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

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What You See in the Dark by Manuel Muñoz

What You See in the Dark

Manuel Muñoz

272 pages • digital • 2011

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Mojo by Tim Tharp

Mojo

Tim Tharp

283 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction mystery young adult mysterious tense slow-paced
Yellowcake by Margo Lanagan

Yellowcake

Margo Lanagan

245 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction fantasy short stories young adult adventurous slow-paced
The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski

The Paradox of Vertical Flight

Emil Ostrovski

256 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction contemporary young adult reflective fast-paced
Fitz by Mick Cochrane

Fitz

Mick Cochrane

177 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction contemporary young adult mysterious fast-paced
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Steve Earle

256 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction historical magical realism emotional medium-paced
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

The Night Guest

Fiona McFarlane

256 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction contemporary mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Leaper: The Misadventures of a Not-Necessarily-Super Hero by Geoffrey Wood

Leaper: The Misadventures of a Not-Necessarily-Super Hero

Geoffrey Wood

320 pages • 2007

fiction fantasy funny reflective fast-paced
Lost Luggage by Jordi Puntí

Lost Luggage

Jordi Puntí

440 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Elsewhere

Gabrielle Zevin

275 pages • hardcover • 2005

fiction fantasy romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced