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 Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

574 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

The Desolations of Devil's Acre

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #6

Ransom Riggs

528 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Tenderness by Alison MacLeod

Tenderness

Alison MacLeod

640 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective medium-paced
Silent Scream by Karen Rose

Silent Scream

The Minneapolis Series #2

Karen Rose

551 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction romance dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

615 pages • first pub 1815 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Babel: An Arcane History

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Fall of the Kings by Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner

The Fall of the Kings

The World of Riverside #3

Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner

18 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

The Privilege of the Sword

The World of Riverside #2

Ellen Kushner

15 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous medium-paced
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom

Six of Crows #2

Leigh Bardugo

17 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

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