2025 Recommended Reading Challenge - Discussion Thread

[Mike, Host & Producer of IRCB!]

This is the discussion thread for IRCB's 2025 Recommended Reading Challenge. Use it to discuss the challenge books you're reading, ask questions, and announce when you've completed the entire list.

Those who finish the challenge by December 16th, 2025 will get a personal shout-out on the podcast, and will get to help pick our January 2026 Book of the Month which will be discussed on the podcast!

Also:
Progress Thread: for tracking your progress
Official Tracking Widget

RULES:
- You can join in at any point
- Books you have already read count towards the challenge
- Read any 24 comics from the podcasters and Goodreads mods, Patreon supporters, and your own picks for the Themes of the Month

From The Podcast Crew:
Danny - Avengers: Twilight
Erin - Navigating With You
Kait L - Global
Kara - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Christmas on Bear Mountain
Kate S - Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
Mike - The Power Fantasy Vol. 1
Nick - Blue Book Volume 1: 1961
Paloma - My Oh My, Atami-kun, Vol. 1
Paul - Batman: Ego and Other Tails
Zach - Okinawa

Patreon Supporters:
Stephanie - Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Paul G - In Utero
Geoff - All-Star Superman, Vol. 1
Ricardo -Daytripper
Kyle D - Akane-banashi, Vol. 1
Tom - The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
Matt D - Motor Girl Omnibus

[Evilblacksheep]

Mexikid is definitely in the group of my favourite comics I've read last year, great pick!! Can't wait to discover the rest, thanks to everybody for picking !

[Geoff]

Yeah. +1 to Evilblacksheep. What a cool list! Can’t wait to dig in!

[kaitlphere]

FYI after some discussion Stephanie's pick was updated!

[Evilblacksheep]

kaitlphere wrote: "FYI after some discussion Stephanie's pick was updated!"

Thanks for the head's up, I totally missed that. I guess it's gonna be time to give another try on reading that one. (I never could get through it while Fun Home is probably one of my favourite GN ever)