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@hook.me.a.book Reading the World '25 Challenge

bookishbrews Host

56 participants (716 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

There's no hard and fast rules as to what books you read. Only that you aim for 2 each month set in a different location. You could read romance from around the world, historical fiction like the Seven Sisters series or go hard with translated fiction and use the hometown of the author. The world is your oyster!

@hook.me.a.book Reading the World '25 Challenge

bookishbrews Host

56 participants (716 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

There's no hard and fast rules as to what books you read. Only that you aim for 2 each month set in a different location. You could read romance from around the world, historical fiction like the Seven Sisters series or go hard with translated fiction and use the hometown of the author. The world is your oyster!

Challenge Books

All books added

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

The Magician
Colm Tóibín with Gunnar Cauthery (Narrator)

16 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

The Magician

Colm Tóibín with Gunnar Cauthery (Narrator)

16 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood with Eric Nolan (Narrator), Elizabeth Lamont (Narrator)

11 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

Problematic Summer Romance

Ali Hazelwood with Eric Nolan (Narrator), Elizabeth Lamont (Narrator)

11 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Butter
Asako Yuzuki with Hanako Footman (Narrator), Polly Barton (Translator)

17 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Butter

Asako Yuzuki with Hanako Footman (Narrator), Polly Barton (Translator)

17 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle

On the Calculation of Volume I
On the Calculation of Volume #1

Solvej Balle with Barbara J. Haveland (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced

On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle

On the Calculation of Volume I

On the Calculation of Volume #1

Solvej Balle with Barbara J. Haveland (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Toy Car by Rose Tremain

The Toy Car
Rose Tremain

48 pages • digital • 2025 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced

The Toy Car by Rose Tremain

The Toy Car

48 pages • digital • 2025

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski with Will M. Watt (Narrator)

6 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski with Will M. Watt (Narrator)

6 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Rosarita by Anita Desai

Rosarita
Anita Desai

112 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Rosarita by Anita Desai

Rosarita

112 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Air by John Boyne

Air
The Elements #4

John Boyne

176 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Air by John Boyne

Air

The Elements #4

176 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Euphoria by Lily King

Euphoria
Lily King

259 pages • paperback • 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Euphoria by Lily King

Euphoria

259 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China
Yuan Yang

320 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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