Adults! Welcome to year 4 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2025. Earn bigger prizes by reading more!
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February’s theme is Short But Sweet – Short Stories or books under 250 pages. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
THE TRAVELLER AND OTHER STORIES by Stuart Neville
“This chilling assortment of Northern Irish noir is not to be missed.” ~Publishers Weekly
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MIDWINTER MURDER by Agatha Christie
“The dozen stories in this welcome reprint collection, most featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie’s other series detectives, amply display the author’s storytelling gifts.” ~Publishers Weekly
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A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow
“This fairy tale–superhero movie mashup is pure entertainment.” ~Kirkus Reviews
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WHAT MOVES THE DEAD by T, Kingfisher
“Hugo and Nebula Award winner Kingfisher returns to the horror genre with this powerful, fast-paced retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.”” ~Publishers Weekly
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ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong
“Casting a truly literary spell, Vuong’s tale of language and origin, beauty and the power of story, is an enrapturing first novel.” ~Booklist
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