#OwnedUnreadBooks2025

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76 participants (638 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Well lookie, lookie here! We’re back for another year! That’s right friends! It’s another year of tackling that pile of books we’ve bought but haven’t yet read! Welcome to the #OwnedUnreadBooks2025 reading challenge! 

The goal is 25 (for 25) books from the books we own that have gone unread. Any book you already own at the start of 2025 or buy/are gifted in 2025 counts. BUT, let’s try to finish more than we add to the pile. 😀 

For a fun templates and a tracker, please see my pinned IG post (theritareads). If you share your progress on IG, please tag me (theritareads) and use #OwnedUnreadBooks2025

Challenge Books

All books added
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

25 hours • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir

Kai Cheng Thom

188 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop

Only For The Week

Forever Falling #1

Natasha Bishop

238 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Opmerkelijke schepsels by Tracy Chevalier

Opmerkelijke schepsels

Tracy Chevalier

352 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical informative inspiring slow-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

600 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

The Roommate Risk

Midnight Heat #2

Talia Hibbert

250 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

Number One Chinese Restaurant

Lillian Li

11 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

The Seven Year Slip

Ashley Poston

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne by Kate Winkler Dawson

The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne

Kate Winkler Dawson

307 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced