Reading Challenges 2025
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under_the_silk_tree It's time to sign up for next year's reading challenges. This post is so I can keep track of the various one's I have signed up for. But also, so I can hear about the ones you guys have signed up for. I am always open for new and exciting challenges.
1. One of my favorites is Mount TBR. Basically, you are trying to prioritize reading what you already own before choosing from other sources. I try to increase my level each year so far, I have been successful although I'm sure that at some point my hubris will get the better of me. lol This year I am signing up for the Mount Everest which has the goal of reading 100 books that I already own.
2. Another challenge that I have enjoyed in the past is Cloak & Dagger challenge. It is a challenge where you try to read a certain number of books in the mystery genre. This year I am reading the Sherlock Holmes level 56+.
3. I also have a variety of challenges ongoing at the Lost Challenge group over on Goodreads. They have both short and long challenges with a variety of fun themes. Go check them out if you are looking for some exciting reading challenges.
4. Read at least one non-fiction book a month in 2025. I always enjoy non-fiction when I give it a chance but I don't tend to pick them up as often. Hopefully this goal will help that.
5. I am also trying to (forever) read down/finish my current series I am interested in continuing. This was a success for me last year I was able to continue on in 37 series out of 48 from my 2024 list. It also showed me which series I do not want to continue on with, so I am letting those go.
Book series to continue 2025:
* for books I own
Alex Carter: #3
Shady Hollow: #4
Star Wars: #9
Green Rider: #4*
Fourth Wing: #3*
Kat Halloway: #3
Movie Club Mysteries: #4*
Jack & Frances: #4*
Earthsinger Chronicles: #3*
InCryptid: #4
Tea Shop Mystery: #3*
Numa Files: #16
Nell Sweeny: #2*
Confederation: #2*
Diagnosis Murder: #4*
Southern Sisters: #3
Rosalind Thorne: #7
Lady Harcastle: #8*
Chet & Bernie: #6
Fargo: #12
Murderbot: #8*
Scotia: #4*
Oxford Tearoom: #11*
Go-Team: #2*
Thursday Murder Club: #3
In Death: #3
Prodigy: 2*
Greywalker: #9
Skip & Loafer: #4
Yona: #19
Spy x Family: #11
Albert Smith: #3*
William Monk: #2*
National Parks: #3
Pebble Beach: #2*
Throne of Glass: #5
Bohemia Bartender: #4
The Legendborn: #3*
Fiona Mahoney: #2
Cordelia Grey: #2*
Vera Wong: #2
Supernatural Investigations: #3
Waxways: #2
Brother Cadfael: #2*
Cloak & Dagger:
1. Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
2. Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
3. High Survival by Carolyn Keene
4. A Preposterous Alibi by Cherie O'Boyle
5. One Corpse too Many by Ellis Peters
6. Dead before Dinner by Kat Bellemore
7. Home Tours, History, and Homicide by Sally Bayless
8. The Body in 3B by Eryn Scott
9. Trail of Lies by Carolyn Keene
10. Cruising Through Midlife by Addison Moore
11. The Sound of the Furry by Spencer Quinn
12. Twilight Falls by Juneau Black
13. A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry
14. Vexed by Vodka by Lucy Lakestone
15. Holmes is Missing by James Patterson
16. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James
17. The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
18. Rotten to the Core by T.E Kinsey
19. The Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene
20. The Case of the Christmas Angel by Carmen Radtke
21. Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke
22. Death on the Range by Nikki Haverstock
23. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
24. Death in Kew Garden by Jennifer Ashley
25. Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
26. Stilton Slaughter by Steve Higgs
27. Operation Titanic by Carolyn Keene
28. The Dachshund and the Gold Digger by Julie Ecker
29. The 39 Cupcakes by Zara Keane
30. Cry of the Innocents by Caven Scott
31. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
32. Murder with a Fudge Brownie to Go by Kristy T. Dixon
33. Murder on the Orient Express by Bob Al-Greene
34. Last Victim of the Monsoon Express by Vaseem Khan
35. Murder Runs in the Family by Anne George
January:
Personal Memoir of Ulysses S. Grant
February.
The Gift of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
April:
Martin Luther by Lyndal Roper
Hopefully after work I can make my normal end of year post and catch up with your guy's posts.
What reading/writing challenges have you guys signed up for?
1. One of my favorites is Mount TBR. Basically, you are trying to prioritize reading what you already own before choosing from other sources. I try to increase my level each year so far, I have been successful although I'm sure that at some point my hubris will get the better of me. lol This year I am signing up for the Mount Everest which has the goal of reading 100 books that I already own.
2. Another challenge that I have enjoyed in the past is Cloak & Dagger challenge. It is a challenge where you try to read a certain number of books in the mystery genre. This year I am reading the Sherlock Holmes level 56+.
3. I also have a variety of challenges ongoing at the Lost Challenge group over on Goodreads. They have both short and long challenges with a variety of fun themes. Go check them out if you are looking for some exciting reading challenges.
4. Read at least one non-fiction book a month in 2025. I always enjoy non-fiction when I give it a chance but I don't tend to pick them up as often. Hopefully this goal will help that.
5. I am also trying to (forever) read down/finish my current series I am interested in continuing. This was a success for me last year I was able to continue on in 37 series out of 48 from my 2024 list. It also showed me which series I do not want to continue on with, so I am letting those go.
Book series to continue 2025:
* for books I own
Alex Carter: #3
Green Rider: #4*
Fourth Wing: #3*
Jack & Frances: #4*
Earthsinger Chronicles: #3*
InCryptid: #4
Tea Shop Mystery: #3*
Nell Sweeny: #2*
Confederation: #2*
Diagnosis Murder: #4*
Rosalind Thorne: #7
Murderbot: #8*
Scotia: #4*
Oxford Tearoom: #11*
Go-Team: #2*
Thursday Murder Club: #3
Prodigy: 2*
Spy x Family: #11
National Parks: #3
Pebble Beach: #2*
The Legendborn: #3*
Fiona Mahoney: #2
Waxways: #2
Cloak & Dagger:
1. Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
2. Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
3. High Survival by Carolyn Keene
4. A Preposterous Alibi by Cherie O'Boyle
5. One Corpse too Many by Ellis Peters
6. Dead before Dinner by Kat Bellemore
7. Home Tours, History, and Homicide by Sally Bayless
8. The Body in 3B by Eryn Scott
9. Trail of Lies by Carolyn Keene
10. Cruising Through Midlife by Addison Moore
11. The Sound of the Furry by Spencer Quinn
12. Twilight Falls by Juneau Black
13. A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry
14. Vexed by Vodka by Lucy Lakestone
15. Holmes is Missing by James Patterson
16. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James
17. The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
18. Rotten to the Core by T.E Kinsey
19. The Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene
20. The Case of the Christmas Angel by Carmen Radtke
21. Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke
22. Death on the Range by Nikki Haverstock
23. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
24. Death in Kew Garden by Jennifer Ashley
25. Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
26. Stilton Slaughter by Steve Higgs
27. Operation Titanic by Carolyn Keene
28. The Dachshund and the Gold Digger by Julie Ecker
29. The 39 Cupcakes by Zara Keane
30. Cry of the Innocents by Caven Scott
31. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
32. Murder with a Fudge Brownie to Go by Kristy T. Dixon
33. Murder on the Orient Express by Bob Al-Greene
34. Last Victim of the Monsoon Express by Vaseem Khan
35. Murder Runs in the Family by Anne George
January:
Personal Memoir of Ulysses S. Grant
February.
The Gift of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
April:
Martin Luther by Lyndal Roper
Hopefully after work I can make my normal end of year post and catch up with your guy's posts.
What reading/writing challenges have you guys signed up for?
