Branch out from romance

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8 participants (97 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read books more challenging than the lighthearted romances this year

Challenge Books

All books added
Dreadful by Jana DeLeon

Shaye Archer #6

Dreadful

Jana DeLeon

362 pages • 2018 • 3 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson

Goldy Schulz #11

Chopping Spree

Diane Mott Davidson

11h 40m • 2002 • 6 editions

user-added

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

3h 10m • 1970 • 72 editions

fiction classics middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

10h 20m • 2019 • 47 editions

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

Local Woman Missing

Mary Kubica

356 pages • 2021 • 38 editions

user-added

fiction thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #6

The Chalice of the Gods

Rick Riordan

7h 5m • 2023 • 98 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidson

Goldy Schulz #10

Sticks & Scones

Diane Mott Davidson

10h 30m • 2001 • 7 editions

user-added

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix

413 pages • 2023 • 48 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes

Camper & Criminals #4

Christmas, Criminals, and Campers

Tonya Kappes

188 pages • 2018 • 4 editions

user-added

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow #3

Any Way the Wind Blows

Rainbow Rowell

15h 10m • 2021 • 31 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional funny medium-paced