Beat the Backlist 2021 - hosted by austinedecker

from your 2020 backlist TBR
 a backlist book you planned to read last year… and didn’t 
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Patricide by Dave Harris

Patricide

Dave Harris

104 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

324 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown

The Truth About Keeping Secrets

Savannah Brown

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery young adult emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett

The Language of Ghosts

Heather Fawcett

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes

The Mortal Instruments #2

Cassandra Clare

500 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman, D. Ross Campbell

The Five Love Languages of Children

5 Love Languages #4

Gary Chapman, D. Ross Campbell

224 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction self help reflective medium-paced
Bone Crier's Moon by Kathryn Purdie

Bone Crier's Moon

Bone Grace #1

Kathryn Purdie

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Cursebreakers #1

Brigid Kemmerer

484 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced