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

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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!

Challenge Books

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Murder on Skye by Daniel Sellers, Daniel Sellers

Murder on Skye

Daniel Sellers, Daniel Sellers

missing page info • 2024 • 1 edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

Elsewhere, Home

Leila Aboulela

217 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

304 pages • 2020 • 53 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy literary science fiction challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle

Murder on Lake Garda

Tom Hindle

370 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction crime mystery mysterious tense medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Millennium #1

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

18h 48m • 2005 • 235 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos

Down the Rabbit Hole

Juan Pablo Villalobos

74 pages • 2010 • 21 editions

fiction contemporary adventurous fast-paced
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami

186 pages • 1992 • 109 editions

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Blue Fox by Sjón

The Blue Fox

Sjón

112 pages • 2003 • 51 editions

fiction fantasy historical magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

Kathleen Sheppard

320 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole by Cecilia Blomdahl

Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole

Cecilia Blomdahl

256 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction nature travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced