Read Your Shelves Challenge 2021 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

A book you bought in hardcover that is now in paperback
We've all done this (please tell me it's not just me?!) - bought the brand new hardcover with every intention of reading it ASAP, but then time slips away from you, and suddenly the paperback is out and your lovely hardcover is still sitting on the shelf...
All books added
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments

The Handmaid's Tale #2

Margaret Atwood

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Legacy of Orïsha #2

Tomi Adeyemi

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Girls of Paper and Fire

Girls of Paper and Fire #1

Natasha Ngan

385 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton

The Philosopher Kings

Thessaly #2

Jo Walton

348 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy philosophy science fiction adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

The Shadow King

Maaza Mengiste

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
From A Certain Point Of View by Elizabeth Schaefer

From A Certain Point Of View

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View #1

Elizabeth Schaefer

477 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous emotional funny medium-paced