Read 10 Books you DNF'd

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3 participants (11 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2028

Overview

A few books I've previously did not finish (DNF'd) have haunted me so I want to go back and try to read them again now. Setting the date to run for 3 years from January 2025 since this is low on my reading priority goals. 

Challenge Books

All books added
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

The Last Binding #2

A Restless Truth

Freya Marske

388 pages • 2022 • 23 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Red Doc> by Anne Carson

Red #2

Red Doc>

Anne Carson

171 pages • 2013 • 7 editions

fiction poetry reflective slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • 2013 • 46 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

476 pages • 1815 • 1.6k editions

user-added

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune #1

Dune

Frank Herbert

658 pages • 1965 • 380 editions

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds by Bernie Lucht

Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

Bernie Lucht

376 pages • 2005 • 1 edition

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
The Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens

The Portable Atheist

Christopher Hitchens

499 pages • 2007 • 5 editions

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

In the Company of the Courtesan

Sarah Dunant

385 pages • 2006 • 23 editions

fiction historical romance challenging slow-paced
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize by Sean B. Carroll

Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

Sean B. Carroll

592 pages • 2013 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography history science informative reflective slow-paced