@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

Abandonment by Erminia Dell'Oro

Abandonment
Erminia Dell'Oro with Oonagh Stransky (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2024 (editions) user-added

Abandonment by Erminia Dell'Oro

Abandonment

Erminia Dell'Oro with Oonagh Stransky (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

We Are Light by Gerda Blees

We Are Light
Gerda Blees with Michele Hutchison (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

We Are Light by Gerda Blees

We Are Light

Gerda Blees with Michele Hutchison (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South
Lisa Ridzén

320 pages • paperback • 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South

320 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Backwater by Vikki Wakefield

The Backwater
Vikki Wakefield

352 pages • paperback (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

The Backwater by Vikki Wakefield

The Backwater

Vikki Wakefield

352 pages • paperback

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen

168 pages • paperback • 1993 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology dark emotional reflective fast-paced

nonfiction memoir psychology dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Girl, Interrupted

168 pages • paperback • 1993

nonfiction memoir psychology dark emotional reflective fast-paced

nonfiction memoir psychology dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Thursdays at Orange Blossom House by Sophie Green

Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
Sophie Green

416 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction emotional lighthearted fast-paced

fiction emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Thursdays at Orange Blossom House by Sophie Green

Thursdays at Orange Blossom House

416 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction emotional lighthearted fast-paced

fiction emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Accabadora by Michela Murgia

Accabadora
Michela Murgia

204 pages • paperback • 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Accabadora by Michela Murgia

Accabadora

204 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao

Ex Marks the Spot
Gloria Chao with Yu-Li Alice Shen (Narrator)

9 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao

Ex Marks the Spot

Gloria Chao with Yu-Li Alice Shen (Narrator)

9 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

The Shots You Take
Rachel Reid with Greg Boudreaux (Narrator)

9 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

The Shots You Take

Rachel Reid with Greg Boudreaux (Narrator)

9 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

336 pages • paperback • 2022 (editions)

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

336 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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