Reading Island Nations 2025

18 participants (55 books)

01 Jan 202531 Dec 2025

Overview

Read books by authors from island nations, preferably set there too. Diaspora counts. I am shooting for at least one per month.

The point of this challenge is to expand our reading beyond the mainstream publishing world. Therefore, the UK does not count for this challenge.

Challenge Books

All books added

224 pages paperback 2005

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous reflective slow-paced

5 hours, 48 minutes audio 2015

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

448 pages digital 2019

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Hunchback

Saou Ichikawa

2 hours audio 2023

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective fast-paced

114 pages paperback 2021

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

16 hours, 47 minutes audio 2023

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

170 pages paperback 2010

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

118 pages paperback 2015

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

344 pages digital 2022

fiction historical romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced

312 pages hardcover 1998

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced