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Big Books Challenge 2025

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58 participants (192 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 15 books that have 500+ pages this year. Audiobooks count! Happy reading :)

Challenge Books

All books added
All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

All Rhodes Lead Here

Mariana Zapata

608 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

529 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

Shadow of Night

All Souls #2

Deborah Harkness

24 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance thriller adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards

City of Gods and Monsters

House of Devils #1

Kayla Edwards

25 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

As Good As Dead

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3

Holly Jackson

16 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

529 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

Wind and Truth

The Stormlight Archive #5

Brandon Sanderson

62 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Crank

Crank #1

Ellen Hopkins

537 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

15 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history science informative medium-paced
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

Heavenly Tyrant

Iron Widow #2

Xiran Jay Zhao

21 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced