BIG BOOKS LESS PRESSURE 2025

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13 participants (31 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For me a big book is a book with more than 400 pages.  I also read bigger ones sometimes, but I want to put less pressure on me. And I would be happy to tackle one big book a month from my tbr. 

Please check also out the other reading challenges I'm hosting. Some I'll set up later in the year, when readathons on booktube come up, for which none of the hosts do challenges on here.

If you have any questions, you can find me on IG as amelia7reads. 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

592 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
Erzählende Affen. Mythen, Lügen, Utopien - wie Geschichten unser Leben bestimmen by Samira El Ouassil, Friedemann Karig

Erzählende Affen. Mythen, Lügen, Utopien - wie Geschichten unser Leben bestimmen

Samira El Ouassil, Friedemann Karig

15 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

15 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles

576 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

469 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Das Café der Existenzialisten: Freiheit, Sein und Aprikosencocktails by Rita Seuß, Sarah Bakewell

Das Café der Existenzialisten: Freiheit, Sein und Aprikosencocktails

Rita Seuß, Sarah Bakewell

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore

The Collected Stories

Lorrie Moore

656 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Ken Liu

15 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced