Reading Global 2025

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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

Challenge Books

All books added
The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

The Girl and the Ghost

Hanna Alkaf

6 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction fantasy middle grade emotional fast-paced
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

304 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary fantasy literary science fiction challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

Elsewhere, Home

Leila Aboulela

217 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

13 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2006

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

The Frangipani Tree Mystery

Crown Colony #1

Ovidia Yu

255 pages • digital • 2017

fiction historical mystery mysterious medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

224 pages • digital • 2015

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini

416 pages • digital • 2012

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo

14 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction historical literary magical realism mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Ghost Music by An Yu

Ghost Music

An Yu

5 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Taduno's Song by Odafe Atogun

Taduno's Song

Odafe Atogun

241 pages • digital • 2016 user-added

fiction