2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Here are the books I have planned to read in 2025 with some extras that I own in case I change my mind. My goal is going to be 25 books in 2025.

Wicked
My Name is Ove
The Boyfriend
The Housemaids Wedding
Behind His Smile
Odd Thomas
Coraline
A Caribbean Mystery
The Notebook
At The Waters Edge
The Children of Hurin
The Chocolate War
The Martian
Obsidian
Watching-Blake pierce
Next Door-Blake Pierce
Local Woman Missing
Life of Pi
Lady in the Lake
Get Shorty
The Thorn Birds
Animal Farm
Bird Box
Caribbean
The Silent Patient
True Colors
Between Sisters
The Inmate
The Teacher
Summer Island
All the Colors of the Dark
The Goldfinch
Ophelia Alive
The Locked Door
The Co-Worker
Loves Music, Loves to Dance
Scarlet

PAGES

The Goldfinch- 962
Pieces of Her-485
First Lie Wins-415
The Taken Girls-348
The Tenant- 345
Love, Mom- 342
James- 303
Man of the Year-301
Girl in Translation-293
Conclave- 288
Watching- 250
Waiting-248
Winter's Secret- 232
Happy, Happy, Happy- 231
Vengeance Unveiled- 227
Big Numbers- 192
Amazed by You- 192
The Eight-Minute Flight- 132
The Nutcracker- 129
The Unwelcome Guest- 120
Death Row- 74
You Killed Me First- 389
X- 306
The Mask- 382
Killing Jesus- 293
Small Great Things- 464
The Intruder- 288
Quick and Dirty- 154
The Shining- 300/507
Dream Like a Champion-79/208
The Other Family-
Zero Day Exploit-

TOTAL: 8,764 pgs as of 11/8

clear the shelves

KINDLE
Wicked
The Boyfriend
The Housemaids Wedding
Behind His Smile
Odd Thomas
Coraline
The Notebook
A Caribbean Mystery
At The Waters Edge
Obsidian
The Martian
The Chocolate War
Watching
Next Door
The Children of Hurin
Life of Pi
Lady in the Lake
Local Woman Missing
Get Shorty
Animal Farm
The Thorn Birds
Bird Box
Caribbean
The Silent Patient
True Colors
Ophelia Alive
All the Colors of the Dark
Scarlet

NOOK

PHYSICAL
Loves music, Loves to Dance
The Goldfinch
The Locked Door
The Co-Worker
Between Sisters
The Inmate
The Teacher
My Name is Ove

Alphabet Challenge-Titles
A- Amazed by You
B- Big Numbers
C- Conclave
D-Death Row
E- The Eight-Minute Flight: The Miraculous Story of the Boy Who Chose Earth Instead of Heaven
F- First Lie Wins
G-The Goldfinch
H-Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
I- The Intruder
J- James
K- Killing Jesus: A History
L- Love, Mom
M- Man of the Year
N- The Nutcracker
O- The Other Family
P- Pieces of Her
Q- Quick & Dirty
R- Regretting You
S-Small Great Things
T- The Tenant
U- The Unwelcome Guest (NOT ON GOODREADS) (READ!)
V- Vengeance Unveiled
W- Winter's Secret
X- X
Y- You Killed Me First
Z- Zarrabian Incident

24/26

Alphabet Challenge-Authors
A- Ashley Elston
B- Blake Pierce
C- Cheyenne McCray
D- Derek Ruth
E- Percival Everett
F- Freida McFadden
G- Jack Getze
H- Colleen Hoover
I-
J- Jean Kwok
K-Karin Slaughter
L- Lyn Cote
M- John Marrs
N-
O- Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
P-Phil Robertson
Q-Aaron Quinn
R- Robert Harris
S- G.D. Sanders
T- Donna Tartt
U-
V-
W- Whitley Cox
X- Iliana Xander
Y-
Z-Zoey Indiana

21/26

I love this challenge and the list! I'm inspired to try to hit all the letters this year!

I finally got a computer cord and can make these pages not look like a mess. So here is the list of books I've read this year so far.

1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt read 12/7/24-3/12/25
2. James by Percival Everett read 3/12-3/25
3. Amazed by You by Cheyenne McCray read 3/25-3/28
4. The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann read 3/28-4/3
5. Vengeance Unveiled by Zoey Indiana read 4/10-4/19
6. Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok read 4/21-4/25
7. The Unwelcome Guest (Not on Goodreads) by Aaron Quinn read 4/27-4/29
8. Love, Mom by Iliana Xander read 4/29-5/1
9. Death Row by Freida McFadden read on 5/2 (took me 58 minutes)
10. Winter's Secret by Lyn Cote read 5/6-5/11
11. Conclave by Robert Harris read 5/17-5/19
12. Man of the Year by Iliana Xander read 5/8-5/22
13. The Tenant by Freida McFadden read 5/22-5/27
14. Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robertson read 5/29-6/20
15. Watching by Blake Pierce read 6/20-6/27
16. Waiting by Blake Pierce read 6/29-7/2
17. The Taken Girls by G.D. Sanders read 7/5-8/4
18. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston read 7/3-8/8
19. Big Numbers by Jack Getze read 7/4-8/11
20. The Eight-Minute Flight: The Miraculous Story of the Boy Who Chose Earth Instead of Heaven by Derek Ruth read on 8/12
21.Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter read 8/13-8/19
22. You Killed Me First by John Marrs read 8/19- 8/31
23. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O'Reilly read 8/31-9/8
24. X by Jafe Danbury read 9/15-9/17
25. The Mask by Clarise Foster read 9/23-9/28 GOAL REACHED!!!
26. The Intruder by Freida McFadden read 10/7- 10/11
27. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult read 10/2-11/8
28. The Shining by Stephen King started 9/19- CURRENTLY READING
29. Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way by John Cook started 10/3- CURRENTLY READING
30. The Zarrabian Incident by C.A. James
31. The Other Family by Theo Baxter

Am I Weird for already trying to plan next years books?? I think so but I'm going to put them down here so I can just copy when the new thread goes up. All are from my Kindle. I will probably sneak a Freida book in there somewhere too!

Animal Farm
Bird Box
Cannery Row
Daisy Jones and the Six
Emma
Fablehaven
Get Shorty
The Hamilton Affair
I am Bunny
Jabin Kainos and the Manifest Chronicles
Killing the Witches
Lady in the Lake
Murder in the South of France
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
O Pioneers
The Pack (Jodi Picoult)
Queen Esther
The Radium Girls
Salem Burning
A Tale of Two Cities
Umbrella Man
The Van
Wendy, Darling
Xander
Year One
The Zoo that Saved Me

Boxalls and Guardian books I have read.
One of my book goals is to get through both lists. They do overlap a little. (36/1892)

Black Beauty- Anna Sewell
Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy
Dracula- Bram Stoker
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone- JK Rowling
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings– Maya Angelou
Les Misérables – Victor Hugo
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Return of the King (Lord of the Rings #3)-JRR Tolkien
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett
The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1)-JRR Tolkien
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien
The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1)- CS Lewis
The Little Prince- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
The Pit and the Pendulum – Edgar Allan Poe
The Red Badge of Courage- Stephen Crane
The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan
The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings #2)-JRR Tolkien
The War of the Worlds- HG Wells
The Yellow Wallpaper– Charlotte Perkins Gilman
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy

I MADE MY GOAL FOR THE YEAR!!!! Go up in my messages to see what I've read. Im going to try and up my goal to 35. I've got the books planned out. If I don't make it, that's ok.

I updated my list of books that Ive read. I've slowed down a little since I made my goal. I still have 2 books to read to finish the alphabet challenge though.