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Read What You Own Challenge 2025: The Shelf-Care Edition

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39 participants (239 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Is your bookshelf starting to resemble a  Jenga tower, teetering with unread books? Do you have novels that have been in your possession longer than some houseplants you’ve managed to keep alive? It’s time to give those books the attention they’ve been silently yearning for.

Challenge Overview:
• Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2025
• Objective: Read 12 books from your personal collection that were owned before January 1, 2025. Yes, those ones you’ve been “meaning to get to.”

• Flexibility: Any genre, any length, any format. If it’s been collecting dust in your domain, it qualifies.

• Community: Share your progress and connect with fellow participants using the hashtag #ShelfCare2025.

Happy reading!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Fellowship of the Ring (Read by Andy Serkis) by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring (Read by Andy Serkis)

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

22 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 1954 user-added

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

10 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1937 user-added

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

303 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

The Brown Sisters #2

Talia Hibbert

361 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
How to Help the Earth-By the Lorax (Dr. Seuss) by Tish Rabe

How to Help the Earth-By the Lorax (Dr. Seuss)

Tish Rabe

48 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction childrens science lighthearted medium-paced
Batman: The Killing Joke (Deluxe Edition) by Alan Moore

Batman: The Killing Joke (Deluxe Edition)

Batman: One Bad Day #0.5

Alan Moore

64 pages • hardcover • 1988

fiction comics dark fast-paced
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Good Dirt

Charmaine Wilkerson

368 pages • digital • 2025

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Maui Effect by Sara Ackerman

The Maui Effect

Sara Ackerman

345 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Favorites

Layne Fargo

437 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional tense medium-paced
The Voice of Silence: A Life of Love, Healing and Inspiration; The Remarkable Story of Princess Diana's Spiritual Guide by Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo

The Voice of Silence: A Life of Love, Healing and Inspiration; The Remarkable Story of Princess Diana's Spiritual Guide

Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo

200 pages • paperback

emotional reflective medium-paced