Big Books Challenge 2025

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62 participants (332 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 15 books that have 500+ pages this year. Audiobooks count! Happy reading :)

Challenge Books

All books added
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • 2023 • 44 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1276 pages • 1844 • 805 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

560 pages • 2022 • 82 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg

John Lewis: A Life

David Greenberg

768 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction biography informative medium-paced
Ours by Phillip B. Williams

Ours

Phillip B. Williams

580 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • 2015 • 194 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • 2021 • 33 editions

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot

848 pages • 1871 • 369 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo

1456 pages • 1862 • 596 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

976 pages • 2013 • 127 editions

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced