25 Novels in 2025

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5 participants (39 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I wanted to follow up this past year with the same challenge by @hunziker  

 
 As they noted in last year's challenge: Read 25 novels in 2025. No non-fiction, no short stories, no graphic novels - only novels "in the classical sense". 

Challenge Books

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Deenie by Judy Blume

Deenie

Judy Blume

3h 32m • 1973 • 25 editions

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fiction childrens young adult emotional fast-paced
Charlotte's Reject by K.R. Treadway

Charlotte's Spiders #1

Charlotte's Reject

K.R. Treadway

398 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional slow-paced
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

A House With Good Bones

T. Kingfisher

256 pages • 2023 • 26 editions

fiction horror dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

Don't Let the Forest In

C.G. Drews

8h 23m • 2024 • 36 editions

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

408 pages • 2011 • 312 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

The Seven Year Slip

Ashley Poston

328 pages • 2023 • 91 editions

fiction contemporary magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
His Sacred Incantations by Scarlett Gale

The Warrior's Guild #2

His Sacred Incantations

Scarlett Gale

426 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Hannibal Lecter #2

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris

421 pages • 1988 • 173 editions

fiction crime horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Hannibal Lecter #1

Red Dragon

Thomas Harris

421 pages • 1981 • 141 editions

fiction crime horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced