Big Books 2025

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24 participants, 82 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
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
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn

The Twilight Saga #4

Stephenie Meyer

768 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune

The Heroes of Olympus #2

Rick Riordan

521 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1024 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Time in Between by María Dueñas

The Time in Between

Sira Quiroga #1

María Dueñas

615 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical romance adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

626 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1200 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Victor Hugo

Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Victor Hugo

1456 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

Frances FitzGerald

661 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced