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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Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Tish Harrison Warren

192 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-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

5 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2020

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

Bunny

Bunny #1

Mona Awad

11 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2019

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

5 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2020

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

Dim Sum of All Fears

A Noodle Shop Mystery #2

Vivien Chien

308 pages • paperback • 2018

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

Women Don't Owe You Pretty

Florence Given

4 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2020

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

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Hercule Poirot #1

Agatha Christie

190 pages • paperback • 1920

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

Knit or Dye Trying

A Riverbank Knitting Mystery #2

Allie Pleiter

304 pages • paperback • 2022

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 • hardcover • 2020

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

A Murder in Paris

A Year in Europe #1

Blake Pierce

231 pages • digital • 2021

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced