Read Your Shelf 2025

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82 participants (449 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 50 books that you own in 2025! No rules, you can define this in your own way. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

Laurie Colwin

185 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

W.Y. Evans-Wentz

523 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

The Bright Sword

Lev Grossman

23 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous slow-paced
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

238 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

624 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

missing page info • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical thriller emotional mysterious medium-paced
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Kathleen Rooney

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical reflective medium-paced
The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage by Kelly McGonigal

The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage

Kelly McGonigal

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology science informative reflective slow-paced