@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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Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop

Cartes Postales from Greece

Victoria Hislop

8 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2016 user-added

fiction short stories travel reflective slow-paced
Guernica by Dave Boling

Guernica

Dave Boling

384 pages • digital • 2008

fiction literary emotional slow-paced
The Nurse Behind the Gates by Shari J. Ryan

The Nurse Behind the Gates

Shari J. Ryan

391 pages • digital • 2024

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe

A Terrible Kindness

Jo Browning Wroe

381 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Jung Chang

12 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Daughters of Warsaw by Maria Frances

Daughters of Warsaw

Maria Frances

9 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka by Clare Mulley

Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka

Clare Mulley

416 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

11 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

A Bánh Mì for Two

Trinity Nguyen

304 pages • digital • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
On the Surface by Rachel McGuire

On the Surface

Rachel McGuire

304 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction mystery thriller