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

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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities

Amy Stewart

235 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction history nature reference informative medium-paced
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

Jennifer Lynch

184 pages • digital • 1990

fiction horror mystery dark emotional sad fast-paced
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

456 pages • paperback • 1973

fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window

The Shepherd King #1

Rachel Gillig

421 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

Two Twisted Crowns

The Shepherd King #2

Rachel Gillig

465 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

Amanda Gorman

32 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction poetry hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Scanlines by Todd Keisling

Scanlines

Todd Keisling

83 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

The Principle of Moments

The Order of Legends #1

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

506 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Black Buck

Mateo Askaripour

11 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary race challenging dark funny fast-paced