25 in 2025 Challenge

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84 participants (1,120 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge yourself to read 25 books in 2025! Pick any books of your choice and start reading!

The template to this challenge (and many more) can be found on my Instagram @shadowbooker

I hope you enjoy the challenge! Happy reading in 2025!

Challenge Books

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Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry

418 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories by Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories
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Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane

412 pages • paperback • 1969

fiction classics short stories dark reflective medium-paced
Never Lie by Freida McFadden

Never Lie

Freida McFadden

336 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Made for You by Melissa Marr

Made for You

Melissa Marr

358 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
God of Malice by Rina Kent

God of Malice

Legacy of Gods #1

Rina Kent

468 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses #1

Sarah J. Maas

419 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Across Dark Seas by Clare Sager

Across Dark Seas

Beneath Black Sails #0.5

Clare Sager

235 pages • digital • 2020

fiction fantasy romance adventurous medium-paced
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

In a Holidaze

Christina Lauren

7 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas

The American Roommate Experiment

The Spanish Love Deception #2

Elena Armas

14 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh

Dead Men's Trousers

Mark Renton #5

Irvine Welsh

432 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary literary dark funny tense fast-paced