325 Reading Challenge

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13 participants (435 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 fiction books and 25 non-fiction books in 2025. Simple.  
There are five core rules within this challenge. Everything else is flexible.

  1. Read twenty-five fiction books and twenty-five non-fiction books between January 2025 and December 2025. Anything you want.
  2. Plan what to read at least a month ahead.
  3. If you DNF (Do Not Finish) a book, you can replace it with another book.
  4. If you can’t read a chosen book for whatever reason, you can replace it with another book.
  5. Don’t pirate or steal a book.

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You can read the full launch post with further information and downloadable templates at: https://www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-reading-challenge-launch 

Challenge Books

All books added
Pearl by Siân Hughes

Pearl

Siân Hughes

224 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

5 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 1994 user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays by Mary Oliver

Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

Mary Oliver

67 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction essays nature poetry reflective slow-paced
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery

The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood

Sy Montgomery

245 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction biography memoir lighthearted fast-paced
A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry

A Collection of Lies

Kate Hamilton Mysteries #5

Connie Berry

336 pages • digital • 2024

fiction mystery medium-paced
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
83 Days in Mariupol: a War Diary by Don Brown

83 Days in Mariupol: a War Diary

Don Brown

96 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction contemporary graphic novel young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Three Fires: A Novel by Denise Mina

Three Fires: A Novel

Denise Mina

128 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

Women Don't Owe You Pretty

Florence Given

3 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced