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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.

2025 Rereads

themeadowofashtrees Host

29 participants (146 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

Stolen Girl by Trina Saffioti

Stolen Girl
Trina Saffioti

36 pages • 2011 (editions)

fiction historical emotional inspiring medium-paced

fiction historical emotional inspiring medium-paced

Stolen Girl by Trina Saffioti

Stolen Girl

36 pages • 2011

fiction historical emotional inspiring medium-paced

fiction historical emotional inspiring medium-paced

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier

380 pages • paperback • 1938 (editions)

fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

380 pages • paperback • 1938

fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

The Witness for the Dead
The Chronicles of Osreth #2

Katherine Addison with Liam Gerrard (Narrator)

8 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

The Witness for the Dead

The Chronicles of Osreth #2

Katherine Addison with Liam Gerrard (Narrator)

8 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction fantasy emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

The Goblin Emperor
The Chronicles of Osreth #1

Katherine Addison with Kyle McCarley (Narrator)

17 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2014 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction fantasy emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

The Goblin Emperor

The Chronicles of Osreth #1

Katherine Addison with Kyle McCarley (Narrator)

17 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2014 user-added

fiction fantasy emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction fantasy emotional hopeful medium-paced

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick with Karen White

12 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick with Karen White

12 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2009

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced

The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel

The Truck Cat
Deborah Frenkel with Danny Snell (Illustrator)

37 pages • digital • 2024 (editions)

fiction childrens

fiction childrens

The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel

The Truck Cat

Deborah Frenkel with Danny Snell (Illustrator)

37 pages • digital • 2024

fiction childrens

fiction childrens

Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein

Wabi Sabi
Mark Reibstein with Ed Young (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2008 (editions)

nonfiction childrens poetry inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

nonfiction childrens poetry inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein

Wabi Sabi

Mark Reibstein with Ed Young (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction childrens poetry inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

nonfiction childrens poetry inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

System Collapse by Martha Wells

System Collapse
The Murderbot Diaries #7

Martha Wells with Kevin R. Free (Narrator)

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

System Collapse by Martha Wells

System Collapse

The Murderbot Diaries #7

Martha Wells with Kevin R. Free (Narrator)

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Every Child A Song by Nicola Davies, Marc Martin

Every Child A Song
Nicola Davies, Marc Martin

32 pages • 2019 (editions)

nonfiction childrens adventurous medium-paced

nonfiction childrens adventurous medium-paced

Every Child A Song by Nicola Davies, Marc Martin

Every Child A Song

Nicola Davies, Marc Martin

32 pages • 2019

nonfiction childrens adventurous medium-paced

nonfiction childrens adventurous medium-paced

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red
The Murderbot Diaries #1

Martha Wells with Kevin R. Free (Narrator)

3 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2017 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries #1

Martha Wells with Kevin R. Free (Narrator)

3 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

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