25 in ‘25

audlittlebookshelf Host

79 participants (477 books)

03 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This year I am challenging myself (and anyone who wants to join me) to read 25 of the books that we already own. The only rule is that they must be books you had before January 1st. Other than that, they can be anything you want!

Good luck to us all!

Challenge Books

All books added
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

Beasts of a Little Land

Juhea Kim

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Long Bright River

Liz Moore

482 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Matrix by Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff

260 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Greenwood by Michael Christie

Greenwood

Michael Christie

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical nature speculative fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

The People in the Trees

Hanya Yanagihara

369 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism challenging dark slow-paced
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

The Stone Diaries

Carol Shields

269 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Red Rising

Red Rising Saga #1

Pierce Brown

382 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Trust by Hernán Díaz

Trust

Hernán Díaz

402 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced