@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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Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Of Women and Salt

Gabriela Garcia

224 pages • 2021 • 34 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • 2015 • 205 editions

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Violets by Kyung-sook Shin

Violets

Kyung-sook Shin

7h 25m • 2001 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Hunter by Tana French

Cal Hooper #2

The Hunter

Tana French

467 pages • 2024 • 27 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

1h 57m • 2021 • 104 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

417 pages • 2022 • 81 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda

Reservoir Bitches

Dahlia de la Cerda

192 pages • 2019 • 25 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional sad fast-paced
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Once There Were Wolves

Charlotte McConaghy

258 pages • 2021 • 44 editions

fiction literary mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced