@hook.me.a.book Reading the World '25 Challenge

bookishbrews Host

57 participants (598 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

There's no hard and fast rules as to what books you read. Only that you aim for 2 each month set in a different location. You could read romance from around the world, historical fiction like the Seven Sisters series or go hard with translated fiction and use the hometown of the author. The world is your oyster!

@hook.me.a.book Reading the World '25 Challenge

bookishbrews Host

57 participants (598 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

There's no hard and fast rules as to what books you read. Only that you aim for 2 each month set in a different location. You could read romance from around the world, historical fiction like the Seven Sisters series or go hard with translated fiction and use the hometown of the author. The world is your oyster!

Challenge Books

All books added

Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Blessings
Chukwuebuka Ibeh

249 pages • paperback • 2024 • 17 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

249 pages • 2024 • 17 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

A Poisoner's Tale by Cathryn Kemp

A Poisoner's Tale
Cathryn Kemp

400 pages • paperback • 15 editions

fiction contemporary historical medium-paced

fiction contemporary historical medium-paced

A Poisoner's Tale by Cathryn Kemp

A Poisoner's Tale

400 pages • 15 editions

fiction contemporary historical medium-paced

fiction contemporary historical medium-paced

The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo

336 pages • hardcover • 2017 • 43 editions

fiction romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

The Light We Lost

336 pages • 2017 • 43 editions

fiction romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
Rita Chang-Eppig

284 pages • hardcover • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

Rita Chang-Eppig

284 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis
John Green with John Green (Narrator)

5h 36m • audio • 2025 • 22 editions

nonfiction health science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction health science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green with John Green (Narrator)

5h 36m • 2025 • 22 editions

nonfiction health science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction health science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan

Buffalo Dreamer
Violet Duncan with Ashley Callingbull (Narrator)

2h 9m • audio • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective fast-paced

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan

Buffalo Dreamer

Violet Duncan with Ashley Callingbull (Narrator)

2h 9m • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective fast-paced

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson with Robin Miles (Narrator)

14h 26m • audio • 2020 • 35 editions

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson with Robin Miles (Narrator)

14h 26m • 2020 • 35 editions

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood is Black
David Diop

110 pages • digital • 2018 • 46 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

110 pages • 2018 • 46 editions

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

The Book of Disappearance
Ibtisam Azem with Sinan Antoon (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2014 • 13 editions

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

The Book of Disappearance

Ibtisam Azem with Sinan Antoon (Translator)

256 pages • 2014 • 13 editions

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced

Starling by Kirsten Cram

Starling
Kirsten Cram

350 pages • paperback • 2021 • 3 editions

fiction literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Starling by Kirsten Cram

Starling

350 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

fiction literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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