@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

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon
The Go-Between #1

Mizuki Tsujimura with Yuki Tejima (Translator)

272 pages • paperback • 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

The Go-Between #1

Mizuki Tsujimura with Yuki Tejima (Translator)

272 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction fantasy magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced

Flesh by David Szalay

Flesh
David Szalay

353 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

Flesh by David Szalay

Flesh

353 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective sad medium-paced

What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon

What If I Never Get Over You
Paige Toon

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

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced

What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon

What If I Never Get Over You

400 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez with Alma Cuervo (Narrator)

8 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Julia Alvarez with Alma Cuervo (Narrator)

8 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction literary magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery by Ragnar Jónasson

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery
Helgi Trilogy #2

Ragnar Jónasson

320 pages • digital • 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction mystery dark mysterious fast-paced

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery by Ragnar Jónasson

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery

Helgi Trilogy #2

Ragnar Jónasson

320 pages • digital • 2023

fiction mystery dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction mystery dark mysterious fast-paced

First Blood by Amélie Nothomb

First Blood
Amélie Nothomb

87 pages • digital • 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction literary reflective fast-paced

fiction literary reflective fast-paced

First Blood by Amélie Nothomb

First Blood

Amélie Nothomb

87 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

fiction literary reflective fast-paced

fiction literary reflective fast-paced

Botswana Time by Will Randall

Botswana Time
Will Randall

274 pages • paperback • 2006 (editions)

nonfiction travel funny reflective medium-paced

nonfiction travel funny reflective medium-paced

Botswana Time by Will Randall

Botswana Time

274 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction travel funny reflective medium-paced

nonfiction travel funny reflective medium-paced

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth

285 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Sunburn

Chloe Michelle Howarth

285 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder
David Grann

329 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

329 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced

The Return of Ruby Darling by Leeanne Slade

The Return of Ruby Darling
Leeanne Slade

9 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

The Return of Ruby Darling by Leeanne Slade

The Return of Ruby Darling

9 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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