Big Books 2025

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24 participants (117 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 “big books” in 2025! Each book must be 500+ pages.

Challenge Books

All books added
Deception Point by Dan Brown

Deception Point

Dan Brown

556 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1-5

Douglas Adams

815 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

559 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 by William Dalrymple

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42

William Dalrymple

515 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
It by Stephen King

It

Stephen King

1120 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

Digital Fortress

Dan Brown

510 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction crime mystery science fiction thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

In Ascension

Martin MacInnes

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino

Journey Under the Midnight Sun

Keigo Higashino

539 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced