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
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket

The Ersatz Elevator

A Series of Unfortunate Events #6

Lemony Snicket

259 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan by Soniah Kamal

Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan

Soniah Kamal

384 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

321 pages • hardcover • 2017 user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

143 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Hyperbole and a Half

Allie Brosh

369 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction comics graphic novel memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Clay McLeod Chapman

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark

She's Always Hungry

Eliza Clark

226 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark funny fast-paced
I Ran Away to Evil by Mystic Neptune

I Ran Away to Evil

I Ran Away to Evil #1

Mystic Neptune

435 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced