Runalong the Shelves TBR Reduction Book Challenge - hosted by shanaqui

August: Read a book that takes you to another place
"Pick a book that takes you away to another place. Read it and relax"
All books added
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

Chilling Effect

Chilling Effect #1

Valerie Valdes

434 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Graceling

Graceling Realm #1

Kristin Cashore

471 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous medium-paced
Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka On The Shore

Haruki Murakami

missing page info • first pub 2002 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery

Anne's House of Dreams

Anne of Green Gables #5

L.M. Montgomery

336 pages • first pub 1917 (editions)

fiction classics middle grade emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf by Emma Claire Sweeney, Emily Midorikawa

A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf

Emma Claire Sweeney, Emily Midorikawa

331 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

The First Woman

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts by Edmond Rostand

Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts

Edmond Rostand

154 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics historical play reflective fast-paced
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

The Magic Faraway Tree

The Faraway Tree #2

Enid Blyton

177 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

369 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

Cordelia's Honor

Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #1;7

Lois McMaster Bujold

596 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction romance science fiction adventurous medium-paced