@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

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night
Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

219 pages • paperback • 2011 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

219 pages • 2011 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Under Loch and Key
Lana Ferguson

404 pages • paperback • 2024 • 23 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced

Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Under Loch and Key

404 pages • 2024 • 23 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

Dark Matter
Michelle Paver

252 pages • paperback • 2010 • 22 editions

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

Dark Matter

252 pages • 2010 • 22 editions

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Fabergé Girl by Ina Christova

The Fabergé Girl
Ina Christova

271 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 2 editions

user-added

fiction historical

fiction historical

The Fabergé Girl by Ina Christova

The Fabergé Girl

271 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

user-added

fiction historical

fiction historical

Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson

Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World
Christina Rickardsson with Tara Chace (Translator)

12h 42m • audio • 2016 • 12 editions

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson

Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World

Christina Rickardsson with Tara Chace (Translator)

12h 42m • 2016 • 12 editions

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha

Mother Ocean Father Nation
Nishant Batsha

336 pages • hardcover • 2022 • 5 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha

Mother Ocean Father Nation

336 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber

Castle of the Cursed
Romina Garber

325 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber

Castle of the Cursed

325 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

Cold People
Tom Rob Smith with Rebecca Lowman (Narrator)

12h 5m • audio • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

Cold People

Tom Rob Smith with Rebecca Lowman (Narrator)

12h 5m • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo

A Kind of Madness
Uche Okonkwo

224 pages • paperback • 2025 • 6 editions

user-added

fiction short stories

fiction short stories

A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo

A Kind of Madness

224 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

user-added

fiction short stories

fiction short stories

Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili

Hard by a Great Forest
Leo Vardiashvili with Luke Thompson (Narrator)

10h 31m • audio • 2024 • 25 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili

Hard by a Great Forest

Leo Vardiashvili with Luke Thompson (Narrator)

10h 31m • 2024 • 25 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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