Tackle Your TBR 2024 - hosted by mustbeinwantofawife

April - A Book That Intimidates You
Do you get nervous about reading a book that's really highly recommended? Are you put off by long books? Or maybe you want to read a classic book but worry about the old fashioned language? Time to put your fears to one side and read that one book that you'd love to read if it didn't scare you so much!
All books added
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

Sparks Like Stars

Nadia Hashimi

464 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing

The Empyrean #1

Rebecca Yarros

517 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick

640 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

Bianca Marais

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

590 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Manacled by SenLinYu

Manacled

Manacled #1-3

SenLinYu

873 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) not a book

fiction dystopian fantasy romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

On a Sunbeam

Tillie Walden

533 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced