@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

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate
Como agua para chocolate #1

Laura Esquivel with Thomas Christensen (Translator), Carol Christensen (Translator)

224 pages • digital • 1989 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate #1

Laura Esquivel with Thomas Christensen (Translator), Carol Christensen (Translator)

224 pages • digital • 1989

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced

fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced

We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen

We Shall Inherit the Wind
Varg Veum #17

Gunnar Staalesen with Don Bartlett (Translator)

300 pages • paperback • 2010 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen

We Shall Inherit the Wind

Gunnar Staalesen with Don Bartlett (Translator)

300 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell

Nesting
Roisín O’Donnell

384 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction literary emotional sad tense medium-paced

fiction literary emotional sad tense medium-paced

Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell

Nesting

Roisín O’Donnell

384 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary emotional sad tense medium-paced

fiction literary emotional sad tense medium-paced

The Island Escape by Jess Ryder

The Island Escape
Jess Ryder

400 pages • digital • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction crime mystery thriller

fiction crime mystery thriller

The Island Escape by Jess Ryder

The Island Escape

400 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

fiction crime mystery thriller

fiction crime mystery thriller

The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan

The Unquiet Grave
Dervla McTiernan

336 pages • paperback • 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan

The Unquiet Grave

Dervla McTiernan

336 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

fiction crime mystery thriller medium-paced

Slipstream by Madge Maril

Slipstream
Madge Maril

352 pages • paperback • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Slipstream by Madge Maril

Slipstream

352 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo

320 pages • paperback • 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

320 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

All My Mothers
Joanna Glen

480 pages • digital • 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

All My Mothers

480 pages • digital • 2021

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger
Albert Camus with Matthew Ward (Translator)

123 pages • hardcover • 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus with Matthew Ward (Translator)

123 pages • hardcover • 1942

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced

The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

The Other Name: Septology I-II
Septologien #1-2

Jon Fosse with Damion Searls

351 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced

The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

The Other Name: Septology I-II

Septologien #1-2

Jon Fosse with Damion Searls

351 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced

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