@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

Other People's Houses by Clare Mackintosh

Other People's Houses
Clare Mackintosh

400 pages • digital • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction crime thriller mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction crime thriller mysterious tense medium-paced

Other People's Houses by Clare Mackintosh

Other People's Houses

Clare Mackintosh

400 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction crime thriller mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction crime thriller mysterious tense medium-paced

The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

The Ardent Swarm
Yamen Manai

195 pages • digital • 2021 • 15 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 • 2021 • 15 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with H.T. Willetts (Translator)

4h 25m • audio • 1962 • 161 editions

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with H.T. Willetts (Translator)

4h 25m • 1962 • 161 editions

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced

Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor

Irish Village Mystery #11

Murder in an Irish Garden
Carlene O'Connor with Caroline Lennon (Narrator)

9h 35m • audio • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor

Irish Village Mystery #11

Murder in an Irish Garden

Carlene O'Connor with Caroline Lennon (Narrator)

9h 35m • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden

262 pages • paperback • 2024 • 35 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

262 pages • 2024 • 35 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Call of the Penguins by Hazel Prior

Veronica McCreedy #2

Call of the Penguins
Hazel Prior

394 pages • digital • 2021 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Call of the Penguins by Hazel Prior

Veronica McCreedy #2

Call of the Penguins

394 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 1948 • 74 editions

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

128 pages • 1948 • 74 editions

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

In Search of Walid Masoud by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

In Search of Walid Masoud
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra with Roger Allen (Translator), Adnan Haydar (Translator)

304 pages • hardcover • 1978 • 3 editions

fiction challenging dark informative slow-paced

fiction challenging dark informative slow-paced

In Search of Walid Masoud by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

In Search of Walid Masoud

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra with Roger Allen (Translator), Adnan Haydar (Translator)

304 pages • 1978 • 3 editions

fiction challenging dark informative slow-paced

fiction challenging dark informative slow-paced

No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara

No One Saw a Thing
Andrea Mara

375 pages • hardcover • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara

No One Saw a Thing

375 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

The Little Liar
Mitch Albom

333 pages • hardcover • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

The Little Liar

333 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced

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