Reading Global 2025

chapter_and_pen Host

9 participants (64 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 2 books each month from specific regions of the world. The goal is to read books both authored-by & set-in countries within the regions. Each month I will be posting suggestions on Instagram. There is also a tracking template for Instagram in my Stories.

Jan - East & Southeast Asia
Feb - Northern & Western Africa
Mar - Eastern & Southern Europe
Apr - West Asia
May - Oceania
Jun - Caribbean
Jul - Eastern Africa
Aug - North & Central America
Sep - Central & South Asia
Oct - South America
Nov - Central & Southern Africa
Dec - Northern & Western Europe

Reading Global 2025

chapter_and_pen Host

9 participants (64 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 2 books each month from specific regions of the world. The goal is to read books both authored-by & set-in countries within the regions. Each month I will be posting suggestions on Instagram. There is also a tracking template for Instagram in my Stories.

Jan - East & Southeast Asia
Feb - Northern & Western Africa
Mar - Eastern & Southern Europe
Apr - West Asia
May - Oceania
Jun - Caribbean
Jul - Eastern Africa
Aug - North & Central America
Sep - Central & South Asia
Oct - South America
Nov - Central & Southern Africa
Dec - Northern & Western Europe

Challenge Books

All books added

Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Behind You Is the Sea
Susan Muaddi Darraj with Ali Nasser (Narrator), Rasha Zamamiri (Narrator)

6h 31m • audio • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Behind You Is the Sea

Susan Muaddi Darraj with Ali Nasser (Narrator), Rasha Zamamiri (Narrator)

6h 31m • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Roundabout of Death by Faysal Khartash

Roundabout of Death
Faysal Khartash with Qarie Marshall (Narrator)

4h 19m • audio • 2021 • 7 editions

fiction historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced

fiction historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Roundabout of Death by Faysal Khartash

Roundabout of Death

Faysal Khartash with Qarie Marshall (Narrator)

4h 19m • 2021 • 7 editions

fiction historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced

fiction historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

Black Butterflies
Priscilla Morris

279 pages • hardcover • 2022 • 17 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

Black Butterflies

Priscilla Morris

279 pages • 2022 • 17 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices of Utopia #4

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Svetlana Alexiévich with Keith Gessen (Translator)

267 pages • digital • 1997 • 130 editions

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices of Utopia #4

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Svetlana Alexiévich with Keith Gessen (Translator)

267 pages • 1997 • 130 editions

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes

We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes

464 pages • digital • 2024 • 27 editions

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes

We All Live Here

464 pages • 2024 • 27 editions

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Summer Heat by Defne Suman

Summer Heat
Defne Suman

424 pages • hardcover • 2017 • 4 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Summer Heat by Defne Suman

Summer Heat

424 pages • 2017 • 4 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door
Magda Szabó with Len Rix (Translator)

262 pages • hardcover • 1987 • 83 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Magda Szabó with Len Rix (Translator)

262 pages • 1987 • 83 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif

Reading the City

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction
Atef Abu Saif with Asmaa al-Ghoul (Contributor), Mona Abu Sharekh (Contributor), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Abdallah Tayeh (Contributor), Talal Abu Shawish (Contributor), Sarah Irving (Translator), Najlaa Ataallah (Contributor), Tom Aplin (Translator), Nayrouz Qarmout (Contributor), John Peate (Translator), Yusra al Khatib (Contributor), Katharine Halls (Translator), Emily Danby (Translator), Max Weiss (Translator), Ghareeb Asqalani (Contributor), Zaki al 'Ela (Contributor), Charis Bredin (Translator), Atef Abu Saif (Contributor), Adam Talib (Translator), Alice Guthrie (Translator)

141 pages • paperback • 2014 • 3 editions

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif

Reading the City

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction

Atef Abu Saif with Asmaa al-Ghoul (Contributor), Mona Abu Sharekh (Contributor), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Abdallah Tayeh (Contributor), Talal Abu Shawish (Contributor), Sarah Irving (Translator), Najlaa Ataallah (Contributor), Tom Aplin (Translator), Nayrouz Qarmout (Contributor), John Peate (Translator), Yusra al Khatib (Contributor), Katharine Halls (Translator), Emily Danby (Translator), Max Weiss (Translator), Ghareeb Asqalani (Contributor), Zaki al 'Ela (Contributor), Charis Bredin (Translator), Atef Abu Saif (Contributor), Adam Talib (Translator), Alice Guthrie (Translator)

141 pages • 2014 • 3 editions

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible by Christy Lefteri

A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible
Christy Lefteri

missing page info • digital • 2010 • 8 editions

user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible by Christy Lefteri

A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible

Christy Lefteri

missing page info • 2010 • 8 editions

user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

The Little Liar
Mitch Albom

333 pages • hardcover • 2023 • 7 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

The Little Liar

333 pages • 2023 • 7 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

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