2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Hi everyone!

Time to nominate for July is Treasure.

~Please remember to state a connection to the theme when you nominate.

~Books we have read less than three years ago are not eligble. To see which books are not eligble, see this google sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

~ Each person can nominate 1 book.

~ Book must be available both as a physical copy and as an ebook.

~ Authors: Please do not nominate your own book.

~ Please do not nominate books that are part of a series, unless it is the first book.

~ You can second someone else's nomination, but that will count as your nomination.


This thread will be closed by May 26th, and we will choose ten books for the poll. If there are more than ten books nominated, we will choose "seconded" books first. If there is still a tie to get into the top ten, we'll go back to the Goodreads average rating to see which is highest.

I nominate the Costa prize winner, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey because whenever I picture a mermaid I always see them swimming underwater next to a chest of sunken treasure. Must be an image from my childhood!

I nominate Trove: A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried TreasureTrove: A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure
Reflections of a woman with an obsessive need to find hidden treasure. She searches for gold coins buried in NYC and uncovers some self discovery along the way.
I read this with my book club last year...quick, engaging read

What about Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson? The 'treasure' is right there in the title of this classic book.

I'd like to nominate Daughter of the Pirate King because when I think of treasure I think of pirates

I second Treasure Island

Valerie wrote: "I nominate the Costa prize winner, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey because whenever I picture a mermaid I always see them swimming underwater next to a chest of sunken treasure. Must b..."

I second this!

I'll third Treasure Island. :D

I'd like to nominate a classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, as Tom and Huck are involved in a search for treasure.

I'll fourth Treasure Island

I'm all for Treasure Island. But since it's been fourthed already I will nominate The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. The titular stone is a treasure that has been stolen from an Indian shrine and it must be recovered.

Winter wrote: "Hi everyone!

Time to nominate for July is Treasure.

~Please remember to state a connection to the theme when you nominate.

~Books we have read less than three years ago are not eligble. To see..."

I would like to nominate Fable

I second Daughter of the Pirate King.

My nomination is The Midnight Library because, as we all know, a library holds the greatest treasure of all

I second The Midnight Library!

Misty wrote: "I would like to nominate Fable"

Hi :) Could you state connection to the theme Treasure?

I would recommend Autobiography of a Yogi.
It's a treasure of life skills, knowledge of yogic life and soul, and about Yoga itself, which is indeed a treasure :) I feel it's such an important book esp in today's turbulent times.

I'd like to nominate Holes by Louis Sachar. The inmates of juvenile corrections facility Camp Green Lake are required to dig a large hole each day, supposedly to build character, but the camp's owner secretly hopes to find an outlaw's hidden treasure.

I know this is a long one, but I promise it reads fast and main character benefits from an amazing treasure.
I nominate The Count of Monte Cristo.

I would like to nominate The Templar Legacy. The Knights Templar were known for keeping their treasures well-hidden and it was searched for by many over the years.

Closing nominations and poll will be up later today :)

Poll is up!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/5...

Hi everyone, the poll ended in a tie, so Winter just posted another one to help us choose between Daughter of the Pirate King and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Please go vote: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/5...