12 big books of 2025!!

Hosted by nalleonpuh

13 participants, 25 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Hello! Now if you're like me, you have a big tbr that has big books just waiting for you. I will be challenging myself to reading 12 of those books during 2025.

Now: what counts as a big book? For me a big book is +500 pages or i guess ~16-17 hours of audio!
Does that mean reading 1 big book per month? It can! But reading speed is personal and everyone has different schedules so you might be done in May or end the year with a bang. The most important thing is that we are reading and enjoying ourselves <3
Does the genre matter? Should they be classics? Doesn't matter! A big book is a big book no matter the genre!

Happy reading everyone <3

All books added
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God

The Poppy War #3

R.F. Kuang

622 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

658 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

A Psalm of Storms and Silence

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #2

Roseanne A. Brown

14 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

The Scottish Boy

Alex de Campi

506 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Ulysses Jubiläumsausgabe Türkis by James Joyce

Ulysses Jubiläumsausgabe Türkis

James Joyce

987 pages • first pub 1922 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram

Shantaram #1

Gregory David Roberts

933 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake

The Gormenghast Trilogy

Gormenghast #1-3

Mervyn Peake

951 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Die Brüder Karamasow by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Die Brüder Karamasow

Fyodor Dostoevsky

1152 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff

Empire of the Damned

Empire of the Vampire #2

Jay Kristoff

646 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

529 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced