Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

19 participants (157 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m on a never ending quest to read my physical shelves. Feel free to join me in reading 4 books a month from your “shelves” for a total of 48 books in 2025. 

You can focus on backlist, kindle, audiobooks, books purchased prior to 2025…whatever works for you. Let’s do this!

Challenge Books

All books added
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

406 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
So Not Meant To Be by Meghan Quinn

So Not Meant To Be

Cane Brothers #2

Meghan Quinn

459 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

A History of Wild Places

Shea Ernshaw

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

When No One is Watching

Alyssa Cole

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
How Lucky by Will Leitch

How Lucky

Will Leitch

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay

Love at First Book

Jenn McKinlay

324 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide

Colonel Race #4

Agatha Christie

268 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 by S.A. Cosby

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024

S.A. Cosby

422 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced