Runalong the Shelves TBR Reduction Book Challenge - hosted by shanaqui

October Stretch Goal: Read a book with a death theme
"Honour the reaper man and find a book that has a death theme"
All books added
Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read

Emily Henry

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant

Skulduggery Pleasant #1

Derek Landy

371 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade mystery young adult adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Sister, Missing by Sophie McKenzie

Sister, Missing

Girl, Missing #2

Sophie McKenzie

272 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End

Death-Cast #1

Adam Silvera

373 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Switch by Beth O'Leary

The Switch

Beth O'Leary

330 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe

384 pages • first pub 1722 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

240 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Plague Tales by Ann Benson

The Plague Tales

The Plague Tales #1

Ann Benson

688 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction historical science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced