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

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56 participants (722 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!

Challenge Books

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A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe

A Terrible Kindness

Jo Browning Wroe

381 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Jung Chang

12 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Daughters of Warsaw by Maria Frances

Daughters of Warsaw

Maria Frances

9 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka by Clare Mulley

Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka

Clare Mulley

416 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #1

Syou Ishida

297 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

A Bánh Mì for Two

Trinity Nguyen

304 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
On the Surface by Rachel McGuire

On the Surface

Rachel McGuire

304 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

470 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Silence In Between by Josie Ferguson

The Silence In Between

Josie Ferguson

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical emotional sad tense medium-paced
Head Over Wheels by Leonie Mack

Head Over Wheels

Leonie Mack

302 pages • digital

fiction romance