25 in ‘25

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80 participants (934 books)

03 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This year I am challenging myself (and anyone who wants to join me) to read 25 of the books that we already own. The only rule is that they must be books you had before January 1st. Other than that, they can be anything you want!

Good luck to us all!

Challenge Books

All books added
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

368 pages • 2012 • 111 editions

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman

The Home for Unwanted Girls

Joanna Goodman

364 pages • 2018 • 19 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

The Zookeeper's Wife

Diane Ackerman

368 pages • 2007 • 39 editions

nonfiction history sad slow-paced
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein

321 pages • 2008 • 76 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

432 pages • 2019 • 37 editions

fiction historical literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters by Diane Jacobs

Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters

Diane Jacobs

499 pages • 2014 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography historical history informative slow-paced
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood

468 pages • 1996 • 115 editions

fiction historical literary mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Ernest Cunningham #1

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Benjamin Stevenson

9h 30m • 2022 • 85 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste

Beneath the Lion's Gaze

Maaza Mengiste

308 pages • 2010 • 18 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari

Saffron Everleigh Mysteries #1

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

Kate Khavari

262 pages • 2022 • 6 editions

fiction historical mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced