2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Dates: 1/1/22 - 12/31/22

♥ = 350+ page books
✩ = 500+ page books
◈ = 750+ page books
✡ = 1,000+ page books

January

№. 001 The Lights of Sugarberry Cove - Heather Webber 1/1/22
№. 002 Christmas Stalkings - Chautona Havig 1/3/22
№. 003 Love, Travel, and Volunteering Kandy Ostrosky 1/4/22
№. 004 Pony - R.J. Palacio 1/5/22
№. 005 The Captured - Scott Zesch ♥ 1/6/22
№. 006 Binti - Nnedi Okorafor 1/7/22
№. 007 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Grace Lin 1/8/22
№. 008 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë ✩ 1/9/22
№. 009 Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson 1/10/22
№. 010 The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus - L. Frank Baum 1/11/22
№. 011 Bright Arrows - Grace Livingston Hill ♥ 1/12/22
№. 012 The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis 1/13/22
№. 013 Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov ♥ 1/14/22
№. 014 Death in the Stacks - Jenn McKinlay 1/15/22
№. 015 Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn 1/16/22
№. 016 A Ripple In Time - Victor Zugg ♥ 1/17/22
№. 017 Before and After - Judy Christie 1/18/22
№. 018 The Lost Spells - Robert Macfarlane 1/19/22
№. 019 The Egg and Other Stories - Andy Weir 1/20/22
№. 020 Messenger - Scott Medbury 1/21/22
№. 021 Dream More - Dolly Parton 1/22/22
№. 022 Tinaca Jones - Matt Boren 1/23/22
№. 023 Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz ✩ 1/24/22
№. 024 The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion 1/25/22
№. 025 The Bone Farm - Dean Koontz 1/26/22
№. 026 Break Shot - James Taylor 1/27/22
№. 027 Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective - Donald J. Sobol 1/28/22
№. 028 Encyclopedia Brown, the Case of the Secret Pitch - Donald J. Sobol 1/29/22
№. 029 Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues - Donald J. Sobol 1/30/22
№. 030 Courted by a Cowboy - Mindy Neff 1/31/22

February

№. 031 Deadly Appearances - Gail Bowen 2/1/22
№. 032 The Real Sherlock - Lucinda Hawksley 2/5/22
№. 033 The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams 2/6/22
№. 034 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil - J.R.R. Tolkien 2/7/22
№. 035 Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen 2/8/22
№. 036 Stella - McCall Hoyle 2/9/22
№. 037 Agenda 21 - Glenn Beck 2/10/22
№. 038 Smith of Wootton Major - J.R.R. Tolkien 2/12/22
№. 039 Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt 2/13/22
№. 040 In Odd We Trust - Dean Koontz 2/15/22
№. 041 In Grandma's Attic - Arleta Richardson 2/17/22
№. 042 Closer to Nowhere - Ellen Hopkins ♥ 2/23/22
№. 043 Million Dollar Dilemma - Judy Baer 2/28/22

March

№. 044 Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel ♥ 3/1/22
№. 045 Ladies' Night - Rachel Caine 3/8/22
№. 046 Black Corner - Rachel Caine 3/8/22
№. 047 Claimed - Rachel Caine 3/8/22
№. 048 Midnight at Mart's - Rachel Caine 3/8/22
№. 049 No Love Lost - Rachel Caine 3/8/22
№. 050 Oasis - Rachel Caine 3/8/22
№. 051 With No One as Witness - Elizabeth George 3/17/22
№. 052 The Last Cuentista - Donna Barba Higuera 3/18/22
№. 053 Home Is the Sailor - Patrick Taylor 3/19/22
№. 054 The Minuteman - Greg Donahue 3/20/22
№. 055 Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic - Nick Carr 3/21/22
№. 056 The School for Whatnots - Margaret Peterson Haddix 3/24/22
№. 057 Sweet Bean Paste - Durian Sukegawa 3/29/22
№. 058 Vinegar Boy - Alberta Hawse 3/29/22
№. 059 The Enchanted Barn - Grace Livingston Hill 3/30/22
№. 060 Nim's Island - Wendy Orr 3/31/22

April

№. 061 Turbulent - T.L. Payne 4/4/22
№. 062 Royal Blood - Rhys Bowen 4/5/22
№. 063 Sudden Chaos - T.L. Payne 4/6/22
№. 064 A Walk on the Haunted Side - Rose Pressey Betancourt 4/8/22
№. 065 The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer ♥ 4/11/22
№. 066 The Rose Legacy - Jessica Day George 4/11/22
№. 067 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin 4/13/22
№. 068 Frontier Follies - Ree Drummond ♥ 4/14/22
№. 069 Watercress - Andrea Wang 4/15/22
№. 070 Wayward Creatures - Dayna Lorentz 4/17/22
№. 071 Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson 4/18/22
№. 072 Junkyard Cats - Faith Hunter 4/19/22
№. 073 Junkyard Bargain - Faith Hunter 4/21/22
№. 074 The Trouble with Goats and Sheep - Joanna Cannon ♥ 4/22/22
№. 075 Forget Me Not - Ellie Terry 4/24/22
№. 076 The Guest Cat - Takashi Hiraide 4/25/22
№. 077 One Good Dog - Susan Wilson 4/25/22
№. 078 Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline 4/28/22
№. 079 Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote 4/29/22

May

№. 080 A Gathering of Days - Joan W. Blos 5/2/22
№. 081 The Lottery Winner - Emilie Rose 5/4/22
№. 082 Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout 5/5/22
№. 083 Dark Detectives - Stephen Jones ♥ 5/6/22
№. 084 Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro 5/9/22
№. 085 Tail of Vengeance - Spencer Quinn 5/10/22
№. 086 A Cat Was Involved - Spencer Quinn 5/10/22
№. 087 The Elephant Whisperer - Lawrence Anthony 5/10/22
№. 088 Nice Dragons Finish Last - Rachel Aaron 5/11/22
№. 089 Supernatural 911 Calls - Eve S. Evans 5/12/22
№. 090 Hooked - Sutton Foster 5/12/22
№. 091 Hope, Grace & Faith - Leah Messer 5/12/22
№. 092 A Pup Called Trouble - Bobbie Pyron 5/16/22
№. 093 Y - Marjorie Celona 5/18/22
№. 094 Nomadland - Jessica Bruder 5/20/22
№. 095 Agent 355 - Marie Benedict 5/24/22
№. 096 Alone with the Stars - David R. Gillham 5/24/22
№. 097 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 5/28/22
№. 098 Demonic Foes - Richard Gallagher 5/30/22
№. 099 Dog on It - Spencer Quinn 5/31/22

June

№. 100 The Castle of Tangled Magic - Sophie Anderson ♥ 6/7/22
№. 101 The Roommate - Dervla McTiernan 6/9/22
№. 102 The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff ♥ 6/13/22
№. 103 Found - Margaret Peterson Haddix 6/15/22
№. 104 The Inn at Ocean's Edge - Colleen Coble 6/16/22
№. 105 What Child Is This - Rhys Bowen 6/18/22
№. 106 The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County... - Mark Twain 6/20/22
№. 107 The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery ♥ 6/24/22

July

№. 108 The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope 7/8/22
№. 109 Birdie - Eileen Spinelli 7/9/22
№. 110 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas ✡ 7/9/22
№. 111 A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro 7/16/22
№. 112 Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo ♥ 7/18/22
№. 113 Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo 7/19/22
№. 114 The Benefits of Being an Octopus - Ann Braden 7/22/22
№. 115 The Someday Birds - Sally J. Pla 7/22/22
№. 116 The House - Raelyn Drake 7/23/22
№. 117 Hunted - T.L. Payne 7/24/22
№. 118 My Evil Mother - Margaret Atwood 7/25/22
№. 119 Alone - Megan E. Freeman ♥ 7/26/22
№. 120 The Godfather - Mario Puzo ✩ 7/29/22
№. 121 An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro 7/30/22
№. 122 The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg 7/31/22

August

№. 123 Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder 8/1/22
№. 124 The Girl in His Shadow - Audrey Blake ♥ 8/2/22
№. 125 Turmoil - T.L. Payne 8/3/22
№. 126 Uprising - T.L. Payne 8/4/22
№. 127 The Cat Who Saved Books - Sōsuke Natsukawa 8/5/22
№. 128 A Street Cat Named Bob - James Bowen 8/6/22
№. 129 Brink of Darkness - T.L. Payne 8/7/22
№. 130 Grip of Fear - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 131 Grip of Darkness - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 132 Grip of Terror - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 133 Grip of Death - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 134 Grip of Madness - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 135 Surviving Chaos - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 136 Nemesis - Sam J. Fires 8/8/22
№. 137 How Do You Live? - Genzaburo Yoshino 8/8/22
№. 138 Seeking Safety - T.L. Payne 8/9/22
№. 139 Six Earlier Days - David Levithan 8/10/22
№. 140 Ban This Book - Alan Gratz 8/11/22
№. 141 Seeking Refuge - T.L. Payne 8/12/22
№. 142 Seeking Justice - T.L. Payne 8/12/22
№. 143 Seeking Hope - T.L. Payne 8/12/22
№. 144 Property of the Rebel Librarian - Allison Varnes 8/12/22
№. 145 I Can't Make This Up - Kevin Hart ♥ 8/12/22
№. 146 No Way Out - T.L. Payne 8/14/22
№. 147 No Other Choice - T.L. Payne 8/15/22
№. 148 No Turning Back - T.L. Payne 8/15/22
№. 149 No Surrender - T.L. Payne 8/15/22
№. 150 Showbiz Cakes and Deadly Slices - Amber Crewes 8/15/22
№. 151 The Night Before Christmas - Clement C. Moore 8/15/22
№. 152 The Enormous Crocodile - Roald Dahl 8/15/22
№. 153 Broken World - Grace Hamilton ♥ 8/16/22
№. 154 Chaotic World - Grace Hamilton ♥ 8/16/22
№. 155 The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion 8/16/22
№. 156 No Man's Land - T.L. Payne 8/17/22
№. 157 The Lending Library - Aliza Fogelson 8/17/22
№. 158 The Glass Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg 8/18/22
№. 159 Ida Scudder - Janet Benge 8/18/22
№. 160 When The World Turns Dark - Jack Hunt 8/19/22
№. 161 When Humanity Ends - Jack Hunt 8/19/22
№. 162 The End of Everything - Nate Johnson ♥ 8/20/22
№. 163 Worth Saving - Nate Johnson 8/21/22
№. 164 Upheaval - T.L. Payne 8/22/22
№. 165 After the Crash - Tara Ellis ♥ 8/22/22
№. 166 Academic Curveball - James J. Cudney ♥ 8/23/22
№. 167 Mayhem - T.L. Payne 8/24/22
№. 168 Defiance - T.L. Payne 8/24/22
№. 169 When Hope is Lost - Jack Hunt 8/25/22
№. 170 There's a Hole in my Bucket - Royd Tolkien 8/25/22
№. 171 Operation Time Search - Andre Norton 8/26/22
№. 172 The Woman Who Smashed Codes - Jason Fagone ♥ 8/27/22
№. 173 The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers ♥ 8/27/22
№. 174 The Collapse - Tara Ellis 8/28/22
№. 175 Everything on a Waffle - Polly Horvath 8/29/22
№. 176 The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson 8/29/22
№. 177 The Summer Home - Hazel Taylor 8/30/22

September

№. 178 Aurora Rising - Amie Kaufman ♥ 9/2/22
№. 179 The Printed Letter Bookshop - Katherine Reay ✩ 9/8/22
№. 180 Spaceman - Mike Massimino 9/13/22
№. 181 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling ♥ 9/13/22
№. 182 A Caffeine Conundrum - Angela Ruth Strong 9/15/22
№. 183 Lessons From Lucy - Dave Barry 9/15/22
№. 184 Ring of Fire - Eric Flint ✩ 9/16/22
№. 185 One Year in Coal Harbor - Polly Horvath 9/17/22
№. 186 Anne of Avonlea - L.M. Montgomery 9/18/22
№. 187 The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros 9/19/22
№. 188 Drive - James S.A. Corey 9/20/22
№. 189 Louisiana Longshot - Jana Deleon 9/20/22
№. 190 First Encounter - Craig A. Falconer 9/22/22
№. 191 The Very First Damned Thing - Jodi Taylor 9/22/22
№. 192 Ascendance of a Bookworm - Miya Kazuki 9/22/22
№. 193 The Science of Sci-Fi - Erin Macdonald 9/23/22
№. 194 The Open Boat - Stephen Crane 9/26/22
№. 195 The Blue Hotel - Stephen Crane 9/27/22
№. 196 Noah: Man of Destiny - Tim Chaffey 9/30/22
№. 197 The Butcher of Anderson Station - James S.A. Corey 9/30/22

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "May

№. 080 A Gathering of Days - Joan W. Blos 5/2/22
№. 081 The Lottery Winner - Emilie Rose 5/4/22
№. 082 [book:Olive Kitteridge|173673..."

LOVE! Thanks for including me :)

October

№. 198 Bigger than a Bread Box - Laurel Snyder 10/1/22
№. 199 Lethal Bayou Beauty - Jana Deleon 10/2/22
№. 200 Beach Rental - Grace Greene ♥ 10/2/22
№. 201 Alliana, Girl of Dragons - Julie Abe 10/3/22
№. 202 A Separate Peace - John Knowles 10/4/22
№. 203 Dark Legend - Christine Feehan ♥ 10/5/22
№. 204 Big Rig - Louise Hawes 10/6/22
№. 205 Web of Destruction - Tara Ellis 10/7/22
№. 206 The Poison in All of Us - Connie B. Dowell 10/9/22
№. 207 Absolutely Truly - Heather Vogel Frederick ♥ 10/10/22
№. 208 The Master Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg 10/11/22
№. 209 Tune It Out - Jamie Sumner 10/12/22
№. 210 Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon 10/12/22
№. 211 Erupting Trouble - Grace Hamilton 10/13/22
№. 212 Oceans Apart - Karen Kingsbury ♥ 10/14/22
№. 213 Ghost Boy - Martin Pistorius 10/15/22
№. 214 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold ♥ 10/15/22
№. 215 The Mother-Daughter Book Club - Heather Vogel Frederick 10/15/22
№. 216 Millionaires for the Month - Stacy McAnulty 10/16/22
№. 217 The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl - Stacy McAnulty 10/16/22
№. 218 Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling 10/17/22
№. 219 Scents and a Suspect - Emmie Lyn 10/18/22
№. 220 Trails and a Traitor - Emmie Lyn 10/18/22
№. 221 Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan 10/19/22
№. 222 Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey ✩ 10/20/22
№. 223 Ivanhoe - Walter Scott ✩ 10/21/22
№. 224 Hints and a Homicide - Emmie Lyn 10/22/22
№. 225 Hard Times - Charles Dickens 10/22/22
№. 226 Firestarter - Stephen King ✩ 10/22/22
№. 227 My Life Begins! - Patricia MacLachlan 10/25/22
№. 228 Efrén Divided - Ernesto Cisneros 10/25/22
№. 229 Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse - Harper Lin 10/25/22
№. 230 Tiger Eyes - Judy Blume 10/26/22
№. 231 Halloween Moon - Kathi Daley 10/28/22
№. 232 The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde 10/28/22
№. 233 Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer 10/29/22
№. 234 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde 10/29/22
№. 235 The Time Machine - Tim Chaffey 10/30/22
№. 236 The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver - Shawn Inmon 10/31/22
№. 237 The Redemption of Michael Hollister - Shawn Inmon 10/31/22

November

№. 251 The Chase - Tim Chaffey 11/10/22
№. 252 The Ark - Tim Chaffey 11/10/22
№. 253 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer 11/10/22
№. 254 Odd Is on Our Side - Dean Koontz 11/10/22
№. 255 House of Odd - Dean Koontz 11/11/22
№. 256 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis 11/11/22
№. 257 The Accident - Tim Chaffey 11/12/22
№. 258 The Attack - Tim Chaffey 11/13/22
№. 259 The Tower - Tim Chaffey 11/14/22
№. 260 The Complete Fables - Aesop 11/14/22
№. 261 The Midnight Library - Matt Haig 11/15/22
№. 262 Besties: Work It Out - Kayla Miller 11/18/22
№. 263 The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll - Patricia C. McKissack 11/18/22
№. 264 Ride On - Faith Erin Hicks 11/19/22
№. 265 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 11/20/22
№. 266 The Odyssey - Homer ✩ 11/21/22
№. 267 Swamp Sniper - Jana Deleon 11/22/22
№. 268 Numb to This - Kindra Neely 11/23/22
№. 269 Besties: Find Their Groove - Kayla Miller 11/24/22
№. 270 Born Country - Randy Owen 11/25/22
№. 271 Mother of Learning 1 - Domagoj Kurmaić ✩ 11/26/22
№. 272 Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne 11/26/22
№. 273 Invitation - Bill Myers ♥ 11/27/22
№. 274 Mother of Learning 2 - Domagoj Kurmaić ✩ 11/28/22
№. 275 The Pool - Dana Burnet 11/28/22
№. 276 A Snake Falls to Earth - Darcie Little Badger ♥ 11/29/22
№. 277 Jo: A Graphic Novel - Kathleen Gros 11/29/22
№. 278 Hard Rain - Irma Venter ♥ 11/29/22
№. 279 File M for Murder - Miranda James 11/30/22

December

№. 280 Anne of the Island - L.M. Montgomery ♥ 12/1/22
№. 281 Attack of the Black Rectangles - Amy Sarig King 12/2/22
№. 282 Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling 12/2/22
№. 283 Caterpillar Summer - Gillian McDunn 12/4/22
№. 284 Amish Christmas Twins - Shelley Shepard Gray ♥ 12/5/22
№. 285 The Tryout: A Graphic Novel - Christina Soontornvat 12/6/22
№. 286 Sugar Scars - Travis Norwood 12/7/22
№. 287 Praying the Bible - Donald S. Whitney 12/8/22
№. 288 Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne 12/9/22
№. 289 I Am Still Alive - Kate Alice Marshall ♥ 12/10/22
№. 290 What Came Before He Shot Her - Elizabeth George ✩ 12/11/22
№. 291 A Place at the Table - Saadia Faruqi 12/12/22
№. 292 Claws of Justice - Emmie Lyn 12/13/22
№. 293 The Garden In My Heart - Nikki Rogers 12/13/22
№. 294 Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury 12/13/22
№. 295 Out of My Mind - Sharon M. Draper 12/14/22
№. 296 The Sweetest Sound - Sherri Winston 12/17/22
№. 297 Home - Nnedi Okorafor 12/18/22
№. 298 Hollowpox: - Jessica Townsend ✩ 12/19/22
№. 299 Beauty - Robin McKinley 12/20/22
№. 300 Beyond the Clouds, Vol. 1 - Nicke 12/21/22
№. 301 Mason's Marriage - Tina Leonard 12/21/22
№. 302 The Rancher's Secret Wife - Brenda Minton 12/22/22
№. 303 The Cowboy's Holiday Blessing - Brenda Minton 12/22/22
№. 304 Cruel Candy - Mildred Abbott 12/23/22
№. 305 Crunch - Kayla Miller 12/24/22
№. 306 Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels - Serena Blasco 12/24/22
№. 307 Total Eclipse - Rachel Caine 12/27/22
№. 308 Before the Ever After - Jacqueline Woodson 12/28/22
№. 309 Gargantis - Thomas Taylor 12/28/22
№. 310 The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks - Shauna Robinson 12/30/22
№. 311 A Cat's Guide to Meddling with Magic - Chris Behrsin 12/30/22
№. 312 Alley Cat Finds A Home - Beverly King 12/31/22
№. 313 Remarkably Ruby - Terri Libenson ♥ 12/31/22
№. 314 Unsettled - Reem Faruqi ♥ 12/31/22
№. 315 The Canyon's Edge - Dusti Bowling 12/31/22