5 Book Recs from Friends

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16 participants (70 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

My friends keep loaning and recommending books that I just haven’t read yet, so I’m going to try to read 5 recommendations this year. Feel free to join if you need motivation to read some book recs too

Challenge Books

All books added
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

464 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix

339 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Second Place by Rachel Cusk

Second Place

Rachel Cusk

192 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

528 pages • hardcover • 1961

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass #1

Sarah J. Maas

406 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • paperback • 1937

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • paperback • 1925

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

Bethany Brookshire

348 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction nature science funny informative reflective medium-paced
Under the Oak Tree: Volume 1 (The Comic) by P, namu, Suji Kim

Under the Oak Tree: Volume 1 (The Comic)

상수리나무 아래 / Under the Oak Tree (The Comic) #1

P, namu, Suji Kim

416 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction comics fantasy romance adventurous emotional fast-paced
Spellbound In The Stacks by K. Iwancio

Spellbound In The Stacks

Spellbound in Thisleton #1

K. Iwancio

212 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy romance funny lighthearted fast-paced