25 in 2025

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01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

Overview

Commit to reading 25 books in 2025 you've always told yourself you wanted to - but haven't yet: big books, daunting classics, those books your friends won't stop talking about, or those books that have been haunting your shelf . . . 

Challenge Books

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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

255 pages • hardcover • 1969

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer

Sprawl #1

William Gibson

271 pages • paperback • 1984

fiction classics science fiction thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard by Elmore Leonard

The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

546 pages • paperback • 1975

fiction historical short stories adventurous fast-paced
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #3

Larry McMurtry

858 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

464 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings

The Stormlight Archive #1

Brandon Sanderson

1007 pages • hardcover • 2010

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • paperback • 1965

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced