital • 1975 user-added

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli

Not Safe for Work

Nisha J. Tuli

340 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Holes by Louis Sachar

Holes

Holes #1

Louis Sachar

4 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 1998

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous funny fast-paced
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

Claire Jiménez

228 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction literary emotional sad medium-paced
Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weyward

Emilia Hart

386 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

640 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Nothing to Hide by Scarlett Finn

Nothing to Hide

Scarlett Finn

318 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

fiction romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced