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

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42 participants (226 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
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

The Psychology of Time Travel

Kate Mascarenhas

360 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction crime mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Pucking Around by Emily Rath

Pucking Around

Jacksonville Rays #1

Emily Rath

756 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Training the Heart by Paisley Hope

Training the Heart

Silver Pines #2

Paisley Hope

416 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Holding the Reins by Paisley Hope

Holding the Reins

Silver Pines #1

Paisley Hope

400 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher

Love Redesigned

Lakefront Billionaires #1

Lauren Asher

514 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score

The Worst Best Man

Lucy Score

464 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

Maggie Moves On

Lucy Score

403 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Valour by John Gwynne

Valour

The Faithful and the Fallen #2

John Gwynne

648 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Malice by John Gwynne

Malice

The Faithful and the Fallen #1

John Gwynne

672 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Mr. Fixer Upper by Lucy Score

Mr. Fixer Upper

Lucy Score

386 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced