Beat the Backlist 2025 - hosted by austinedecker

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The Agile Mind: How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen by Estanislao Bachrach

The Agile Mind: How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen

Estanislao Bachrach

256 pages • 2012

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

The Cracked Spine

Scottish Bookshop Mystery #1

Paige Shelton

7 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan

Within the Sanctuary of Wings

The Memoirs of Lady Trent #5

Marie Brennan

10 hours, 59 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson

The Art of Catching Feelings

Alicia Thompson

350 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the Fbi's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the Fbi's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

304 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history true crime challenging fast-paced
The Fairbanks Four: Murder, Injustice, and the Birth of a Movement by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue

The Fairbanks Four: Murder, Injustice, and the Birth of a Movement

Brian Patrick O’Donoghue

10 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

nonfiction true crime challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Erasure by Percival Everett

Erasure

Percival Everett

280 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction literary challenging funny reflective medium-paced
The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

The Mortal Word

The Invisible Library #5

Genevieve Cogman

418 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction fantasy mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

341 pages • digital • 1969 user-added

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea

Earthsea Cycle #1

Ursula K. Le Guin

224 pages • hardcover • 1968

fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced