Read Your Shelves (for heavier readers)

courtwj Host

19 participants (159 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
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
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

I Remember You

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

11 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Brendan O’Hea, Judi Dench

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Brendan O’Hea, Judi Dench

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny informative inspiring medium-paced
The Conductors by Nicole Glover

The Conductors

Murder and Magic #1

Nicole Glover

14 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Adunni #1

Abi Daré

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

160 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics literary race emotional reflective tense medium-paced
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

We Solve Murders

We Solve Murders

Richard Osman

387 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism history funny informative medium-paced