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

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39 participants (237 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
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom

Six of Crows #2

Leigh Bardugo

565 pages • digital • 2016 user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Calculating Stars

Lady Astronaut #1

Mary Robinette Kowal

432 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction historical science fiction adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Downpour by Emily Martin, Mara Shaughnessy

Downpour

Emily Martin, Mara Shaughnessy

32 pages • 2013

fiction childrens poetry reflective sad medium-paced
Tucker by Juliana Stone

Tucker

The Family Simon #1

Juliana Stone

224 pages • digital • 2014

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
The Zodiac Werewolf: The Complete Series by Anni Lee

The Zodiac Werewolf: The Complete Series

Anni Lee

495 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance short stories
Vampire in Love by Enrique Vila-Matas

Vampire in Love

Enrique Vila-Matas

248 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan

Another Fine Mess

A Bless Your Heart Novel #2

Lindy Ryan

313 pages • digital • 2025

fiction horror dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass #1

Sarah J. Maas

406 pages • digital • 2012

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
මැයි මාර ප්‍රසංගය by මහින්ද ප්‍රසාද් මස්ඉඹුල

මැයි මාර ප්‍රසංගය

මහින්ද ප්‍රසාද් මස්ඉඹුල

108 pages • paperback • 2023 user-added

fiction contemporary romance
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

464 pages • paperback • 1847

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional slow-paced