Reading Island Nations 2025

17 participants (29 books)

01 Jan 202531 Dec 2025

Overview

Read books by authors from island nations, preferably set there too. Diaspora counts. I am shooting for at least one per month.

The point of this challenge is to expand our reading beyond the mainstream publishing world. Therefore, the UK does not count for this challenge.

Challenge Books

All books added

432 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced

250 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

215 pages first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

240 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction dystopian politics thriller challenging dark sad medium-paced

159 pages first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced

160 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

251 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

178 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

240 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced

96 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced