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@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

Devotion by Hannah Kent

Devotion
Hannah Kent

432 pages • paperback • 2021 • 26 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Devotion by Hannah Kent

Devotion

432 pages • 2021 • 26 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell with Prunella Scales (Narrator)

25h 21m • audio • 1863 • 104 editions

fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced

fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell with Prunella Scales (Narrator)

25h 21m • 1863 • 104 editions

fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced

fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced

Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl
Harriet Ann Jacobs

178 pages • paperback • 1861 • 177 editions

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced

Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

178 pages • 1861 • 177 editions

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula
Bram Stoker with Jason Watkins (Narrator), Daisy Edgar-Jones (Narrator), Jason Forbes (Narrator), Theo James (Narrator), Richard Reed (Narrator), Patricia Allison (Narrator), Harry Myers (Narrator), Himesh Patel (Narrator), Rachel Atkins (Narrator)

18h 25m • audio • 1897 • 1.9k editions

fiction classics horror literary adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

fiction classics horror literary adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker with Jason Watkins (Narrator), Daisy Edgar-Jones (Narrator), Jason Forbes (Narrator), Theo James (Narrator), Richard Reed (Narrator), Patricia Allison (Narrator), Harry Myers (Narrator), Himesh Patel (Narrator), Rachel Atkins (Narrator)

18h 25m • 1897 • 1.9k editions

fiction classics horror literary adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

fiction classics horror literary adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Life For Sale by Yukio Mishima

Life For Sale
Yukio Mishima

188 pages • paperback • 1968 • 40 editions

fiction classics reflective medium-paced

fiction classics reflective medium-paced

Life For Sale by Yukio Mishima

Life For Sale

188 pages • 1968 • 40 editions

fiction classics reflective medium-paced

fiction classics reflective medium-paced

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #2

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

208 pages • digital • 2014 • 37 editions

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #2

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

Hisashi Kashiwai with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

208 pages • 2014 • 37 editions

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

The Sirens by Emilia Hart

The Sirens
Emilia Hart

337 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 36 editions

fiction fantasy historical magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy historical magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

The Sirens by Emilia Hart

The Sirens

337 pages • 2024 • 36 editions

fiction fantasy historical magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy historical magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel

The Accidentals
Guadalupe Nettel with Rosalind Harvey (Translator)

128 pages • digital • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective fast-paced

The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel

The Accidentals

Guadalupe Nettel with Rosalind Harvey (Translator)

128 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga

342 pages • hardcover • 2019 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Other Words for Home

342 pages • 2019 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

fiction contemporary middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

The Bookseller of Kabul
Åsne Seierstad with Ingrid Christopherson (Translator)

320 pages • paperback • 2002 • 74 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional medium-paced

nonfiction biography memoir emotional medium-paced

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

The Bookseller of Kabul

Åsne Seierstad with Ingrid Christopherson (Translator)

320 pages • 2002 • 74 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional medium-paced

nonfiction biography memoir emotional medium-paced

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