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2025 Rereads

Hosted by themeadowofashtrees

17 participants, 36 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

A book you hated in your high school English class can read as brilliant when read at 30.  Books that were high literature when you were 21 read now self-important pablum.  The words on the page may not have changed, but how you read them certainly has.

Only requirement for a book to meet this challenge is that the last time you read it is 5+ years ago.

All books added
The 100 Dresses by Eleanor Estes

The 100 Dresses

Eleanor Estes

80 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction childrens emotional medium-paced
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

The Blade Itself

The First Law #1

Joe Abercrombie

633 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

Seven Deadly Wonders

Jack West Jr #1

Matthew Reilly

547 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

412 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

The Caves of Steel

Robot #1

Isaac Asimov

256 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Red Dwarf Omnibus: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers & Better Than Life by Grant Naylor

Red Dwarf Omnibus: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers & Better Than Life

Red Dwarf #1-2

Grant Naylor

589 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction science fiction funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

272 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

544 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced