Beat the Backlist 2025 - hosted by austinedecker

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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Cemetery Boys

Cemetery Boys #1

Aiden Thomas

352 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes

We All Live Here

Jojo Moyes

450 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage

Swift and Saddled

Rebel Blue Ranch #2

Lyla Sage

305 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

Family of Liars

We Were Liars #2

E. Lockhart

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

Simon Sebag Montefiore

692 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

Guillotine

Delilah S. Dawson

5 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

1 hour, 29 minutes • audio • 2010

fiction literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Seance by John Harwood

The Seance

John Harwood

304 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers

Ribbonwood

Ruby Landers

404 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Goddess of the River

Vaishnavi Patel

464 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced