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

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Mariana Enríquez with Megan McDowell (Translator)

187 pages • hardcover • 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez with Megan McDowell (Translator)

187 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird by Lucy Hannah

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird
Lucy Hannah with Parwana Fayyaz (Translator), Zubair Popalzai (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird by Lucy Hannah

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird

Lucy Hannah with Parwana Fayyaz (Translator), Zubair Popalzai (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

541 pages • hardcover • 2009 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced

fiction historical emotional slow-paced

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese

541 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction historical emotional slow-paced

fiction historical emotional slow-paced

Paradais by Fernanda Melchor

Paradais
Fernanda Melchor with Sophie Hughes (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary challenging dark tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary challenging dark tense fast-paced

Paradais by Fernanda Melchor

Paradais

Fernanda Melchor with Sophie Hughes (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary crime literary challenging dark tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary crime literary challenging dark tense fast-paced

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh
Ingrid Persaud

538 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional tense medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional tense medium-paced

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh

538 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary dark emotional tense medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional tense medium-paced

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

A Disappearance in Fiji
Sergeant Akal Singh #1

Nilima Rao

276 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

A Disappearance in Fiji

Sergeant Akal Singh #1

276 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa

The Blue Between Sky and Water
Susan Abulhawa

293 pages • hardcover • 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa

The Blue Between Sky and Water

293 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

Bolla
Pajtim Statovci with David Hackston (Translator)

224 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

Bolla

Pajtim Statovci with David Hackston (Translator)

224 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart

I Will Die in a Foreign Land
Kalani Pickhart

300 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart

I Will Die in a Foreign Land

Kalani Pickhart

300 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice
Adunni #1

Abi Daré

384 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice

384 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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