Read What You Own - 2025 Physical Book Edition

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18 participants (237 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For the past few years, the rate at which I've been acquiring new books has exceeded the rate at which I read them. For 2025, I want to challenge myself to read at least 20 books that I already owned prior to January 1, 2025. And if there are any that I do not enjoy and mark as DNF, then I'm going to unhaul them. My bookshelves are overflowing and I have got to regain at least some control of this physical TBR!

Challenge Books

All books added
Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo, Third Edition by Margot Mifflin

Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo, Third Edition

Margot Mifflin

159 pages • 1997 • 7 editions

nonfiction art feminism history informative inspiring slow-paced
We Live in Water by Jess Walter

We Live in Water

Jess Walter

192 pages • 2013 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

229 pages • 2006 • 55 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton!: Monster Motivations to Move Your Butt and Get You to Do the Thing by Chuck Wendig

You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton!: Monster Motivations to Move Your Butt and Get You to Do the Thing

Chuck Wendig

208 pages • 2021 • 1 edition

nonfiction poetry self help funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
The Black Plague by Walter G. Oleksy

The Black Plague

Walter G. Oleksy

88 pages • 1982 • 1 edition

challenging informative medium-paced
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #6

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods

Rick Riordan

288 pages • 2023 • 106 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Xochitl Gonzalez

341 pages • 2024 • 32 editions

fiction historical literary mystery emotional reflective medium-paced
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus

212 pages • 1942 • 152 editions

nonfiction classics essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

Remembrance of Earth's Past #2

The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

518 pages • 2008 • 126 editions

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

The Burning Kingdoms #2

The Oleander Sword

Tasha Suri

480 pages • 2022 • 25 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced