For the Love of a Good Book - 2025

mrsjmac Host

11 participants (879 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 100 books of your choice in 2025. Books must be at least 100 pages in length. Please use this challenge to document your choices and share your experiences. 

Challenge Books

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Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney

Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants

Alison Maloney

192 pages • 2011 • 4 editions

nonfiction historical history informative medium-paced
The Hidden Lives of Jack the Ripper's Victims by Robert Hume

The Hidden Lives of Jack the Ripper's Victims

Robert Hume

176 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

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nonfiction historical history true crime challenging informative sad medium-paced
Jane Austen's Cousin: The Outlandish Countess de Feuillide by Geri Walton

Jane Austen's Cousin: The Outlandish Countess de Feuillide

Geri Walton

152 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

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nonfiction autobiography biography history literary informative reflective medium-paced
The Favourite: The Life of Sarah Churchill and the History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Ophelia Field

The Favourite: The Life of Sarah Churchill and the History Behind the Major Motion Picture

Ophelia Field

743 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

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nonfiction biography informative medium-paced
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy by Leanda de Lisle

The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy

Leanda de Lisle

504 pages • 2009 • 11 editions

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nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Daughters of Edward I by Kathryn Warner

Daughters of Edward I

Kathryn Warner

248 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

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nonfiction education history
Wife to the Bastard by Hilda Lewis

Wife to the Bastard

Hilda Lewis

384 pages • 1966 • 2 editions

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fiction historical informative slow-paced
Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker

Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England

Eleanor Parker

331 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

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nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Fall of Roman Britain and Why We Speak English by John Lambshead

The Fall of Roman Britain and Why We Speak English

John Lambshead

192 pages • 2 editions

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nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged by Kimberly Jones

How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged

Kimberly Jones

200 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

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nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative inspiring medium-paced