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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

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree by Albert Wendt

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree
Albert Wendt

160 pages • paperback • 1974 • 2 editions

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree by Albert Wendt

Flying-Fox In a Freedom Tree

160 pages • 1974 • 2 editions

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

The Killing Sense by Sam Blake

The Killing Sense
Sam Blake

495 pages • paperback • 2025 • 4 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

The Killing Sense by Sam Blake

The Killing Sense

495 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

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fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller

Thirst Trap by Grainne O'Hare

Thirst Trap
Grainne O'Hare

256 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Thirst Trap by Grainne O'Hare

Thirst Trap

256 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende

304 pages • digital • 2025 • 17 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

304 pages • 2025 • 17 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Cleopatra: Know her. Love her. Fear her. Meet the real woman behind the myth by Natasha Solomons

Cleopatra: Know her. Love her. Fear her. Meet the real woman behind the myth
Natasha Solomons

9h 50m • audio • 2025 • 5 editions

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fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Cleopatra: Know her. Love her. Fear her. Meet the real woman behind the myth by Natasha Solomons

Cleopatra: Know her. Love her. Fear her. Meet the real woman behind the myth

Natasha Solomons

9h 50m • 2025 • 5 editions

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fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Good Girl by Aria Aber

Good Girl
Aria Aber

348 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 16 editions

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Good Girl by Aria Aber

Good Girl

348 pages • 2025 • 16 editions

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Abandonment by Erminia Dell'Oro

Abandonment
Erminia Dell'Oro with Oonagh Stransky (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2024 • 1 edition

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Abandonment by Erminia Dell'Oro

Abandonment

Erminia Dell'Oro with Oonagh Stransky (Translator)

256 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

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We Are Light by Gerda Blees

We Are Light
Gerda Blees with Michele Hutchison (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 2020 • 13 editions

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

We Are Light by Gerda Blees

We Are Light

Gerda Blees with Michele Hutchison (Translator)

240 pages • 2020 • 13 editions

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced

When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South
Lisa Ridzén

320 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 24 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South

320 pages • 2025 • 24 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

My Friends
Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (Translator)

436 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 27 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

My Friends

Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (Translator)

436 pages • 2025 • 27 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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