Summer Reading Challenge 2025

ar1 Host

20 participants (83 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
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

317 pages • digital • 1993

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Today Tonight Tomorrow

Today Tonight Tomorrow #1

Rachel Lynn Solomon

384 pages • digital • 2020

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced
Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

Swordcrossed

Freya Marske

372 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Happy Place by Emily Henry

Happy Place

Emily Henry

388 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

Paladin of Souls

World of the Five Gods #2

Lois McMaster Bujold

482 pages • paperback • 2003

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
My Murder by Katie Williams

My Murder

Katie Williams

304 pages • digital • 2023

fiction literary mystery speculative fiction thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh

Overture to Death

Roderick Alleyn #8

Ngaio Marsh

277 pages • paperback • 1939

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

One Golden Summer

Carley Fortune

400 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Wretched by Emily McIntire

Wretched

Never After #3

Emily McIntire

304 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

fiction contemporary romance dark tense fast-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced