Read books we own (2025)

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14 participants (66 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Let’s actually read some books we own, so we can own more mindfully and read the books we expect we'll enjoy!

I often don't read books I already own because I can read them any time, and end up prioritizing library holds or new trends. This was created with the intention of reading books I've always wanted to read but have put on the back-burner because they're not "time-sensitive".

Guidelines:
  • This is intended for books we already own, not to encourage new purchases.
  • Any owned book counts. Physical books, e-reader files, audiobooks, etc.

Challenge Books

All books added
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Thirty Names of Night

Zeyn Joukhadar

291 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg

The Dry Heart

Natalia Ginzburg

96 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective sad medium-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

626 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie

322 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Emergent Strategy #1

adrienne maree brown

441 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

320 pages • first pub 1847 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional slow-paced
Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

Family Lexicon

Natalia Ginzburg

224 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Bastard out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

11 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night

The Roots of Chaos #0

Samantha Shannon

868 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced