Read Your Shelves 2025

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63 participants (668 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 books that have been on your shelf since December 1, 2024 or before. Must be books you own (no library materials) and can be in any format (print, ebook, audiobook, graphic novels) and can’t be rereads.

Challenge Books

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Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags by Tim Marshall

Politics of Place #2

Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags

Tim Marshall

266 pages • 2016 • 15 editions

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer

Animal Liberation

Peter Singer

352 pages • 1975 • 39 editions

nonfiction philosophy reflective sad medium-paced
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

327 pages • 2024 • 22 editions

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • 2003 • 117 editions

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Simon Winchester

464 pages • 13 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life) by Thomas Erikson

Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)

Thomas Erikson

10h 29m • 2014 • 76 editions

nonfiction business psychology self help informative medium-paced
Las venas abiertas de América Latina by Eduardo Galeano

Las venas abiertas de América Latina

Eduardo Galeano

470 pages • 1971 • 69 editions

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Women of Troy #1

The Silence of the Girls

Pat Barker

291 pages • 2018 • 76 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Perfume by Patrick Süskind

Perfume

Patrick Süskind

295 pages • 1985 • 373 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Insomnia by Stephen King

Insomnia

Stephen King

760 pages • 1994 • 87 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced