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
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • 2022 • 181 editions

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

525 pages • 2024 • 33 editions

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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 • 823 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous emotional mysterious 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 • 13 editions

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

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • 2015 • 197 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
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Kristin Lavransdatter #1-3

Kristin Lavransdatter

Sigrid Undset

1144 pages • 1929 • 45 editions

fiction classics historical adventurous slow-paced
The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition): A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition): A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue

Fyodor Dostoevsky

845 pages • 1879 • 531 editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced