I love the New Year and all the reflecting and planning that I can add into my days. One of my favorite things to think about is reading. I’ll be keeping track of my progress on all the 2025 reading challenges here. 

My Personal Reading Challenges for 2025

Read 25 Nonfiction Titles 

Read 25 Books from My Shelves 

Read 24 Titles from 2024

Bookish Community Challenges:

Craving for Cozies (goal: Yearning – 51 – 75 Cozy Mysteries)

Challenge – Read as many cozy mysteries as you can in 2025! The challenge runs from January 1, 2025, and ends on December 31, 2025. Visit the site linked above for all the details and fun!

Netgalley Challenge (goal: silver, 25 books)

The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025. There is no deadline to sign up. Everyone is welcome to participate – you do not need to have a blog. Any genre, release date, length, etc. counts – it just needs to be a book from NetGalley or Edelweiss. Books can count for more than one challenge that you are participating in. The first day of each month there will be a monthly “link-up” for you to link your reviews. If you forget one month, no worries, just catch up the next month. See the link above for all the details!

Creativity Reading Challenge 2025 (goal: 10 books)

This challenge is about reading books on creativity, art, crafts, writing, film making, photography, cosmetology, DIY, cooking, music and any other topic that helps you live a more creative life.

How It Works:
Runs January 1 to December 31, 2025.
Read as many books as you want.
Books may be nonfiction, memoir, how-to, self help, coffee table books, instructional, picture books, and even fictional books if they are about people who are creative. You may include books of any format including traditional books, ebooks or audiobooks. You may reread books. Books may count towards other reading challenges in which you are participating. See the link above for all the details!

2025 BTC Reading Challenge (goal: 12 books)

@BTC_Books
@KensingtonBooks

#ReadWithBTC2025

See the link above for all the details!

January Selection: The Tuonela Duet #1, North Is the Night by Emily Rath

Beat the Backlist 2025 Challenge (goal: 24 books)

I’ve decided to join the 2025 Beat The Backlist reading challenge hosted by Austin Decker at austindecker.com . Started in 2017, Beat the Backlist is here to help you tackle all the books you keep meaning to read and still haven’t. No matter what you like to read, this challenge is here for it! The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The book must have been published in 2024 or earlier. You have to start and finish the book in 2025. Any format, any genre. Re-reads count, you don’t have to own the book, and you can join at any time. Track your BTB reading separately or pair it with another reading challenge! #BeatTheBacklist

2025 Book Girls Guide Book Lover’s Challenge (goal: 12 books fitting the monthly theme)

See the link above for all the details, prompts and suggested titles!

2025 Book Girls Guide Backlist Challenge (goal: 12 books fitting the monthly decades)

See the link above for all the details, prompts and suggested titles!