25 big books challenge

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3 participants (40 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenging myself on tackling some of those chunky reads on my TBR. I found the popular challenge with 12 big books a bit too easy for me so I wanted a bigger challnege this year. Hope you'll find it useful.
I'll count book with over 500 pages but you are free to make your own parameters. 

Happy reading.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

554 pages • paperback • 1955

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Gleam by Raven Kennedy

Gleam

The Plated Prisoner #3

Raven Kennedy

595 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy

The Green Bone Saga #3

Fonda Lee

736 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother

Danielle Teller

384 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

464 pages • paperback • 1954

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Bespelled by Laura Thalassa

Bespelled

Bewitched #2

Laura Thalassa

544 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame

The Empyrean #2

Rebecca Yarros

623 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced