2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I've set myself 26 challenges (one every two weeks), and all the books that I read this year will be by female or non-binary authors.

I have read 7 of 26 books

1. A book about feminism by a woman of colour

2. A book written by someone who was younger than me at the time it was published

3. A book from the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist
Circe by Madeline Miller

4. A book from the 2019 Carnegie Medal shortlist
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

5. A book about witchcraft
Craft: How to Be a Modern Witch by Gabriela Herstik

6. A book by a transgender or non-binary author

7. A book I meant to read in 2018

8. A book by a South Asian author

9. A retelling of a myth or fairytale

10. A book by a bisexual author

11. A book with a bisexual protagonist/subject

12. The next book in a series I’m reading
Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

13. A picture book with a main character who is not white
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

14. An #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent author

15. A book about gender
Separate and Dominate: Feminism and Racism after the War on Terror by Christine Delphy

16. A biography of a working class woman

17. A comic book or a graphic novel

18. A book of poetry or a verse novel
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

19. A book that has been on my TBR list for over a year
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

20. A YA horror story
S.T.A.G.S by M. A. Bennett

21. A book about women’s history

22. A cosy mystery set at Christmas

23. A book with fewer than 100 pages

24. A children’s classic that I’ve never read before

25. A book that was given to me as a gift

26. A book about race or racism

Great reading challenge Chloe!

Do you already have specific books in mind for some of these prompts?

Jakob wrote: "Great reading challenge Chloe!

Do you already have specific books in mind for some of these prompts?"

Thanks Jakob! Yes, some of them I have a specific book in mind (eg. for next book in a series I will probably read Death in the Spotlight).

Others were a bit more demanding (eg. book with a bisexual protagonist/subject, #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent author) because I wanted to challenge myself. I'm coming up with a list of potential books for these ones because I don't like feeling too restricted in my reading :)

This is a great reading challenge! Getting inspired by you!!

Very creative reading challenge! Wishing you luck

Nayonika wrote: "This is a great reading challenge! Getting inspired by you!!"

Thanks! :)

Rachael wrote: "Very creative reading challenge! Wishing you luck"

Thank you! :)