25 big books challenge

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3 participants (11 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenging myself on tackling some of those chunky reads on my TBR. I found the popular challenge with 12 big books a bit too easy for me so I wanted a bigger challnege this year. Hope you'll find it useful.
I'll count book with over 500 pages but you are free to make your own parameters. 

Happy reading.

Challenge Books

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

530 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Gleam by Raven Kennedy

Gleam

The Plated Prisoner #3

Raven Kennedy

595 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy

The Green Bone Saga #3

Fonda Lee

736 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother

Danielle Teller

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

464 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Bespelled by Laura Thalassa

Bespelled

Bewitched #2

Laura Thalassa

544 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced