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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!


Challenge Books

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Her Knight at the Museum by Bryn Donovan

Her Knight at the Museum

Bryn Donovan

352 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen

The Five Year Lie

Sarina Bowen

419 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
21 Laws of Leadership in the Bible: Learning to Lead from the Men and Women of Scripture by John C. Maxwell

21 Laws of Leadership in the Bible: Learning to Lead from the Men and Women of Scripture

John C. Maxwell

240 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction business self help reflective slow-paced
Sometimes Therapy Is Awkward: A Collection of Life-Changing Advice for the Modern Clinician by Nicole Arzt

Sometimes Therapy Is Awkward: A Collection of Life-Changing Advice for the Modern Clinician

Nicole Arzt

214 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction psychology challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

5 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 1979

fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • digital • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

411 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction horror short stories dark slow-paced
Tante Augusta by Graham Greene

Tante Augusta

Graham Greene

568 pages • hardcover • 1969

fiction classics travel funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced
The Hollow of the Hand by PJ Harvey

The Hollow of the Hand

PJ Harvey

232 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction art poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories by Lauren Groff

Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories

Lauren Groff

306 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction short stories challenging dark medium-paced