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

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58 participants (374 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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Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

Dark Matter

Michelle Paver

252 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Fabergé Girl by Ina Christova

The Fabergé Girl

Ina Christova

271 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction historical
Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson

Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World

Christina Rickardsson

12 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha

Mother Ocean Father Nation

Nishant Batsha

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber

Castle of the Cursed

Romina Garber

325 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

Cold People

Tom Rob Smith

12 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo

A Kind of Madness

Uche Okonkwo

224 pages • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction short stories
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili

Hard by a Great Forest

Leo Vardiashvili

10 hours, 31 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
The Iliac Crest by Cristina Rivera Garza

The Iliac Crest

Cristina Rivera Garza

200 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Whisperer by Karin Fossum

The Whisperer

Konrad Sejer #13

Karin Fossum

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced