I like big books and I cannot lie

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13 participants (46 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books with over 500 pages during 2025.
Personally, I'm not going to count audiobooks for this, and I'm going to try to read books already on my shelves.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The Final Empire

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

558 pages • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

All Rhodes Lead Here

Mariana Zapata

17 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

590 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm

The Empyrean #3

Rebecca Yarros

23 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag

Ashes to Ashes

Kovac and Liska #1

Tami Hoag

593 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Carry On

Simon Snow #1

Rainbow Rowell

522 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

Any Way the Wind Blows

Simon Snow #3

Rainbow Rowell

579 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
A Time to Kill by John Grisham

A Time to Kill

Jake Brigance #1

John Grisham

519 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

513 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

Rhythm of War

The Stormlight Archive #4

Brandon Sanderson

1230 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced