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

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

331 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Roundabout of Death by Faysal Khartash

Roundabout of Death
Faysal Khartash with Qarie Marshall (Narrator)

4 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2021 (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)

4 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2021

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 (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 • hardcover • 2022

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 from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices of Utopia #4

Svetlana Alexiévich with Keith Gessen (Translator)

267 pages • digital • 1997 (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 from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Voices of Utopia #4

Svetlana Alexiévich with Keith Gessen (Translator)

267 pages • digital • 1997

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 (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 • digital • 2024

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 (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 • hardcover • 2017

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 (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 • hardcover • 1987

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

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction
Reading the City

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 (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

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction

Reading the City

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

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 (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 • digital • 2010 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 (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 • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

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