For the Love of a Good Book - 2025

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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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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson

The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

Walter Johnson

528 pages • 2020 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics race reflective slow-paced
The Night Ends With Fire by K.X. Song

The Dragon Spirit Duology #1

The Night Ends With Fire

K.X. Song

411 pages • 2024 • 19 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

320 pages • 1817 • 948 editions

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine by Yousef Bashir

The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine

Yousef Bashir

240 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

Suleika Jaouad

370 pages • 2021 • 33 editions

nonfiction memoir travel emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #5

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J.K. Rowling

896 pages • 2003 • 566 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

Dark and Deepest Red

Anna-Marie McLemore

8h 19m • 2020 • 7 editions

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fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional mysterious medium-paced
Die For Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders by Don Lasseter

Die For Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders

Don Lasseter

12h 20m • 2000 • 4 editions

user-added

nonfiction crime true crime dark slow-paced
The Athlete's Guide to Diabetes by Sheri R. Colberg

The Athlete's Guide to Diabetes

Sheri R. Colberg

392 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction health sports informative slow-paced