25 for '25: 5 Books from 5 Genres

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12 participants (132 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This reading challenge is for those like me that generally stick to one or two genres. For the year 2025, I am challenging myself to read 5 books from 5 genres I typically don't read including: nonfiction, religion, mystery, classical, and historical fiction. Feel free to choose your own genres!

Challenge Books

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Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult by Lilia Tarawa

Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult

Lilia Tarawa

261 pages • 2017

nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective slow-paced
For Reasons Unknown by Michael Wood

For Reasons Unknown

DCI Matilda Darke #1

Michael Wood

334 pages • digital • 2015

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show

Bethany Joy Lenz

8 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Nicole LePera

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

Nicole LePera

9 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

16 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego

Another Day in the Colony

Chelsea Watego

5 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir by Mark Hoppus

Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir

Mark Hoppus

7 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

nonfiction memoir music emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

6 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 1883 user-added

fiction classics historical young adult adventurous medium-paced
The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker

The Dark Vineyard

Bruno, Chief of Police #2

Martin Walker

303 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

5 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced