2025 Read Your Special Editions Challenge!

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2 participants (20 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Unfortunately, I remain a member of the “haven’t read one damn subscription box book yet” club.

Are you like me? Have you read one or two, but haven’t made a dent in the pile? Or are you a super reader only held back by the sheer size of your tbr?

No matter the situation, if you’re here you’ve got special editions to read.

Let’s try our best to open the sprayed edges, use the silky ribbon book marks, and get distracted from reading by gorgeous character art. I believe in us!

Special edition =
  • Sprayed edges and other special features such as foiled or printed hardcovers, exclusive art endpapers, illustrations, exclusive content…everything you put on the front of your shelves so people know you’ve got great taste.
  • Normally exclusive to certain stores, book boxes, or even first print runs. However some publishing houses are stepping into publishing special editions in the mainstream, to be sold in all bookstores. So…use your best judgment?
  • Includes but is not limited to Illumicrate, Rainbowcrate, Satisfiction, Waterstones exclusive, Barnes and noble exclusive…etc.

Challenge Books

All books added
Witch King by Martha Wells

Witch King

The Rising World #1

Martha Wells

414 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

Heart of the Sun Warrior

The Celestial Kingdom #2

Sue Lynn Tan

465 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

An Arrow to the Moon

Emily X.R. Pan

400 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

A Lesson in Vengeance

Victoria Lee

372 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman

The Ivory Key

The Ivory Key #1

Akshaya Raman

384 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

The Stardust Thief

The Sandsea Trilogy #1

Chelsea Abdullah

467 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston

Cruel Illusions

Margie Fuston

512 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Gold Spun by Brandie June

Gold Spun

Gold Spun #1

Brandie June

368 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy romance adventurous medium-paced
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

Only a Monster

Only a Monster #1

Vanessa Len

403 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer

City of Nightmares

City of Nightmares #1

Rebecca Schaeffer

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced