Shona _reads_in_Devon's 12 friends, 12 recommendations 2025

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1 participant (25 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

12 friends have recommended 12 books for 2025 and I would like to read them all by the end of the year!

Challenge Books

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The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy

118 pages • first pub 1886 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

11 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction psychology true crime dark informative slow-paced
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León

367 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics dark informative reflective medium-paced
Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

Strange Beasts

Susan J. Morris

373 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

403 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-Reum

301 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

277 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

13 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction true crime informative sad medium-paced
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Brad Ricca

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Trust Me On This by Lauren Parvizi

Trust Me On This

Lauren Parvizi

365 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary