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

bookishbrews Host

56 participants (721 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 (721 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 Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

The Story She Left Behind
Patti Callahan Henry

339 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction historical emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

fiction historical emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

The Story She Left Behind

Patti Callahan Henry

339 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

fiction historical emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Dawn of Fate and Fire by Mariely Lares

Dawn of Fate and Fire
Godslayer #2

Mariely Lares

467 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Dawn of Fate and Fire by Mariely Lares

Dawn of Fate and Fire

467 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak

312 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

312 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid

Queen Macbeth
Darkland Tales #5

Val McDermid

134 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction historical thriller adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

fiction historical thriller adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid

Queen Macbeth

Darkland Tales #5

134 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical thriller adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

fiction historical thriller adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

Black Butterflies
Priscilla Morris

279 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

Black Butterflies

Priscilla Morris

279 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift
Namwali Serpell

576 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction historical literary magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift

Namwali Serpell

576 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction historical literary magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction historical literary magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People
Sally Rooney with Aoife McMahon (Narrator)

7 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney with Aoife McMahon (Narrator)

7 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

They Had It Coming by Nikki Smith

They Had It Coming
Nikki Smith

368 pages • paperback (editions)

fiction crime thriller

fiction crime thriller

They Had It Coming by Nikki Smith

They Had It Coming

368 pages • paperback

fiction crime thriller

fiction crime thriller

The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs

The Angel Maker
Stefan Brijs

448 pages • paperback • 2005 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs

The Angel Maker

448 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Secret of the Unicorn by Hergé

The Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin #11

Hergé

62 pages • paperback • 1943 (editions)

fiction graphic novel middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction graphic novel middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

The Secret of the Unicorn by Hergé

The Secret of the Unicorn

The Adventures of Tintin #11

62 pages • paperback • 1943

fiction graphic novel middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction graphic novel middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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