Backlist Bookshelf Challenge - hosted by mtownreads

A book that you've been actively avoiding reading
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It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

It Happened One Summer

Bellinger Sisters #1

Tessa Bailey

379 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

Exquisite Corpse

Poppy Z. Brite

240 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction crime horror lgbtqia+ dark tense medium-paced
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments

The Handmaid's Tale #2

Margaret Atwood

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

The Charm Offensive

The Charm Offensive #1

Alison Cochrun

358 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

Days of Blood & Starlight

Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2

Laini Taylor

517 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

We Are Not Free

Traci Chee

10 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional informative sad medium-paced
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Red Queen

Red Queen #1

Victoria Aveyard

383 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous tense medium-paced
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

214 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

254 pages • first pub 180 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy informative inspiring reflective slow-paced