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
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

The Shepherd King #1

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig

421 pages • 2022 • 95 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer

Magic 2.0 #1

Off to Be the Wizard

Scott Meyer

10h 45m • 2013 • 13 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #1

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

16h 50m • 2019 • 67 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • 1956 • 161 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Penelope #1

We Don't Eat Our Classmates

Ryan T. Higgins

40 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

fiction childrens adventurous funny medium-paced
The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol

The Little Guys

Vera Brosgol

40 pages • 2019 • 2 editions

fiction childrens adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin

The Book of Tea #2

A Venom Dark and Sweet

Judy I. Lin

334 pages • 2022 • 33 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
ABC for Me: ABC What Can She Be?: Girls Can Be Anything They Want to Be, from A to Z by Sugar Snap Studio, Jessie Ford

ABC for Me: ABC What Can She Be?: Girls Can Be Anything They Want to Be, from A to Z

Sugar Snap Studio, Jessie Ford

36 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction childrens informative lighthearted medium-paced
Dear Zoo: A Lift-The-Flap Book by Rod Campbell

Dear Zoo: A Lift-The-Flap Book

Rod Campbell

18 pages • 1982 • 17 editions

fiction childrens lighthearted slow-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Cerulean Chronicles #1

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

12h 12m • 2020 • 139 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced