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

bookishbrews Host

56 participants (723 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 (723 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

Slipstream by Madge Maril

Slipstream
Madge Maril

352 pages • paperback • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Slipstream by Madge Maril

Slipstream

352 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo

320 pages • paperback • 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

320 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

All My Mothers
Joanna Glen

480 pages • digital • 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

All My Mothers

480 pages • digital • 2021

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree by Albert Wendt

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree
Albert Wendt

160 pages • paperback • 1974 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree by Albert Wendt

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree

160 pages • paperback • 1974

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

The Killing Sense by Sam Blake

The Killing Sense
Sam Blake

495 pages • paperback • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

The Killing Sense by Sam Blake

The Killing Sense

495 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

Thirst Trap by Grainne O'Hare

Thirst Trap
Grainne O'Hare

288 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Thirst Trap by Grainne O'Hare

Thirst Trap

288 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende

304 pages • digital • 2025 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

304 pages • digital • 2025

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon

What Happens in Amsterdam
Rachel Lynn Solomon

362 pages • paperback • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon

What Happens in Amsterdam

Rachel Lynn Solomon

362 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Cleopatra by Natasha Solomons

Cleopatra
Natasha Solomons with Daphne Kouma (Narrator), Jasmine Hyde (Narrator)

9 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Cleopatra by Natasha Solomons

Cleopatra

Natasha Solomons with Daphne Kouma (Narrator), Jasmine Hyde (Narrator)

9 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Good Girl by Aria Aber

Good Girl
Aria Aber

348 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Good Girl by Aria Aber

Good Girl

348 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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