@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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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Como agua para chocolate #1

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel

224 pages • 1989 • 154 editions

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen

Varg Veum #17

We Shall Inherit the Wind

Gunnar Staalesen

300 pages • 2010 • 7 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell

Nesting

Roisín O’Donnell

384 pages • 2025 • 17 editions

fiction literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
The Island Escape by Jess Ryder

The Island Escape

Jess Ryder

400 pages • 2025 • 1 edition

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fiction crime mystery thriller
The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan

The Unquiet Grave

Dervla McTiernan

336 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

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fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced
Slipstream by Madge Maril

Slipstream

Madge Maril

352 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

320 pages • 2013 • 36 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

All My Mothers

Joanna Glen

480 pages • 2021 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • 1942 • 462 editions

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

Septologien #1-2

The Other Name: Septology I-II

Jon Fosse

351 pages • 2019 • 29 editions

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced