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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

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Red Rising
Red Rising Saga #1

Pierce Brown

382 pages • hardcover • 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Red Rising

Red Rising Saga #1

382 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune
Dune #1

Frank Herbert

658 pages • hardcover • 1965 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

658 pages • hardcover • 1965

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

Shōgun by James Clavell

Shōgun
Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1

James Clavell

1312 pages • hardcover • 1975 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced

fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced

Shōgun by James Clavell

Shōgun

Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1

1312 pages • hardcover • 1975

fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced

fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced

Graven Images by Paul Fleischman

Graven Images
Paul Fleischman with Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)

116 pages • paperback • 1982 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories young adult mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

fiction fantasy short stories young adult mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Graven Images by Paul Fleischman

Graven Images

Paul Fleischman with Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)

116 pages • paperback • 1982

fiction fantasy short stories young adult mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

fiction fantasy short stories young adult mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown

The Ladies' Room
Carolyn Brown

226 pages • digital • 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted fast-paced

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted fast-paced

The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown

The Ladies' Room

226 pages • digital • 2011

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted fast-paced

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted fast-paced

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

We
Yevgeny Zamyatin with Clarence Brown (Translator)

253 pages • paperback • 1924 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin with Clarence Brown (Translator)

253 pages • paperback • 1924

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation
Foundation #1

Isaac Asimov

231 pages • paperback • 1951 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous medium-paced

fiction classics science fiction adventurous medium-paced

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation

231 pages • paperback • 1951

fiction classics science fiction adventurous medium-paced

fiction classics science fiction adventurous medium-paced

Educated by Tara Westover

Educated
Tara Westover with Julia Whelan (Narrator)

12 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover with Julia Whelan (Narrator)

12 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult with Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

13 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional tense medium-paced

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

A Spark of Light

Jodi Picoult with Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

13 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People by Margot Theis Raven

Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People
Margot Theis Raven with E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

48 pages • paperback (editions)

fiction childrens historical

fiction childrens historical

Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People by Margot Theis Raven

Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People

Margot Theis Raven with E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

48 pages • paperback

fiction childrens historical

fiction childrens historical

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