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

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada by Carissa Foo

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada
Carissa Foo

180 pages • 2018 (editions)

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada by Carissa Foo

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada

180 pages • 2018

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced

ASAP by Axie Oh

ASAP
XOXO #2

Axie Oh

340 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

ASAP by Axie Oh

ASAP

340 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa with Philip Gabriel (Translator)

249 pages • paperback • 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa with Philip Gabriel (Translator)

249 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

Beasts of a Little Land
Juhea Kim

416 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

Beasts of a Little Land

416 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

How We Disappeared
Jing-Jing Lee

352 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

How We Disappeared

352 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

If I Had Your Face
Frances Cha

289 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

If I Had Your Face

289 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

Love in the Big City
Sang Young Park with Anton Hur (Translator)

234 pages • digital • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

Love in the Big City

Sang Young Park with Anton Hur (Translator)

234 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto

Chloe and the Kaishao Boys
Mae Coyiuto

352 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto

Chloe and the Kaishao Boys

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck with Michael Hofmann (Translator)

293 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck with Michael Hofmann (Translator)

293 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

My Friends
Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (Translator)

436 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

My Friends

Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (Translator)

436 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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