@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 Blonde Who Came in From the Cold by Ally Carter

The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold
The Blonde Identity #2

Ally Carter

318 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance thriller adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

fiction contemporary romance thriller adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold by Ally Carter

The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold

The Blonde Identity #2

318 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary romance thriller adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

fiction contemporary romance thriller adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See with Jennifer Lim (Narrator)

13 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See with Jennifer Lim (Narrator)

13 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced

Speak to Me of Home: A Novel by Jeanine Cummins

Speak to Me of Home: A Novel
Jeanine Cummins

448 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful medium-paced

Speak to Me of Home: A Novel by Jeanine Cummins

Speak to Me of Home: A Novel

Jeanine Cummins

448 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-yeon

The Second Chance Convenience Store
불편한 편의점 #1

Kim Ho-yeon with Janet Hong (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional fast-paced

fiction contemporary emotional fast-paced

The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-yeon

The Second Chance Convenience Store

불편한 편의점 #1

Kim Ho-yeon with Janet Hong (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary emotional fast-paced

fiction contemporary emotional fast-paced

The Zanzibar Wife by Deborah Rodriguez

The Zanzibar Wife
Deborah Rodriguez

336 pages • paperback • 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced

The Zanzibar Wife by Deborah Rodriguez

The Zanzibar Wife

Deborah Rodriguez

336 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced

Stork Mountain by Miroslav Penkov

Stork Mountain
Miroslav Penkov

448 pages • paperback • 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

Stork Mountain by Miroslav Penkov

Stork Mountain

Miroslav Penkov

448 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

The First Woman
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

448 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

The First Woman

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

448 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters with Aaliya Warbus (Narrator), Jordan Waunch (Narrator)

8 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters with Aaliya Warbus (Narrator), Jordan Waunch (Narrator)

8 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten

The Bachelorette Party
Camilla Sten with Laura Jennings (Narrator)

8 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten

The Bachelorette Party

Camilla Sten with Laura Jennings (Narrator)

8 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Sunburned: A Novel by Katherine Wood

Sunburned: A Novel
Katherine Wood

352 pages • digital • 2025 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Sunburned: A Novel by Katherine Wood

Sunburned: A Novel

352 pages • digital • 2025

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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