Summer Reading Challenge 2025

harharbinks Host

14 participants (180 books)

01 Jun 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

The goal is to read a book a week this summer. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Stand by Stephen King

The Stand

Stephen King

1153 pages • hardcover • 1978

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous dark tense slow-paced
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

277 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

317 pages • paperback • 1955

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

432 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

535 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

Night of the Mannequins

Stephen Graham Jones

144 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

Agustina Bazterrica

154 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden

The Romeo Catchers

The Casquette Girls #2

Alys Arden

20 hours • audio • 2017

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith

Rebecca Ide

449 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The One by John Marrs

The One

Dark Future #1

John Marrs

412 pages • digital • 2016

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced