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

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58 participants (382 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

All books added
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

5 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro

All Yours

Claudia Piñeiro

172 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

Diary of a Void

Emi Yagi

213 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary funny reflective fast-paced
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier

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

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Conclave by Robert Harris

Conclave

Robert Harris

8 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

The Frangipani Tree Mystery

Crown Colony #1

Ovidia Yu

255 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious medium-paced
Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman

Open Season

Alex Delaware #40

Jonathan Kellerman

273 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction thriller
Taduno's Song by Odafe Atogun

Taduno's Song

Odafe Atogun

241 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction
Devotion by Hannah Kent

Devotion

Hannah Kent

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced