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12 Books 12 Recs 12 Months 2025

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11 participants (58 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books recommended by 12 friends/family/etc for each of the 12 months of the year


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Challenge Books

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Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters

19 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany

7 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Impact Winter by Travis Beacham

Impact Winter

Impact Winter (Travis Beacham) #1

Travis Beacham

4 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

9 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
The Vampire Count of Monte Cristo by Matthew Baugh, Alexandre Dumas

The Vampire Count of Monte Cristo

Matthew Baugh, Alexandre Dumas

12 hours, 33 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

12 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater

409 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson

Are You Happy Now

Hanna Jameson

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weyward

Emilia Hart

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Groupies: A Novel by Sarah Priscus

Groupies: A Novel

Sarah Priscus

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical music dark emotional fast-paced