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
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Five Feet Apart

Rachael Lippincott

282 pages • 2018 • 76 editions

fiction romance young adult emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Perfect Chemistry #1

Perfect Chemistry

Simone Elkeles

368 pages • 2008 • 40 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Gryphon's Pride by Kaye Draper

Gesa's Menagerie #1

Gryphon's Pride

Kaye Draper

133 pages • 2019 • 2 editions

fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis

U.S. Landmark Books #55

Guadalcanal Diary

Richard Tregaskis

272 pages • 1943 • 3 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

20h 51m • 2023 • 20 editions

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Brands Who Came For Christmas by Maggie Shayne

The Oklahoma Brands #1

The Brands Who Came For Christmas

Maggie Shayne

256 pages • 2000 • 2 editions

fiction romance emotional fast-paced
Awaken: Heirs of Magic by Humphrey Quinn

The Fated Chronicles #1

Awaken: Heirs of Magic

Humphrey Quinn

191 pages • 2011 • 16 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Texas Roots by Jean Brashear

The Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs #1

Texas Roots

Jean Brashear

252 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

user-added

fiction romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Texas Secrets by Jean Brashear

The Gallaghers of Morning Star #1

Texas Secrets

Jean Brashear

216 pages • 1999 • 5 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional slow-paced
The Secret of the Stones by Ernest Dempsey

Sean Wyatt #1

The Secret of the Stones

Ernest Dempsey

377 pages • 2010 • 8 editions

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced