Read What You Own Challenge 2025: The Shelf-Care Edition

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39 participants (223 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Is your bookshelf starting to resemble a  Jenga tower, teetering with unread books? Do you have novels that have been in your possession longer than some houseplants you’ve managed to keep alive? It’s time to give those books the attention they’ve been silently yearning for.

Challenge Overview:
• Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2025
• Objective: Read 12 books from your personal collection that were owned before January 1, 2025. Yes, those ones you’ve been “meaning to get to.”

• Flexibility: Any genre, any length, any format. If it’s been collecting dust in your domain, it qualifies.

• Community: Share your progress and connect with fellow participants using the hashtag #ShelfCare2025.

Happy reading!

Challenge Books

All books added
Scanlines by Todd Keisling

Scanlines

Todd Keisling

83 pages • 2020 • 8 editions

user-added

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

The Order of Legends #1

The Principle of Moments

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

506 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • 2021 • 41 editions

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Black Buck

Mateo Askaripour

11h 13m • 2021 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary race challenging dark funny fast-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • 2015 • 205 editions

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

Theonite

The Sword of Kaigen

M.L. Wang

696 pages • 2018 • 56 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor

The God of Good Looks

Breanne Mc Ivor

384 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

417 pages • 2023 • 26 editions

fiction historical literary funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

The Atlas #2

The Atlas Paradox

Olivie Blake

403 pages • 2022 • 93 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

Greene Sisters #1

The Neighbor Favor

Kristina Forest

403 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced