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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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

443 pages • 2014 • 93 editions

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Layla F. Saad

5h 20m • 2020 • 21 editions

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny #1

Bunny

Mona Awad

11h 24m • 2019 • 79 editions

fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
How to Argue with a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say about Human Difference by Adam Rutherford

How to Argue with a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say about Human Difference

Adam Rutherford

5h 3m • 2020 • 18 editions

nonfiction politics race science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dim Sum of All Fears by Vivien Chien

A Noodle Shop Mystery #2

Dim Sum of All Fears

Vivien Chien

308 pages • 2018 • 7 editions

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

Women Don't Owe You Pretty

Florence Given

4h 46m • 2020 • 37 editions

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot #1

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

190 pages • 1920 • 688 editions

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Knit or Dye Trying by Allie Pleiter

A Riverbank Knitting Mystery #2

Knit or Dye Trying

Allie Pleiter

304 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane C. Ortlund

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

224 pages • 2020 • 13 editions

nonfiction religion reflective slow-paced
A Murder in Paris by Blake Pierce

A Year in Europe #1

A Murder in Paris

Blake Pierce

231 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced