25 big books challenge

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3 participants (14 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenging myself on tackling some of those chunky reads on my TBR. I found the popular challenge with 12 big books a bit too easy for me so I wanted a bigger challnege this year. Hope you'll find it useful.
I'll count book with over 500 pages but you are free to make your own parameters. 

Happy reading.

Challenge Books

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

1040 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Yours Truly

Part of Your World #2

Abby Jimenez

398 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez

Where the Library Hides

Secrets of the Nile #2

Isabel Ibañez

388 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home

Magnolia Parks #3

Jessa Hastings

530 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional sad medium-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

530 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Gleam by Raven Kennedy

Gleam

The Plated Prisoner #3

Raven Kennedy

595 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy

The Green Bone Saga #3

Fonda Lee

736 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother

Danielle Teller

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced