@hook.me.a.book Reading the World '25 Challenge

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58 participants (373 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

There's no hard and fast rules as to what books you read. Only that you aim for 2 each month set in a different location. You could read romance from around the world, historical fiction like the Seven Sisters series or go hard with translated fiction and use the hometown of the author. The world is your oyster!

Challenge Books

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Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle

Murder on Lake Garda

Tom Hindle

370 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious tense medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

18 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos

Down the Rabbit Hole

Juan Pablo Villalobos

74 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary adventurous fast-paced
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami

186 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier

392 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Blue Fox by Sjón

The Blue Fox

Sjón

112 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

Kathleen Sheppard

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole by Cecilia Blomdahl

Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole

Cecilia Blomdahl

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction nature travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami

219 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Under Loch and Key

Lana Ferguson

404 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny lighthearted medium-paced