2025 Five Books Over Five Hundred Pages

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34 participants (127 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

We're doing it guys. Five whole books over 500 pages long. Pick some books you'll actually enjoy getting through. Your time is worth more than suffering through 500+ pages of torture. 

Challenge Books

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James

620 pages • 2019 • 50 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Burning Kingdoms #1

The Jasmine Throne

Tasha Suri

540 pages • 2021 • 42 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Babel: An Arcane History

R.F. Kuang

556 pages • 2022 • 117 editions

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow #2

Heavenly Tyrant

Xiran Jay Zhao

525 pages • 2024 • 26 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Fate of Wrath & Flame by K.A. Tucker

Fate & Flame #1

A Fate of Wrath & Flame

K.A. Tucker

510 pages • 2021 • 27 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Crowns of Nyaxia #1

The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Carissa Broadbent

504 pages • 2022 • 98 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Lays of the Hearth-Fire #1

The Hands of the Emperor

Victoria Goddard

970 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

fiction fantasy emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced