20 Books of Summer Challenge 2025
When blog hopping a couple of weeks ago, I found mention of a summer challenge that I thought could be fun! Right now, I’m a couple of books behind schedule. So, I thought the 20 Books of Summer challenge could be a fun way to incentivise getting back on track.
If you’re interested to see it for yourself, the original challenge was created by 746 Books. This year, it is being hosted by AnnaBookBel (AnnaBookBel) and Words and Peace (Words and Peace).
What is the 20 Books of Summer Challenge? Here are the guidelines for taking part: –
Rules
- The #20BooksofSummer2025 challenge runs from Sunday June 1st to Sunday August 31st.
- The first rule of 20 Books is that there are no real rules, other than signing up for 10, 15 or 20 books and trying to read from your TBR.
- Pick your list in advance, or nominate a bookcase to read from, or pick at whim from your TBR.
- If you do pick a list, you can change it at any time – swap books in/out.
- Don’t get panicked at not reaching your target.
- Just enjoy a summer of great reading and make a bit of space on your shelves!
My plan is to set myself 20 books to complete. I’ve got three months to attempt the challenge. I need to read a little over six books a month in order to meet the target. It’s fair to say I won’t be setting myself War and Peace. Equally, I’m not going to let page count dictate whether the book makes it on the list or not. If I want to read it, it’s fair game!
With this in mind, I’m carrying one book into the challenge that I’ve already started. If you read my monthly wrap-up for May, you’ll know I’ve started A Day of Fallen Night already. Given its the longest on the list, I’m allowing this to count. I’ll still be reading a significant amount during the challenge and certainly more than the average page count for the books listed.
My 20 Books of Summer Challenge
20 Books of Summer Progress Tracker
| Title | Author | Pages | Started on | Finished on | Rating |
| Little Fires Everywhere | Celeste Ng | 338 | |||
| All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | 544 | 01/06/2025 | ||
| The Anxious Generation | Jonathan Haidt | 400 | |||
| A Day of Fallen Night | Samantha Shannon | 868 | 25/05/2025 | ||
| Saint’s Blood | Sebastien de Castell | 576 | |||
| If We Were Villains | M. L. Rio | 354 | |||
| The Bone Collector | Jeffrey Deaver | 528 | |||
| The Long War | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter | 419 | |||
| The Pagan Lord | Bernard Cornwell | 303 | |||
| The Dragon Republic | R. F. Kuang | 654 | |||
| Eve | Cat Bohannon | 624 | |||
| Murdertrending | Gretchen McNeil | 352 | |||
| Alan Turing: The Enigma | Andrew Hodges | 608 | |||
| Ariadne | Jennifer Saint | 308 | |||
| The Burning Girls | C. J. Tudor | 333 | |||
| Yellowface | R. F. Kuang | 319 | |||
| Sensitive | Jenn Granneman | 261 | |||
| The Measure | Nikki Erlick | 353 | |||
| Sisters Under the Rising Sun | Heather Morris | 400 | |||
| A Man Called Ove | Fredrik Backman | 337 | |||
I’ll update the above table weekly with progress on start and finish dates of each book, as well as my star rating.
Are you taking part in the 20 Books of Summer Challenge?
If 20 books sounds ambitious, there are 10 and 15 book variants of the challenge too!
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