Read Your Shelf 2025

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 50 books that you own in 2025! No rules, you can define this in your own way. 

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Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II by Mala Kacenberg

Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II

Mala Kacenberg

288 pages • 2022 • 16 editions

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

Jeanette Winterson

240 pages • 2016 • 28 editions

fiction short stories lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

359 pages • 1940 • 105 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Lucia Berlin

406 pages • 2015 • 65 editions

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History by Sharon McMahon

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History

Sharon McMahon

307 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

nonfiction history politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

916 pages • 2005 • 24 editions

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring slow-paced
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

352 pages • 2008 • 51 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles by Rivvy Neshama

Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

Rivvy Neshama

258 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir reflective medium-paced
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

A Children's Bible

Lydia Millet

240 pages • 2020 • 16 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

400 pages • 2024 • 34 editions

nonfiction psychology self help technology informative reflective medium-paced