Summer Reading Challenge

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7 participants (195 books)

21 Jun 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Tackling by TBR pile this summer by trying to finish at least 20 books! Let's see where this takes me. 

Challenge Books

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The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

Remembrance of Earth's Past #2

The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

518 pages • 2008 • 121 editions

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

447 pages • 2003 • 81 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

Invisible Monsters

Chuck Palahniuk

297 pages • 1999 • 46 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark funny fast-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

199 pages • 2007 • 164 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time #6

Lord of Chaos

Robert Jordan

940 pages • 1994 • 76 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman

Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

Michael Schulman

21h • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom

Winter in Madrid

C.J. Sansom

537 pages • 2006 • 30 editions

fiction historical emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

S.C. Gwynne

497 pages • 2010 • 18 editions

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nonfiction biography history challenging dark informative medium-paced
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Matthew Perry

250 pages • 2022 • 73 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden

The Housemaid #3

The Housemaid Is Watching

Freida McFadden

386 pages • 2024 • 71 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced