2025 Rereads

themeadowofashtrees Host

29 participants (85 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

A book you hated in your high school English class can read as brilliant when read at 30.  Books that were high literature when you were 21 read now self-important pablum.  The words on the page may not have changed, but how you read them certainly has.

Only requirement for a book to meet this challenge is that the last time you read it is 5+ years ago.

Challenge Books

All books added
Forbidden Secrets by R.L. Stine

Forbidden Secrets

Fear Street Sagas #3

R.L. Stine

147 pages • paperback • 1996

fiction horror young adult dark emotional fast-paced
The Red Tree by Shaun Tan

The Red Tree

Shaun Tan

32 pages • hardcover • 2001

fiction childrens emotional sad slow-paced
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

Alison Bechdel

290 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Among the Hidden

Shadow Children #1

Margaret Peterson Haddix

153 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction middle grade science fiction mysterious medium-paced
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

216 pages • paperback • 1966

fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco

40 pages • paperback • 1922

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Evil Genius

Genius #1

Catherine Jinks

480 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction mystery science fiction young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
My Plain Jane by Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand

My Plain Jane

The Lady Janies #2

Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand

464 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Bunny #1

Mona Awad

305 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced