2025's 25 Physical Books

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25 participants (230 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

If you're like me, you have about a million books gathering dust on your bookshelf, gifts and self-gifts forgotten in the hope that one day they'll see the light of day.

I've created this challenge to kickstart my decluttering era and my cleaning day starts now. Join me if you're in the same mood.

(NOTE: I've got the same challenge for digital books if you're also interested!)

Challenge Books

All books added
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

Rupert Holmes

388 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction mystery thriller dark funny mysterious medium-paced
21 Great Stories by Luigi Pirandello, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Thurber, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Carl Stephenson, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Kaatje Hurlbut, Mark Twain, James Joyce, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham H. Lass, Ambrose Bierce, Max Brand, Saki, C.D.B. Bryan, Guy de Maupassant, Frank R. Stockton, Ray Bradbury, Lord Dunsany, Norma L. Tasman

21 Great Stories

Luigi Pirandello, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Thurber, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Carl Stephenson, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Kaatje Hurlbut, Mark Twain, James Joyce, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham H. Lass, Ambrose Bierce, Max Brand, Saki, C.D.B. Bryan, Guy de Maupassant, Frank R. Stockton, Ray Bradbury, Lord Dunsany, Norma L. Tasman

352 pages • paperback • 1969

fiction classics short stories dark fast-paced
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel

The Paris Daughter

Kristin Harmel

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Haunted Winnipeg: Ghost Stories from the Heart of the Continent by Matthew Komus

Haunted Winnipeg: Ghost Stories from the Heart of the Continent

Matthew Komus

200 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction dark informative medium-paced
Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

Checkmate to Murder

Robert MacDonald #25

E.C.R. Lorac

233 pages • digital • 1944

fiction mystery mysterious slow-paced
The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem by Rudolph Fisher

The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem

Rudolph Fisher

320 pages • paperback • 1932

fiction classics mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

182 pages • paperback • 1978

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Under the Heron's Light by Randi Pink

Under the Heron's Light

Randi Pink

540 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols by Laura Tempest Zakroff

Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols

Laura Tempest Zakroff

264 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction reference informative fast-paced
Sissinghurst: Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden by Vita Sackville-West, Sarah Raven

Sissinghurst: Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden

Vita Sackville-West, Sarah Raven

386 pages • 2014

nonfiction biography informative inspiring reflective slow-paced