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
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

His Majesty's Dragon

Temeraire #1

Naomi Novik

302 pages • paperback • 2006

fiction fantasy historical adventurous medium-paced
The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia Funke

The Petrified Flesh

Reckless #1

Cornelia Funke

352 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

The Hunt for Red October

Jack Ryan Universe #1

Tom Clancy

432 pages • paperback • 1984

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Angels & Demons

Robert Langdon #1

Dan Brown

448 pages • digital • 2000

fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Prince of Thorns

The Broken Empire #1

Mark Lawrence

319 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction fantasy adventurous dark fast-paced
The Cure by Sonia Levitin

The Cure

Sonia Levitin

272 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction dystopian historical science fiction young adult adventurous reflective slow-paced
We Are Australians by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin

We Are Australians

Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin

32 pages • hardcover

challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Little Refugee by Anh Do

Little Refugee

Anh Do

32 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction autobiography childrens emotional reflective medium-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

399 pages • hardcover • 1995

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero

The Heroes of Olympus #1

Rick Riordan

553 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced