25 for '25: 5 Books from 5 Genres

hannuhrose Host

12 participants (70 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This reading challenge is for those like me that generally stick to one or two genres. For the year 2025, I am challenging myself to read 5 books from 5 genres I typically don't read including: nonfiction, religion, mystery, classical, and historical fiction. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Portretul lui Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Portretul lui Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde

Portretul lui Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

320 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror funny slow-paced
Bună dimineața, Verônica! by Ilana Casoy, Andrea Killmore, Raphael Montes

Bună dimineața, Verônica!

Ilana Casoy, Andrea Killmore, Raphael Montes

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bătrânul din Lună by Grace Lin

Bătrânul din Lună

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon #1

Grace Lin

224 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Cuvinte despre lumină. Câmpiile Sfărâmate. Vol.1. by Brandon Sanderson

Cuvinte despre lumină. Câmpiile Sfărâmate. Vol.1.

The Stormlight Archive #2a

Brandon Sanderson

940 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Calea regilor volumul 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Ana-Veronica Mircea

Calea regilor volumul 1

The Stormlight Archive #1a

Brandon Sanderson, Ana-Veronica Mircea

656 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Un dulce miros de moarte by Guillermo Arriaga

Un dulce miros de moarte

Guillermo Arriaga

185 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction thriller dark emotional medium-paced
Inspectorul si noaptea by Bogomil Rainov, Богомил Райнов

Inspectorul si noaptea

Bogomil Rainov, Богомил Райнов

200 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

medium-paced
Mostenirea sangeroasa by Xavier de Montépin
Mostenirea sangeroasa
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Xavier de Montépin

Mostenirea sangeroasa

Xavier de Montépin

missing page info • first pub 1884 (editions) user-added

Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan

Glitter and Glue

Kelly Corrigan

5 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

6 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 1883 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical young adult adventurous medium-paced