Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

You Own But Haven't Read
I know, the temptation to buy new books can be overwhelming. But for this category, take a second to shop for a book from your own bookshelves and read a book you own but haven't read. 
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Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Maame by Jessica George

Maame

Jessica George

328 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan #1

Katherine Applegate

305 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful fast-paced
Swag by Elmore Leonard

Swag

Elmore Leonard

240 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May

241 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest by Timothy Egan

The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest

Timothy Egan

272 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons by Karin Smirnoff

The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

Millennium #7

Karin Smirnoff

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction crime thriller adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Heir of Uncertain Magic by Charlie N. Holmberg

Heir of Uncertain Magic

Whimbrel House #2

Charlie N. Holmberg

285 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

The Madness of Crowds

Chief Inspector Gamache #17

Louise Penny

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced