Read 52 books in 2025

twalsh85 Host

7 participants (58 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Emphasis on nonfiction, translated literature & classical literature. 

Challenge Books

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Chanson douce by Leïla Slimani

Chanson douce

Leïla Slimani

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

We Were the Lucky Ones

Georgia Hunter

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Moi et François Mitterrand by Romy Ritte, Jürgen Ritte, Hervé Le Tellier

Moi et François Mitterrand

Romy Ritte, Jürgen Ritte, Hervé Le Tellier

95 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction essays politics medium-paced
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction childrens hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder

On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894

Laura Ingalls Wilder

128 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse by Maurice Leblanc

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse

Arsène Lupin #2-3

Maurice Leblanc

529 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

1092 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Le Duel des Mages by Benoît Bekaert, Alexandre Astier, Steven Dupré

Le Duel des Mages

Kaamelott #6

Benoît Bekaert, Alexandre Astier, Steven Dupré

48 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction comics funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night

The Roots of Chaos #0

Samantha Shannon

868 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced