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

Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival by Hana Schofield, Atka Reid

Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival
Hana Schofield, Atka Reid

missing duration info • audio • 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional sad slow-paced

nonfiction biography history emotional sad slow-paced

Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival by Hana Schofield, Atka Reid

Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival

Hana Schofield, Atka Reid

missing duration info • audio • 2011

nonfiction biography history emotional sad slow-paced

nonfiction biography history emotional sad slow-paced

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson

383 pages • digital • 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

383 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

The Ardent Swarm
Yamen Manai

195 pages • digital • 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

The Ardent Swarm

195 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert by Shugri Said Salh

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
Shugri Said Salh with Waceke Wambaa (Narrator)

9 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert by Shugri Said Salh

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert

Shugri Said Salh with Waceke Wambaa (Narrator)

9 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger
Albert Camus with Matthew Ward (Translator), Jonathan Davis (Narrator)

3 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus with Matthew Ward (Translator), Jonathan Davis (Narrator)

3 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 1942

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite

240 pages • digital • 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

240 pages • digital • 2018

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced

At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood Is Black
David Diop with Anna Moschovakis (Translator)

145 pages • hardcover • 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced

At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood Is Black

David Diop with Anna Moschovakis (Translator)

145 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced

In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

In the Country of Others
Le pays des autres #1

Leïla Slimani with Sam Taylor (Translator)

240 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

In the Country of Others

Le pays des autres #1

Leïla Slimani with Sam Taylor (Translator)

240 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Riambel by Priya Hein

Riambel
Priya Hein

157 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

Riambel by Priya Hein

Riambel

157 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

A Golden Age
Bangla Desh #1

Tahmima Anam

304 pages • paperback • 2007 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced

A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

A Golden Age

304 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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