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
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

The Sword of Kaigen

M.L. Wang

696 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor

The God of Good Looks

Breanne Mc Ivor

384 pages • digital • 2023

fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

417 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Paradox

The Atlas #2

Olivie Blake

403 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

The Neighbor Favor

Greene Sisters #1

Kristina Forest

403 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

The House Across the Lake

Riley Sager

11 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #4 by David Petersen

Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #4

The Black Axe (Mouse Guard) #4

David Petersen

26 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction comics fantasy adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You

Me Before You #1

Jojo Moyes

480 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

Alicia Thompson

336 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced