2025 Traveling the World Reading Challenge Tracking Post
This is a spin-off from Escape with Dollycas. I say that because I can’t seem to read every one of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. So, I decided to create my own, which allows me to read a number of my choosing. Challenge Runs from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
Challenge – Pick the number of states and/or countries you think will be in the books you plan to read. Declare that somewhere and start reading. (No repeats counted – but you can keep track so you know which areas you read the most.) Books can be in any format: print, digital, audio, fiction, or non-fiction. (I only read fiction, but do what you must.)
I track it here and in a notebook, but feel free to do what is best for you. You can also check out Escape with Dollycas’ Literary Escapes Reading Challenge.
Karen
My goal this year is to read books set in 20 states and 3 countries before the end of the year.
2025 Traveling the World
Progress: 32/23 (139%)
1 January, 2025 — 31 December, 2025
Completed!
| Alabama | Montana |
|---|---|
| Alaska | Nebraska |
| Arizona | Nevada |
| Her Hometown Soldier's Return by LeAnne Bristow | A Cowboy's Runaway by Sara Van Buskirk |
| Arkansas | New Hampshire |
| California | New Jersey |
| Essence of Foul Play by Daryl Wood Gerber | New Jersey Girl by Michelle Salmon |
| Colorado | New Mexico |
| Connecticut | New York |
| The Mystery in the Margins by L.L. Gray | All for One by Melissa de la Cruz |
| Delaware | North Carolina |
| Florida | North Dakota |
| Georgia | Ohio |
| A Dish Best Served Dead by T.C. LoTempio | |
| Hawaii | Oklahoma |
| Idaho | Oregon |
| Killing Me Souffle by Ellie Alexander | |
| Illinois | Pennsylvania |
| The Next Deadly Chapter by V.M. Burns | The Jumbled Jewels by David Gorman |
| Indiana | Rhode Island |
| Hounding a Killer by Kallie E. Benjamin | |
| Iowa | South Carolina |
| High Tea and Misdemeanors by Laura Childs | |
| Kansas | South Dakota |
| Dead Man's Hand by John V. Madormo | |
| Kentucky | Tennessee |
| A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper | |
| Louisiana | Texas |
| Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods | |
| Maine | Utah |
| Snowy with a Chance of Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Barbara Early | Shadowed Skies by Haley Cavanagh |
| Maryland | Vermont |
| Massachusetts | Virginia |
| A Body in Boston by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran | P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han |
| Michigan | Washington |
| Icing on the Murder by Valerie Burns | She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke |
| Minnesota | West Virginia |
| Mississippi | Wisconsin |
| Missouri | Wyoming |
International Countries
Taiwan – Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao
Brazil – Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura
Scotland – Death at the Scottish Broch by Rose Kerr
North Pole – Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings by Liz Ireland
England – A Whale of a Crime by Mona Marple
South Korea – Seoul Shadows by Yuna Lim
Costa Rica – Laying Down the Latte by Ellie Alexander
Australia – I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
Jen
Jen’s goal this year is the same as Karen’s: to read books set in 20 states and 3 countries before the end of the year.
2025 Traveling the World JEN
Progress: 25/23 (109%)
1 January, 2025 — 31 December, 2025
Completed!
| Alabama | Montana |
|---|---|
| February Fever by Jess Lourey | |
| Alaska | Nebraska |
| Arizona | Nevada |
| The Big Fix by Holly James | |
| Arkansas | New Hampshire |
| While Aliens Were Sleeping by Fiona Roarke | |
| California | New Jersey |
| Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow | |
| Colorado | New Mexico |
| Connecticut | New York |
| Hiding the Witness by Deena Alexander | |
| Delaware | North Carolina |
| Florida | North Dakota |
| Exposing Lethal Secrets by Deena Alexander | |
| Georgia | Ohio |
| Candle with Care by Valona Jones | |
| Hawaii | Oklahoma |
| Idaho | Oregon |
| Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot | |
| Illinois | Pennsylvania |
| Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku | |
| Indiana | Rhode Island |
| Iowa | South Carolina |
| Night of the Living Dead by Mary Lee Ashford | A Camping Conundrum by Stacy Wilder |
| Kansas | South Dakota |
| Kentucky | Tennessee |
| The Loathe Boat by Cindy Dorminy | |
| Louisiana | Texas |
| Maine | Utah |
| Murder Most Eastern by Nellie H. Steele | |
| Maryland | Vermont |
| Family and Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter | |
| Massachusetts | Virginia |
| Lie in the Tide by Holly Danvers | |
| Michigan | Washington |
| A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni | |
| Minnesota | West Virginia |
| Mississippi | Wisconsin |
| Doggone Bones by Carolyn Haines | At Death's Dough by Mindy Quigley |
| Missouri | Wyoming |
International Countries
Italy – To Sicily with Love by Jennifer Probst
Scotland – Smoked by Scotch by Lucy Lakestone
Ireland – Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O’Connor
France – A Daughter’s Guide to Mothers and Murder by Dianne Freeman
England – Bodies & Battlements by Elizabeth Penney
Thank you for stopping by to see our progress on the 2025 Traveling the World Reading Challenge. Please feel free to check out our other reading challenges for this year. You can find them linked to the menu above.
Happy Reading!
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