Beat the Backlist 2022 - hosted by austinedecker

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Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer

Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells

Pico Iyer

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel lighthearted slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter #4

J.K. Rowling

734 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home

Welcome to Night Vale #3

Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction adventurous dark funny medium-paced
There Are Things I Can't Tell You by Edako Mofumofu

There Are Things I Can't Tell You

Edako Mofumofu

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Fredrik Backman

76 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

269 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife by Bart D. Ehrman

Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

Bart D. Ehrman

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion informative medium-paced
The Story of the Stone, Volume II: The Crab-Flower Club, Chapters 27-53 by Cao Xueqin

The Story of the Stone, Volume II: The Crab-Flower Club, Chapters 27-53

The Story of the Stone #2

Cao Xueqin

608 pages • first pub 1760 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Team Avatar Tales by Kiku Hughes, Sara Goetter, Dave Scheidt, Ron Koertge, Gene Luen Yang

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Team Avatar Tales

Avatar: The Last Airbender (comic anthologies)

Kiku Hughes, Sara Goetter, Dave Scheidt, Ron Koertge, Gene Luen Yang

70 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced