Read 5 chunky novels in 2025.

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38 participants (145 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 5 books over 500 pages long in 2025. I know books that big scare you. It's okay.

Challenge Books

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Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman

Here Be Dragons

Welsh Princes #1

Sharon Kay Penman

704 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous informative slow-paced
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

720 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

672 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Contact by Carl Sagan

Contact

Carl Sagan

580 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

511 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

fiction classics literary mysterious reflective slow-paced
Last Call by Tim Powers

Last Call

Fault Lines #1

Tim Powers

544 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo [Abridged] by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo [Abridged]

Alexandre Dumas

672 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan

The Gray House

Дом, в котором... #1-3

Mariam Petrosyan

723 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism dark slow-paced
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

The Children's Book

A.S. Byatt

883 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced