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2025 Rereads

themeadowofashtrees Host

29 participants (146 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

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.

Challenge Books

All books added
This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

This Present Darkness

Darkness #1

Frank E. Peretti

384 pages • paperback • 1986

fiction fantasy dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

One of Us Is Lying

One of Us Is Lying #1

Karen M. McManus

10 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction mystery thriller young adult mysterious tense medium-paced
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

The Plague of Doves

Louise Erdrich

313 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative by Thomas King

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

Thomas King

184 pages • hardcover • 2003

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One

Ready Player One #1

Ernest Cline

374 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced
The Last Dark by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Last Dark

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #4

Stephen R. Donaldson

644 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Against All Things Ending by Stephen R. Donaldson

Against All Things Ending

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #3

Stephen R. Donaldson

738 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

Fatal Revenant

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #2

Stephen R. Donaldson

754 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Runes of the Earth

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #1

Stephen R. Donaldson

656 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #1-3

Stephen R. Donaldson

1245 pages • 1983

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced