Read Books Released Before 2020

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4 participants (47 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

2025 is for slowing down. Instead of racing from new release to new release and always feeling behind, I want to intentionally read books that are at least 5 years old. Whether it's from my TBR or found through browsing, I'm taking this year to save some time for older books.

Challenge Books

All books added
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff

166 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade mysterious slow-paced
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Oz #1

L. Frank Baum

164 pages • first pub 1900 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
鋼の錬金術師 完全版 1巻 by Hiromu Arakawa

鋼の錬金術師 完全版 1巻

Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Editions #1

Hiromu Arakawa

268 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous fast-paced
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather, Doris Grumbach

O Pioneers!

Great Plains Trilogy #1

Willa Cather, Doris Grumbach

180 pages • first pub 1913 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

287 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

A Natural History of Dragons

The Memoirs of Lady Trent #1

Marie Brennan

334 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous medium-paced
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

The Sign of the Beaver

Elizabeth George Speare

135 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction childrens historical middle grade adventurous hopeful medium-paced
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

We Are Okay

Nina LaCour

234 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

378 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson

Another Man's Moccasins

Walt Longmire #4

Craig Johnson

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious sad medium-paced