25 for '25: 5 Books from 5 Genres

hannuhrose Host

12 participants (71 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

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Love-Centered Parenting: The No-Fail Guide to Launching Your Kids by Crystal Paine

Love-Centered Parenting: The No-Fail Guide to Launching Your Kids

Crystal Paine

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion emotional hopeful medium-paced
Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People by Bob Goff

Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

Bob Goff

223 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction religion self help emotional reflective medium-paced
I Stand at the Door and Knock by Corrie ten Boom

I Stand at the Door and Knock

Corrie ten Boom

188 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion emotional inspiring slow-paced
Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

Letters to the Church

Francis Chan

219 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World by Eric Metaxas

Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion informative reflective slow-paced
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey

The Jesus I Never Knew

Philip Yancey

304 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced
The Bible Jesus Read by Philip Yancey

The Bible Jesus Read

Philip Yancey

221 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced
He Chose the Nails: What God Did to Win Your Heart by Max Lucado

He Chose the Nails: What God Did to Win Your Heart

Max Lucado

215 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction religion inspiring relaxing slow-paced
More Than a Savior: When Jesus Calls You Friend by Robert C. Crosby

More Than a Savior: When Jesus Calls You Friend

Robert C. Crosby

365 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion
Surprised by Hope: Original, Provocative and Practical by N.T. Wright, Tom Wright

Surprised by Hope: Original, Provocative and Practical

N.T. Wright, Tom Wright

188 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective relaxing slow-paced