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43 participants (172 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 physical books that you already owned on January 1, 2025, during the course of the year. Since this challenge is aimed at reducing the number of unread physical books you already have on your shelves, new purchases made after 1/1/25, as well as any audiobooks and digital copies, do not count towards this specific goal. 

Challenge Books

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Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Disgrace

J.M. Coetzee

220 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Rule of Wolves

King of Scars #2

Leigh Bardugo

592 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter #4

J.K. Rowling

734 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

When Women Were Dragons

Kelly Barnhill

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
NW by Zadie Smith

NW

Zadie Smith

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #1

Larry McMurtry

960 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

142 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced