Read 10 Books You Owned Before 2025

lisbethleftwich Host

19 participants (117 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Tackle your Owned TBR! Use this challenge to read ten books you purchased or otherwise acquired before this calendar year began. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

Professor Challenger #1

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle

272 pages • 1912 • 314 editions

fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

7h 59m • 1818 • 2.2k editions

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Ishmael #1

Ishmael

Daniel Quinn

272 pages • 1992 • 24 editions

fiction classics philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
First Down by Grace Reilly

Beyond the Play #1

First Down

Grace Reilly

293 pages • 2022 • 47 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • 2013 • 57 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

330 pages • 2019 • 62 editions

fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Play the Fool by Lina Chern

Play the Fool Mystery #1

Play the Fool

Lina Chern

320 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

fiction mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things --- Stories from Science and Observation by Peter Wohlleben

The Mysteries of Nature Series #3

The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things --- Stories from Science and Observation

Peter Wohlleben

272 pages • 2017 • 39 editions

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona

Ottessa Moshfegh

304 pages • 2022 • 48 editions

fiction historical literary magical realism dark tense medium-paced
Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch by Serena Valentino

Villains #3

Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch

Serena Valentino

196 pages • 2016 • 31 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced