@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

The Hangman by Louise Penny

The Hangman
Chief Inspector Gamache #6.5

Louise Penny with Robert Bathurst (Narrator)

1 hour, 22 minutes • audio • 2010 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

The Hangman by Louise Penny

The Hangman

Chief Inspector Gamache #6.5

Louise Penny with Robert Bathurst (Narrator)

1 hour, 22 minutes • audio • 2010 user-added

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

Love Forms by Claire Adam

Love Forms
Claire Adam with Melanie La Barrie (Narrator)

9 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Love Forms by Claire Adam

Love Forms

Claire Adam with Melanie La Barrie (Narrator)

9 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

One of the Girls
Lucy Clarke

448 pages • digital • 2022 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

One of the Girls

448 pages • digital • 2022

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway

233 pages • digital • 1929 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

233 pages • digital • 1929 user-added

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail
Adania Shibli with Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)

112 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli with Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)

112 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced

Until August by Gabriel García Márquez

Until August
Gabriel García Márquez with Anne McLean (Translator)

144 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced

Until August by Gabriel García Márquez

Until August

Gabriel García Márquez with Anne McLean (Translator)

144 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

Disoriental
Négar Djavadi with Tina Kover (Translator)

320 pages • paperback • 2016 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi with Tina Kover (Translator)

320 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Lady Scandal by Laura Lee Guhrke

Lady Scandal
Scandal at the Savoy #2

Laura Lee Guhrke

336 pages • paperback • 2024 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction historical romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Lady Scandal by Laura Lee Guhrke

Lady Scandal

Scandal at the Savoy #2

Laura Lee Guhrke

336 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction historical romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction historical romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Murder in Pitigliano by Camilla Trinchieri

Murder in Pitigliano
Camilla Trinchieri

368 pages • digital (editions)

fiction mystery medium-paced

fiction mystery medium-paced

Murder in Pitigliano by Camilla Trinchieri

Murder in Pitigliano

Camilla Trinchieri

368 pages • digital

fiction mystery medium-paced

fiction mystery medium-paced

Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

Elena Knows
Claudia Piñeiro with Frances Riddle (Translator)

152 pages • paperback • 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

Elena Knows

Claudia Piñeiro with Frances Riddle (Translator)

152 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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