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
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

352 pages • 2011 • 312 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

The Atlas #1

The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake

557 pages • 2020 • 151 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Crier's War by Nina Varela

Crier's War #1

Crier's War

Nina Varela

464 pages • 2019 • 34 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Iron Heart by Nina Varela

Crier's War #2

Iron Heart

Nina Varela

416 pages • 2020 • 27 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray

Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Leia: Princess of Alderaan

Claudia Gray

409 pages • 2017 • 21 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction young adult adventurous medium-paced
Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes by Peter Berlin

The Xenophobe's Guide

Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes

Peter Berlin

92 pages • 1994 • 6 editions

nonfiction travel funny informative medium-paced
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows #2

Crooked Kingdom

Leigh Bardugo

565 pages • 2016 • 179 editions

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fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Lady Astronaut #1

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal

432 pages • 2018 • 31 editions

fiction historical science fiction adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Downpour by Emily Martin, Mara Shaughnessy

Downpour

Emily Martin, Mara Shaughnessy

32 pages • 2013 • 2 editions

fiction childrens poetry reflective sad medium-paced
Tucker by Juliana Stone

The Family Simon #1

Tucker

Juliana Stone

224 pages • 2014 • 1 edition

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced