2025 Reading Challenges

I’m tracking my 2025 reading challenge progress here. I’m limiting myself to challenges that might push me a little out of my comfort zone or at least mix up my habitual reading patterns. This looks like a lot, and it kind of is, but I can complete several of these by reading just one book.

The challenge buttons and names link to to the signup/information posts at the challenge host’s website if you’d like to join me!

Reading Challenges I’m Hosting

Books in Translation Reading Challenge

Hosted here at Introverted Reader. I’m signing up at the Conversationalist level, 4-6 books. #2025booksintranslation

Southern Literature Reading Challenge

Hosted here at Introverted Reader. I’m signing up at level four, 7+ books. #2025southernlit

Challenges I’m Participating In

Hundred Years Hence Reading Challenge

Hosted by A Hot Cup of Pleasure. Read and write about one book published in 1925. I found an article entitled “1925 in Literature” on Wikipedia that should help. #HYH25

Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge

Hosted by Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book. Read cozy mysteries. I’m signing up for level 1, which is 1-25 cozy mysteries. #CravingCozies

2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge

Hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out. I’m joining at the Nonfiction Nosher level to read 12 books, one from each of 12 categories. #ReadNonFicChal | Instagram: @shelleyrae _bookdout | Mastodon: @shelleyrae@aus.social

• History
• Memoir/Biography
• True Crime
• Science
• Health
• Food
• Travel
• Garden
• Myth, Legend and Folklore
• Islands
• How-To
• Published in 2025

2025 Classics Reading Challenge

Hosted by Tea and Ink Society. I’ve done pretty well in the five-year long Classics Club challenge but I first signed up for Tea and Ink Society’s challenge to help steer my choices in 2022. I wasn’t completely successful but it definitely kept classics on my radar. I’m signing up again this year.

• January: A classic you discover in a used bookstore
• February: A Russian novel or short story collection
• March: A classic about immigrants or pioneers
• April: A classic set on your own turf
• May: A book you were supposed to read in school
• June: Nonfiction nature writing
• July: A science fiction novel or short story collection
• August: A classic by an author you’ve only read once
• September: A classic World War I or World War II novel
• October: A Jane Austen novel
• November: A poetry collection by one of the Romantic poets
• December: A Medieval or Renaissance classic

2025 Cover Lovers Reading Challenge

Hosted by Bloggin’ Bout Books. I’m signing up for level 1: read 1-10 books with covers that match the following prompts. I’ll decide which prompts I want to use as I go.

1. Your favorite color
2. Headwear of some kind (hat, helmet, yarmulke, hijab, etc.)
3. A mode of transportation
4. Bookish elements
5. An author that has a common name spelled in an uncommon way (i.e. Stephenie Meyer, Kelley Armstrong, etc.)
6. An illustrated scene
7. A design that is in desperate need of a makeover
8. A wintry scene
9. A summery scene
10. Food
11. A skeleton, bones, or a skull and crossbones
12. Floral elements
13. Sports equipment
14. A title and/or scene that makes you laugh
15. Something you might see in a hospital (medicine bottles, IV stand, stethoscope, doctor, etc.)
16. Someone wearing period clothing
17. A famous structure or landmark (man-made or natural)
18. A frame-worthy design
19. At least one person of color (POC)
20. Someone partly or fully submerged in water
21. A lighted window
22. A bird
23. A futuristic scene
24. A weapon
25. The name of and/or a depiction of a famous person
26. A number in the title or design (numeral or spelled out)
27. A backpack or piece of luggage
28. The words “light” and/or “dark” in the title
29. A foggy/stormy scene
30. A television or movie screen
31. No people
32. An object that is broken
33. A silhouette or shadow
34. A piece of jewelry
35. A sunrise or sunset
36. A cityscape
37. An aquatic animal
38. A light source tha can be held in the hand (flashlight, torch, lantern, etc.)
39. The name of one of the four seasons in the title, design, or author’s name
40. A depiction of something that has been spilled (milk, paint, blood, etc.)
41. Eyewear of some kind (sunglasses, goggles, eyepatch, etc.)
42. A spooky scene
43. Something you might find in a child’s bedroom (teddy bear, nightlight, crib, etc.)
44. A key and/or a keyhole
45. A real, historical photograph
46. A proper noun in the title or design
47. Something that is plaid
48. Outdated technology (typewriter, film camera, rotary telephone, etc.)
49. The name of a month in the title, design, or author’s name
50. A flag, pennant, or banner

Reading by the Numbers Challenge

Hosted by My Reader’s Block. This is similar to the GoodReads Challenge: choose how many books you want to read for the years and track them. I decided I’d like to have this list on my blog and not just on GoodReads so I’m signing up. My goal is 100 books. #ReadingByNumbers2025

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