2025 Rereads

themeadowofashtrees Host

27 participants (61 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
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 • first pub 2004 (editions)

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 • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Firesong by William Nicholson

Firesong

Wind on Fire #3

William Nicholson

422 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Slaves of the Mastery by William Nicholson

Slaves of the Mastery

Wind on Fire #2

William Nicholson

434 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1-3

Stephen R. Donaldson

1160 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
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