@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

Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop

Beyond the Door of No Return
David Diop

243 pages • paperback • 2021 • 19 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop

Beyond the Door of No Return

243 pages • 2021 • 19 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir
Safiya Sinclair

336 pages • paperback • 2023 • 31 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

Safiya Sinclair

336 pages • 2023 • 31 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club by Faith Hogan

The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club
Faith Hogan

308 pages • digital • 2021 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club by Faith Hogan

The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club

308 pages • 2021 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini

The Woman on the Ledge
Ruth Mancini with Annabel Scholey (Narrator)

9h 55m • audio • 2024 • 15 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini

The Woman on the Ledge

Ruth Mancini with Annabel Scholey (Narrator)

9h 55m • 2024 • 15 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Fowl Murder by Victoria Tait

Kenya Kanga Mystery #1

Fowl Murder
Victoria Tait

286 pages • paperback • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

Fowl Murder by Victoria Tait

Kenya Kanga Mystery #1

Fowl Murder

286 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced

The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong

The Trunk
Kim Ryeo-ryeong with Greta Jung (Narrator), The KoLab (Translator)

7h 16m • audio • 2015 • 10 editions

user-added

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong

The Trunk

Kim Ryeo-ryeong with Greta Jung (Narrator), The KoLab (Translator)

7h 16m • 2015 • 10 editions

user-added

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Beijing Sprawl by Zechen Xu

Beijing Sprawl
Zechen Xu with Jeremy Tiang, Eric Abrahamsen (Translator)

220 pages • paperback • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced

Beijing Sprawl by Zechen Xu

Beijing Sprawl

Zechen Xu with Jeremy Tiang, Eric Abrahamsen (Translator)

220 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced

We Are the Water People by Troy Onyango

We Are the Water People
Troy Onyango with Oheri Otobo, Anita Kavuu-Ng'ang'a, Shiro Kihagi

1h 30m • audio • 2021 • 2 editions

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

We Are the Water People by Troy Onyango

We Are the Water People

Troy Onyango with Oheri Otobo, Anita Kavuu-Ng'ang'a, Shiro Kihagi

1h 30m • 2021 • 2 editions

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman

Everything Flows
Vasily Grossman with Robert Chandler (Translator)

290 pages • paperback • 1970 • 22 editions

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced

Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman

Everything Flows

Vasily Grossman with Robert Chandler (Translator)

290 pages • 1970 • 22 editions

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Favorites
Layne Fargo

437 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 54 editions

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional tense medium-paced

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Favorites

437 pages • 2025 • 54 editions

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional tense medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional tense medium-paced

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