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
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
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give #1

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

11h 50m • 2017 • 139 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced