25 in 2025

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34 participants (373 books)

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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A New Farm Language by W. Joe Lewis

A New Farm Language

W. Joe Lewis

218 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction memoir nature science
Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age by Jimmy Carter

Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age

Jimmy Carter

256 pages • 1992

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong

9 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction fantasy adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Island of Shipwrecks by Lisa McMann

Island of Shipwrecks

Unwanteds #5

Lisa McMann

452 pages • hardcover • 2015 user-added

fiction dystopian fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and his Street-wise Cat by James Bowen

The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and his Street-wise Cat

Bob The Cat #2

James Bowen

288 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction memoir adventurous slow-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

248 pages • paperback • 1930

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Colony by Richard Paul Evans

The Colony

Michael Vey #10

Richard Paul Evans

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy thriller medium-paced