Read 5 Books Outside Your Usual Genre.

elarson21 Host

27 participants (108 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

2025 Reading Challenge: Explore Beyond Your Comfort Zone

This year, challenge yourself to read books outside your usual genres. Pick five books that you wouldn’t normally reach for—whether it’s sci-fi, historical fiction, poetry, or something completely unexpected. Step into new worlds, discover fresh perspectives, and expand your literary horizons!

Read 5 Books Outside Your Usual Genre.

elarson21 Host

27 participants (108 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

2025 Reading Challenge: Explore Beyond Your Comfort Zone

This year, challenge yourself to read books outside your usual genres. Pick five books that you wouldn’t normally reach for—whether it’s sci-fi, historical fiction, poetry, or something completely unexpected. Step into new worlds, discover fresh perspectives, and expand your literary horizons!

Challenge Books

All books added

Say You'll Never Let Go by Anna Callaway

Say You'll Never Let Go
Flowers from Ashes #2

Anna Callaway

401 pages • digital • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction dystopian romance

fiction dystopian romance

Say You'll Never Let Go by Anna Callaway

Say You'll Never Let Go

Flowers from Ashes #2

401 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

fiction dystopian romance

fiction dystopian romance

Taken by her Princes by Shona Knight

Taken by her Princes
Shona Knight

401 pages • digital (editions)

fiction

fiction

Taken by her Princes by Shona Knight

Taken by her Princes

401 pages • digital

fiction

fiction

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface
R.F. Kuang with Helen Laser (Narrator)

8 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang with Helen Laser (Narrator)

8 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman with Henning Koch (Translator)

372 pages • hardcover • 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Fredrik Backman with Henning Koch (Translator)

372 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

All Fours by Miranda July

All Fours
Miranda July with Miranda July (Narrator)

10 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

All Fours by Miranda July

All Fours

Miranda July with Miranda July (Narrator)

10 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End
C.L. Polk with January LaVoy (Narrator)

3 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk with January LaVoy (Narrator)

3 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters by Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë

Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters
Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë

64 pages • paperback • 1846 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced

nonfiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced

Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters by Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë

Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters

Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë

64 pages • paperback • 1846

nonfiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced

nonfiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced

The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose

The Lives of Lee Miller
Antony Penrose

216 pages • paperback • 1985 (editions)

nonfiction art biography adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

nonfiction art biography adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose

The Lives of Lee Miller

216 pages • paperback • 1985

nonfiction art biography adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

nonfiction art biography adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen

351 pages • 1813 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

fiction classics literary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

351 pages • 1813 user-added

fiction classics literary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

fiction classics literary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

L'Enfant noir by Camara Laye

L'Enfant noir
Camara Laye

221 pages • paperback • 1953 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

L'Enfant noir by Camara Laye

L'Enfant noir

221 pages • paperback • 1953

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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