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Breakthrough the Backlog

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12 participants (146 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Is your TBR reaching record highs? Are those book-box subs starting to stack up to the ceiling? Does your kindle show an ungodly amount of unread books? Do you lie to yourself that you'll "catch up" tomorrow?

Join Discord's TBR in trying to breakthrough that backlog in 2025!

The only solid rule for this challenge, is that the book is published in 2024 or earlier. We will pretend we're not making that monster TBR longer in 2025.

Challenge Books

All books added
Haunting Miss Trentwood by Belinda Kroll

Haunting Miss Trentwood

Hesitant Mediums #1

Belinda Kroll

256 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction fantasy historical romance dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant

The Hatmakers

The Hatmakers #1

Tamzin Merchant

368 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch

Eva Evergreen #1

Julie Abe

400 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle #1

Diana Wynne Jones

329 pages • paperback • 1986

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garrett Ryan

Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans

Garrett Ryan

288 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction history informative lighthearted fast-paced
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

Kevin Hazzard

336 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

415 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

A Passage to India

E.M. Forster

376 pages • paperback • 1924

fiction classics historical literary reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

320 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

320 pages • paperback • 1949

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced