2025 Reading Challenge discussion

In 2019, I got back into reading after a loooong pause. I was able to read 13 books without much effort, so I thought I would go for 20 books this year, as seems to be only appropriate for the 2020's.

J a n u a r y :



Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Stalinin lehmät by Sofi Oksanen


F e b r u a r y :



Puhdistus by Sofi Oksanen


M a r c h :



Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling


A p r i l :



Ystäväni Natalia by Laura Lindstedt


M a y :



The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare


J u n e :



The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
100 Days of Happiness by Fausto Brizzi


A u g u s t :



The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley


N o v e m b e r :



Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Vankina Venäjällä: suomalaisen huumekuriirin uskomaton tarina by Ilkka Karisto
Kaikki elämästäni by Antti Holma



D e c e m b e r :



Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Miestä ei voi raiskata by Märta Tikkanen
Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier by Patrick Modiano
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Mcintyre
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Russell


READ: 25/20

Definitely appropriate! :) Best of luck, Nina!

Good luck Nina! Anything you are really excited to read this year?

Lisa wrote: "Good luck Nina! Anything you are really excited to read this year?"

Thank you Lisa! I thought that I would read a bit more books in Finnish (my first language), since I've read a loot of books in English and French recently. There are a lot of really intriguing Finnish books that have come out during the past couple of years, so I'm quite excited about that. :)

Ilona wrote: "Definitely appropriate! :) Best of luck, Nina!"

Thank you again Ilona!

To wrap up, I ended up reading 25 books this year, which is five more than my goal! Needless to say I'm very happy about this and very much awaiting next year's readings. :)