2025 Reading Challenges

25 in 2025 TBR Challenge

2025 Reading Prompts

2025 Monthly Prompts

25 in 2025 TBR Challenge

I successfully completed my 24 in 2024 TBR challenge last year and decided to do it again in 2025. My rules are simple: I must have had the book in my possession for at least two months before January 1, 2025 and at least 12 of the books have to be by non-white authors. Here are the 25 books I have selected for this year along with the status of each.

Not Read

Just Read It Already 25 Reading Prompts for 2025:

I’ve decided to try my hand at creating a reading prompt list. I’d love to see your picks if you join. Use #JRIA25 on Instagram when posting so I can follow along! Here are the prompts:

A book published the year you turned 25. (If you’re not yet 25, use a parent)
A book that won a literary award
A locked room thriller
A banned book
The first book in a new to you series
A book that was made into a movie
A book set in the middle of nowhere
A book with a title more than five words long
A classic book you’ve never read
A book whose title starts with the first letter of your birth month
A book that is a retelling
A book by a new to you author
A book with a color in the title
A book that is longer than 500 pages
A book that intimidates you
A book set before 1925
A YA book that was popular when you were a teenager
A book with a protagonist older than 50
A book about music or a musician
A book with a title that begins with the first letter of your first name
A book that spans 5 or more years
A book that you have been meaning to read for more than two years
A cozy fantasy or cozy mystery
A book set in the future
A book that is set primarily in or around water

2025 Monthly Pop-up Prompts:

For those of you who want a monthly surprise, I will also be doing “pop-up prompts” each month. Keep an eye on the blog and/or Instagram to find out what the prompt of the month is. Below are a list of the prompts thus far:

January: Will post the last week of December 2024