10 Physical Books Summer Reading Challenge - 2025 Edition

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26 participants (119 books)

01 Jun 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Between the start of June and the end of August, I am challenging myself to read 10 books from my physical TBR shelf (so books that are either Paperback or Hardcover). 

If you'd like to join me, please feel free to do so!

Challenge Books

All books added
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie

347 pages • paperback • 1934 user-added

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Olive Readers by Christine Aziz

The Olive Readers

Christine Aziz

340 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging mysterious slow-paced
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri

Songbirds

Christy Lefteri

372 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Arkhangel by James Brabazon

Arkhangel

James Brabazon

missing page info • 2020

dark tense fast-paced
Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

Last of the Mohicans

The Leatherstocking Tales #2

James Fenimore Cooper

384 pages • paperback • 1826

fiction classics historical literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

Record of a Spaceborn Few

Wayfarers #3

Becky Chambers

359 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater by Jeff Maynard

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

Jeff Maynard

304 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction history science
Desecrate by Rachel Ní Chuirc

Desecrate

Knights of Eternity #2

Rachel Ní Chuirc

378 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy video games
The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin

The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches

Charles Darwin

432 pages • paperback • 1839

nonfiction history memoir adventurous informative slow-paced
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines
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H. Rider Haggard

King Solomon's Mines

Allan Quatermain #1

H. Rider Haggard

292 pages • paperback • 1885

fiction classics fantasy adventurous medium-paced