Big Books 2025

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24 participants, 81 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Read 12 “big books” in 2025! Each book must be 500+ pages.

All books added
Beautiful Darkness by Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia

Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Creatures #2

Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia

503 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan

Paper Girls: The Complete Story

Paper Girls #01-30

Brian K. Vaughan

800 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

518 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction emotional sad medium-paced
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

519 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows

Shades of Magic #2

V.E. Schwab

525 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

554 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

574 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell

624 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

675 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The First to Die at the End

Death-Cast #0

Adam Silvera

550 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced