12 Books 12 Recs 12 Months 2025

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11 participants (68 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books recommended by 12 friends/family/etc for each of the 12 months of the year

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12 Books 12 Recs 12 Months 2025

cowboylikeb Host

11 participants (68 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books recommended by 12 friends/family/etc for each of the 12 months of the year

Here is a link to the Canva template, if you'd like one:
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Challenge Books

All books added

Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Spellbook of the Lost and Found
Moïra Fowley-Doyle

416 pages • digital • 2017 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Spellbook of the Lost and Found

Moïra Fowley-Doyle

416 pages • 2017 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession

Leonard and Hungry Paul
Rónán Hession

245 pages • paperback • 2019 • 21 editions

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession

Leonard and Hungry Paul

Rónán Hession

245 pages • 2019 • 21 editions

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Boy Swallows Universe
Trent Dalton

464 pages • paperback • 2018 • 57 editions

fiction contemporary literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Boy Swallows Universe

464 pages • 2018 • 57 editions

fiction contemporary literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

163 pages • hardcover • 2016 • 161 editions

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

163 pages • 2016 • 161 editions

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

The Neapolitan Novels #1

My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante with Ann Goldstein (Translator)

331 pages • paperback • 2011 • 178 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

The Neapolitan Novels #1

My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante with Ann Goldstein (Translator)

331 pages • 2011 • 178 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
T. Kingfisher with Patricia Santomasso (Narrator)

8h 30m • audio • 2020 • 32 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

T. Kingfisher with Patricia Santomasso (Narrator)

8h 30m • 2020 • 32 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
Tamsyn Muir with Moira Quirk (Narrator)

4h 9m • audio • 2020 • 7 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

Tamsyn Muir with Moira Quirk (Narrator)

4h 9m • 2020 • 7 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama with Hanako Footman (Narrator), Kenichiro Thomson (Narrator), Alison Watts (Translator), Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator), Winson Ting (Narrator), Shiro Kawai (Narrator)

7h 19m • audio • 2020 • 81 editions

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama with Hanako Footman (Narrator), Kenichiro Thomson (Narrator), Alison Watts (Translator), Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator), Winson Ting (Narrator), Shiro Kawai (Narrator)

7h 19m • 2020 • 81 editions

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune with Kirt Graves (Narrator)

14h 54m • audio • 2021 • 108 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune with Kirt Graves (Narrator)

14h 54m • 2021 • 108 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Small Angels by Lauren Owen

Small Angels
Lauren Owen with Eleanor Yates (Narrator), Rebecca Lee (Narrator), Daphne Kouma (Narrator), Tamsin Kennard (Narrator)

14h 2m • audio • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Small Angels by Lauren Owen

Small Angels

Lauren Owen with Eleanor Yates (Narrator), Rebecca Lee (Narrator), Daphne Kouma (Narrator), Tamsin Kennard (Narrator)

14h 2m • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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